Ravens are among the adaptable,aggressive native birds thriving in Australia’s large cities,at the expense of smaller native and even some introduced species.
Outer-suburban councils are desperate to get residents using public transport,but even billions spent boosting heavy rail is failing to make a dent in car dominance.
A growing number of applications to build private schools and places of worship in Melbourne’s green wedges is eroding their rural character,advocates say.
A housing estate in Cranbourne will swallow one of the city’s last refuges for the endangered southern brown bandicoot.
The environmental regulator has warned councils across the state to crack down on the quality of mulch being used in public spaces.
Developers of Melbourne’s newest housing estates are being pushed to leave space and soil for trees in private yards to curb the urban heat island effect.
Mornington Peninsula beaches will be cleaned by hand from July after testing found mechanical rakes left more than half the rubbish behind.
A street-by-street analysis reveals where the Allan government’s push to ramp up housing development is most likely to occur. See the maps.
A recent contamination outbreak in NSW and Queensland prompted Victoria’s Environment Protection Authority to undertake inspections.
Light-coloured roofs would be mandated on new homes on small lots in Melbourne’s growth areas under a proposed overhaul of the state’s housing code.
A disability pensioner secretly stockpiled more than 100,000 old tyres on a farm near Mildura,leaving a deceased woman’s family with a clean-up bill of $900,000.