Five teens charged after assault on good Samaritan in Sunshine

Five teenagers have been charged after an assault in Melbourne’s west that left a man in a critical condition.

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

Did someone steal these frogs and relocate them to a city park?

Readers respond to Anthony Albanese’s podcast appearance, and the state of federal politics.

The vision shows the moment a young child is dragged along after his legs became trapped in the bus doors.

Academics say Iranian students are being unfairly prevented from researching fields such as medicine, food science and architecture.

Nick Reece is scrambling to repair his relationship with the Salvation Army and Melbourne City Mission after failing to deliver funding he promised to both charities in his election campaign.

Pauline Hanson’s political rivals had encouraged students not to skip their classes, but thousands took to the streets in Melbourne on Thursday.

Victoria is set to record its highest ever number of infections caused by a dangerous strain of bacteria that has led to two toddlers being hospitalised.

How and where will we fit our growing population? Will Melbourne become a megacity? What about affordable housing? The world’s best minds canvass these questions and more at Melbourne Assembly.

Portland, Victoria, hosts Australia’s only mainland breeding colony of Australasian Gannets. Footage: Peter Corbett

The verdict from workers is in on Victoria’s mental health system five years after the royal commission – and it doesn’t make for happy reading.

The verdict from workers is in on Victoria’s mental health system five years after the royal commission – and it doesn’t make for happy reading.

Petrol and property baron Nick Andrianakos wanted his will changed before he died, to entrust the family business to his son and to give $8 million to his new lover.

Petrol and property baron Nick Andrianakos wanted his will changed before he died, to entrust the family business to his son and to give $8 million to his new lover.

Readers respond to the state of politics, nationally and in Victoria, and to Scotch College’s proposed next purchase.

Former premier Jacinta Allan previously declared there was “no evidence” bikies had cashed in on the road project.

The chief executive of the Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service has announced she is leaving the role after workers complained of deteriorating patient care and frustration with so-called “absentee management”.

Labor has announced it intends to change a loophole in the granting of suppression orders. We await the details.

Plans are afoot for one last goodbye to the famous Neighbours backlot in Melbourne’s outer suburbs before the set is razed.

Former New York mayor Bill de Blasio’s progressive policies were a frequent flashpoint with the US president. He believes government intervention is essential to tackling the housing crisis.

When the NFL comes to Melbourne next month the celebrations are set to start early with tailgate parties and finish late in what is being dubbed an unofficial public holiday. 

Readers list their problems with Victoria’s infrastructure from potholed roads to V line failures.

Readers list their problems with Victoria’s infrastructure from potholed roads to V line failures.

An investigation is now under way into the claims which have been described as “disturbing and completely unacceptable” by the state government.

The prestigious school for boys is in the final stage of an exclusive process to spend $60 million to expand its Melbourne footprint to include the nearby site in Kooyong.

The prestigious school for boys is in the final stage of an exclusive process to spend $60 million to expand its Melbourne footprint to include the nearby site in Kooyong.

Victorians were promised a royal commission would fix a broken mental health system. But so far, this once in a generation opportunity has only been squandered.

Victorians were promised a royal commission would fix a broken mental health system. But so far, this once in a generation opportunity has only been squandered.

Staff at the Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service have warned of deteriorating patient care and frustration that their CEO is running the troubled service from Queensland.