Big Build hit by fake qualifications racket as regulators face questions

Detectives probing organised crime in the building sector have alerted regulators to the alleged racket by scam and criminal networks.

Culture needs events, but those created elsewhere tend to turn Melbourne crowds off.

Sam Wood and wife Snezana own two homes in Greater Melbourne, but it seems the family aren’t living in either of them.

Readers respond to the planning approval of controversial developments, migration policy, tram hazards, and the plague.

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by The Age picture editors.

A new report from the Coroner’s Court shows 632 overdose fatalities were recorded in Victoria last year, the highest number since the court started collecting the data in 2000. 

Leanne was laying flowers at the cemetery. Then, the influencers descended.

The portion of relocatable public school buildings is rising as enrolments surge in growth corridors and established campuses deal with ageing infrastructure. See how your school rates.

This 345-kilometre power cable is touted as crucial to clean-energy needs. But what if farmers cannot work their land?

In July, the former reality TV star waxed lyrical about his relationship with billionaire Melbourne businessman Dennis Bastas. But by Tuesday, all ties were severed as Wood faces domestic violence-related charges.

Four months after a $1.5 million bailout, the not-for-profit paid more than $65,000 to find an interim chief executive. Then it appointed someone already inside the organisation.

Four months after a $1.5 million bailout, the not-for-profit paid more than $65,000 to find an interim chief executive. Then it appointed someone already inside the organisation.

Victoria boasts about being home to Australia’s sports and arts capital. We explore what it needs to do to retain this status and attract more international visitors.

In July the former reality TV star waxed lyrical about his relationship with billionaire Melbourne businessman Dennis Bastas – but by Tuesday all ties were severed as Wood faces domestic violence related charges.

Readers describe party leaders as desperately grabbing at policy to ward off the appeal of One Nation.

Traffic was halted on the major freeway as armed police hauled six people to the ground after an early-morning home invasion and pursuit across the city’s eastern suburbs.

The Methodist Ladies’ College teacher was at the school until just weeks ago, when police were called in.

There were more support staff in high-vis vests than passengers on Tuesday morning, as confused travellers navigated Melbourne Airport’s new arrival and departure system.

There were more support staff in high-vis vests than passengers on Tuesday morning, as confused travellers navigated Melbourne Airport’s new arrival and departure system.

A new pickup and drop off area has opened at Melbourne Airport.

The Victorian opposition has promised a “mental health reset” to overhaul and improve the state’s struggling sector five years on from the royal commission.

The Victorian opposition has promised a “mental health reset” to overhaul and improve the state’s struggling sector five years on from the royal commission.

Melbourne’s cultural scene is thriving. That doesn’t mean artists don’t face challenges – even when they’re homegrown superstars.

The former premier and many of his fellow ex-MPs have found themselves clogging ministerial diaries as they press the flesh in new roles.

Appearing on The Bachelor made Wood a household name. But now he could lose it all.

Readers rail against public funds flowing to our already well-provided private schools.

The 78-year-old, who suffered a broken pelvis, was left to call her own ambulance from the footpath because trams must return to the depot immediately after a serious incident.

The 78-year-old was left to call her own ambulance on the footpath with a broken pelvis because trams must return to the depot immediately after a serious incident.

The 78-year-old was left to call her own ambulance on the footpath with a broken pelvis because trams must return to the depot immediately after a serious incident.

As thousands of older apartment blocks across Melbourne try to ditch gas and introduce electric vehicle charging, complex rules and significant costs are throwing up more problems than solutions.