For 24 years,residents in these booming fringe suburbs have waited for a train line,but a VCAT dispute could halt the project before it even begins.
A council has banned a developer from selling more home and land packages until it fixes a dangerous intersection in one of Melbourne’s fastest-growing suburbs.
A shared equity scheme that has helped thousands of Victorians buy a home will end next year,replaced by a pledged national scheme that hasn’t passed parliament.
Melbourne’s fringes have long been the most affordable place for homebuyers,but rising land prices could put the dream out of reach for average income earners.
Public parks in Melton could be sold to property developers and the main road replaced with bike and walking lanes in a plan to revive its run-down town centre.
Ravens are among the adaptable,aggressive native birds thriving in Australia’s large cities,at the expense of smaller native and even some introduced species.
Outer-suburban councils are desperate to get residents using public transport,but even billions spent boosting heavy rail is failing to make a dent in car dominance.
A growing number of applications to build private schools and places of worship in Melbourne’s green wedges is eroding their rural character,advocates say.
A housing estate in Cranbourne will swallow one of the city’s last refuges for the endangered southern brown bandicoot.
The environmental regulator has warned councils across the state to crack down on the quality of mulch being used in public spaces.
Developers of Melbourne’s newest housing estates are being pushed to leave space and soil for trees in private yards to curb the urban heat island effect.