Melbourne news

Salvador Rueda wants Melbourne to use the Metro Tunnel as the backbone of a car-free, pedestrian-friendly city.

Parents reported their secondary-school-aged children were spending more than three hours a day on platforms like Snapchat and TikTok.

Buyers of off-the-plan units, townhouses and apartments will have longer to claim stamp duty concessions as the Allan government seeks to fuel interest in new builds.

The City of Yarra decided to get rid of the granite monument from Edinburgh Gardens after vandals repeatedly targeted it and cost the council thousands of dollars.

Readers respond to the Liberal party room’s selection of Sussan Ley as leader of the opposition.

McClelland College parents have been told a former science teacher at the public high school is facing criminal charges.

There have been 12 deaths in the past four days on Victorian roads, two of them on Tuesday.

Mycologist Tom May told Erin Patterson’s murder trial that photos of the poisonous mushrooms were posted on the iNaturalist website by members of the public.

A council is considering providing free dog waste bags in its parks – against its own experts’ advice.

Melbourne’s Lord Mayor Nick Reece is expanding his controversial CBD security guard scheme, but only a third of the officers pledged will be rolled out.

The contentious redevelopment of the popular grocer in Melbourne’s inner north may be about to clear a final hurdle.

A Department of Health official has told a Supreme Court jury she interviewed Erin Patterson in the days after a fatal lunch over concerns there was a public health risk.

Lord Mayor Nick Reece has committed $4.5 million to upgrade security around the city, but many of his other election pledges remain unfunded.

A 69-year-old man is fighting for his life in hospital after he was struck by an allegedly illegally modified electric bike.