School-leavers heed campus call after COVID interruption

Universities have bounced back as the destination of choice for Victorian school-leavers as campus life appeals to the COVID cohort.

Readers respond to the One Nation movement, schools funding, the war, and the cost of being a footy fan.

Following Miss Louise and Le Louvre, this stalwart of high-end fashion will soon close its doors for the last time.

My childhood suburb would never be as cool as Brunswick, or as desirable as Northcote. But I moved back as an adult – and I love it.

With more than a million visitors every year, parking around Brighton’s colourful boxes has become a major tension point among locals, visitors and tour companies.

Uncertainty and confusion looms as tens of thousands of Victorian teachers prepare to strike on Tuesday.

The premier warns of disruption and inconvenience when state school teachers strike for 24 hours over pay and conditions.

The woman, who died, landed on a man standing next to the William Street building, leaving him with serious injuries, police said.

The woman, who died, fell from a building and landed on a man standing on the footpath below, police said.

Organised crime is becoming faster, more sophisticated and looking for new recruits, according to Australia’s criminal intelligence agency.

Two and a half years since this program was launched to great fanfare, just six homes have been built and sites remain untouched.

Parents of students in Victorian state schools are asked to contribute $620 on average to cover basic items such as first aid supplies, but in some schools only 30 per cent are paying.

The Grammy-winning US star seems to have quietly become a Collingwood local, spending months each year visiting his Melbourne-based daughters.

Readers respond to the South Australian election, freebirthing tragedies, Victoria’s Treaty and a missing icon.

Farmers like Michael Stubbe fear their land is vulnerable to damage after containment lines were constructed to fight the Longford fire, but they’re still waiting for the CFA to make repairs.

Farmers like Michael Stubbe fear their land is vulnerable to damage after containment lines were constructed to fight the Longford fire, but they’re still waiting for CFA to make repairs.

A tense round of Liberal preselection contests kicked off this weekend, amid the ongoing threat from One Nation.

An ice-cream store in Melbourne’s south-west has again been targeted by firebombing – the sixth suspicious fire along the shopping strip in the past few years.

The Westin Hotel wants 10 times the amount of compensation it was offered for the loss of easements in City Square, which was compulsorily acquired for a Metro Tunnel station.

A man who was assaulted on a Metro train says he was shocked to discover that both the emergency intercom and CCTV in his carriage were not working.

Pop megastar Kylie Minogue gave 250 of Australia’s most select guests a night to remember as the headline act of cardboard king Anthony Pratt’s annual party.

Data has uncovered the catastrophic consequences of a rise in women choosing to give birth without the aid of medically trained professionals.

Conservationists have raised the alarm after rangers discovered that boxes perched high on trees for sugar gliders and microbats had been dismantled twice in December.

Readers say that as the world, country and state face gloomy outlooks, voters are searching for alternatives to major parties.

Residents in this well-off suburb say antisocial behaviour and crime is on the rise, and they are pushing to reclaim the community.

With events including live music performances and a mobile petting zoo, this local sub-branch is attracting new customers of all ages.

Mykey O’Halloran and fellow volunteers run a pop-up hair colouring salon in a remote Northern Territory Indigenous community.

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

After surviving a family split and devastating fire, Stokehouse has marked Melburnians’ special occasions for more than 35 years. Now, a new generation is taking the lead.

Cost blowouts are expected on Victoria’s Big Build, according to analysts and ratings agencies, as the global fuel shock triggers widespread economic fallout.