Melbourne news

A turf war has erupted between GPs and pharmacists over changes that allow patients to get the pill from pharmacies without a doctor’s script.

Test your knowledge of Melbourne and Victoria with Stephen Brook’s quiz.

Readers argue that Trump’s war in the Middle East is his doing and Anthony Albanese should have immediately distanced himself from it.

Households can expect to pay more for milk, meat and maybe medicines and electronics because of war in the Middle East.

In the middle of an otherwise orderly bluestone-and-glass corridor on Southbank Promenade sits a giant, slightly odd, bright red staircase that leads to nowhere.

After keeping a low profile at the start of the year following her expenses scandal, Anika Wells is back in event mode, rubbing shoulders with Queen Mary.

The only person alleged blackmailer Joel Leavitt is permitted to travel with under his bail conditions is a suspected Bandidos motorcycle gang chapter president, a court has heard.

A teenager has allegedly randomly stabbed a woman, and a man has been hospitalised after Melbourne’s second shooting this week.

During a rainy late-night patrol, The Age got a front-row seat to Melbourne’s youth crime crisis in the city’s west.

A teenager has allegedly randomly stabbed a woman, and a man has been hospitalised after Melbourne’s second shooting this week.

A teenager has allegedly randomly stabbed a woman, and a man has been hospitalised after Melbourne’s second shooting this week.

A woman found unconscious in a burning home is fighting for her life in hospital after the Roxburgh Park blaze.

The growth of crime in Victoria is slowing after several years of sharp increases, but a meaningful reduction in crime is unlikely to happen any time soon.