Columns

The last woman hanged in Australia

In November 1949 a murder occurred in Dorrit St, Carlton, that was to lead to the last hanging of a woman in Australia before the death penalty was abolished.

“How do you feel about the rollout of the vaccine?”

Metro Tunnel mega-machines on the home stretch

The Metro Tunnel Project has almost reached the three-quarter mark of building the nine-kilometre-long twin tunnels that will create a new train line running under Melbourne.

East Melbourne people power

For nearly 70 years, the proud residents of East Melbourne have been working together to preserve their inner-city oasis, nestled between the traffic arterials, stadiums, parks and gardens.

Cultural competency on the rise

Where the COVID-19 pandemic and the shift online upended many organisations last year, Koorie Heritage Trust (KHT) manager of education and visitor experience Rob Hyatt said the trust’s Building Aboriginal Cultural Competency workshops had soared in popularity.

Investing in social housing, in the era of working from home

Welcome to the sixth of our 12-part series which will attempt to explore the role that housing can and should play within Australian society and why it is important to our economy that we house all Australians. 

How has business been since lockdowns ended?

Ling said people had returned to Lygon St following the end of strict lockdown restrictions and the shopping strip was quite busy. 

Fixing our broken housing system during a pandemic

2020 was the year that none of us expected.

Parkville progress takes shape

Work on the Metro Tunnel’s new Parkville Station has begun the new year in earnest after many project milestones were achieved during 2020.