Heidelberg West rallies against council plan to close its run-down pool The disadvantaged community of Heidelberg West faces the imminent closure of its public swimming pool, which has been left to deteriorate for decades.

Banyule council has voted to decommission the Olympic Village Pool in Heidelberg West. Local ward councillor Mary O'Kane was the only dissenting vote. She took issue with other councillors' "condescending" praise for the failed community campaign to save it. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

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On a pristine Australian island the birds are so full of plastic they crunch It's an exclusive tourist destination and one of the most pristine places on the planet. It's the last place you would expect to find birds with bellies so full of plastic that they crunch if you sque...

Seabirds on Lord Howe with stomachs so full of plastic they scrunch when you squeeze them. A story that shames us. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

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‘It’s quite unstable’, says expert of McCrae landslide site once known as Spring Hill The landslide in McCrae happened in a part of the Mornington Peninsula locals once called Spring Hill, owing to the extensive underwater flows in the area.

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Electrifying batting by Konstas. This is incredible cricket

‘Like gold’: Allan government urged to set affordable housing targets Melbourne will need an estimated 177,000 more affordable homes by 2041, but the Allan government’s high-density housing hubs have no targets for their inclusion.

60,000 well located homes in 10 Melbourne suburbs ✔️ But extra supply is no guarantee on its own that homes will be more affordable. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

How Victoria became a poor state (and the 16 charts that prove it) The state’s parlous finances mean voters are bound to face a combination of cuts in government spending and increases in taxation.

Saul Eslake on the poor and deteriorating state of Victoria's finances. Equal parts comprehensive and grim. www.afr.com/politics/how...

I'm a Chinese dissident and The Age's cartoonist. An impostor is claiming to be me. Badiucao was used to strange things happening. But when someone started impersonating him ...

Extraordinary, gut-punch story by Badiucao, on the huge price he's paid - still pays - for being a Chinese political dissident. www.theage.com.au/interactive/...

A notorious YouTuber came looking for trouble in my suburb – but we surprised him I understand why Spanian stopped by during his tour of the world’s “most dangerous and notorious neighbourhoods”. The video he shot revealed who we really are.

Stefan Koomen, who wrote this great piece about his home suburb of Doveton, has been elected mayor of the City of Casey, Melbourne's biggest LGA. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...