A hitman’s legacy: the family left devastated

Roger Wilson has been reduced to the passport photo used in police appeals for information when he disappeared, and he has become a bit player in his own life.

Readers respond to antisemitism, corruption claims, monoculture and the real winners of the World Cup.

The response of Premier Jacinta Allan to the latest revelations of corruption on the Big Build do not pass the pub test.

Focus groups ordered by the state government found its plan to demolish 44 public housing towers was opposed by tenants and could cause issues with their new owner-occupier neighbours.

The peak body for justices of the peace in Victoria is pleading for a recruitment boost over concerns ageing volunteers are “dying off”, and it will be increasingly difficult for people to find independent legal witnesses.

The Victorian provider is the first to have its funding cut under reforms that followed serious child abuse allegations in the sector.

Magistrate Patrick Southey said he wished there were harsher penalties he could impose on neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell for a racist protest outside the Chinese consulate in Toorak.

A suspected lithium battery fire has caused a smoking garbage truck to spew rubbish along the busy road in Melbourne’s north.

A suspected lithium battery fire has caused a smoking rubbish truck to spew rubbish along the busy road in Melbourne’s north.

The One Nation leader is among a few notable absences from the Midwinter Ball to be held in Canberra on Wednesday.

Readers have had enough of the Allan government and are demanding a royal commission into its Big Build mess.

Lex Lasry has warned Australia is headed down the path of America, saying judicial impartiality and independence are under attack.

Whenever we invited people to our home, they would think we lived in a different suburb 80 kilometres away.

But whenever we gave our address to others, there would be people who thought we meant another suburb on the peninsula.

Makeshift bike jumps caused a storm in the community last year. Now riders will enjoy a range of purpose-built new facilities following significant investment from the council.

Residents in a Melbourne aged care facility took a helicopter flight around Manhattan, without leaving their home.

Readers argue that Artificial Intelligence is a danger that will erode our ability to think for ourselves.

Keki never expected to be on the front line of the national housing crisis, but a devastating fire changed everything. Others are living out of cars or applying for student accommodation in their seventies.

A return to England from Australia promised warmer weather, but living in an inferno wasn’t on the itinerary.

A new cohort of drug injectors is placing unprecedented demand on the state’s needle and syringe program, with some services experiencing needle shortages.

Readers respond to the latest proposals for Melbourne and Victoria.

A 15-year-old boy was on bail when he allegedly abducted a teenage girl as she made her way to school and then drove her across Melbourne.

As one young family reels from being provided with a building and pest report by the estate agent that had pages removed, some experts warn mandating vendors to provide such reports may put buyers at risk.

The week in photos from our award-winning staff photographers and regular contributors at The Age.

This Melbourne institution curated the city’s live music culture one wall at a time. After four decades, it’s throwing open its doors.

A teenage boy has been charged after allegedly abducting a girl as she walked to school on the last day of term.

The latest leaked files make it abundantly clear, if it wasn’t already, that the government knew it was being fleeced by union misbehaviour long before the scandal broke.

The latest leaked files make it abundantly clear, if it wasn’t already, that the government knew it was being fleeced by union misbehaviour long before the scandal broke.

Readers argue that talk of a “monoculture” revives the “Cultural Cringe”.

Six storeys have been added to building height limits in Toorak Village in plans that will encourage higher-density development around train stations and tram corridors in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs.