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Readers question Labor and the human cost of economics.

“The current environment is particularly challenging for independent schools such as ours,” a spokesperson says.

Decades of reviews have produced little action. It is hoped this latest audit will prompt a response that will help ease the housing crisis.

The swim across a treacherous 3.5-kilometre stretch of water will proceed on Saturday despite swimmers being swept into Bass Strait during a training camp last year.

The confidential settlement, involving murderer Clinton Rintoull, follows an overhaul of how transgender prisoners are managed by Corrections Victoria.

Gangland leader George Marrogi says he is being isolated and degraded in prison because he ran a drug empire from behind bars.

Former policeman Wayne Dean allegedly staged faux interviews to settle civil disputes. Also charged are a building company boss, travel agent and debt collector.

The 60-year-old has walked away from the Supreme Court cleared of any pending criminal matters and without the shadow of bail for the first time in decades.

The 60-year-old is now a free man, walking away from court without any pending criminal matters and without the shadow of bail.

Builders convicted of involvement in construction licensing scams are being banned from the industry as thousands of properties are checked for faults and safety concerns.

After goats were introduced along Mullum Mullum Creek last year to manage weed-infested bushland, Maroondah Council plans to call time on the initiative.

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

The surge in the polls for One Nation highlights areas of concern for readers.

It began on a flight to Bali in December when a group of young men from Melbourne met a woman who invited them to a party on the popular holiday island.

Cooper Smith says taking his place behind the decks at top music festivals makes him feel free and connected.

A legal source told this masthead that a decision on the future of a retrial had been made on Thursday.

When experienced emergency doctor Ben McKenzie arrived at Box Hill Hospital he found himself having to intervene and try to resuscitate his own dying son. 

Witty, generous and subversive, the writer, editor and broadcaster appeared to know everyone in Melbourne.

Witty, generous and subversive, the writer, editor and broadcaster appeared to know everyone in Melbourne.

VCE powerhouse Methodist Ladies’ College has emerged as one of the state’s top schools for vocational enrolments. Use our interactive to find out all you need to know about your school’s VCE performance.

Readers respond to the disunity among the Liberal and Nationals.

Melbourne’s fringe could look radically different if this historic base goes under the hammer, and locals are not happy about it.

The judge lashed Hersant as being remorseless and described his behaviour as an assault on human dignity.

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by The Age picture editors

Voters in Groth’s Nepean electorate will be forced to the polls just months before the November state election after the former deputy opposition leader decided he would leave parliament early.

A court has heard Kim Ramchen, a school teacher accused of stabbing his principal, may seek bail to undergo psychiatric treatment.

It was an attack so brutal that one seasoned police officer said the offenders had no humanity. Their behaviour, he said, reminded him of rabid dogs.

Inappropriate prescribing and poor support are triggering anorexia in previously healthy patients taking weight-loss medications.

Police are hunting three suspects following a brutal hit-and-run in St Kilda that left a teenager with serious injuries.