Young in Melbourne

In this series, The Age asks a diverse group of people aged 19 to 29 to reveal what challenges and rewards they face as young Melburnians.

Community recipients of Australia Day Honours include a church clock winder, a vehicle collision investigator, a skateboarder and the founders of a charity for the homeless.

Explore the full list of Victorian recipients in every category for this year’s awards.

Readers criticise Donald Trump’s suggestion that non-US armed forces (including Australia’s) held back from front-line fighting in Afghanistan.

The boy went missing after he went swimming at Venus Bay in South Gippsland on Sunday afternoon.

Anti-immigration protesters are set to converge for the annual Invasion Day rally in Melbourne’s CBD on Monday.

The boy went missing after he went swimming at Venus Bay in South Gippsland on Sunday afternoon.

Retail workers have been instructed to let thieves take what they want rather than risk a violent confrontation, but steps are being taken to counter rising crime.

After a choking smoke haze from the Otways blanketed Melbourne and Geelong, temperatures in parts of the state could nudge close to 50 degrees on Tuesday.

In Melbourne’s hidden history, there’s a slew of powerful women who shaped the city – and were never recognised with a “hero’s journey”. Sita Sargeant is now revealing them.

An air quality alert for Melbourne was upgraded shortly after 9am, warning that winds had pushed smoke from the Otways across the city and the haze may linger for hours.

The Carlisle River fire is now within a kilometre of Gellibrand after breaching containment lines on Saturday, blanketing Geelong and Melbourne in smoke haze.

As the clean-up continues, communities are grappling with the way forward after devastating flash floods on the Great Ocean Road.

The two were passengers in a car that hit a pole in Oaklands Avenue just before 6pm.

Residents in numerous Otway Ranges towns have been warned to find immediate shelter after a bushfire that began two weeks ago broke containment lines.

Readers discuss politicians behaving badly, Trump’s Gaza plans and US tennis commentators.

Tracy Beaton vows to chart a new course at the Commission for Children and Young People after it failed to act on red flags about an accused child rapist.

The week in photos from our award-winning staff photographers and regular contributing photographers at The Age

It’s stood tall in Melbourne’s inner north for more than 140 years, but surprisingly few know the important history behind this striking landmark.

Residents in parts of Victoria’s Otways have been warned to find immediate shelter after a bushfire that began two weeks ago broke containment lines.

More than 500 riders and dozens of pedestrians reported being injured in crashes involving electric scooters during Melbourne’s experiment with hire scheme operators Lime and Neuron. 

The government’s plan to require the disclosure of reserve now faces stiff opposition from the peak body for real estate agents.

Readers discuss Australia Day commemoration and the federal opposition’s implosion.

The incident came two days before the National Day of Mourning for the Bondi terror attack.

The family of a young woman who was brutally stabbed outside her home after returning from a night out have thanked healthcare workers and emergency services.

Panda Mart sells tens of thousands of discounted imported products, and faces legal action over safety concerns. Here’s what a product safety expert thinks of our 11 items for under $30.

Fifty-five years after 15-year-old Rosalyn Nolte was tortured and killed by two teenagers, a community gathers to reclaim her memory.

Transport department staff will be the first to test the new tap-on, tap-off payments with different bank cards and smart devices over a three-day period.

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

A Benalla landmark has been deemed a rare surviving example of past forms of childhood play and the influence of the 1960s space race on Victorian culture.