Youthquakes,tall buildings and the tremor of change:The future of Victorian regional cities

Youthquakes,tall buildings and the tremor of change:The future of Victorian regional cities

The state’s big regional cities are hurtling towards radical demographic change. Here’s where things have gone wrong - and what needs to improve.

  • byBenjamin Preiss

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Bendigo’s booming CBD needs to change. And the only way is up

Bendigo’s booming CBD needs to change. And the only way is up

Aurlene left an Indian megalopolis to live in this regional city. Thousands of migrants are doing the same.

  • byBenjamin Preiss
In regional Victoria,work is under way on a ‘wonder of the Buddhist world’

In regional Victoria,work is under way on a ‘wonder of the Buddhist world’

Inside a temple on Bendigo’s outskirts,artists and volunteers are working painstakingly on a painting they believe will be the biggest of its kind.

  • byBenjamin Preiss
Sammi has a full-time job and paid rent for 15 years. No one will rent her a property

Sammi has a full-time job and paid rent for 15 years. No one will rent her a property

After being forced to vacate her home as Melbourne’s winter hit,Sammi Clarke applied for almost 20 places. Then she was asked a question that showed the depth of the housing crisis.

  • byMelissa Heagney-Bayliss
The Victorian towns once booming but now offering house price discounts

The Victorian towns once booming but now offering house price discounts

The popular sea and tree change hotspots where Melburnians rushed during lockdown are now leading price falls across the market.

  • byMelissa Heagney-Bayliss andTawar Razaghi
Taxpayers to fund councils’ axed Commonwealth Games jobs

Taxpayers to fund councils’ axed Commonwealth Games jobs

Victorians will pay six-figure salaries for specially appointed Commonwealth Games directors at local councils even though the Games have been cancelled.

  • byRachael Dexter
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Victoria failed to do its homework. The Commonwealth Games paid the price

Victoria failed to do its homework. The Commonwealth Games paid the price

The Andrews government should have seen this coming before leaping headlong into what has become a mess for Australia on the international stage.

  • byJosh Gordon
Tenders for athletes’ villages released days before shock Games cancellation

Tenders for athletes’ villages released days before shock Games cancellation

Regional leaders say they were blindsided by the cancellation of the 2026 Commonwealth Games and expressed concern about missing out on tourism and exposure.

  • byBenjamin Preiss
Hooroo,roos:The plan to bounce kangaroos from Commonwealth Games site

Hooroo,roos:The plan to bounce kangaroos from Commonwealth Games site

A resident mob of kangaroos is facing eviction at the site of Bendigo’s Commonwealth Games village,but some locals are worried about the animals’ wellbeing.

  • byBenjamin Preiss andBroede Carmody
‘Held hostage’:Residents brace for $1000 monthly bills in gas monopoly

‘Held hostage’:Residents brace for $1000 monthly bills in gas monopoly

Marong residents fear a cold winter will leave them struggling to pay the bills. Victoria’s energy compare website estimates residents in the town will pay double what their counterparts in suburban Melbourne pay a month.

  • byBenjamin Preiss
State’s top architecture awards for learning locale,a library and a laundry in the sky

State’s top architecture awards for learning locale,a library and a laundry in the sky

The University of Melbourne student precinct,Warrnambool Library and Nightingale Village in Brunswick have won major gongs in this year’s Victorian Architecture Awards.

  • byJewel Topsfield