Government needs to resist as miners dig in

Readers respond to the High Court decision on coal exports, the horror of a bungled execution, and friendly Melbourne.

Two of Flemington’s exclusive marquees are opening their doors to the public, but some areas will remain VIP only.

Readers discuss recent High Court decision regarding coal export emissions and wonder what other industries it could affect.

Readers discuss recent High Court decision regarding coal export emissions and wonder what other industries it could affect.

Journalists don’t have a monopoly on asking the right questions, which is why we’ve made sure that participants at our upcoming Melbourne Assembly forum will have an opportunity to raise issues that could help shape Melbourne’s future.

Timothy Blamires, a Victorian teacher arrested in April, has been hit with 11 new charges after the number of alleged victims and incidents grew.

While residents will have to wait until after the election to learn whether the High Court will prevent the demolition of their homes, the state opposition has offered an alternative reprieve.

Steven Deer put false details on invoices to try to recoup $20,000 he spent on new cars for the union’s training unit.

Santiago Vergara is attempting to become the fastest person to run a marathon on stilts this weekend in Melbourne. So how hard is it really?

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

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

Frustrations over the repeated scattering of ashes at the Victoria State Rose Garden in Werribee South have boiled over, leading to demands that the practice end.

The billionaire has made one of Australia’s largest ever donations by a living person to a foundation to fund projects for the advancement of children, First Nations people and women.

The ex-bikie’s company has supplied equipment to some of the biggest publicly-funded projects in the state.

An investigator alleged one of the boys had a handwritten letter admitting to arson in his bedroom when police arrested him.

Police revealed the charges were withdrawn on Thursday after “significant consideration” following the death of Van Viet Truong in August.

A 5000-seat entertainment venue and a new University of Melbourne campus will feature in a major development of Arden Central.

Inside the packed courtroom, the 71-year-old Buddhist smiled, waved and spoke to supporters who bowed to him as he was being led out of the dock.

The arrests come after 13 vehicles were torched across Melbourne in just a week.

A 3.2 magnitude aftershock shook Gippsland residents awake again overnight with Victorians now warned to brace themselves for the possibility of more, and potentially larger, quakes.

The arrests come after 13 vehicles were torched across Melbourne in just a week.

The cars were destroyed in separate attacks across Melbourne, with police investigating links between the firebombings.

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

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.