Luke and Cate Sayers finalise one legal action as another drags on

The estranged high-profile couple are now officially divorced, but their bitter court battle over defamation continues to unfold.

Readers discuss the latest news developments both locally and overseas.

Victoria’s consumer watchdog has taken a major real estate firm and three agents to court over alleged breaches relating to 11 properties.

The discovery of a camera trap sparked fears about intruders. Feral deer may have lured them there. Now there are calls for laws to reduce deer numbers.

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

Victoria’s consumer watchdog has taken a major real estate firm and three agents to court over alleged breaches relating to 11 properties.

The owner of a CFMEU-backed labour firm has cut a plea deal over suspicious cash withdrawals, bringing fresh focus to allegations Jacinta Allan’s office intervened to help get the company onto a Big Build site.

The vacant corner site – which is owned by the co-CEOs of major beauty store Mecca – has been described by locals as an embarrassment to their community.

The prime minister’s announcement on data centres raises questions for readers.

If you disagree with something you read in our Opinion pages, good. That’s the idea.

Richard Irving was chief executive of one of the nation’s largest community sports clubs for almost 18 months, despite being charged with the online grooming of a 14-year-old girl for sex.

Justin Marks pleaded guilty to repeatedly sexually assaulting a student and grooming her over six weeks in a series of 14,000 messages.

A 44-year-old was arrested after an hour-long stand-off on Barkly Street. Police say they located imitation firearms at the scene.

A 44-year-old was arrested after an hour-long stand-off on Barkly Street. Police say they located imitation firearms at the scene.

Five trees were to be planted for every tree removed for the West Gate Tunnel, but council papers reveal a shortfall of thousands of trees. 

The new offer is a slight advance on the state government’s previous position of a 28 per cent increase over four years, but well short of original demands.

The new offer is a slight advance on the state government’s previous position of a 28 per cent increase over four years, but well short of original demands.

Police have closed a section of Barkly Street and are negotiating with a man in an abandoned property near the school.

Mark Brandon Read and his sawn-off shotgun were no match for the boot of justice – a mother in her dressing gown hitting her son in a siege with her handbag. Stand-offs with the law don’t tend to end with the perpetrator getting what they want.

The new offer is a slight advance on the government’s previous position of a 28 per cent increase over four years, but well short of teachers’ original demands.

Two years after his sacking, the former CFMEU official is among those still exerting influence within the union administration, as well as on government rail and road projects.

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

Andrew Fox, a director of Linfox Australia, reunited with some of F1’s inner circle aboard what looked like a superyacht, after hosting the group in Melbourne earlier in the year.

Ryan Meuleman is expected to make a bid for freedom later this month after earlier indicating he wanted to be released to partake in rehab.

A column on the pros and cons of Melbourne’s coffee has created a strong response from readers.

A missing person’s report details messages sent by Sally Contarino, 26, before she went missing in the US in June.

After two women and two girls were found dead in Australia last week, the children of one of the women, Melbourne mother Lavanya Chappa, will be returned to India with their aunt and uncle and their mother’s body next week.

A Victorian teenager accused of amassing a dossier of violent terrorist material will be released on bail. Prosecutors plan to appeal the judge’s decision.

Revised designs for the multibillion-dollar toll road show noise protection measures have been downgraded or scrapped altogether.

Victoria’s highest-ranking police officer wasn’t afraid to get back on the tools when the situation called for it.