August 6, 2026 — 1:24pm

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Marija Kustura has lived in the home she built in a quiet pocket of Doncaster East for 26 years. She was making plans for her elderly parents to live there as well.

Until she learnt of a council’s quiet plan to buy and demolish her house to replace it with a park.

Manningham Council in 2020 identified Kustura’s home for acquisition, but only revealed its plans to her in a letter sent in May this year. Last week, a council rates notice revealed the value of her home had fallen by $50,000.

“It’s a home that I built and…

Read the full article at SMH.COM.AU