Small business should not dictate wages

Readers respond to business leaders’ negative take on the 4.75 per cent wage rise for Australia’s lowest-paid workers.

Readers find little to like with aspects of Australian politics.

The retail giant is taking action over the compulsory acquisition of land after a series of financial offers it says are too low.

A slave captured by Islamic State was sold to a Melbourne family living in Syria for sex and housework, a court has been told.

The Australian Centre for the Moving Image is the second Melbourne arts institution to be involved in a data breach in less than a week.

Top official Steve Dargarvel has been regarded as one of the most effective players in attempting to fix Victoria’s scandal-ridden construction sector.

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

Police have accused Setka of telling people to sleep with their mothers, get liposuction and stop sucking up to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Insurance payouts for stolen cars in Victoria last year totalled $243 million – more than the rest of Australia combined.

Insurance payouts for stolen cars in Victoria last year totalled $243 million – more than the rest of Australia combined.

People power is calling for the dog squad that protected Federation Square visitors from swooping, chip-thieving seagulls to be renewed.

Police allege the group broke into Patrick Longordo’s house last month before abducting and killing him, then dumping his body in a Tarneit park.

Victoria Police confirmed officers executed a warrant as part of a current investigation into alleged financial offences, seizing a baton and a knife.

Hundreds of education support workers have rejected the state government pay offer, while school nurses are also seeking a better deal.

There are currently 60 high-rise activity centres. A secret plan drawn up by a state government department calls for 150 more.

Justice Andrew Watson ruled on Wednesday that moving the case out of the Supreme Court would potentially prevent public vindication for Cate Sayers if she were to win.

Jacinta Allan has finally acknowledged that IBAC needs more power. The time for decisive action is now.

Readers react after the premier concedes that IBAC needs a broader remit to investigate corruption in state institutions.

The major parties would dodge paying back donations from their investment funds if they have already spent the cash, under the government’s plan to restore campaign finance laws.

As state-educated teachers undertake a mass exodus interstate, a flood of New Zealand educators is cushioning the blow.

The son of terrorist leader Abdul Nacer Benbrika has been released from jail after being sentenced to time served over a violent ambush on a stranger.

Defence lawyer Tony Hargreaves asked that the media mogul now be permitted to go to Byron Bay to see his family after limitations were placed on his interstate travel at a bail hearing earlier this year.

The champion jockey became a legend in the saddle. Now change is in the wind with a new business and plans to sell her Ballarat haven.

Beefed up Victorian laws will increase scrutiny on fertility providers and give greater powers to immediately cancel an IVF clinic’s registration.

The public’s perception of the failings of the major parties has led to a rise in support for One Nation, say readers.

Luba Grigorovitch said she will no longer provide character references after uncovering six of the 33 she had made since 2022 were unsuitable.

A fateful detour led me to this tranquil slice of Melbourne and sparked a 17-year love affair.

Jacinta Allan has finally moved to grant the state’s corruption watchdog badly needed powers, but they will not be in place until late next year.

Weeks after the Victorian government spruiked a new cafe as the key to solving the area’s homeless crisis, a nearby residential facility’s closure will put vulnerable men at risk of being without a home.

Melbourne International Film Festival organisers are investigating the hack, which has affected about 10 per cent of the festival’s total customer database.