Developer two levels short of a car park
The developer of a 72-level tower in the city did not build the underground car parking it pledged to.
Latest Victoria news
Christmas Day fire fears as Victoria counts cost of weekend blazes
Tammy Mills, Nick Toscano, Deborah Gough 10:25 PM At least 18 families will be without homes this Christmas as fires swept through towns near Wodonga and Ballarat while others will be assessing the damage inflicted on property and livestock over a horror weekend.
Workforce mandate guarantees trainee spots in big government construction projects
Benjamin Preiss 10:19 PM At least 10 per cent of the workforce involved in major projects, including Melbourne Metro Rail, will have to be made up of apprentices, trainees or engineering cadets.
Four train stations on Belgrave line to close on code red fire days
Angus Livingston 10:19 PM Four train stations in one of Victoria's most bushfire-prone areas will shut on code red fire days, leaving passengers stranded.
Newlyweds donate wedding food to firefighters
Allison Worrall 8:04 PM A bride and groom forced to flee their wedding ceremony because of an encroaching bushfire have donated all of the wedding's food to firefighters.
Track faults on Melbourne's rail network a safety risk, union claims
Adam Carey 7:43 PM Metro track inspectors have identified hundreds of serious track faults on Melbourne's rail network, some of which have been left unfixed for more than two years, in internal documents that again expose the degraded condition of the system.
At cross purposes: Bakers urge shops to save hot cross buns for Easter
Neelima Choahan 5:46 PM This Christmas, Santa and the Easter Bunny have come together in a bid to stay apart.
Prison riot sparked by tobacco shortage, compounded by overcrowding
Rania Spooner 5:43 PM Prison overcrowding and inadequate fencing contributed to Victoria's largest prison riot, which was sparked when a canteen ran out of tobacco ahead of the state-wide smoking ban amid rumors of unfair treatment, a review has found.
Tree falling on power line blamed for starting Barnawartha fire
Tammy Mills and Shana Morgan 5:42 PM A tree falling on a power line in strong winds is believed to have sparked the 7000 hectare blaze that destroyed three homes and killed almost 1000 stock at Barnawartha in north-east Victoria.
University student sues Yarra Trams after ticket inspectors pinned him down
Tom Cowie 5:40 PM A university student is suing Yarra Trams alleging that he was forcibly pinned down by multiple ticket inspectors, including one who pressed their knee on to his throat to detain him.
Photographer captures beautiful shots of aurora australis
Carolyn Webb 5:33 PM A Point Lonsdale photographer has captured spectacular photos of the aurora australis, or southern lights, south of Melbourne.
Mocklands? Zombie towers? Council rejects massive Moonee Ponds apartment plan
Aisha Dow 5:26 PM A plan to build hundreds of apartments in central Moonee Ponds has been rejected by councillors, who feared it would create a "Docklands wasteland" of vacant "zombie towers".
Victorian fires: Three homes lost in Indigo Valley
Tammy Mills 4:06 PM At least three homes were destroyed in the Indigo Valley fire near Wodonga in the state's north-east. That number is expected to rise.
Mentally ill killer of mosque worshipper to be detained for 25 years
Mark Russell 3:26 PM A man who believed he had spoken to the devil before stabbing to death a worshipper at a Melbourne mosque is expected to spend at least 25 years in the maximum security Thomas Embling psychiatric hospital.
Berwick stabbing accused cries during first court appearance
Adam Cooper 3:14 PM A man charged with attempted murder after a woman was allegedly stabbed in the face has cried during his first court appearance.
Seaford murder accused remains in hospital, misses court hearing
Adam Cooper 3:00 PM A man who held police at bay for 14 hours last week has missed his first court appearance on a murder charge because he remains in hospital.
Christmas shoppers with phones the "most dangerous thing": Cr Doyle
Neelima Choahan 1:10 PM This Christmas, shoppers are being warned to watch out for the "most dangerous thing" in the CBD - pedestrians with phones in their hands.
Wider Shepherd Bridge to deliver cyclists to safer trails
Adam Carey 11:55 AM The shared use of Footscray's crowded Shepherd Bridge by thousands of trucks and cyclists - an arrangement favoured by neither - is set to end.
An overnight solution to Melbourne's housing squeeze?
