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Melbourne’s lord mayor billed ratepayers for business class flights and luxury hotels as he and his team visited China, Japan, Brazil and India.

While shellshocked Liberal MPs said goodbye to the party’s first federal female leader, an email plopped into their inboxes from party president John Olsen. He had other things on his mind.

An out-of-control bushfire threatened lives in three Victorian towns on Tuesday.

An out-of-control bushfire threatened lives in three Victorian towns on Tuesday.

Readers react to Angus Taylor’s recent comments about immigration and argue that nothing has changed within the Liberal Party.

The Victorian head of Australia’s peak doctors group will meet with senior police on Wednesday after voicing serious concerns about the force’s move to push recruit mental fitness sign-offs to GPs.

The death of a Melbourne Grammar School student who collapsed after rowing training last year was caused by a rare vascular disease, a coroner’s report has found.

Crime seems to be woven into the very fabric of Melbourne. Most passersby wouldn’t know about the secrets bubbling under the surface. But John Silvester does.

An out-of-control bushfire is threatening lives in three central Victorian towns, as emergency services warn locals that it is too late to leave.

Brendan Breen, brother of St Kilda premiership hero Barry Breen, vanished in 2012. Police are still trying to find answers for his family.

Crime seems to be woven into the very fabric of Melbourne. Most passersby wouldn’t know about the secrets bubbling under the surface. But John Silvester does.

Haddara was arrested by police after he was spotted dropping off a bag filled with drugs, cash, weapons and his ID documents near the gym.

Behind a reinforced steel door was once a plush illegal casino, the passion project of the Black Prince of Lygon Street. Now, it’s a groovy wine bar.

Constable Angela Taylor became the first Australian policewoman killed in the line of duty when criminals out for revenge bombed Victoria Police’s headquarters.

Where there is demand, organised crime will supply. And what’s in demand now is illicit tobacco.

Not every shadowy underworld figure is publicity shy. In fact, some, like Carl Williams, weren’t afraid to ring up John Silvester and ask them to coffee.

The Great Bookie Robbery was the best executed heist in Australia’s history. But its violent consequences would leave mastermind Ray 'Chuck' Bennett dead.

Many walking past St Mary Star of the Sea in West Melbourne every day would not know the church’s true history, or its links to the city’s underworld.

In 1962, rival families fought for control of Queen Victoria Market. John T. Cusack warned of the mafia's power. He was ignored, until his report came true.

A new suburb has been proposed for the site of a golf course set up for Melbourne’s Jewish community in the 1950s. There’s a catch.

An out-of-control bushfire is threatening lives in three central Victorian towns, as emergency services warn locals that it is too late to leave.

An out-of-control bushfire is threatening lives in three central Victorian towns, as emergency services warn locals that it is too late to leave.

A man has been arrested in relation to the death of Belinda Nicholls, after her body was found at a house in Bayswater.

Launa Inman, formerly chief of Target, Officeworks and Billabong, is bringing her business acumen to the festival.