Cara Waters
City Editor
Cara Waters is the city editor for The Age.
In Melbourne’s famous laneways, there is life – and death
In one laneway, people sip wine at a table under a heater. In another, someone is crouched behind a bin on the hard ground ready to inject. Their drug of choice is illegal, and without a safe injecting room, they have nowhere else to go.
- by Sophie Aubrey and Cara Waters
Simon Holmes a Court, the son of a Liberal premier and hopes for a local ‘teal wash’
Teal candidates were the surprise success at the last federal election. Now the people who backed them to win are targeting local government.
- by Cara Waters
Residents delighted by Caulfield Grammar crackdown on parking parents
School is about to start for the day and all is peaceful in the Glen Iris street adjoining the private school, where new parking restrictions have been imposed.
- by Cara Waters
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Drug reform
Melbourne will not get a second injecting room while Allan is premier
Premier Jacinta Allan has drawn a line under the debate about a second injecting room in Melbourne by going against an expert report to say it will never be built.
- by Rachel Eddie, Kieran Rooney and Cara Waters
Where to find the cheapest and most expensive coffee in Melbourne
The price of a cup of coffee in Melbourne varies wildly depending on which suburb you order it in. Search our interactive graphic to find out how coffee prices compare in your suburb.
- by Cara Waters
Melbourne to press pause on new CBD bike lanes
The City of Melbourne plans instead to focus on routes into the city centre.
- by Cara Waters
Guy Grossi drinks espresso, but most Melburnians like to add milk. Find out your suburb’s most popular coffee order
Our deep dive into Melburnians’ preferred coffee orders tells a story of changing tastes. Use the interactive to find out where your suburb sits on Melbourne’s cappuccino curve.
- by Cara Waters
Parents ‘absolutely livid’ after parking outside Glen Iris school restricted
Parents at a private school in Melbourne’s east are up in arms over changes to parking rules that mean they cannot park outside the school to drop off and pick up their children.
- by Cara Waters
Arts companies worry State Theatre shutdown could spell curtains for future shows
Opera Australia and the Australian Ballet are among those concerned that Melbourne could miss out on some shows from the knock-on effect of three years of renovations at the State Theatre.
- by Cara Waters
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Pro-Palestine protesters arrested after tampering with traffic lights, blocking roads and docks
Police arrested a dozen protesters at a blockade in Port Melbourne and two others for allegedly tampering with traffic lights in Carlton.
- by Madeleine Heffernan, Cara Waters, Marta Pascual Juanola and Cameron Houston