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One person is dead after a fight broke out near Mernda railway station in Melbourne’s north-east, police say.

He was the restaurant baron arrested at a pro-Palestine rally. She was the partner left to save the business as hats were stripped. Now Rebecca Yazbek is taking control as one of the only female CEOs in Australian hospitality.

One line in the 2013 Open Courts Act has had unintended consequences, denying victims fairness and the public their right to know. It requires a small but significant revision.

Readers agree with columnist Waleed Aly that the US claims of forcing a regime change in Iran is more likely driven by the opportunity to crush its military capabilities,

This week The Age joined all of Victoria’s major media outlets in writing to the state’s attorney-general to call for a change to laws that stymie transparency in our court system. So far, the campaign looks promising.

One person is dead after a fight broke out near Mernda railway station in Melbourne’s north-east, police say.

Police are responding to reports of a fatal incident at Mernda railway station in Melbourne’s north-east.

A star literature student who barely spoke English when she arrived in Australia is aiming to study at one of the world’s top universities, and she’s not alone.

Machetes, a meat cleaver and a carving knife were among weapons seized from a gang of teenage boys in the CBD on the first night of the annual Moomba Festival.

In 1981, it was $20,000 cash and a beach house. Today, it’s organised crime infiltrating the CFMEU – and a toothless watchdog. It’s time to fix it. John Silvester outlines how.

One of the state’s largest disability service providers is withdrawing its transport services due to financial pressures and trying to sell off the buses they were given for free.

Parents are choosing private education in increasing numbers, but the latest school snapshot also had much-needed good news for government schools.

Test your knowledge of Melbourne and Victoria with Stephen Brook’s quiz.

There have been more than a dozen arson attacks and two shootings related to illicit tobacco markets since Hamad was arrested in Iraq in mid-January.

To add to Pakula’s workload for the week he was asked as the chair of Crown to find a last-minute room for a “late breaking visitor”.

A coroner has found two university housemates found dead near Mount Bogong likely become disorientated in severe weather after taking on a hike they were inexperienced for.

Readers evaluate the actions of Trump, Netanyahu and the words of Albanese and the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, and only one of them gets a positive result.

In a defamation action against her estranged husband, Cate Sayers claims the businessman shared false medical information and details of her sexual history.

The same police investigating the alleged childcare paedophile have now charged a third person with nearly 200 sex crimes against children and animals.

Nicole Piastri says she wishes her son Oscar had chosen golf or tennis. “But he loves it,” she says ahead of the Australian Grand Prix.

A resident who says he had never met Freeman was ordered at gunpoint to lie facedown and restrained with zip ties, before he was told by officers he was under arrest for harbouring a fugitive.

Families involved in two horror mix-ups that saw women implanted with the wrong embryos have received massive secret settlements from Monash IVF.

As Lynn was told he will remain behind bars as he awaits a retrial for the murder of Carol Clay in Victoria’s High Country, he kept his gaze fixed firmly on the floor.

As Lynn was told he will remain behind bars as he awaits a retrial for the murder of Carol Clay in Victoria’s High Country, he kept his gaze fixed firmly on the floor.

The former pilot will remain behind bars as he awaits a retrial for the murder of Carol Clay in Victoria’s High Country.

The injuries, which commonly occur among boys aged 10 to 14, can include broken bones, fractured skulls and even a ruptured spleen.

The Melbourne-based nuclear incident room monitors global radiation threats and can model how radioactive material could spread.

While the Glamour on the Grid guest list has undergone a cull, the event still managed to present an eclectic array of attendees. But no one makes a serious fashion statement better than Judd.

Officers believe this violence to be part of a wider trend of criminal syndicates looking to fill the vacuum left in the tobacco black market following the arrest of Kazem Hamad.

Readers argue that the volatility of Middle East oil should propel the government to incentivise the take-up of clean energy.

A skateboarder, a food truck owner, a dancer and a Birdman Rally entrant explain why they like Moomba.

Transporting 1200 tonnes of Grand Prix gear and people through a war zone is just another day on the job for logistics expert Simon Price.

Taxpayers are facing a hefty bill to pay for works to clean up and expand the Formula 1 pit facilities at Albert Park.

In April 2008, I jokingly referred to myself as the “Queen of Suppression Orders” when explaining to a jury why I had banned a show that had been about to air on the Nine network.

The pop star has returned to Melbourne a week after his run of three huge shows at Marvel Stadium.

Detectives flew interstate on Wednesday morning and arrested a man as part of the investigation into the “suspicious disappearance” of Brendan Breen.

In a leafy suburb in Melbourne’s east that a court has banned us from naming, a neighbourhood spat started by the bashing of a dog has escalated into warfare.

The state government agreed to the $350 million pit redevelopment in 2023, but the discovery of asbestos has added another $395 million to the cost.

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by The Age picture editors

A laptop-sized piece of medical equipment is set to cut days off STI test results and offer more accurate results by searching for distinct genetic “barcodes”.

Government schools are providing desperately needed sporting facilities for community groups in Melbourne’s growth suburbs.

Grand prix boss Travis Auld is trying to reinvent the race’s opening party with fewer influencers and more “diversity”. 

Readers write of the US and Israeli attack on Iran as just the latest attempt by foreign powers to influence its leadership.

Police are investigating after the pair - who were known to each other - were discovered yesterday afternoon.

Police are investigating after the bodies were discovered in a home in the Latrobe Valley.

When Premier Jacinta Allan’s follower count doubled on Instagram, both the government and the opposition cried foul.

Suppression orders to protect the mental health of rapists is just the beginning. The courts have become unfriendly to the public, which is no good for any of us.

Readers respond to the casualties of war, Canada’s powerful example, and the Brunton legacy.

My suburb is only a train ride from Flinders Street, but we live among the birds and gumtrees.

My suburb is only a train ride from Flinders Street, but we live among the birds and gumtrees.