Adam Carey

From grasslands to ‘moonscape’: Dismay, anger over illegal clearing in Melbourne’s west

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The emergence of the endangered swamp skink on a large undeveloped site in Dromana has led to calls to drastically scale back long-standing housing plans.

After three weeks, the huge fire in the Grampians is contained. Now the hard work of recovery lies ahead.

For eight years, a vacant concrete platform at Ormond station has served as a reminder of the unrealised plan to build a tower above the Frankston line tracks.

Mambourin was designed as a beacon of liveability, but is now forgotten. In a series, The Age explores why Melbourne’s west is Australia’s fastest-growing region and what’s holding it back.

Strathcona Girls Grammar School is offside with its neighbours after buying homes near its main campus and using VCAT to overturn a protective covenant.

Melbourne will need an estimated 177,000 more affordable homes by 2041, but the Allan government’s high-density housing hubs have no targets for their inclusion.

Spending on renovations has boomed in the past five years, mainly in wealthier postcodes, while expenditure on building new homes remains in the doldrums.

A legal dispute between the Victorian government and the US firm contracted to replace the myki system raises concerns.