Underground drug trafficking operation linked to ‘colourful’ clinic owner,court hears

Underground drug trafficking operation linked to ‘colourful’ clinic owner,court hears

Police seized hundreds of vials of testosterone,human growth hormone and anabolic steroids,17 luxury cars worth more than $3 million and a safe of cash in raids.

  • byErin Pearson

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Greek food is having a moment,but this 40-year-old city icon is an authentic stayer
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Tsindos

Greek food is having a moment,but this 40-year-old city icon is an authentic stayer

Family restaurant Tsindos,and its secret eggplant dip,has been a Lonsdale Street stalwart for 40 years.

  • byDani Valent
The $80 million stand-off over a level crossing no one wants removed

The $80 million stand-off over a level crossing no one wants removed

Dandenong South businesses are banding together to fight the removal of boom gates on an industrial street,which they claim is putting political spin before common sense.

  • byClay Lucas
Olive the regulars love French favourite Tapenade − and it’s easy to see why
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Tapenade

Olive the regulars love French favourite Tapenade − and it’s easy to see why

The owners of this cafe and restaurant,in the base of a shiny apartment block on a busy road,have endeared themselves to locals.

  • byDani Valent
Calls for social housing to be built on prized land in the middle of Kew

Calls for social housing to be built on prized land in the middle of Kew

The former VicRoads headquarters next to Xavier College sits unused,but the government has been silent on the site’s future.

  • byClay Lucas
Pizza,flowers,bubble tea:are high-tech vending machines the new trend?

Pizza,flowers,bubble tea:are high-tech vending machines the new trend?

High-tech vending machines are popping up at Southern Cross Station and elsewhere across the city,but industry experts say the new technology won’t take off in Australia.

  • byNajma Sambul
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The clandestine exploits of Melbourne’s tyre dumpers – and the squad hunting them down

The clandestine exploits of Melbourne’s tyre dumpers – and the squad hunting them down

Illegal tyre dumping is soaring in the city’s outer suburbs following a ban on exporting waste tyres,and regulators are scrambling to catch the perpetrators.

  • byAdam Carey
‘Timing couldn’t be worse’:Labor MPs irate over failure to block housing probe

‘Timing couldn’t be worse’:Labor MPs irate over failure to block housing probe

Members of the Allan government are fuming after a minister failed to head off a damaging parliamentary inquiry into the demolition of 44 social housing towers.

  • byKieran Rooney
Is it a restaurant or a wine bar? It doesn’t matter when it’s as friendly and fun as this

Is it a restaurant or a wine bar? It doesn’t matter when it’s as friendly and fun as this

The people slurping oysters at the counter reckon they’re in a bar,but the bistro chairs,fine cooking and ability to book a table say “restaurant” to me.

  • byDani Valent
Court dismisses developer Woodman’s claim against IBAC

Court dismisses developer Woodman’s claim against IBAC

Supreme Court finds that IBAC had the right to publicly grill developer John Woodman in 2019.

  • byRoyce Millar
Overdue report pinpoints looming shortage of high school teachers

Overdue report pinpoints looming shortage of high school teachers

Demand for teachers is expected to outpace supply in Victoria by 2028,with an expected shortfall of more than 5000 staff largely fuelled by shortages in the secondary sector.

  • byRobyn Grace