Chemist Warehouse family’s proposed coastal compound draws ire of locals

Chemist Warehouse family’s proposed coastal compound draws ire of locals

The billionaire co-founder of the ubiquitous pharmacy chain is facing a battle over plans to build a luxury 16-bed complex with a pool,cinema and tennis court.

  • byTom Cowie

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The ‘great wall of Heidelberg’ that swallowed up a chunk of council land

The ‘great wall of Heidelberg’ that swallowed up a chunk of council land

To some,it’s an eyesore that needs a fresh coat of paint or even bulldozing. But for the fence’s owners,it’s just a mix-up over 14 square metres of dirt.

  • byTom Cowie
The radical ideas to stop the bulldozing of Melbourne’s public housing towers

The radical ideas to stop the bulldozing of Melbourne’s public housing towers

Architects and students have dozens of ideas of how Melbourne’s public housing towers can be revitalised and saved.

  • byTom Cowie andRachael Dexter
Melbourne Uni warns students police could enter campus,Monash camp disbands

Melbourne Uni warns students police could enter campus,Monash camp disbands

Classes in one building have been cancelled for a third day,but authorities have held off from calling for support to remove pro-Palestinian protesters.

  • byAlex Crowe,Patrick Hatch,Chip Le Grand andTom Cowie
Melbourne Uni signals intention to evict ‘outside agitators’ in protest occupation

Melbourne Uni signals intention to evict ‘outside agitators’ in protest occupation

The University of Melbourne says campus protests against the war in Gaza have been infiltrated by outside agitators,but students reject the claim.

  • byChip Le Grand,Tom Cowie andMelissa Cunningham
Expulsion threats,defiant students and orders to leave as tensions rise on uni campuses

Expulsion threats,defiant students and orders to leave as tensions rise on uni campuses

Melbourne,Monash and Deakin universities continue to grapple with defiant students staging protests over the war in Gaza despite requests to leave and dismantle their camps.

  • byTom Cowie,Melissa Cunningham andAlex Crowe
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They sold the bike to pay for their dad’s funeral. But 12 years later,it came back

They sold the bike to pay for their dad’s funeral. But 12 years later,it came back

It was one of those ideas families talk about but don’t often carry out. If they could make it work,it would end years of regret.

  • byTom Cowie
Pro-Palestine protesters splash red paint on deputy premier’s office

Pro-Palestine protesters splash red paint on deputy premier’s office

Ben Carroll’s Niddrie office was defaced in a spate of vandalism that also targeted Seven and the ABC,before protesters halted Melbourne’s peak-hour traffic.

  • byTom Cowie
Pulped fiction:Thousands of library books removed as collection culled

Pulped fiction:Thousands of library books removed as collection culled

A truckload of books has been taken away under plans to reduce shelving at Melbourne’s City Library and replace it with meeting spaces.

  • byTom Cowie
Private school seeks 40-year lease over public sporting grounds

Private school seeks 40-year lease over public sporting grounds

Opponents of the idea argue a proposed new lease deal hands virtual ownership of a public park to a private school – for generations.

  • byTom Cowie
Myer family takes on sushi queen over Toorak mansion extension

Myer family takes on sushi queen over Toorak mansion extension

Planning disputes between neighbours can often descend into bitterness,name-calling and rancour. But in Toorak,things are done differently.

  • byTom Cowie andStephen Brook