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• Melbourne edition of Monopoly drops streets, picks special places instead

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.Unboxing Monopoly Melbourne editionIt's Melbourne all right, but not as locals may know it, with Monopoly's classic street format replaced by the biggest tourist spots in the city.PT2M40S620349A takeaway coffee cup, a football, Phar Lap, a spray paint can, tram and a book - according to Monopoly, those are the items that symbolise Melbourne.They were revealed as the player tokens for the Melbourne edition of the world's most popular board game, which was launched on T..

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• Train stolen and derailed, in 'severe act of vandalism' at Melbourne station - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  

  Train stolen and derailed, in 'severe act of vandalism' at Melbourne stationUpdatedNovember 11, 2015 15:27:40 Vandals have broken into a railway station in Melbourne's north-east, started a train and then derailed it, "destroying everything in its path" after seemingly obtaining a key on the black market.Key points:Vandals cause $3 million damage after crashing train at HustbridgeMetro says key was needed, possibly obtained on black marketStation night watchman and cleaner on site but not in..

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• Shot fired when Victoria Police officer rammed by car with stolen plates on EastLink freeway in Melbourne - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  

  Shot fired when Victoria Police officer rammed by car with stolen plates on EastLink freeway in MelbourneUpdatedNovember 11, 2015 17:16:08 A shot was fired by a police officer when a car with stolen number plates "ran him down" on Melbourne's EastLink Freeway, Victoria Police has said.Key points:Police operation was outside the outbound tunnel at Donvale at 1:20pmPolice say car with stolen licence plates ordered to stopCar stopped, then accelerated at officer, police sayWanted car, rego 1EJ ..

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• Melbourne Monopoly Board Revealed, No One Likes It | Broadsheet Melbourne - Broadsheet

  

  So many fundamental issues. We have some better ideas.Today, the first-ever official Melbourne Monopoly game was announced at a ceremony at Federation Square. Lets just say we think it’s as representative of the city as the kangaroo scrotum key rings for sale at a Swanston Street souvenir shop, and probably not as useful.On sale today, the special edition will feature a tram, a takeaway coffee cup, Phar Lap, a Sherrin AFL football, graffiti spray can and a “city of literature book” as game piece..

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  Melbourne is $250,000 cheaper than Sydney, $50,000 less than southeast Queensland and $40,000 below Perth, the latest greenfield market snapshot by the ...

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• Melbourne woman blasts Qantas staff for ‘blatant homophobia’ - 9news

  Kristina Antoniades (left) says she was sitting with her daughter Lily and partner Merrin Hicks (right) when Ms Hicks was asked to move for a married couple. (Facebook) A Melbourne woman has accused Qantas of being discriminatory toward her and her female partner after staff tried to make them move to accommodate a heterosexual couple who were not able to sit together.Family lawyer Kristina Antoniades was travelling from Brisbane to Melbourne with her partner Merrin Hicks and thei..

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• Melbourne's best suburb? Predictably, nobody can agree

  

  East Melbourne: not our readers' favourite suburb?Photo: SuppliedThe survey got it wrong. That's what our readers have told us, in no uncertain terms.We recently released the results of theMelbourne "liveability" study,whichranked every suburb from 1 to 321.In top place:East Melbourne.But our readers didn't agree. "Whoever did these assessments has got it wrong," one told us(in an online survey). "A very snobby survey," said another. "A load of crap," said a third.AdvertisementEven leafy and des..

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• Land sales in Melbourne hit new peak

  

  Greenfield sites in Melbourne are seeing a boom in popularity, with new research showing sales over the September quarter far eclipsed previous peak levels. Prepared by research firms Research4 and Charter Keck Cramer in partnership with the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA), the National Land Survey Program’s Melbourne Greenfield Market Snapshot has revealed that over the September quarter almost 1,900 greenfield lots were sol..

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• Melbourne United not expected to risk NBA import Hakim Warrick in Cairns Taipan game

  

  Melbourne United not expected to risk NBA import Hakim Warrick in Cairns Taipan gameHakim WarrickPhoto: Eddie JimMelbourne United NBA import Hakim Warrick is not expected to fly to Cairns for his club's clash with the Taipans on Friday night.Melbourne will be out for a 10th straight win to start the NBL season and, more importantly, a second regular-season win over the Taipans, last season's runners-up.Warrick has missed the last four games with a groin strain so Melbourne is unlikely to risk hi..

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• Melbourne Victory's Archie Thompson on track for pre-Christmas return, says Leigh Broxham

  

  Road to recovery: Archie Thompson.Photo: Getty ImagesThey have the premiership, the championship and the FFA Cup. Now all Melbourne Victory need is Archie Thompson.The A-League's all-time leading scorer, Thompson has been out of action since September after injuring his knee during a Cup tie against Adelaide United.But with his recovery highlighted in recent days by footage released on social media, Thompson, who recently turned 37, remains on track for a pre-Christmas return, according to Victo..

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