Maths enrolments rebound, but one group is taking longer to bounce back

Boys outnumber girls in general maths classes this year – a subject where females traditionally outnumber males.

From potholes to power lines, anger is swirling in regional Victoria – and residents are turning to One Nation for answers.

Billions of dollars are being tipped into regenerating the inner-Melbourne shopping strip, including a 32-storey tower at the former Jam Factory site.

Ric Perna spent years at a factory making cancer-detection machines, unaware that a toxic workplace chemical was causing a terminal blood cancer to develop in his own body.

The apology from the Premier, Jacinta Allan, leaves readers unimpressed.

A young man is fighting for life in hospital after an incident in Lalor which forced officials to cancel two matches.

A young man is fighting for life in hospital after an incident in Lalor which forced officials to cancel two matches.

Moira Deeming has told her Liberal colleagues she is trying to avoid the party’s “self-destruction” by challenging a push to revoke her candidacy for November’s election.

Melburnians cried as thousands descended on the CBD in the middle of the night to watch Australia’s heartbreaking World Cup loss to Egypt.

A 14-year-old boy was arrested on Friday and charged with murder over the death of Mickleham teen Darweish Mohamed on Wednesday.

Enough is enough, Jacinta Allan. The truth demands a royal commission into the Big Build scandals.

City pubs and bars were also busy after Premier Jacinta Allan allowed licensed venues to operate while Australia played.

Readers call on Allan government to establish a royal commission into its Big Build mess but differ on views of how effective it would be.

A tour of Melbourne’s La Mama reveals a building bearing the scars of its devastating past, and a cultural institution still feeling the fallout of its financial travails.

By showing they are willing to engage in the difficult conversation about corruption on Victoria’s Big Build projects, Jacinta Allan and Jess Wilson might be able to convince voters that they do care about good government.

The son of disgraced businessman Antony Catalano has signed up for two new mortgages over land in Byron Bay that is earmarked for his father’s planned mansion development as their family’s crisis plays out in a Melbourne court.

The son of disgraced businessman Antony Catalano has signed up for two new mortgages over land in the North Coast paradise that is earmarked for his father’s planned mansion development as their family’s crisis plays out in a Melbourne court.

A magistrate found the AFL Hall of Fame inductee had grabbed a woman by the arm, dragged her by the hair and hit her head against a door during an attack in May last year.

The killer, now in his 50s, was taken to hospital after fellow inmates found out the extent of his crimes, sources say.

Police had previously alleged two males had abducted a schoolgirl, before holding her hostage to marry against her will.

Police have exhumed the child’s remains in the hope they can solve the mystery of its identity, The body was found in a Ballarat dam decades ago.

A magistrate found the AFL Hall of Fame inductee had grabbed a woman by the arm, dragged her by the hair and hit her head against a door during an attack in May last year.

Some leaders like robust debate and collective decision-making. Mike Bush is more the type who sets the course and expects his people to row in unison. Key initiatives won’t be buried in committees.

Tens of thousands of Victorians will be refunded for an error made by tolling brand Linkt, which is owned by Transurban.

More than three decades after an unidentified baby was found in a Ballarat dam, detectives hope advances in forensic science will give the child a name and solve a cold case.

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

Readers respond to the rise in popularity of Pauline Hanson.

If the goal is another report, another royal commission will deliver one. If the goal is changing behaviour on worksites, changing the culture is the answer.

The 17-year-old allegedly amassed a cache of bomb-making manuals and accessed IS and al-Qaeda propaganda while researching nearby synagogues and Melbourne’s busiest intersection, the Children’s Court heard. 

Mickleham teenager Darweish Mohamed was remembered by friends as a “sweet guy” after he was stabbed and died outside Craigieburn Community Hospital.