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.

Abraham Abbas has offered his home and financial support for charged ISIS bride Zeinab Ahmad if she is released on bail, saying the terror organisation goes against everything he stands for.

Abraham Abbas has offered his home and financial support for charged ISIS bride Zeinab Ahmad if she is released on bail, saying the terror organisation goes against everything he stands for.

On a mild Saturday morning, five of Melbourne’s ecological groups convened a kind of emergency cabinet meeting. One item was at the top of their agenda: swans.

A magistrate has ordered the accused Avalon Airport hijacker to have his case heard in a higher court because of the extreme risk his alleged conduct posed.

Video from the scene shows a bald man with a forearm tattoo being detained by police on the pavement.

The Allan government’s weak-kneed response to a damning review of the strata sector kicks crucial consumer protections into the long grass.

The man was arrested on Hudsons Road in Spotswood on Friday morning.

Inspector Kane Robinson commands the elite unit handling Melbourne’s ugliest street clashes. His secret weapon? Empathy learned from tragedy.

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

An application for Franklin Group Australia to be wound up over the unpaid debt was lodged this week.

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.