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A would-be councillor was panicked to receive an unusual legal letter as part of a bogus criminal investigation into the disappearance of several election posters in Melbourne’s south-east last month.

A would-be councillor was panicked to receive an unusual legal letter as part of a bogus criminal investigation into the disappearance of several election posters in Melbourne’s south-east last month.

Readers attempt to process Donald Trump’s presidential victory with a mixture of shock, blame, and even a little excitement.

To see the corpse flower is to witness to the powerful majesty – and daft absurdity – of nature. It’s about to happen in Geelong.

The incumbent offered voters a familiar face, and the promise of a safe pair of hands. He has four years to prove he can back that up.

Counter-terror police conducted raids across Melbourne as part of a “day of action” against the neo-Nazi National Socialist Network.

Up to 200 trams and 2500 buses could be affected by a myki reader outage, despite Victoria spending millions to prevent it happening.

Up to 200 trams and 2500 buses could be affected by a myki reader outage, despite Victoria spending millions to prevent it happening.

More than two dozen former employees at Carey Baptist Grammar have been accused of abuse, lawyers say, as more ex-students consider legal action.

After more than 50 years, the family behind Papa Gino’s – a Lygon Street institution that families and students have flocked for decades – are hanging up their aprons.

Reece recorded 61.5 per cent of the vote after the distribution of preferences, comfortably beating Greens candidate Roxane Ingleton with 38.5 per cent.

Incumbent Nick Reece has been elected as Melbourne’s lord mayor after a drawn-out counting process that was finalised on Thursday.

Incumbent Nick Reece has been elected as Melbourne’s lord mayor after a drawn-out counting process that was finalised on Thursday.

Xiaozheng Lin killed the two women in their own homes, but struck a deal to plead guilty to manslaughter, with the sentence labelled unjust and unfair.

Xiaozheng Lin killed the two women in their own homes, but struck a deal to plead guilty to manslaughter, with the sentence labelled unjust and unfair.

The anti-vaxxer bludgeoned his scientist wife to death with a 7.5-kilogram metal car ramp.

Hampton Park residents were shocked to learn their administrator-run council had ticked off a transfer station set to handle hundreds of thousands of tonnes of rubbish each year.