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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
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Burgertory founder’s anti-Zionist protest chant incited hatred against Jews
By leading a chant of “All Zionists are terrorists”, Melbourne Palestinian activist Hash Tayeh incited hatred against Jews among his fellow protesters, VCAT has found.
- Chip Le Grand
A misunderstood email and a four-day delay: 900-house development goes ahead due to council error
Kingston City Council intended to challenge an unpopular local housing development. But they accidentally handed in the paperwork four days late.
- Gemma Grant
Hospitalised and preparing to send the kids to foster care: Tenants’ VCAT woes revealed
Jo-Ann is an executive, earns a good salary, and is a single mother of three. But she was still evicted from her Melbourne home.
- Jim Malo
St Kilda retirees prepare for battle over planned storage development
The residents of a retirement home say plans for a multi-storey facility will put elderly drivers at risk and destroy neighbourhood amenity.
- Cara Waters
Hindu sect’s expansion plans fall foul of neighbours over parking, chanting
Chinmaya Mission wants to add more classrooms to its Templestowe home as Indian migration fuels growth – and disputes – with Hindu organisations.
- Lachlan Abbott
Melbourne Racing Club claims $195m Mount Scopus deal imperiled by council levy
The racing club has vowed to push on with plans to sell land to the school, despite taking Glen Eira Council to VCAT arguing a $3m levy could jeopardise the project.
- Lachlan Abbott
Death threats against judges among soaring safety incidents linked to sovereign citizens
New figures from the agency that runs Victoria’s court system reveal a “critical” issue with threats to kill or harm members of the judiciary or court staff.
- Chris Vedelago
Non-binary teacher takes Catholic school group to court over refusal to use preferred pronouns
The teacher’s union says the case could open the floodgates to gender and sex discrimination disputes in religious schools around the country.
- Nicole Precel
A 7-degree angle stopped this Elwood home extension, and exposed a heritage fight
The single-bedroom add-on was approved by the local council and had only one objector but was knocked back by a planning tribunal on grounds it was at odds with the heritage character of the street.
- Lachlan Abbott