How will Jess Wilson cut debt without cutting services?

Readers argue that if Victorian Opposition leader Jess Wilson were to become premier in November, her promises might be difficult to keep if she plans to reduce state debt.

Police have released footage of a car that repeatedly drove past the gangland boss’s home shortly before he was shot in the neck. 

Elections can be decided on hyper-local issues. In the highly marginal Bass electorate, it is not just potholes, but pools, that will help determine the outcome.

Victoria Police says the white Holden Commodore sedan drove past the crime boss's Altona North house several times on Sunday afternoon.

Tony Abbott has been known to bust out a tune over the years, and he was back at it last week.

Tony Abbott has been known to bust out a tune over the years, and he was back at it last week.

Councillors will on Tuesday decide whether to evict the 120-year-old club, which was officially opened by the Victorian premier in 1907.

Natalie James loves her neighbourhood. But her difficulty in getting anti-Israel graffiti removed underscored an undercurrent of hostility.

Plans to build a private primary school for more than 300 students have distressed locals in a tiny farming community of 100 people near Geelong.

My tiny suburb is technically only 28 years old, but has landmarks that go back more than 170 years.

Once a flash and fearsome crime boss, Fadi Haddara had slipped off the radar. Now he has been shot in the driveway of his family home.

Union members have voted to accept the government’s latest pay offer and end a year-long stand-off.

Fadi Haddara is fighting for life after he was ambushed in his driveway on Sunday evening and shot in the face, stomach and chest.

Alleged former gangland boss Fadi Haddara is fighting for life after he was ambushed in his driveway on Sunday evening.

The former talent manager told a psychiatrist his life has been “destroyed” after he was found guilty of assaulting a woman more than 30 years his junior.

Teachers, principals and education support staff have voted to accept the government’s latest pay offer, ending a year-long standoff.

Teachers, principals and education support staff voted to accept the government’s latest pay offer in an online ballot that ended today.

Alleged former gangland boss Fadi Haddara is fighting for life after he was ambushed in his driveway on Sunday evening.

The Ray White firm dismissed the agent and reported him to Consumer Affairs after a deceased estate was sold for $80,000 under its listed price – to his partner.

The prestigious South Yarra all-boys public school will move up to 30 demountable classrooms to its hockey field from next year.

Police are investigating after man was shot in Altona North on Sunday evening.

Readers argue that private schools reinforce community division and yet, all taxpayers help fund private schools.

Decades after being evicted from army housing with three young children, Lynne Moore is finally sharing the long-ignored plight of Australia’s young war widows.

State workers are losing thousands in retirement savings over an administrative change the Tax Office says was entirely voluntary.

Population growth is fastest on the urban fringes, despite years of policy attempts to densify the inner suburbs.

Victoria is experiencing a societal sourness that has made too many people more aggressive, rude, impatient, selfish and sometimes violent.

Age readers respond to the state of politics, locally, statewide and nationally.

The Emerson has been put into administration after a turbulent six months that included two firebombings and a drive-by shooting while patrons partied inside.

“This case stands as a reminder that consent is never conditional, negotiable, or diminished by a person’s occupation,” the victim said.

Authorities have confirmed a penguin has died as the state grapples with the deadly H5 bird flu outbreak.