Melbourne news

In the same week as Josh Burns mourned the tragedy at Bondi, the Jewish, Melbourne-based federal MP also welcomed his first child with Victorian MP Georgie Purcell.

Readers argue

First Guardian boss David Anderson told a court that notes on where the fund’s millions were being transferred were not up to standard “by a long shot”.

Those residents prefer to think of themselves as living in a separate suburb that doesn’t officially exist.

The Davidson family stumbled upon the whale vertebrae on an Ocean Grove beach last week.

From the race for Melbourne’s “hot seats” and a massive search for Dezi Freeman to a nostalgic taste of Australiana and a glimpse behind closed doors of AFL clubs, here is a small selection of The Age’s best stories of the year.