Preparations made, residents watch and wait as inferno rages

Fires have ravaged this part of Victoria before, and locals are sanguine under an apocalyptic sky.

Homicide detectives are investigating after a man was shot dead in a Thomastown public park on Sunday night.

Your “individual carbon footprint: isn’t going to save the world, only collective pressure on our elected leaders will work, say readers.

This eastern suburbs school keeps boys and girls apart in classrooms until year 10 as part of a strategy that, it says, contributes to outstanding VCE results.

This eastern suburbs school keeps boys and girls apart in classrooms until year 10 as part of a strategy that, it says, contributes to outstanding VCE results.

The Age’s Schools that Excel series celebrates schools that achieve outstanding improvement in their VCE results over a decade. Find out who won and use our dashboard to track your school’s results.

He’s accustomed to hanging out with Margot Robbie and Kendall Jenner, but Jacob Elordi apparently swapped Hollywood for suburban Seddon at the weekend.

Over 1400 cheerleading fans – young and old – gathered in Fed Square on Sunday afternoon in the lead-up to the NFL’s first match on Australian soil.

The series celebrates schools that achieve outstanding improvement in their VCE and VET results over a decade.

Police are continuing to hunt for Peter O’Ryan after he seriously injured three family members in the small Gippsland town of Tyers on Saturday.

Police are continuing to hunt for Peter O’Ryan after two men were critically injured, and a woman seriously hurt in an attack in the small Gippsland town of Tyers on Saturday.

As the state heads into the warmer weather and the riskiest months for transmission, a landmark study could change how we halt the spread of Buruli ulcer outbreaks in Australia.

Readers respond to the recent debate on how best to teach our children.

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

Stations in four inner Melbourne suburbs will no longer have police officers on the front desk from next month – leaving many residents concerned about community safety.

The inner-Melbourne stations will no longer have police officers on the front desk from next month – leaving many residents concerned about community safety.

A UN report says the government’s decision is likely to amplify Victoria’s housing crisis.

A UN report says the government’s decision is likely to amplify Victoria’s housing crisis.

Police said a large group of children were playing on the jumping castle when it was lifted off the ground near Geelong on Saturday morning.

A life-saving medical dispenser was earmarked to be installed on Victoria Street in Richmond – until the mayor sent a letter to the health minister.

Tram stops across two routes have are being upgraded to accommodate new tram models. Advocates say it was a missed opportunity to also build much needed accessibility improvements.

The union has asked John Setka and another former top official to explain a number of transactions in a multimillion-dollar fund they are holding hostage.

When residents stopped high-voltage concrete poles in their tracks, they exposed a multi-tiered regulatory vacuum – and raised an urgent question about who holds the power in our rush towards building data centres.

Age readers take the prime minister to task over the government’s approach to climate change.

Thousands of older Victorians are avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions through a new initiative that embeds geriatricians in emergency departments, diverting patients to more suitable care.

Thousands of older Victorians are avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions through a new initiative that embeds geriatricians in emergency departments, diverting patients to more suitable care.

Matthew Green’s offending was discovered as detectives were investigating alleged childcare rapist Joshua Brown.

Alan Boulton, a former deputy president of the Fair Work Commission, has admitted to possessing child abuse material after it was mistakenly displayed during a Monash University lecture.

New documents show the mushroom murderer claims a number of potential irregularities occurred during the jury’s seven-day sequestration at a popular Gippsland hotel while they were deciding her fate.

Glen Eira Mayor Simone Zmood fears plans for 3000 apartments and townhouses on a site dubbed the East Village will be slashed by up to one-third.