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Demand For Sharehouse Rooms Is Outstripping Supply 100 to 1
Amid Australia's augmenting rental crisis, sharehouse finder website Flatmates.com.au just recorded its busiest month ever.
I Rode Melbourne’s Free Taylor Swift Trams for 12 Hours Because I Love Free Things and Hate Myself
Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the Swiftie.
'Police Simply Don't Belong at Pride': Cops Filmed Punching, Dragging Midsumma Protestors
"We deserve to have a space at pride and the police being there makes it unsafe and inaccessible."
‘Do Not Wear Skinny Jeans’: horsegiirL on Donk, Doof Sticks and Ketamine
“There's always a place for unseriousness in everything, not just in music.”
Not Legal Advice: 'My House Has Been Without a Shower For Two Months – What Now?'
My landlord ripped out my entire bathroom two months so I asked a lawyer about my rights. (This is not legal advice.)
Police Pepper Spray Free Palestine Protestors at Port Melbourne Docks
“When the police, whose job is to hold peace and justice … are pepper spraying and being violent towards people who are protesting genocide, that doesn’t represent justice or peace.”
'Mouth Sweats': These Are Melbourne's Best Indian Restaurants
There’s more than butter chicken at Melbourne's best Indian restaurants – if you know where to look. Here are VICE's picks for fine dining, buffets and a lot more.
Majority of Drug Searches at Victorian Music Festivals Find No Drugs
New data has put the efficacy of police drug searches in the spotlight after nine were hospitalised from MDMA overdoses at a Melbourne festival.
The Best Falafel in Melbourne
At Wazzup Falafel, Ahmad Alalaea wakes up at 4am to prepare Palestinian-Jordanian falafel from his homelands.
VICE Spotlight: FLY BOY JACK
Naarm-based crew FLY BOY JACK takes to Australian hip-hop like your favourite superhero duo in battle. If you don’t believe me, just listen to them.
Snuff Puppets: Melbourne’s Punk Puppeteers
VICE visits the studio home to 30+ years of puppets and larger-than-life creations.
Overheard at Meredith Music Festival
“I’m standing here, with my arm in the air, having a deep conversation. It reminds me of when I lived in Berlin…”