Melbourne news

Police have declared the site a crime scene after a fire tore through a stand at Caulfield Racecourse, sending plumes of smoke across the inner east.

The fire, which broke out in a grandstand and sent smoke wafting over Melbourne’s eastern suburbs, has been deemed suspicious by police.

Smoke is wafting over Melbourne’s eastern suburbs as firefighters douse a blaze that broke out at the racecourse in Caulfield East.

Readers respond to the Israeli ambassador’s message to Australians, and debate the merits of socialism and the limits of private school funding.

Victoria’s free pad and tampon vending machines are not the best way to get period products to those who need them most, according to the government’s expert advice.

It is part cape, part coat, short sleeves, no buttons, two pockets either side. It is made of rough wool and feels more like an artistic reshaping of a hessian bag.

I gave away my own CD collection when we moved into our house 12 years ago. My hoarder husband was having none of it.

Police said a truck was being followed from the air when it collided with a car at traffic lights in Footscray early Monday morning, instantly killing the hatchback driver.

For eight years, a vacant concrete platform at Ormond station has served as a reminder of the unrealised plan to build a tower above the Frankston line tracks.