Victoria - you’ve let yourself go

Readers list their problems with Victoria’s infrastructure from potholed roads to V line failures.

Labor has announced it intends to change a loophole in the granting of suppression orders. We await the details.

Plans are afoot for one last goodbye to the famous Neighbours backlot in Melbourne’s outer suburbs before the set is razed.

Former New York mayor Bill de Blasio’s progressive policies were a frequent flashpoint with the US president. He believes government intervention is essential to tackling the housing crisis.

When the NFL comes to Melbourne next month the celebrations are set to start early with tailgate parties and finish late in what is being dubbed an unofficial public holiday. 

An investigation is now under way into the claims which have been described as “disturbing and completely unacceptable” by the state government.

The prestigious school for boys is in the final stage of an exclusive process to spend $60 million to expand its Melbourne footprint to include the nearby site in Kooyong.

The prestigious school for boys is in the final stage of an exclusive process to spend $60 million to expand its Melbourne footprint to include the nearby site in Kooyong.

Victorians were promised a royal commission would fix a broken mental health system. But so far, this once in a generation opportunity has only been squandered.

Victorians were promised a royal commission would fix a broken mental health system. But so far, this once in a generation opportunity has only been squandered.

Staff at the Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service have warned of deteriorating patient care and frustration that their CEO is running the troubled service from Queensland.

Readers argue the decision by Melbourne University to refuse a $35 million scholarship program from the Liberal-linked Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation was necessary to ensure academic liberty.

Countdown used to rock people’s socks off from this cultural hub in Melbourne’s south-east. Years later Hughsey came along and put the suburb back on the map.

Countdown used to rock people’s socks off from this cultural hub in Melbourne’s south-east. Years later Hughsey came along and put the suburb back on the map.

A man has died and a woman is in hospital after a tree crushed their car in Victoria’s High Country after a deluge of rain and wild weather hit the state. 

A man has died and a woman is in hospital after a tree crushed their car in Victoria’s High Country after a deluge of rain and wild weather hit the state. 

Businessman Russell Wilson has launched court action to try and recoup money that he claims an employee siphoned from his successful crypto exchange into a personal bank account.

Nearly two dozen drivers have been stranded along the Princes Highway after a pothole damaged car tyres during a heavy deluge of rain and wild weather across Victoria.

Nearly two dozen drivers have been stranded along the Princes Highway after a pothole damaged car tyres during a heavy deluge of rain and wild weather across Victoria.

Nearly two dozen drivers have been stranded along the Princes Highway after multiple potholes damaged car tyres during a heavy deluge of rain and wild weather across Victoria.

The state government has been accused of undermining an independent watchdog, marking its own report card and manipulating judging criteria to cover up a stalled mental health overhaul – as revealed in the unedited original report.

After the former minister’s scandal-plagued tenure ended abruptly, Australia’s most scrutinised university job is up for grabs.

Readers are pessimistic about both Australian politicians and Australian people facing the reality of the rapidly changing planet.

At Rockeoke, people of all singing abilities get to live out their music dreams of performing on stage with the backing of a live band.

Australia’s “car economy” costs at least $316 billion a year, a new study estimates – and non-drivers are among those bearing half the cost.

Australian schools are facing a “crisis of rampant misogyny and sexism” fuelled by online influencers. While some fight to tackle the problem, others are being targeted.

No matter what is done to reduce carbon emissions, more violent weather, sea-level rise, flooding, fire and drought are inevitable. That scenario is raising huge questions for governments, councils, communities and authorities.

Readers react the consequences of climate change on communities, and the state of politics.

University of Melbourne academics have voted against a university-backed plan to use $35 million for scholarships from the controversial Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation.

The death of a long-time trader in Sunshine has sparked renewed calls for increased resourcing and funding across Melbourne’s inner west.