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Readers react to the Allan government’s plan to offer free public transport to children, and George Brandis’ advice for Sussan Ley.

A flat gradient is a rare occurrence in my suburb, where the locals stand out for one physical feature – the result of trekking up and down endless hills.

An application to Banyule City Council reveals the controversial church’s plan to turn an old furniture showroom into a private grocer.

Christine McKenzie told the murder trial of Erin Patterson that she photographed and posted the location of the mushrooms she found three months before the deadly beef Wellington lunch.

A phone tower expert has told the Supreme Court he was asked by homicide detectives to analyse the accused killer’s phone records for a period spanning more than three years before the beef Wellington lunch.

Experts warn that an increase in the number of mentally unwell people killing their parents is the most extreme symptom of a system in crisis four years after a royal commission was supposed to rebuild it.

Experts warn that a rise in the number of mentally unwell people killing their parents is the most extreme symptom of a system in crisis four years after a royal commission was supposed to rebuild it.

Efforts to ease pick-up and drop-off traffic around the Glen Iris private school appear to have flopped, and parents and locals are at loggerheads again.

Efforts to ease pick-up and drop-off traffic around the Glen Iris private school appear to have flopped, and parents and locals are at loggerheads again.

Efforts to ease pick-up and drop-off traffic around the Glen Iris private school appear to have flopped, and parents and locals are at loggerheads again.