Parks and nature reserves are vital for wellbeing. But at the rate Melbourne is densifying and expanding,access to public open space could fall dramatically.
The new version of the State Electricity Commission looks set to be exempt from a levy designed to stop government businesses having a competitive advantage.
In this series,The Age profiles Victorian suburbs and towns to reveal how they’ve changed over the decades.
Population data shows our city has been transformed by high and medium-density living. Use our interactives to check your area.
A street-by-street analysis reveals where the Allan government’s push to ramp up housing development is most likely to occur. See the maps.
Treasurer Tim Pallas has given his strongest hint yet that the state government would consider ditching stamp duty and replacing it with a land tax.
A proposed six-storey apartment in the inner north is the latest residential development to get bogged down by a planning dispute.
No other Australian jurisdiction is as dependent on fines for cash,but the state government faces pressure to scale back its punitive approach to revenue-raising.
The Victorian Treasurer’s characterisation of Chris Minns as a tool might be over the top,but Tim Pallas has a point.
Victoria’s share of the GST carve-up has been boosted by $3.7 billion after the federal grants commission realised the state was packed and wasn’t getting mining revenue.
Kew is now 10 times larger than when it was described as a “prettily-situated township” in 1875,but much of it remains unchanged.