‘Love it out here’:What it costs to live in Melbourne’s top suburbs for wellbeing

‘Love it out here’:What it costs to live in Melbourne’s top suburbs for wellbeing

The wellbeing factor of suburbs has been measured on indicators such as health,environment,jobs and income. But it comes at a price.

  • byElizabeth Redman andAlexandra Middleton

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Merrick Watts’ simple rule during Eltham pub fights:‘Grab the till and run’

Merrick Watts’ simple rule during Eltham pub fights:‘Grab the till and run’

Once Eltham was an “amazing dichotomy between ruthless bogans and the arts”. Nowadays,the leafy suburb is fighting not to look like everywhere else.

  • byClay Lucas
Coburg house clears price range with one bid,sells for $850,000 at auction

Coburg house clears price range with one bid,sells for $850,000 at auction

Young couples vying for the Berry Street home didn’t mess around – the first bid was $20,000 more than top of the quoted price range.

  • byJim Malo
Future of Victorian Premier’s History Award in doubt

Future of Victorian Premier’s History Award in doubt

A top history prize bearing could soon be a thing of the past,as historians raise alarm over the loss of grants they say will endanger the future of record-keeping,heritage overlays and genealogy research.

  • byBroede Carmody
Naked hippies in the Yarra? Eltham was a great place to be a teenager
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Naked hippies in the Yarra? Eltham was a great place to be a teenager

What I like about Eltham is how resistant it is to change. Everyone leaves eventually,but most of them come back.

  • byDoug Hendrie
Eltham tapas bar Little Drop of Poison has good vibes on tap

Eltham tapas bar Little Drop of Poison has good vibes on tap

How do you take your poison? I’ll have mine here,at this intimate Latin bar in the ’burbs,writes Dani Valent.

  • byDani Valent
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Road to nowhere? Roundabout revamp could be a waste,say angry locals

Road to nowhere? Roundabout revamp could be a waste,say angry locals

The Andrews government will build an oversized intersection in the bushland suburb of Eltham to solve a traffic problem that locals say is already being fixed by building the state’s most expensive road.

  • byTimna Jacks
'It’s a feeling like we’re home':Eltham tree-lined gateway to be bulldozed

'It’s a feeling like we’re home':Eltham tree-lined gateway to be bulldozed

Plans to chop down hundreds of trees in the bushland suburb of Eltham to make way for an 11-lane intersection have horrified locals,who say it will destroy the green gateway into their community.

  • byChloe Booker
Family fears for missing mother and six-year-old daughter

Family fears for missing mother and six-year-old daughter

Police have appealed to the public for any information that may help them find a missing six-year-old girl.

  • byMatilda Boseley
They said'yes':Three couples engaged on hot air balloon which got tangled in a tree

They said'yes':Three couples engaged on hot air balloon which got tangled in a tree

Three couples will have a colourful story to tell after they each became engaged on an early-morning hot air balloon ride which later crashed into a tree in Melbourne's north-east.

  • bySimone Fox Koob
Travellers,basketball teams warned after new measles arrival in Melbourne

Travellers,basketball teams warned after new measles arrival in Melbourne

Authorities are urging those who were at the international terminal on the morning of April 16 to check for signs of the infectious disease.

  • byAisha Dow