Victoria

Nick Kyrgios breezes and sneezes his way past Gastao Elias to the second round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park.

A recent spate of jewellery store robberies across Melbourne may be linked to an organised network of crime gangs, police believe.

The family of a young boy abducted in western Victoria say they are edging closer to retrieving his remains more than four decades after his disappearance, as they again begin clearing a centuries-old mineshaft.

A magistrate sends four young offenders to an adult jail after they were charged over a disturbance at the Malmsbury youth justice centre last week.

Victorian parents share their concerns over requests from schools to buy their children tablets or laptops as part of Bring Your Own Device policies.

Three people die in Melbourne after more than 20 people are hospitalised due to suspected overdoses of the drug MDMA at the weekend, a court hears.

Bernard Tomic and teenage compatriot Alex De Minaur win through to the Australian Open second round after contrasting victories on the opening day at Melbourne Park.

World number four Simona Halep loses in straight sets to USA's Shelby Rogers as her Australian Open tilt ends in just over an hour.

Victorian Opposition slams State Government "failure" to control wild dogs and releases alternate pest policy.

Artist Calista Lyon took portraits of every resident in her home town to highlight the age gap in regional communities.

Akon Guode shows no emotion as she pleads guilty to killing three of her children and trying to kill a fourth by driving into a lake at Wyndham Vale in Melbourne's south-west.

It's that time again! The Australian Open is back, with day one set to get underway at Melbourne Park. Find out who is playing who on the opening day.

Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh is ruled out of the remainder of the ODI series against Pakistan with a shoulder injury, shortly after his call-up to the Test squad to tour India.

Underground homes in White Cliffs have been leased by the State Government but now those agreements are uncertain.

Pakistan outbowls and outbats Australia to clinch a solid six-wicket victory in the second ODI at the MCG.

Police are investigating whether a bad batch of illicit drugs distributed in and around Melbourne's Chapel Street precinct is responsible for a man's death and more than 20 hospitalisations this weekend.

Pakistan clinches victory over Australia in the second ODI. Look back at the scores, stats and commentary from the MCG.

A child on remand at the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre in Darwin is flown to Melbourne after a medical emergency overnight.

The stolen getaway car used in the second armed robbery of a jewellery store in Toorak in a matter of months, is found by police in Collingwood.

CCTV footage shows four men storm a jewellery store in Toorak, assaulting the manager with a handgun.

A $1 million reward will be offered as part of an investigation into the murders of two women in their inner-Melbourne home, who were killed while one of their sons lay asleep in his cot, 40 years ago.

Top Australian player Nick Kyrgios is looking to make waves as he returns to Melbourne Park feeling like a new player.

Sixteen special needs children end their Nippers season on a high at Anglesea beach during their final session for the summer.

The manager of a high-end jewellery store in Melbourne's inner south-east is injured in an armed robbery, in what is the second daylight attack on the premises in three months.

Some centenarians share their secrets to a long and happy life, as a study finds people aged 100 years and older need less home care than "near centenarians" aged 95 to 99.