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Where to watch the Matildas in Melbourne on Wednesday night

The Matildas will take on England in the semi-final, kicking off at 8pm Wednesday – fresh off the back of a nail-biting penalty shootout win against France.

by Alex Crowe and Katherine Scott

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Letters

Outrage about a holiday we might actually relate to

Vanessa Roy with her daughter, 3 year old Phoebe Austin at West Gully preschool. Vanessa is a parent who’s affected by Knox council pulling out of providing kindergartens.

Education

Kinder surprise: 1100 kids in limbo as council pulls plug on kinder services

by Cara Waters

A render of the proposed four-story apartment building on Wattletree Road in Malvern East.

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Property prices

Noisy NIMBYs to be silenced on housing projects

by Josh Gordon and Tom Cowie

Matildas fans erupt in Federation Square, Melbourne.

FIFA World Cup

‘I’m exhilarated’: Federation Square erupts as the Matildas advance to the semi-finals

by Alex Crowe

Transport

Transurban chief financial officer Michelle Jablko will succeed Scott Charlton as CEO in October.

Roads

Record traffic and inflation drive toll road bonanza

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by Simon Johanson

A slab of blacktop containing recycled plastics.

Science

The science stacks up for recycled roads. Why aren’t they everywhere?

by Liam Mannix

Train drivers are threatening to boycott Frankston, Dandenong and Pakenham services next week.

Public transport

One trespasser can delay 50,000 people. Can retrofitting stations fix the problem?

by Alex Crowe

Kristy Colley fears for her safety when walking through the St Kilda Junction underpass and avoids it at night.

City life

‘Disgusting, dodgy’: Residents are over Melbourne’s worst underpasses

by Najma Sambul

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Crime & Courts

Korumburra wild mushroom poisoning victims Don and Gail Patterson and Heather and Ian Wilkinson and the Leongatha house where Erin Patterson, who prepared the deadly lunch, lives. A general view of view of Korumburra.

Analysis

Death cap case

The 12 deadly questions in the mushroom mystery

by John Silvester

Police at The Men’s Gallery.

Crime

Manhunt under way after strip club triple-stabbing in CBD

by Callum Godde and Chris Vedelago

Phil Egan (right) departs the Melbourne Magistrates Court, in Melbourne, Friday.

Courts

Author of Hawthorn racism report accused of siphoning almost $800,000 from Indigenous organisation

by Cameron Houston and David Estcourt

Thevamanogari Manivel outside the County Court in August.

Courts

The $10.5m dilemma: How one woman handled a crypto cash error in her favour

by David Estcourt

Local council

Felled trees

City life

Why trees in this east Melbourne suburb are disappearing at night

2 hours ago
by Najma Sambul

Vanessa Roy with her daughter, 3 year old Phoebe Austin at West Gully preschool. Vanessa is a parent who’s affected by Knox council pulling out of providing kindergartens.

Education

Kinder surprise: 1100 kids in limbo as council pulls plug on kinder services

by Cara Waters

Monash councillor Josh Fergeus has tried unsuccessfully to get a public register of councillor meetings with developers at his council.

Local council

‘Flush it into the public domain’: Why so few councils publish interactions with developers

by Rachael Dexter

Airbnb property owner David Penman in 2020.

Local council

‘You corrupt stain of a human’: Airbnb owner faces court over text message

by Cameron Houston

Co-founder of Moondog, Karl van Buuren, the old Franco Cozzo building in Footscray in June.

City life

Grand ale for Footscray as brewery gets council’s green light for old Franco Cozzo site

by Lachlan Abbott

Members of Port Melbourne Cricket Club at the North Port Oval.

Local council

School or sports field? State and council in ‘absurd’ bidding war over Fishermans Bend site

by Rachael Dexter

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City life

Felled trees

City life

Why trees in this east Melbourne suburb are disappearing at night

The city’s leafy eastern suburbs are quickly losing their greenery as private development and illegal tree-removing operations sweep the area.

2 hours ago
by Najma Sambul

Merri Creek

City life

Dear Merri Creek: Veteran litter picker’s love letter to waterway

Two volunteer Merri Creek rubbish removers of 30 years found $100 in the water – and donated it back to the creek.

by Carolyn Webb

Alison McCormack, chief executive of the Bicycle Network, at Kerferd Road where the Shrine to Sea bike lanes would run.

City life

Scrapped Shrine to Sea bike path could be revived – but at a cost to cars

by Cara Waters

Deloitte CEO Adam Powick admitted to a Senate committee his position is not worthy of a salary seven times that of the prime minister’s.

CBD

Consultancy giant boss a no-show at inquiry after Canberra spray

by David Estcourt and Kishor Napier-Raman

Vanessa Roy with her daughter, 3 year old Phoebe Austin at West Gully preschool. Vanessa is a parent who’s affected by Knox council pulling out of providing kindergartens.

Education

Kinder surprise: 1100 kids in limbo as council pulls plug on kinder services

by Cara Waters

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