31 h. ago Carrier pigeons and a nod to Michelangelo: Inside the Metro Tunnel art

It’s a brave artist who takes on a public art commission, and I imagine a particularly daunting task making public art for a train station.

Politics

48 h. ago ‘Where’s our transmitter?’ How the Whitlam dismissal nearly silenced radio 4ZZZ

The birth of Queensland’s first community radio station 50 years ago was a story of insurmountable odds meeting implacable effort – and a few cunning tricks.

Events

56 h. ago ‘Out of the station and into a paddock’: Arden station is open, so where’s the suburb?

Arden is meant to be the latest attempt to turn a patch of gritty industrial land into a thriving suburb. But the precinct faces flood risks and a 30-year build-out.

Politics

56 h. ago The fire station in the middle of Justin Hemmes’ expanding Byron Bay empire

Justin Hemmes bought two tin-roofed beach shacks in Byron Bay for $3.6 million. Now the fire station next door is being relocated.

Events

3 d. ago Fears sewage leak from cracked pipe could flow into Sydney Harbour

Emergency works are under way to fix a cracked sewerage pipe nine metres beneath an inner-city Sydney suburb.

Politics

3 d. ago Man allegedly behind airport gun firing jailed over train station attacks

Nicholas Teplin has been sentenced for a peak-hour rampage at Central Station, as more details emerged about a scuffle with police at Sydney Airport’s domestic terminal.

Events

4 d. ago ‘It reeks down there’: Is this city bus stop’s pungent stink finally being fixed?

Regular commuters have become accustomed to the scent of sewage at the King George Square bus station. But has it finally been fixed?

Politics

6 d. ago Teen charged over alleged attack at party in affluent suburb

The weekend house party in inner-norther Clayfield ended with a 16-year-old hospitalised for large laceration across his back.

Events

6 d. ago People think my suburb is dull and boring. But they can’t stop talking about it

It seems everyone has an opinion on my neighbourhood, where there’s a lingering characterisation that we’re the heart of Melbourne’s dull suburbia.

Politics

6 d. ago My suburb is mocked relentlessly. But people can’t stop talking about it

It seems everyone has an opinion on my neighbourhood, where there’s a lingering characterisation that we’re the heart of Melbourne’s boring suburbia.

Politics

6 d. ago Why this neighbourhood wants to break up with its suburb and join the ‘Toorak of the north’

A petition, signed by 140 people, was tabled at the last Moonee Valley council meeting and called for a realignment of suburb boundaries in Melbourne’s north-west.

Politics

7 d. ago Celebrating the opening of the Metro Tunnel at State Library

Performers celebrate the opening of the Metro Tunnel at the new State Library Station.

Politics

1 week ago Which train station was originally called Museum? Test yourself with The Age quiz

Test your knowledge of Melbourne and Victoria with Stephen Brook’s quiz.

Politics

1 week ago The Metro stations are grand, are these dull names the best we can do?

Were the authorities really so afraid of Station McStationface that they had to lump us with a bunch of uninspiring names for the new hubs?

Politics

1 week ago The Metro stations are glorious, are these dull names the best we can do?

Were the authorities really so afraid of Station McStationface that they had to lump us with a bunch of uninspiring names for the new hubs?

Politics

1 week ago Thousands had a say about the new station names. This is what they ended up with?

Were the authorities really so afraid of Station McStationface that they had to lump us with a bunch of uninspiring names for the new hubs?

Politics

1 week ago New Melbourne station underpass set to cost pedestrians more than five dollars to use

Pedestrians wandering through the new State Library Station to access the Melbourne Central shops will be charged five dollars for the 20-metre walk.

Politics

1 week ago ABC Radio Sydney faces ratings shock after Chris Bath’s surprise resignation

The latest radio survey shows losses across every show in the station’s line-up, with its Drive program slumping to a 4.9 per cent share of the Sydney radio audience.

Events

1 week ago ‘Left in limbo’: Sydney council backflips on housing rule to entice developers to ‘failed’ suburb

Ann Attwater wants to sell her home, but she can’t. Nor does she want to risk renovating in a suburb where homes are hard to sell.

Politics

1 week ago Union calls for Melbourne metro opening delay, premier insists it's safe

Melbourne's new metro station has been declared completely safe ahead of Sunday's opening, but the firefighters union wants it held off.

Politics