The $165m land grab: How a tech giant is taking over a future suburb

Having bought land earmarked for more than 2000 new homes, Australian data centre giant NextDC is heading to the outskirts of Geelong.

Six storeys have been added to building height limits in Toorak Village in plans that will encourage higher-density development around train stations and tram corridors in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs.

A teenage boy is in custody after allegedly abducting a girl as she walked to school on the last day of term.

Chief Magistrate Lisa Hannan found that while Kawsar Ahmad, 54, did once support Islamic State, strict bail conditions could manage any risk she posed to the community.

The CBD’s offices slumbered as delirious soccer fans packed Federation Square and any pub with a big screen.

A single flare has ignited over a sea of green and gold at Federation Square ahead of Australia’s high-stakes World Cup clash with Paraguay.

The high-profile millionaire media proprietor and his wife are back together despite him facing charges for allegedly assaulting her in March.

A single flare has ignited over a sea of green and gold at Federation Square ahead of Australia’s high-stakes World Cup clash with Paraguay.

A single flare has ignited over a sea of green and gold at Federation Square ahead of Australia’s high-stakes World Cup clash with Paraguay.

A rogue flare has ignited over a sea of green and gold at Federation Square ahead of Australia’s high-stakes World Cup clash with Paraguay.

A rogue flare has ignited over a sea of green and gold at Federation Square ahead of Australia’s high-stakes World Cup clash with Paraguay.

Visitors are being encouraged to tour the Australian Ballet’s headquarters for the first time to uncover the shoe room, ice bath and weights gym, as part of the Open House Melbourne program.

Crowd controllers have resorted to megaphones to send hundreds more Socceroos supporters down the Yarra to watch the game on the big screen at AAMI Park.

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

Nearby CBD residents are angry over a proposed high-rise project that could affect their homes and some of Melbourne’s best-loved heritage buildings.

The conditions in which teachers and support staff work, and the pay they receive has caused readers to react.

Some top VCE performers from right across Melbourne remain open to out-of-zone students. Here’s where to find them.

The former umpire’s lawyer had argued that the charges should be dropped due to loopholes in the wording of the law. But the magistrate disagreed.

From green-and-gold classroom watch parties and ghost-town offices to packed pubs and watch sites, Melbourne is grinding to a halt this Friday for the Socceroos’ midday showdown.

Documents exposing the inner workings of the AFL and its integrity unit in the league’s probe of the Luke Sayers explicit-picture scandal could be kept under wraps as the court battle between husband and wife unfolds.

The interaction between the Liberal MPs is now the subject of an investigation by Victoria Police

Crime scenes remain in place at a McDonald’s carpark and outside a Melton ambulance station.

The royal commission on antisemitism will focus on university campuses, after offices were vandalised and buildings taken over by pro-Palestinian activists two years ago.

The state of the Victorian economy has readers lamenting the government’s actions.

Manipulating the sex offenders registry has allowed predators to infiltrate local communities, businesses and the gig economy to find new victims who don’t know who is in their midst until it’s too late.

“This is yet another example of brutal and deadly violence committed by a man against his former partner because she has left him and is pursuing a life without him,” a court has heard.

The Victorian labour hire cop has refused to renew the licence for Women in Construction after it was revealed it was run by men with criminal records.

Melbourne psychologist Scott Barnett has been suspended from practising after he was found to have acted inappropriately towards five vulnerable female patients.

Hundreds of fines were issued during a three-week operation targeting e-bike riders – with a particular focus on food delivery riders.

The state’s two-strikes regime will bring in new offences for drivers to help stamp out bad behaviour in the industry.