Footscray
Charity beats five first home buyers for $955,000 Footscray townhouse
The winner paid just $5000 over the price cap for the Australian Government 5 per cent deposit scheme for the three-bedroom home.
- Sarah Webb
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The science of sunlight: Why the new Footscray Hospital is built differently
The new $1.5 billion hospital is ditching windowless and noisy wards for soundproofed, sunny rooms to slash patients’ recovery times.
- Henrietta Cook
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- Huu Huu Thanh
Huu Huu Thanh
For deeply flavoured pho that usually sells out by lunchtime.
- Dani Valent
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- Say Cheese
Say Cheese
For Filipino and El Salvadorian-inspired sangers in Trocadero Arcade.
- Dani Valent
‘Magic meets industry’: West Gate Tunnel to welcome (and charge) drivers on Sunday morning
From midnight, the long-awaited West Gate Tunnel will open progressively, with all traffic flowing through by 7am on Sunday morning, but a month of free travel on weekends won’t kick off until January.
- Nicole Precel
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- Elka Sushi
Elka Sushi
A premium made-to-order sushi bar serving sashimi, chirashi and drinks from a Japanese vending machine.
- Dani Valent
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- Plough Hotel
Plough Hotel
Pouring beers for Footscray locals for more than 150 years.
- Dani Valent
How a Footscray vendor topped their neighbour’s recent sale by $233,000 at auction
Extra interest brought on by the expanded first home buyer scheme could have helped to push the price past expectations, the agent says.
- Jim Malo
