Melbourne news

Mambourin was designed as a beacon of liveability, but is now forgotten. In a series, The Age explores why Melbourne’s west is Australia’s fastest-growing region and what’s holding it back.

In the outer west, where the car is king, residents want better public transport links. In a series, The Age explores why the west is Australia’s fastest-growing region and what’s holding it back from its full potential.

In a series, The Age explores why the western suburbs are Australia’s fastest-growing region, and what’s holding them back from realising their full potential.

The Age explores what’s driving the boom in Melbourne’s western suburbs and challenges some of the common assumptions about the area.

In a series, The Age explores what makes the western suburbs the place to be and what’s holding them back.

Mambourin was designed as a beacon of liveability, but is now forgotten. In a series, The Age explores why Melbourne’s west is Australia’s fastest-growing region and what’s holding it back.

Readers discuss the change in leadership in the Victorian opposition and the popularity or otherwise of Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton.

Solo round-the-world sailor Pip Hare made an unexpected stop in Melbourne after disaster struck in the Southern Ocean.

Fireworks will shoot from 27 rooftops across the city and a spectacular laser display will ring in the new year for Melburnians.

Paramedics were called to the Beyond the Valley festival after a man in his 20s suffered a drug overdose.

Sharon Pickering says universities need to do more than just dial down conflicts on campus when confronting antisemitism.

Anthony Albanese visited Horsham on Sunday, saying payments to workers and sole traders impacted by the ongoing blaze would help communities recover.