The 'unfair burden' of forced home acquisitions

Janice Fisher first discovered that the government was forcibly acquiring her home when she saw the white weatherboard cottage flash up on the television news.

Victorian Coroner to investigate fatal 'asthma cluster'

The Victorian Coroner will investigate the extraordinary "thunderstorm asthma" event that claimed the lives of eight people and inundated emergency services in Melbourne and Geelong last month.

From cop shop, to luxury apartment tower

It was the place detectives grilled some of Victoria's most-notorious criminals, but the old police headquarters on St Kilda Road is about to have a brush with a different kind of fame.

Debris of illegally demolished Corkman Pub may be beyond saving

Carlton's Corkman Irish Pub will be rebuilt after its illegal demolition in October, but it is not yet known if any of the original materials can be saved for the rubble and reused.

Are apartment buildings killing St Kilda's character?

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Are apartment buildings killing St Kilda's party culture?

A kilometre-high tower? Melbourne's skyscraper forecast

Humans now have the technical capability to build towers many kilometres tall. But what does that mean for Melbourne?

Staff stood down over escape of child rapist Christopher Austin

Police are on the hunt for a registered sex offender with "an appalling criminal history" who absconded from a Melbourne residential treatment facility on Tuesday evening.

Brunswick East homes evacuated after major gas leak

Homes in Brunswick East have been evacuated following a major gas leak in a suburban area.

Armed jewellery store robber chased with broom

An armed robber has been chased down a street with a broomstick after ransacking a jewellery store in Melbourne's south east and attacking its owner, it has been reported.