‘Licence for an accident’:Mornington Peninsula pushes for speed limits to be slashed

‘Licence for an accident’:Mornington Peninsula pushes for speed limits to be slashed

More than 50 roads could have their limits lowered – some by as much as 50km/h – as the shire aims to take control from the state government on the issue.

  • byAdam Carey

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The once-booming Victorian towns where rents are at a discount

The once-booming Victorian towns where rents are at a discount

Rental growth in regional areas is slowing or falling as higher costs price out many tenants and some tree-changers return to the city.

  • byMelissa Heagney-Bayliss
The only thing jumping at the Lorne trampolines is insurance costs

The only thing jumping at the Lorne trampolines is insurance costs

Generations of children bounced on the trampolines until they were abruptly closed in 2020,and a $500,000 insurance bill means they are unlikely to reopen this summer.

  • byCara Waters andMillie Muroi
My beach town is overrun by people from Melbourne. I absolutely love it

My beach town is overrun by people from Melbourne. I absolutely love it

City dwellers are the scourge of summer for beachside locals. They pinch all the good parking spots and clean out the shops of sourdough baguettes. I welcome them.

  • byKate Halfpenny
Australia’s wild west:Why are so many horrors set in the outback?

Australia’s wild west:Why are so many horrors set in the outback?

From The Royal Hotel to Long Weekend,the Australian bush has long been a go-to setting for horrors and thrillers,but what is it about this vast landscape that’s so scary?

  • byNell Geraets
Worst year for road deaths since 2008 as COVID habits wreak havoc

Worst year for road deaths since 2008 as COVID habits wreak havoc

The greatest loss of life on Victoria’s roads in 15 years has prompted a government commitment to review speed limits on country roads,and calls for stronger police enforcement to correct dangerous driving habits.

  • byPatrick Hatch
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Coastal communities salute the sun for their first public transport

Coastal communities salute the sun for their first public transport

Sandy Point and Venus Bay will trial electric minibuses to see if public transport can be brought to small Victorian towns.

  • byBenjamin Preiss
The secret plan that could transform Victoria’s hospital system
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The secret plan that could transform Victoria’s hospital system

Forced mergers of health services are being investigated as part of a plan that could deliver a major shake-up of the state’s healthcare.

  • byAisha Dow andBenjamin Preiss
‘Families are giving up’:Kids wait five years to see a paediatrician

‘Families are giving up’:Kids wait five years to see a paediatrician

Paediatric clinics have waitlists with hundreds of children on them as advocates warn the sector is reaching crisis point as specialists retire or move back to metro areas.

  • byAmber Schultz
Vols on hols:The CFA’s plan to recruit volunteer Melburnian firefighters

Vols on hols:The CFA’s plan to recruit volunteer Melburnian firefighters

Would you drop everything to fight a bushfire on your summer holiday? The Victorian fire service is counting on city slickers to boost dwindling membership numbers.

  • byBenjamin Preiss
Fossil fight:How a rural NSW town’s stoush over a museum got ‘personal’

Fossil fight:How a rural NSW town’s stoush over a museum got ‘personal’

The town of Gulgong in rural NSW has seen its plans for a dinosaur museum go up in smoke after a fierce online backlash.

  • byCatherine Naylor