Melbourne news

After surviving a family split and devastating fire, Stokehouse has marked Melburnians’ special occasions for more than 35 years. Now, a new generation is taking the lead.

Cost blowouts are expected on Victoria’s Big Build, according to analysts and ratings agencies, as the global fuel shock triggers widespread economic fallout.

A $100 million sports and aquatics complex, a $55 million humanities building: what Melbourne’s private schools are spending on their new facilities.

Readers argue that as the state election approaches, Premier Jacinta Allan must tell Victorians which promised infrastructure projects will proceed in light of the “Big Build” cost blowouts.

Jet fuel prices have doubled within a fortnight, leading many Melburnians to alter or pause plans for international travel as airfares surge.

A 25-year-old woman from Mount Waverley remains in a serious but stable condition in hospital after being attacked while walking through a mall in Clayton on Thursday morning.

A grieving brother has vowed to honour his late sister by fulfilling her lifelong wish of starting an orphanage in Sri Lanka, where they were born and grew up.

The incident comes amid skyrocketing petrol costs and a cost-of-living crisis.

A Melbourne lawyer was convicted and fined $1500 after pleading guilty to a raft of drug and driving offences and also faces the prospect of being banned from practising law.

Former homicide detective Sol Solomon recounts the hunt for killers in the cases that have shocked and haunted him.

Police say they’ve busted a syndicate which stole hundreds of high-end vehicles worth more than $20m and shipped them to the Middle East.