Marika Dobbin 11:53 AM One day a Melbourne apartment building had six storeys. The next day it had eight.
Water stores continue to slip as drought takes hold
Richard Willingham 11:44 AM Switching on the multibillion-dollar desalination plant is part of future water use planning as Victoria continues to be gripped by drought and extreme temperatures.
'It has to happen sooner or later'
Nick Toscano 11:33 AM An excavator begins breaking the burnt earth in Steve Hodgetts' paddock in Durham Lead.
Wild brawl leaves a man in hospital and 12 arrested
Deborah Gough 7:23 AM Police have seized baseball bats, a samurai sword and a machete after a wild brawl at a seaside railway station that saw a man stabbed many times at the weekend.
Man severely bashed in Melbourne home invasion
1:15 AM A Melbourne man who was bashed and left for dead in a violent home invasion has extensive facial injuries.
Blazes destroy homes near Ballarat and threaten outskirts of Wodonga
Liam Mannix, Tammy Mills, Allison Worrall Twelve houses near Ballarat were destroyed by fire at the weekend and 60 people near Wodonga fled their homes as an uncontrolled grass fire advanced rapidly on Sunday evening.
Accused Epping firebug remanded in jail
Allison Worrall A homeless man accused of igniting a bushfire in Epping on Saturday has been denied bail.
Live: Victoria on fire danger high alert as wind change hits
Tom Cowie The cool change is sweeping through Victoria, putting fire crews on high alert with the changing wind direction maintaining the threat of fire danger.
Cooler conditions after record hot night
Anna Prytz, Neelima Choahan and Allison Worrall Victoria's heatwave has set a new record with the Bureau of Meteorology recording a minimum of 28.5 degrees at Moorabbin Airport.
Man charged over Berwick stabbing
Allison Worrall A man has been arrested over the stabbing of a woman in Melbourne's outskirts last week.
Man linked to two Melbourne shootings arrested in NSW
Allison Worrall Police in NSW have arrested a man wanted over two separate shootings in Melbourne's east, including a targeted attack that left a teenage boy permanently disabled.
Yarraville trucks linked to high asthma rate
Aisha Dow Convoys of trucks belching out exhaust fumes in Yarraville and other inner western suburbs are being blamed for large numbers of asthma-related child hospital admissions.
Holidaymakers urged not to relax too much
Darren Gray One couple are responding to the fire threat by deciding they will leave their Lorne beach home a day before a code red or extreme fire day was forecast.
Opinion
Andrews' port plan is a fraud on the west
Victoria is facing an infrastructure fiasco rivalling the desalination plant.
Indifference threatens a jewel in Victoria's heritage
In a crook of a hill outside Melbourne, a rare example of Victoria's heritage is crumbling.
A perfect storm led to hospital baby deaths
We must demand transparency and a change in attitude at Bacchus Marsh Hospital.
Hunt’s Melbourne 2200: on a road to nowhere
Environment Minister is still playing Abbott-style politics and his proposals ignore fiscal realities.
The urban myth we just can't shake off
We have the world's most urban culture but we see ourselves as red-dirters, outbackers, bushies.
Hail the fight for workplace safety
The decline in workplace deaths would have been unachievable without the vigilance of unions.
Fighting fire with fire: sometimes it goes wrong
The recent Lancefield bushfires highlight the need to have a plan and then use it.
A premier who keeps his promises? Really?
Premier Daniel Andrews has stuck to his guns, and his commitments.
Flash heatwave forebodes dangerous summer
In less than a week, the bushfire season has descended upon us.
Open letter to Gillon McLachlan
Victim of Brownless' "strippers" comment says the AFL chief should use his power to change the culture of The Footy Show.
Don't be fooled by Andrews' port trickery
Privatising the port to pay for level-crossing removals is a modern version of the pea and thimble trick.
Video
V/Line conductor filmed punching man
Passenger films a V/Line employee as he repeatedly kicks and punches a 46-year-old man at Broadford station.
Andrews wants Melbourne Metro cash from Turnbull
Daniel Andrews wants the allocated $3 billion for East West link to fund the Melbourne Metro.
Inside Australia's goat farming industry
We export the largest quantity of this meat in the world, but most Australians know little about goat farming.
