Melbourne news

The Age’s reports on the Victorian local government elections have confirmed our voting system urgently needs reform. To do nothing would cast integrity aside.

High-fee private schools are pressuring the state government to reverse its decision to charge a payroll tax, by telling parents they have no choice but to pass the extra cost on.

It’s common to find classes where up to 20 per cent of students have “crawled down the rabbit hole”, said an expert who helped design the revamped program.

Readers respond to the backlash against “disruptive” CBD protests, the plan to demolish the housing commission flats and the Voice, a year later.

Backroom wheeling and dealing and the complex science of preference flows could result in an unexpected lord mayor.

Our collection of regular columns in the lead-up to voting closing on October 25, focusing on the colourful characters and unusual goings-on.

Elise Hodder, 24, was killed when she was hit by a car that allegedly reversed at speed as it tried to leave an illegal rave in Kooyong over the weekend.