Melbourne news

Covering the federal election in the blue-ribbon Liberal seat of Kooyong was always going to be exciting. But I could not have expected just how wild it became.

More than 100 people have been arrested in the first three weeks of a trial of police and protective services officers patrolling major shopping centres.

The troubling picture of children left at risk shows the slim resourcing of the state regulator at a time when reports of sex offences had tripled in five years.

Readers discuss the efficacy of royal commissions, the MCG test match uproar and the need for better road accident data.

Police will be granted extended weapon search powers and have back-up from specialist response teams as hundreds of thousands of revellers turn out for Melbourne’s fireworks show.

Victorians lured to the beach by Monday’s hot temperatures may be reaching for warmer clothes by New Year’s Eve.

Professor Emma Johnston, the University of Melbourne’s first female vice chancellor, has died less than 12 months after taking the role.

Steven Woodhouse, 30, died after he was repeatedly shot with bean-bag rounds, Tasered and arrested by members of a specialist police team.