Victoria’s new tobacco shop shutdown powers send shockwaves through the sector

With a new crackdown by state licensing authorities, crime syndicates have moved to sell illicit cigarettes only outside business hours when inspectors are rostered off.

The assurances given on the regulation of artificial intelligence don’t cut it with readers.

The new master plan for the market represents the latest twist in a long-running dispute over its future.

For months, Alice did not know what the man charged with secretly filming her in a shower cubicle looked like, or even his name.

A missing Queensland doctor suspected of travelling to Syria in 2016 to join IS fighters provided violent extremist material to an accused Melbourne propagandist, a court heard.

The decision to withdraw a blackmail charge against Bandido Joel Leavitt raises fresh questions about the failure to toughen laws to force gangland figures out of the construction industry.

The decision to withdraw a blackmail charge against Bandido Joel Leavitt raises fresh questions about the failure to toughen laws to force gangland figures out of the construction industry.

Asher Gilbert, 12, gets her pick of showbags, and does a little work, at her family’s showbag stalls at Melbourne Royal Show.

The Coalition has promised to build a new airport rail station in Keilor East. Pity no one told the transport spokesman who said “there is no public-interest case for it”.

As the club prepares to name its best and fairest for 2026, victims of the alleged sexual assault by some of its players at the Pullman hotel have been found to be suffering trauma-related psychological disorders.

With a new crackdown by state licensing authorities, crime syndicates have moved to sell illicit cigarettes only outside business hours when inspectors are rostered off.

A decade after 10 people died during the world’s largest and most catastrophic thunderstorm asthma event, there are concerns about the season to come.

A decade after 10 people died during the world’s largest and most catastrophic thunderstorm asthma event, there are concerns about the season to come.

The RBA’s raising of interest rates has not been applauded by readers.

The Liberal Party is facing campaign chaos in a crucial marginal seat – a prime One Nation target – over its decision to cut local members out of choosing their candidate.

There has been a curious change of wording from the Sydney Swans’ about their awards night ahead of the event on Thursday.

The business collapse comes just weeks after Scott Pickett closed one of his fine dining restaurants Matilda in South Yarra.

Dr Dov Degen thought he was saving the world. Years later, the OAM recipient opens up about psychosis, stigma and rebuilding his life.

The young doctor was taking his medication meticulously and thriving professionally – until the night he reached breaking point and sent a typo-laden email.

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

How a society treats its homeless is a measure of that society. How then should Victoria be seen?

Readers say Donald Trump’s actions trickle down to slam Australian mortgage holders.

Homelessness services have welcomed a plan to develop a profile of every person sleeping rough in Victoria but say it must be backed with adequate services to support them.

Alf Woods has been showing chickens at the Melbourne Royal Show since 1939, but this year’s bird flu outbreak means he’ll have to keep his chooks at home.

Victorians requiring emergency procedures at the new hospital are waiting days for treatment amid staffing and funding shortages that doctors warn have left operating theatres closed and a diagnostic scanner sitting idle.

Victorians requiring emergency procedures at the new hospital are waiting days for treatment amid staffing and funding shortages that doctors warn have left operating theatres closed and a diagnostic scanner sitting idle.

Tones and I’s rejection to appear at the NRL grand final has become a boon for one Victorian regional pub, with the star announcing a surprise pop-up gig.

The complexities of choosing childcare have only increased, with centres closing and smaller operators being squeezed out amid increased costs and lower birthrates.

The court heard a “holistic offer” to resolve all matters would be put to the prosecution between now and November which would encompass a “raft” of similar charges currently before the County Court.

Victoria will work to develop a profile for every homeless person and an active plan to get them off the streets and into housing.