Avondale Heights
Defect-busting or just in it for clicks? The rise of social media building inspectors
Several building investigators have taken to social media after a tumultuous few years in the industry, but not everyone agrees with the approach.
- Caroline Zielinski
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Man’s body found in river west of Melbourne
Emergency services were called to the Maribyrnong River after reports a man had been found unresponsive in the water.
- Isabel McMillan
‘Avoidable failures’: Government defies watchdog on compensation for flood victims
Residents in one of the worst hit areas of Melbourne’s 2022 floods should get compensation, the Victorian Ombudsman has said in a scathing review.
- Clay Lucas
Investor adds ‘affordable’ $6.51m Toorak house to her portfolio
A quirk on the title had cut the asking price of the 1950s home by as much as $1.5 million, the agent said, but that didn’t deter two keen bidders.
- Jim Malo and Elizabeth Redman
Yarraville home sells for $2.62m in ‘auction of the year’ as Avondale Heights record falls
Two fierce bidders stole the show in Yarraville, trading more than 100 bids between them, while a $3,025,000 sale set a new record elsewhere.
- Alexandra Middleton
Moonee Valley City Council: What your candidates said
Voters in Moonee Valley will choose nine people to represent them on council for the next four years. Here is what the candidates said about why they are running in the Victorian council elections and what they want to achieve.
- Cara Waters and Rachael Dexter
Flood and fury: How the west was let down
Since 1974, the Maribyrnong community has fought for action to protect their homes. Nothing happened – save for one large wall to protect Flemington racecourse.
- Clay Lucas and Sophie Aubrey
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- Floods
Maribyrnong inquiry chair backed flood rules removal – then the waters hit
The expert appointed to run an inquiry into October’s Maribyrnong River flood is facing calls to resign over his role in supporting planning changes that led to a riverside development’s expansion.
- Sophie Aubrey and Clay Lucas
Snatched from her car seat as a baby, Montana Barbaro went missing again
Montana Barbaro - who 15 years ago was snatched from her car seat as a three-week-old baby - has been reunited with her distraught mother for the second time in her life after going missing this week.
- Goya Dmytryshchak and Ashleigh McMillan
- Review
- Melbourne
Found! Melbourne's best cannoli
Made to a family recipe, these Italian pastries are as authentic as they come.
- Nina Rousseau