Call to break ATAR ‘stranglehold’ on the imagination

Crown prosecutor Meredith Hunt was devastated when her VCE results were well below what she needed. But like a growing number of students, she didn’t let this quash her dreams.

Officers are investigating after a masked gang of carjackers abducted a man in Wyndham Vale before releasing him an hour later.

After a decade marked by delays and cost blowouts, the West Gate Tunnel opens, bringing “life-changing” relief — and an eerie absence — to long-suffering residential streets in Melbourne’s west.

Victoria already missed a deadline set by federal law to make all tram stops accessible. Now new ones will be built – with the same problem.

After years of turbulent planning, the $10.2 billion West Gate Tunnel opened to the public on Sunday morning.

Early risers were the first to travel through Melbourne's $10 billion West Gate Tunnel, which officially opened on Sunday morning.

These Victorian schools achieved the most study scores above 40 in popular subjects, including English and maths in the state.

The strength of our multicultural society is shown in a student’s academic record.

The family who had lived in the house in Melbourne’s outer north-west for several months in 2013-2014 left the property extensively damaged, the owner says.

From midnight, the long-awaited West Gate Tunnel will open progressively, with all traffic flowing through by 7am on Sunday morning, but a month of free travel on weekends won’t kick off until January. 

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

The town of Port Fairy is devastated at a council decision not to renew the lease of its pool. While pools are loved, they are notoriously expensive to operate and maintain.

The town of Port Fairy is devastated at a council decision not to renew the lease of its pool. While pools are loved, they are notoriously expensive to operate and maintain.

The crackdown comes after a year of notable battery fires on several forms of transport in Victoria.

If the premier and her ministers are going to pose for photos in the Metro Tunnel on the day it opens, they need to front up when wrongdoing occurs on their watch.

A median study score of 30 is a key marker of a school’s academic credentials. Schools making the list for the first time share their keys to success.

Search this interactive list of how well your school performed in the VCE.

Addressing impostor syndrome among a cohort of exceptionally bright students has fuelled one state school into a group of elite Victorian performers.

Readers ask at what cost will data centres affect the natural environment?

A how-to guide for barristers representing high-profile clients outlines tactics for obtaining suppression orders and seeking favourable treatment from police.

The proliferation of suppression orders is not only a problem for the media. Here’s why The Age will fight the tide – and why you should be concerned.

A month after details of his living arrangements were revealed, the SRL boss is stepping down.

The chief executive of Scope, one of Victoria’s largest disability service providers, has told staff the institution will have to reduce costs in nearly all areas of its operations.

Victorians are being warned to prepare for major changes in how they access the M80 and Princes Freeway - or cop a nine-kilometre road back.

Victoria’s treaty is given a wildly enthusiastic welcome by First Nations people at a cultural celebration in Melbourne.

Zambia, Comoros, Madagascar and Cape Verde aren’t the soccer teams you would expect to see playing in Keilor Downs this weekend.

A 17-year-old boy died and seven other people were taken to hospital after Thursday night’s crash involving three cars.

 The Marriner Group wants to demolish part of the Comedy Theatre on Exhibition Street and build a 27-storey tower behind. The siblings behind the group outine their vision for The Age.

The son of AFL great Stephen Silvagni faced court on Friday after being convicted of two charges of rape last week, following a trial.

In her award-winning 1939 essay, Jessie Clarey wrote: “For permanent results, it is not sufficient for us to ascertain, ‘Did the boy steal?’, but, ‘Why did he steal?’”