The selfishness that's tearing Melbourne apart and other top stories

The selfishness that's tearing Melbourne apart

These are just the latest steps that councils in Melbourne's inner and middle suburbs, no doubt responding to the wishes of vocal residents, are taking to stop new homes being built in their area. The trend must stop if we are to keep Melbourne from ... >> view original

Tenant trouble looms for Emporium and Melbourne Central

The shakeout in retailing from the arrival of Emporium Melbourne is likely to continue for years as the city's newest centre jostles for key tenants with rival retail hub Melbourne Central. The two major shopping malls, which form a consumer mecca ... >> view original

Melbourne Rebels re-sign Fijian flyer Sefanaia Naivalu until 2017 season

Melbourne Rebels coach Tony McGahan says there's no limit on what Fijian flyer Sefanaia Naivalu can achieve after signing with the Super Rugby club until the end of the 2017 season. "Super Sefa", as he has become known, has had a meteoric rise after ... >> view original

Melbourne microbrewery marching toward October opening

MELBOURNE – Hell 'N Blazes Brewing Co. continues acquiring City Hall approvals to start pouring drafts to Millennials and craft-beer connoisseurs by October on New Haven Avenue. By unanimous vote Tuesday night, the Melbourne City Council granted ... >> view original

Women fleeing violence only able to afford one suburb in Melbourne: Melton

New data shows that in the whole of Melbourne there is only one suburb where a woman on an average weekly wage can rent a two-bedroom home and not be in housing stress (when you spend more than 30 per cent of your income on housing). >> view original

Melbourne suburb wants to be declared an independent nation

A suburb on Melbourne's southwestern outskirts is so fed up with inadequate public services and infrastructure it wants to be declared an independent nation. Residents in Point Cook, the birthplace of the Royal Australian Air Force, have started a ... >> view original

The 10 best new places for a steak in Melbourne

MELBOURNE has long been in love with beef, with many of our most famous restaurants through the decades famous for their steaks. But over the past 12 months there's been an influx of new eateries that either specialise in steak, or which have made it a ... >> view original

Melbourne Metro to get $1.5b in next week's budget, says Daniel Andrews

Opposition public transport spokesman David Hodgett said Melbourne was growing at almost 100,000 people per year. "This is an incredibly important project that we have to get right," he said. "Daniel Andrews needs to make sure that this project does ... >> view original

Melbourne's best cheap eats 2015

Other no-less-loved noodle soups include Malaysia's dark and porky bak kut teh at SugarBun (Melbourne, 205 Russell Street); ramen, such as Little Ramen Bar's classic tonkotsu ($10.90; Melbourne, 346 Little Bourke Street) and laksa, $10.80 at Laksa King ... >> view original

St Andrews in outer Melbourne dislodges Toorak as Victoria's wealthiest suburb

ST ANDREWS in Melbourne's outer northeast has topped Victoria's list of high-wage earners, booting the blue-riband suburb of Toorak from top spot. The 655 taxpaying locals in the 3761 postcode — which includes St Andrews and parts of Kinglake ... >> view original