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The silver sedan, which had a “Happy Chanukah” sign on its roof, was set alight in St Kilda East during the early hours of Christmas, forcing the evacuation of a nearby home.

Winnie de Silva and her son Leon, from the Geelong area, have launched Supreme Court of Victoria proceedings following similar moves interstate.

A 19-year-old has been charged over his alleged role in the attack on a European tourist at the busy Melbourne beach.

Melbourne’s Lifeblood centres will be busy during the festive period – after 12,000 Victorians booked in a donation following the Bondi shootings.

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A 34-year-old Norwegian man has fled Australia after a group of youths broke his arm and flung his phone into the waters off St Kilda Pier last week.  

Fed up with a lack of “decent” Christmas decorations in his shopping strip, Leroy Fletcher and his business partners splashed out $300,000 for some festive cheer.

A cafe that offered free coffees to victims of home invasions never expected such a strong reaction from customers.

A Supreme Court judge has warned that regional courts may no longer be able to hold some criminal trials because of hourly welfare checks being conducted on inmates.

The former Liberal MP announced a stage four cancer diagnosis in May.

Readers react to the political game playing in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.

For nearly 30 years, the Filippini family delighted neighbours with their extravagant Christmas lights display – now they are embroiled in a $500 million superannuation scandal.

If you thought Santa Claus had crazy work hours over Christmas, spare a thought for the traders of Melbourne’s fresh food markets.

The former Liberal MP announced a stage four cancer diagnosis in May.

At least one cleaner at a private school in inner Melbourne has been fired for allegedly stealing teachers’ Christmas presents off their desks.

The state government says the rate cap helps ease cost-of-living pressure, but councils say they won’t be able to fund essential services.

Thousands of security guards were abruptly sacked on Tuesday after MA Services entered voluntary administration, leaving major retailers in the lurch during the year’s busiest shopping period.

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More than 47,000 year 12 graduates will receive first-round offers from Victorian universities, TAFE institutions and independent tertiary colleges on Tuesday.

In the same week as Josh Burns mourned the tragedy at Bondi, the Jewish, Melbourne-based federal MP also welcomed his first child with Victorian MP Georgie Purcell.

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First Guardian boss David Anderson told a court that notes on where the fund’s millions were being transferred were not up to standard “by a long shot”.

Those residents prefer to think of themselves as living in a separate suburb that doesn’t officially exist.

The Davidson family stumbled upon the whale vertebrae on an Ocean Grove beach last week.

From the race for Melbourne’s “hot seats” and a massive search for Dezi Freeman to a nostalgic taste of Australiana and a glimpse behind closed doors of AFL clubs, here is a small selection of The Age’s best stories of the year.

Bill Horn still relishes playing nine holes of golf twice a week and says if he dies on the course, it’ll be with a smile on his face.

Vehicles zoom around this “dangerous” roundabout every 2.6 seconds, prompting fed-up locals to demand a safe place to cross.

Readers discuss antisemitism and government measures to fight it.

For years, the residents of Aveo Cherry Tree Grove retirement village have found a second family in their community choir.

Melbourne chef Scott Pickett’s fine-dining restaurants owe the collapsed First Guardian super fund more than $18 million, liquidators have revealed.

Dressed in white, a group of Jewish and non-Jewish women gathered to remember the victims of the Bondi shooting one week on.

The $250 million project aims to provide a space for the country’s fastest growing religion, but locals have raised concerns about the influx of visitors.

Records that the Victorian government fought for years to keep secret reveal that one in five of the state’s public schools is in “poor” condition and urgently needs repairs or rebuilding.

Readers continue to respond to last Sunday’s Bondi massacre.

Some residents in Fitzroy North fear an alarming precedent for the area after fast-tracked complex gained approval.

Venues in Melbourne are banning mobile phones or placing stickers over phone cameras in a bid to get patrons to switch off. 

Standing silently at their local beach, dozens of Victorian lifesavers gathered to honour the victims and lifeguards involved in the December 14 terror attack.

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Within minutes of getting into the stranger’s car and heading towards her home, Jo Case says she knew in her bones that something was wrong.

Four AFL clubs, the Australian Grand Prix Corporation and the University of Sydney have dumped scandal-plagued company MA Services Group.

A leading energy expert has warned Victorians’ electricity bills could skyrocket unless the state government acts now.

Readers react to the political game playing in the aftermath of the Bondi terror attack when many are still grieving.

Dozens of power poles were installed during West Gate Tunnel works on the condition they would be temporary. Seven years later, they’re here to stay.

Professor Marcia Langton, one of the most high-profile academics at the university, claims at least two antisemitic extremists are on the payroll.

A magistrate ruled Damien Richardson should undergo a “restorative justice” process after the actor was found guilty of intentionally performing a Nazi salute.

They lots of effort and aren’t cheap, but the families behind Melbourne’s best Christmas light displays say their reward is worth their hard work.

The gangland figure had his bail conditions significantly scaled back as prosecutors drag a decision on whether he should face a retrial on drugs charges.

A teacher who groomed two girls he taught at a Melbourne school has been jailed and will be a registered sexual offender for life.

From blowing holes in Hells Angels’ clubhouses to intercepting Carl Williams’ hitmen, retired Special Operations Group officer Bill Duncan reveals the reality of elite policing.