‘People are still going to be dying in alleyways’:The lost battle for a second safe injecting room

‘People are still going to be dying in alleyways’:The lost battle for a second safe injecting room

Saade Melki says the safe injecting room in Richmond stopped him from overdosing. He is shocked that plans to build another one in the city have been abandoned.

  • byJewel Topsfield

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Israel-Iran strikes,as it happened:Explosions in Iran amid heightened tensions in Middle East

Israel-Iran strikes,as it happened:Explosions in Iran amid heightened tensions in Middle East

Israeli missiles have hit a site in Iran,the American ABC News reported on Friday citing a US official. Follow our live coverage.

  • byJewel Topsfield andChris Zappone
Les Twentyman wrote his own eulogy. These are his parting words

Les Twentyman wrote his own eulogy. These are his parting words

The Victorian premier told mourners at Twentyman’s state funeral that the eulogy was typical of a man who always “downplayed the enormous difference he made”.

  • byJewel Topsfield
‘I felt I had to be manic to produce things’:The comedian taking you inside the bipolar mind

‘I felt I had to be manic to produce things’:The comedian taking you inside the bipolar mind

Comedian Sam Kissajukian produced 300 paintings documenting his mind during a five-month manic episode in lockdown. Now he uses his art to talk about life with a complex mental illness.

  • byJewel Topsfield
Melbourne school charged over ‘preventable’ death of student

Melbourne school charged over ‘preventable’ death of student

Lachlan Cook,16,died after becoming ill from a complication of diabetes while on a school trip in Vietnam.

  • byAlex Crowe andJewel Topsfield
Where we live:The changing face of Victoria’s neighbourhoods
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Where we live:The changing face of Victoria’s neighbourhoods

In this series,The Age profiles Victorian suburbs and towns to reveal how they’ve changed over the decades.

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‘My soul will flash back to The Junction’:The suburb where residents fight for their leafy idyll

‘My soul will flash back to The Junction’:The suburb where residents fight for their leafy idyll

For decades Camberwell residents have risen up to defend their suburban calm from developers.

  • byJewel Topsfield
A siren blares emergency,emergency – then eerie silence

A siren blares emergency,emergency – then eerie silence

Arriving at the Mount Clear gold mine on Wednesday,Ross Kenna was confronted with a chaotic scene. Trapped workers,emergency services and everyone fearing the worst.

  • byJewel Topsfield
Tributes for father killed in Ballarat gold mine collapse
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Tributes for father killed in Ballarat gold mine collapse

Kurt Hourigan,a 37-year-old miner from Bruthen in Gippsland,died and his 21-year-old colleague is fighting for his life in hospital after rock collapsed on them 500 metres underground.

  • byLachlan Abbott,Alex Crowe andJewel Topsfield
Two miners pinned under rocks,25 others stuck underground in Ballarat mine collapse

Two miners pinned under rocks,25 others stuck underground in Ballarat mine collapse

A rescue effort is under way after a Ballarat mine collapse pinned two miners under rocks and forced 25 others to take refuge in an underground safety pod.

  • byLachlan Abbott andJewel Topsfield
‘The situation is unacceptable’:The CBD street no one can solve

‘The situation is unacceptable’:The CBD street no one can solve

Traders and residents are copping the brunt of antisocial behaviour and filth at the trouble-plagued southern end of Elizabeth Street.

  • byJewel Topsfield