Scott Barnett.

Psychologist suspended after sexually assaulting a patient,harassing others

Melbourne psychologist Scott Barnett has been suspended from practising after he was found to have acted inappropriately towards five vulnerable female patients.

  • Carla Jaeger

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Working from home has family and lifestyle benefits,but it is not a human right.

Victoria’s work-from-home laws are a farce. They will collapse at the first legal challenge

Despite the alarm generated among business owners,it’s likely these changes will have very little practical impact,and may never take effect at all.

  • Paul O'Halloran
Employees would have to pay for equipment so staff can work from home under the laws.

Pay for the desk or pay a penalty:Inside Victoria’s strict new work-from-home rules

Bosses will have to prove a “significant” negative impact before ordering staff back to the office under proposed new laws.

  • Patrick Hatch
Apartment owners have criticised Victoria’s long-awaited strata overhaul.

Strata reform failure leaves apartment owners at the mercy of predators

The Allan government’s weak-kneed response to a damning review of the strata sector kicks crucial consumer protections into the long grass.

  • The Age's View
Flies collected from inside the factory and office of Flush Partitions.

‘Rotten odour’ and fly swarms:Council seeks eviction order against former start-up darling

Legal action has been launched against a sustainable-agritech business in Melbourne’s west that workers in nearby companies say has made conditions unbearable.

  • Gemma Grant
Franc de Petro,a resident of Melbourne’s inner north,outside the location of a planned McDonald’s store in Northcote.

McDonald’s green-lit for ‘world’s coolest street’ after fast food giant’s appeal

VCAT found against the local council,overruling concerns that the McDonald’s would harm High Street’s cultural identity,small businesses and pedestrian safety.

  • Angus Delaney
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A desolate scene at Pakenham Place.

Empty heritage house stalls redevelopment of ‘eyesore’ shopping centre

The council has refused to allow a developer to knock down a solitary heritage house for the redevelopment of a derelict shopping centre.

  • Gemma Grant
Chris Thompson outside his bottle shop in Oakleigh that will have to take down its roller shutter soon.

Council demands ‘fortress-like’ shopfront shutter be removed despite burglary fears

A bottle shop in Oakleigh fears it will be defenceless against burglars without a shutter,which was installed two years ago after their store was broken into.

  • Lachlan Abbott

Housing approvals to be fast-tracked under new planning controls

There will be no recourse for neighbours,but the government says new regulations will make it easier to build in suburbs popular with families and young people.

  • Gemma Grant
Hash Tayeh has been found to have incited hatred against Jews at an anti-Israel protest.

Burgertory founder’s anti-Zionist protest chant incited hatred against Jews

By leading a chant of “All Zionists are terrorists”,Melbourne Palestinian activist Hash Tayeh incited hatred against Jews among his fellow protesters,VCAT has found.

  • Chip Le Grand