Cassandra Morgan

July 3, 2026 — 7:30pm In a dingy theatre courtyard, an old dunny was dubbed the “shame of Carlton”.

Murray Wight watched a man die inside a Melbourne theatre. A year later, he's determined to prevent the same scene from playing out again.

Murray Wight watched a man die inside a Melbourne theatre. A year later, he’s determined to prevent the same scene from playing out again.

The construction of hundreds of homes on a narrow thoroughfare in Melbourne's inner north has divided neighbours over claims it will compound traffic and parking chaos in a suburb already bursting at the seams.

In an area that is crying out for more housing, residents are split on the merits of a plan to turn vacant industrial land into a development with hundreds of new apartments.

July 14, 2026 — 10:41pm An inner-city council has torn up a deal with Melbourne's biggest e-bike operator, resolving to rip them from the streets as the company “takes the mickey” out of ratepayers.

Yarra City Council claimed e-bike operator Lime is “taking the mickey” out of ratepayers by failing to punish illegal parking, footpath riding, and drunk users.