Hamton and Hostplus Selected for $7bn Arden Precinct as Town Hall Station Wins Design Honour

A consortium has been appointed to deliver 5,400 homes at Melbourne's Arden Central precinct, according to a report published by ArchitectureAu. In related coverage of the precinct, The Urban Developer reported that Hamton and Hostplus are taking on Melbourne's $7bn Arden Precinct. Elsewhere in the city, Town Hall Station has been named one of the world's most beautiful by Prix Versailles, according to a report by Architecture & Design.

In Melbourne's east, police are investigating the death of a woman and a child, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's ABC News & Headlines reported. According to separate reports published by The Age, SMH.com.au and Nine.com.au, the woman and child were found dead in Melbourne outside flats in Box Hill, which Nine.com.au also described as a Melbourne apartment block.

In news involving state administration, ChannelNews.com.au reported that a former Victorian Government IT chief has been accused of stealing 3,600 iPhones via a Telstra sponsorship deal.

Across the school sector, SMH.com.au published a report examining why Melbourne's independent schools are booming. At the same time, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's ABC News & Headlines reported that a school described as "running on a shoestring" says it cannot wait until 2034 for funding. Meanwhile, The University of Melbourne announced that Eight University of Melbourne academics have been elected to the Academy of the Social Sciences.

In upcoming cultural, food and local monitoring updates across Melbourne, AD HOC NEWS reported that Federation Square will host Festival Indonesia on 24 October 2026. Meanwhile, Broadsheet reported that Nigella Lawson is back in Melbourne and detailed where she has been eating, and IQAir published an update tracking air quality in South Melbourne.