Adam Carey
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Senior journalist at The Age covering Melbourne's suburbs.
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.
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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.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/heidelberg-west-rallies-against-council-plan-to-close-its-run-down-pool-20250618-p5m8gp.html
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What do you call it? My @smh @theage cartoon.
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Seabirds on Lord Howe with stomachs so full of plastic they scrunch when you squeeze them. A story that shames us.
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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...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-15/birds-crunch-full-plastic-losing-war-waste/105221266
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Free Valerie!
add a skeleton here at some point
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âItâs quite unstableâ, 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.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/it-s-quite-unstable-says-expert-of-mccrae-landslide-site-once-known-as-spring-hill-20250116-p5l4yy.html
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Electrifying batting by Konstas. This is incredible cricket
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60,000 well located homes in 10 Melbourne suburbs âď¸ But extra supply is no guarantee on its own that homes will be more affordable.
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âLike goldâ: Allan government urged to set affordable housing targets
Melbourne will need an estimated 177,000 more affordable homes by 2041, but the Allan governmentâs high-density housing hubs have no targets for their inclusion.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/like-gold-allan-government-urged-to-set-affordable-housing-targets-20241205-p5kw41.html
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Saul Eslake on the poor and deteriorating state of Victoria's finances. Equal parts comprehensive and grim.
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How Victoria became a poor state (and the 16 charts that prove it)
The stateâs parlous finances mean voters are bound to face a combination of cuts in government spending and increases in taxation.
https://www.afr.com/politics/how-victoria-became-a-poor-state-and-the-16-charts-that-prove-it-20241122-p5ksuq
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Extraordinary, gut-punch story by Badiucao, on the huge price he's paid - still pays - for being a Chinese political dissident.
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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 ...
https://www.theage.com.au/interactive/2024/watched-followed-threatened/index.html
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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.
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A notorious YouTuber came looking for trouble in my suburb â but we surprised him
I understand why Spanian stopped by during his tour of the worldâs âmost dangerous and notorious neighbourhoodsâ. The video he shot revealed who we really are.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/a-notorious-youtuber-came-looking-for-trouble-in-my-suburb-but-we-surprised-him-20240911-p5k9om.html
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