It started with one orphan. Now dozens call this Aussie expat ‘auntie’

The Melbourne-born leader of a charity helping destitute children in Tanzania has come home for Christmas.

Several overseas-born groups have higher rates of liver, stomach, thyroid and pancreatic cancer diagnosis while rates of other cancers are generally higher among Australian-born Victorians.

Readers argue that after the Bondi Beach terror attack that Australia’s gun laws need to be stricter.

Three-year-old Mila Wang was on a pedestrian crossing in Melbourne’s south-east when she was fatally hit by a car.

The announcement followed the premier’s appearance at a Melbourne Hanukkah event, where she was booed by the crowd.

William Swale has told a coroner that despite being protected from his evidence being used against him, he objected to testifying as part of a coronial process to help avoid a repeat of the horrific crash.

Neale Fursdon spent most of his career dealing with drug traffickers and international people smugglers. But he was one of the most affable people I have ever met.

Four overseas workers were killed when a minivan crashed head-on into a tree. Five more, including three children, remain in hospital with serious injuries.

Three children, the youngest understood to be just 10 years old, are in hospital with serious injuries after a minivan crashed head on into a tree, killing four other people.

Students are excelling in off-beat subject choices in VCE including classical studies, algorithmics and systems engineering.

Four years of Airbnb listings show the short-stay accommodation platform has departed from its original “sharing economy” to a model where a landlord leases multiple homes.

Readers react to Sunday’s terror attack on a Jewish holiday celebration at Bondi Beach that killed 16 people.

Four people have been killed and three children seriously injured after a minivan rolled off a road and crashed into a tree in country Victoria.

It was recognised as its own suburb in the 1990s – three decades on, people still call us by three different names.

Victoria Police deployed extra officers to Jewish schools and synagogues, and organisers abruptly ended Hanukkah events on Sunday night as the city reeled from the mass shooting at Bondi Beach.

Victoria Police deployed extra officers to Jewish community hubs and organisers abruptly ended Hanukkah events on Sunday night as the city reeled from a targeted mass shooting at Bondi Beach.

Readers say road signage and usage after West Gate Freeway changes has challenges.

Calls to end the light-touch self-regulation of the massage industry are growing louder as authorities investigate dozens of alleged rapes and sexual assaults among the unregistered practitioners.

Calls to end the light-touch self-regulation of the massage industry are growing louder as authorities investigate dozens of alleged rapes and sexual assaults among the unregistered practitioners.

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.

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. 

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