Melbourne news

In response to the long-running Lawyer X saga, the state government has put a log on the tracks in front of the gravy train. But there will be a few more meals in this dead elephant yet.

The state government aims to introduce unprecedented legislation blocking compensation claims linked to the Lawyer X scandal.

Readers react to youth crime in Melbourne, the end of the Olympics, and the Coalition’s reputation as better economic managers.

Readers react to youth crime in Melbourne, the end of the Olympics, and the Coalition’s reputation as better economic managers.

One regional council is putting up its own vacant farmland to develop affordable housing for key workers. It’s a model other councils could follow.

My neighbourhood is considered one of the posher western suburbs – but an element of the underworld makes it an interesting proposition.

Hire e-scooters are set to be banned from the CBD with the City of Melbourne likely to rip up its contract with Lime and Neuron.

The City of Melbourne is likely to rip up its contract with operators Lime and Neuron. The companies will be given 30 days’ notice of the contracts’ cancellation.

A school for students with learning difficulties, including dyslexia, won’t open next year as planned due to Victoria’s “next -level extensive” requirements.

The mercury is expected to hit 20 degrees in Melbourne for four days straight, but the weather bureau says it isn’t time to put the winter woollies away yet.

A landowner has failed in a bid to subdivide property set aside for the Wollert rail extension after arguing it was a lost cause following years of inaction.