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Detectives have found the remains of missing 19-year-old Brunswick woman Isla Bell.

Two men have been charged after police found human remains in the search for Brunswick woman Isla Bell, whose disappearance sparked a huge community campaign.

Two men have been charged after police found human remains in the search for Brunswick woman Isla Bell, whose disappearance sparked a huge community campaign.

Two men have been charged after police found human remains in the search for Brunswick woman Isla Bell, whose disappearance sparked a huge community campaign.

Two men have been charged after police found human remains in the search for Brunswick woman Isla Bell, whose disappearance sparked a huge community campaign.

Apartment-dwellers want to cook and eat at home, but say cramped, impractical spaces aren’t cutting it.

New research into impractical cooking areas in modern apartments has prompted calls for stricter standards to ensure the state government’s high-rise ambitions deliver quality, liveable housing.

The proposed inquiry would look at six different issues threatening to undermine the integrity of local government elections.

The Age won 10 awards on Tuesday night, including the prestigious Gold Walkley, after scoring 20 nominations – more than any other news organisation in Australia.

Pixie Skase, the wife of disgraced businessman and fugitive Christopher Skase, has died.

Readers discuss the arrest of Sydney broadcaster Alan Jones.

It is high time legislators made those who allow the peddling of this modern misery pay for their role.

Nick Reece’s priorities are safety and cleanliness, but questions remain about how he can fulfil other promises given the council’s struggling budget.

The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority says it is on track to deliver ATAR results by December 12, but concedes tens of thousands of “grade checks” could push the date back.

A detective will spend at least 18 months in jail after falsifying evidence to charge a single mother with drug trafficking.

A detective will spend at least 18 months in jail after falsifying evidence to charge a single mother with drug trafficking.

Two teenagers from Melbourne’s bayside suburbs, Holly Bowles and her best friend, Bianca Jones, are on life support in hospitals in Thailand after suspected methanol poisoning.

Two teenagers from Melbourne’s bayside suburbs, Holly Bowles and her best friend, Bianca Jones, are on life support in hospitals in Thailand after suspected methanol poisoning.

Lawyers for the former pilot have formally applied to the Court of Appeal to clear his name over the murder of camper Carol Clay.