Pam the Bird agitator arrested after hours-long stand-off on Bolte Bridge

An intruder has emerged from the Bolte Bridge, emerging from a concrete stack nine hours after spray-painting the structure overnight.

A widespread Telstra outage has disrupted mobile and data connections across the network, halting local business payments and completely stalling V-Line train services throughout Victoria. Follow for updates.

We can’t tell you his name, his career or his even show you his pixelated image. But on Wednesday, a rape trial for this Melbourne identity began, shrouded in secrecy.

A widespread Telstra outage has disrupted mobile and data connections across the network, halting local business payments and completely stalling V-Line train services throughout Victoria. Follow for updates.

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A widespread Telstra outage has disrupted mobile and data connections across the network, halting local business payments and completely stalling V-Line train services throughout Victoria. Follow for updates.

A widespread Telstra outage has disrupted mobile and data connections across the network, halting local business payments and completely stalling V-Line train services throughout Victoria. Follow for updates.

The author and journalist opens up about her new memoir, finding love again, and why she is still good friends with her ex despite his years of affairs.

Jacinta Allan and her ministers are staying put and not attending the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow despite Victoria tipping in millions to ensure the event goes ahead.

Toni Romeo, owner of Yumbo’s ice-cream shop, has a 65-year family link to Rathdowne Street shops.

Readers share views on Peter Hartcher’s column about the earth inching toward a “scorched earth tipping point”.

Family and students have remembered 27-year-old teacher and footballer Nathan Fitzgerald, who died as a result of head injuries sustained during a match on Saturday.

The accused graffiti vandal allegedly climbed a giant concrete pillar to spray-paint a giant Pam the Bird tag early on Tuesday morning.

The accused graffiti agitator allegedly climbed a giant concrete pillar to spray-paint a giant Pam the Bird tag early on Tuesday morning.

The powerful police union is incensed by a plan to reintroduce lone patrols of Victorian highways as the force struggles to fill almost 1500 vacancies and recently slashed reception hours at dozens of stations.

Accused Pam the Bird graffiti vandal Jack Gibson-Burrell has been identified as the alleged intruder who climbed a concrete stack on the bridge and spray-painted his infamous tag.

Accused Pam the Bird graffiti vandal Jack Gibson-Burrell has been identified as the alleged intruder who climbed a concrete stack on the bridge and spray-painted his infamous tag.

An intruder has been in an hours-long police stand-off after spray-painting the infamous tag on the major Melbourne bridge and refusing to come down.

An intruder has refused to come down from the massive structure after spray-painting the infamous tag, triggering a major police response at the key bridge.

An intruder has refused to come down from the massive structure after spray-painting the infamous tag, triggering a major police response at the key bridge.

An intruder has refused to come down from the massive structure after spray-painting the infamous tag, triggering a major police response at the key bridge.

An intruder has refused to come down from the massive structure after spray-painting the infamous tag, forcing police to close a lane of traffic ahead of the morning peak.

An intruder has refused to come down from the massive structure after spray-painting the infamous tag, triggering a lane closure and morning peak delays.

As fires erupt across the city once again, the powerful crime syndicate controlling illicit tobacco has found a new way to make money.

Nathan Fitzgerald suffered three head knocks during a suburban match in Melbourne’s north at the weekend.

Readers debate whether a statue of AFL football great Nicky Winmar after his assault of a woman.

Established in 1872, this unassuming brick building is believed to be among the oldest of its kind in Australia and a safe place for communities across the city.

From winter calm to summer crowds, my coastal home undergoes a wild, seasonal transformation I’ve grown to love.

From winter calm to summer crowds, my coastal home undergoes a wild, seasonal transformation I’ve grown to love.

After selling Crown casino, the businessman has ploughed millions into local real estate ventures, with projects set to offer affluent Melburnians a new era of downsizing luxury.