Fed up with drug deals, traders back injection vans
Clay Lucas Ice and heroin trade on Richmond's drug-ravaged Victoria Street has become so flagrant that the traders are now supporting a proposal for a needle van.
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Haileybury teachers sacked from Chinese campus allege VCE deception
Tom Cowie 7:32 PM One of Melbourne's most exclusive private schools, Haileybury College, is being sued by two former teachers who say they were unfairly sacked from its Chinese campus.
Barnaby Joyce urges Victorian dairy farmers to stay strong
Darren Gray 7:30 PM Struggling dairy farmers have been urged to stay resilient and remain on the land by Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, who maintained that the dairy industry was not suffering from a "systemic downturn".
Preacher's dab hand angers secular state school parents
Henrietta Cook, Education Reporter 6:38 PM Reggie Dabbs wears sneakers, has a booming American voice and plays the saxophone.
Busker who caught fire at Southbank tells of ordeal
Larissa Ham 5:36 PM A street performer who caught fire in Southbank on Monday when a safety assessment went wrong has spoken of her "terrifying" ordeal.
Nixon 'had nothing to do with' Mullet charges: court
Genevieve Gannon 5:00 PM Former chief police commissioner Christine Nixon has told a court she had no involvement in criminal charges being laid against ex-police union secretary Paul Mullett.
Workers offer wage freeze to save Portland smelter
Ben Schneiders, Nick Toscano 4:58 PM A union representing workers at the under-threat Portland smelter have made the unusual offer of a wage freeze to their employer Alcoa.
City Square homeless camp splits
Benjamin Preiss, Liam Mannix, Clay Lucas 4:19 PM The homeless camp in City Square has split.
Flying kangaroo fells jogger - in Kangaroo Flat
Craig Butt, Natalie Croxon 4:16 PM Car hits roo, airborne marsupial bowls over pre-dawn runner in bizarre double collision on streets of appropriately-named Bendigo suburb.
Patrick Cronin wasn't alone. Another 19-year-old, lying nearby, had been bashed just as fatally
Nino Bucci 3:47 PM The death of Patrick Cronin made all the headlines last month, but another teenager, assaulted at night that same weekend, met a similarly tragic end in the same hospital room.
Call to identify models in 1960s fashion photos
Carolyn Webb 3:36 PM Fabulous, hip but unnamed: The National Gallery of Victoria is seeking to identify models snapped by 1960s fashion photographer Henry Talbot.
Kitten rescued from car after 20-kilometre journey
Larissa Ham 3:26 PM A five-week-old kitten has been rescued from the engine of a car, after travelling 20 kilometres and spending eight hours trapped while the car owner was at work.
Ride-share app Uber driver wins landmark appeal
Adam Carey 3:25 PM A Melbourne Uber driver has won an appeal against a conviction for operating a commercial passenger vehicle without a licence, in a case that effectively legalises the ride-sharing app in Victoria.
Grindr users pushed to vote Greens
Richard Willingham 2:27 PM Men looking to pick up on the gay smartphone app Grindr​ are set to be inundated with Greens political advertising as the party pursues all avenues to win lower house seats.
Most Melburnians don't trust their neighbours
Aisha Dow 1:23 PM It is often said the worst situations bring out the best in people – but it seems many Melburnians have little faith in their neighbours in the event of a calamity.
Geelong's Muslims get prayer space after fire guts mosque
Liam Mannix and Deborah Gough 12:36 PM Anglican Church offers Geelong's Muslim community temporary place of worship after fire destroys mosque.
Deakin Uni cheats get kicked out
Timna Jacks 11:28 AM University expels 13 engineering students after they were caught paying a third party to complete their assignments for them.
Historic Port Melbourne waterfront pub could be bulldozed for apartments
Clay Lucas 10:23 AM One of Port Melbourne's most popular waterfront pubs, the 100-year-old London Hotel opposite Station Pier, could be bulldozed to make way for apartments.
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Victorian used spanners to fend off crocodiles in NT after his friend drowned
Neda Vanovac It was a 'sheer act of desperation and survival' that caused a holidaymaker to fend off the crocs after one overturned their tinny, drowning his friend.
Melbourne homes raided over alleged Islamic State boat plot
Nino Bucci and Tammy Mills Police have raided properties in Melbourne's north and west linked to five men charged over an alleged plan to travel by boat to Indonesia in a bid to join Islamic State.
Man hailed as hero after tragic Altona Meadows double fatality
Tammy Mills The partner of a man who died trying to save his best friend from jumping in front of a train in Melbourne wants her high school sweetheart to be remembered as a hero.
'Don't touch it with a barge pole'
Josh Gordon Minister attacks Labor plan to tap massive superannuation pool to fund public transport proposals, warning they won't generate returns.
'Lucky to be alive': Man emerges unscathed after tram slams into house
Daniella Miletic The Rail Tram and Bus Union is calling for C-Class trams to be taken off Melbourne tracks until a thorough safety investigation can be completed, following a derailment on Monday night.
Work to remove notorious Hurstbridge line rail bottleneck begins
Adam Carey It may be that nothing can stop Toto's soft-rock earworm Rosanna getting stuck in our heads whenever we hear it, but at least our trains will no longer get stuck at Rosanna station.
Apex gang member sent to youth detention for shotgun carjacking
Adam Cooper Isaac Gatkuoth was affected by the drug ice and wearing a mask with a smiley face on it when he got out of the white BMW and pointed the shotgun at another driver.
More than $400 million unspent in pollution watchdog's money pit
Benjamin Preiss Hundreds of millions of dollars paid by Victorians to improve the environment and cut back on waste instead remains unspent in government coffers.
Fake Brett Whiteley paintings not being used as a coffee table by police, court told
Mark Russell Two of the fake Brett Whiteley paintings at the centre of Australia's biggest art fraud were not being used as a coffee table by police, a court has heard.
'Gutted': Victim's dad critical of 23-month jail term for actor Jeremy Kewley
Adam Cooper The father of one of 16 boys sexually abused by actor Jeremy Kewley says he and other families are "gutted" the man who caused so much devastation will spend less than two years in jail.
Former law firm manager found not guilty of rape
Adam Cooper A former manager at a law firm has been found not guilty by a jury of two counts of raping a then colleague.
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.
