Melbourne news

Police are probing the deaths of a man and woman in separate incidents in Melbourne on Friday night.

The top end of Bourke Street had struggled to attract visitors since the COVID lockdowns. But a handful of venue openings has put a buzz back in the precinct.

Indulging in a sublime pastry while having a rubber stamp custom-made, your violin repaired and your tarot read. Welcome to the suburb named after a corrupt former premier considered ‘Bent by name, bent by nature’. It’s a rich mosaic of all things ordinary and gloriously niche.

Readers discuss our elected leaders’ behaviour in an eventful week in Canberra.

Indigenous leaders from the tiny mission in regional Victoria wept and embraced outside court after the judge found Clark had “emphatically betrayed its trust”.

Melbourne’s top private schools pledged to keep “heritage” sports like football, rowing, athletics and cricket at their heart of their sports programs but will consider adding more programs.

Melbourne Central management have been slammed by heritage advocates for allowing an alcohol ad to blanket the city’s heritage-listed shot tower.

Melbourne Central management has been slammed by heritage advocates for allowing an alcohol ad to blanket the city’s heritage-listed shot tower.

Victorian police officers have staged their biggest walkout to date, while a pay dispute remains at an impasse and officers’ hope dims.

The disgraced Aboriginal elder was found guilty by three separate juries of taking money from organisations he was supposed to be helping.

A gang of diamond thieves looked to have pulled off the perfect heist in Melbourne, until a resourceful detective started to softly breathe on the metal surface of a door – and found three perfect fingerprints.

Brighton’s tranquillity is derided by outsiders and beloved by locals. But it all fades when one topic of conversation comes up.