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Construction on a build-to-rent development at the site of a former Honda dealership on Hoddle Street is yet to begin.

Minister’s ‘fast-tracked’ housing towers become ghost projects

Two and a half years since this program was launched to great fanfare, just six homes have been built and sites remain untouched.

  • Daniella White

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Housing approvals to be fast-tracked under new planning controls

There will be no recourse for neighbours, but the government says new regulations will make it easier to build in suburbs popular with families and young people.

  • Gemma Grant
Victorian Attorney General Sonya Kilkenny.

Kilkenny urged to axe privacy protections for high-profile Victorians

“It is very, very difficult to distinguish legitimate cases and cases where they are just trying it on,” one legal expert said.

  • Chip Le Grand and Erin Pearson
Paramedic Kathryn McCormack says she feels let down after charges of assaulting an emergency worker were withdrawn against a man alleged to have attacked her.

Police, firefighters join call for review of assault loophole

Premier Jacinta Allan conceded further reform could be needed and that the outcome in this case was concerning.

  • Rachel Eddie and Grant McArthur
Activity centres are proposed for areas close to transport in 60 suburbs such as Camberwell.

The 20-storey divide: Melbourne’s high-density push stalled by numbers that don’t stack up

With only 110,000 homes commercially viable in the state’s flagship activity centre push, economists and property industry figures want more lenient development rules to kickstart construction.

  • Daniella White
South Yarra is among the activity centres flagged for higher-density homes.

Towers up to 20 storeys slated for middle-ring suburbs as new activity centre maps released

The fresh maps provide the missing piece in the state government’s pledge to encourage higher-density housing near train stations and tramlines.

  • Kieran Rooney
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Green light for first apartment block in ‘great design’ high-density push

Some residents in Fitzroy North fear an alarming precedent for the area after fast-tracked complex gained approval.

  • Daniella White
Jacinta Allan with Corrections Minister Enver Erdogan and Attorney General Sonya Kilkenny surprised their Labor colleagues with changes to youth crime laws.

The single word from voters that convinced Victorian Labor to put more kids in jail

Research by the party was finding that too many voters simply believed there weren’t any consequences for young people who committed violent crimes.

  • Chip Le Grand and Kieran Rooney
The government wants to be able to spend developer contributions outside the growth areas they were collected.

Controversial planning laws could divert vital funding from booming suburbs

The tax is intended to be spent building roads, public transport and schools in growing suburbs. Changes mean the money could be spent anywhere.

  • Daniella White
Attorney-General Sonya Kilkenny with Premier Jacinta Allan.

‘We owe it to people like Jessica’: Victoria considers decriminalising begging after brutal killing

Begging is still a crime in Victoria that can land people in prison for up to a year. Attorney-General Sonya Kilkenny has asked for advice on whether to decriminalise the offence.

  • Rachel Eddie