The childhood home of former prime minister Gough Whitlam, who died on Tuesday aged 98, could be demolished within days after a heritage overlay for the property was knocked back.

South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius will learn his fate for shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentines Day last year.

Two entrepreneurs think they have the solution to city congestion. But the authorities are yet to agree.

The worth of a Muslim man is valued by how he controls his womenfolk.

'If ur (sic) not racist I wasn't referring to you' is how straight-talking, hip-hop artist 360 has defended the comments he made about the Australian flag on ABC's Q&A on Monday.

A man who has been leaving "love" notes on the cars of unsuspecting women in Melbourne's north-east is being investigated by police.

Former prime minister died Tuesday morning

Former prime minister Gough Whitlam has died.

For a long time many of us wanted an imaginary friend, and now we have one. Only she’s not entirely imaginary.

Drinking too much coffee can radically reduce a man's ability to father children, a study has found.

An anonymous young man sat sniffling and crying on Sunday morning, head cradled in hands, glancing at a plain tree strung up with wilting roses and proteas. Barefoot and bloodshot, he did not want to speak – only to sit and think of his friend Joshua Hardy, who died from head injuries sustaine…

The Abbott government has spent more than a billion dollars this financial year to house about 2100 asylum seekers in offshore detention centres in Papua New Guinea and Nauru, Senate estimates has heard.

The owner of a Port Melbourne house with a rainbow-striped fence will cop a $4000 fine unless he repaints it.

Tuesday: Partly cloudy. Medium (50%) chance of showers, mainly in the western suburbs and adjacent hills, becoming less likely this afternoon. Winds S 20 to 30 km/h becoming light in the late evening.

Australia has reached an agreement with Iraq for its special forces to support Iraqi forces in their fight against Islamic State, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says.

Cleanliness really is next to Godliness when it comes to the Jehovah's Witnesses: despite the temptations of sinful Melbourne, thousands proudly resisted the allure of pornography as they sat in their hotel rooms, awaiting the next spiritual experience as part of the religion's international convent…

It's the growing restaurant trend that has turned leisurely dining into a race against time.

Oh Mrs Clooney, say it isn't so! Is it wrong of me to be so disappointed? After all, it makes absolutely no difference to my life whatever names a celebrated lawyer goes by.

A boozy night out with footy mates ended with a sexual assault that has blighted a young man's life, writes Aisha Dow.

Private Melbourne at the Caulfield Cup 

A new adjustable support pillow claims to allow travellers to fall asleep wherever they are.

Swapping an hour of sitting for standing may just keep you alive for longer.

Welcome to our rolling Caulfield Cup coverage. Stay with us for tips, whispers, odds and updates from our trackside experts, plus our roving eye on all the fashion, glamour and fun.

Tenants living in Melbourne's trendy inner-north are digging deeper to the rent.

Hundreds of protesters swarm the British supermarket after a lesbian couple kicked out for sharing a kiss.

Polls are now open for The Age Music Victoria Awards. The winners in all 11 categories will be announced on November 19

Polls open for the biggest publicly voted music awards in Australia.

With the International Convention of Jehovah's Witnesses approaching here’s a handy guide to who they are and why they’re coming here.

Apple has unveiled a thinner iPad with a faster processor and better camera as it tries to drive excitement for tablets amid slowing demand.

The daughter of a retired Supreme Court judge has been charged with cocaine trafficking offences in the latest controversy to confront one of Melbourne's most prominent legal families.

A University of Sydney academic involved in the national curriculum review, Professor Barry Spurr, has reportedly described Prime Minister Tony Abbott an "abo-lover" in an exchange of emails.

An apparent error on Apple's part has prematurely detailed a new line of iPads ahead of the company's unveiling event Friday.

If Bali belly, dengue and dangerous drinks have not been enough to put you off taking a holiday to Bali - perhaps the story of 'spiderman' will.

If you thought naming your unborn child was hard, try naming a war. After months of hand-wringing and very un-soldierly flip-flopping, the Pentagon has finally decided on a name for the mission against Islamic State fighters: Operation Inherent Resolve.

Channel Ten's game show Family Feud is facing fierce criticism after suggesting women's jobs most commonly include hairdressing, reception work and domestic duties like washing clothes and doing the dishes.

The principal of the schoolboy who was pinned down against a wall by two Metro Trains ticket inspectors outside Windsor train station says he would be concerned if the student had not co-operated with the authorities.

Napthine government shaken by claims from a sacked senior aide that 'at least three memory sticks' of pornographic films were 'exchanged' among MPs and ministerial staff.

Authorities in the United States are working to notify the 131 other passengers on the flight that carried a second Texas nurse who has come down with Ebola in Dallas.

Channel Ten's game show Family Feud is facing fierce criticism after suggesting women's jobs most commonly include hairdressing, reception work and domestic duties like washing clothes and doing the dishes.

Every coffee drinker knows that caffeine is addictive. But how exactly does it work?

A third lawsuit will be launched over the East West Link, with Moonee Valley Council vowing to challenge government's "irrational" planning process.

Metro Trains' authorised officers have come under fire for using excessive force to detain a young man at Windsor station.

The winner of the Man Booker Prize for literature, Richard Flanagan, has criticised the federal government’s environmental policies saying they have made him “ashamed to be an Australian”.

Thanks to their houses, Australians are the richest people in the world, according to the investment bank Credit Suisse.

A 76-year-old British man, linked by the UK media to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, will be extradited to Britain.

With an election only weeks away, clarification and transparency about donations to political parties in Victoria are overdue.

Topless models on sports award red carpet. The basketballer, swimmer and gymnast who did not belong.

A quick guide to one of the world's richest and most prestigious literary prizes.

Witnesses have described chaotic scenes after a pilot was killed when his light plane crashed into a house in bayside Melbourne.