Madeleine Heffernan

4 days ago | theage.com.au | Madeleine Heffernan

Victoria’s first petrol price app could increase prices, but still worthwhile: report, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. An app displaying real-time fuel prices at Victorian petrol stations will cost about $2.4 million a year to run and may only save customers $5 or $10 a year – and could contribute to price increases – but will still be worthwhile, research has found.

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Madeleine Heffernan

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Some parents are spending more than $10,000 a year on their children’s sport, fuelled by young players joining expensive soccer and basketball academies to maximise their chances of getting into the A-League or National Basketball League.

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Madeleine Heffernan

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Owners of hair salons, gyms and coffee carts are complaining of the relentless tactics used by “music mafia” chasing them for licensing fees to play music to their customers. The small businesses say they are receiving legal threats and pestering phone calls from OneMusic Australia demanding licensing fees for music they are already paying streaming services to access.

2 weeks ago | theage.com.au | Lachlan Abbott |Henrietta Cook |Madeleine Heffernan |Noel Towell

By Lachlan Abbott, Henrietta Cook, Madeleine Heffernan, Noel Towell, Tom Cowie and Nicole Precel May 20, 2025 — 6.23pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. We asked five different Victorians what they thought of this year’s state budget. This is what they said.

2 weeks ago | watoday.com.au | Lachlan Abbott |Henrietta Cook |Madeleine Heffernan |Noel Towell

The budget has $162 million for bus services, including new connections in Thornhill Park, Mt Atkinson and Cairnlea in the west. However, it doesn’t go far enough for Santaram, who wants a system-wide overhaul with 10-15-minute frequencies. “There’s no equitable access to public transport,” he said. “If you go to the outer suburbs, there are people walking up to five kilometres just to catch a bus.