Posted
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will do battle in what organisers have declared the biggest Australian Open final in the tournament's 105-year history.
Topics: australian-open, tennis, sport, melbourne-3000
Posted
It is a question that even Serena Williams is not prepared to answer: who is the greatest female tennis player of all time?
Topics: australian-open, tennis, sport, melbourne-3000
Posted
| UpdatedSerena Williams is not prepared to put a number on the haul of majors she may end up winning after claiming her 23rd title with her Australian Open triumph.
Topics: australian-open, tennis, sport, melbourne-3000
Posted
| UpdatedFour days into a new century, Marc Mietus left Melbourne to move to Queensland to begin a new life, but his family never saw him again and still don't know what happened.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, missing-person, booyal-4671, qld, australia, bundaberg-4670, melbourne-3000
Posted
| UpdatedA teenage boy and three girls, aged between 14 and 16, are arrested and charged after allegedly stealing a bus and using it during a crime spree in Melbourne's west.
Topics: crime, west-footscray-3012, williamstown-3016, laverton-north-3026, melbourne-3000, vic
Posted
| UpdatedVenus Williams describes her sister Serena's Australian Open victory as a "beautiful thing" and believes her younger sibling will add more major singles titles to her tally of 23.
Topics: sport, tennis, australian-open, melbourne-3000
Posted
| UpdatedSerena Williams captures her 23rd major singles title with a straight-sets defeat of her sister Venus in the women's Australian Open final on Rod Laver Arena.
Topics: australian-open, tennis, sport, melbourne-3000
Posted
| UpdatedSerena Williams beats sister Venus to win the Australian Open women's final and claim her 23rd major singles title. Look back at the action on our blog.
Topics: sport, tennis, australian-open, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
Posted
| UpdatedReigning Newcombe medallist Dylan Alcott has taken out the Australian Open quad wheelchair title for a third straight year, winning the final in straight sets.
Topics: australian-open, tennis, sport, melbourne-3000
Posted
| UpdatedSydney Sixers win their maiden Women's Big Bash League title after beating the Scorchers by seven runs in the final at the WACA ground in Perth.
Topics: twenty20, cricket, sport, perth-6000, wa, australia, melbourne-3000
Posted
The strain on infrastructure in Melbourne's booming outer west is in the spotlight once again, amid concerns its newest train station may reach capacity within 24 hours of opening.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, states-and-territories, caroline-springs-3023, melton-3337, melbourne-3000, vic
Posted
| UpdatedThe 2017 Australian Open has dished up two of the most feel-good grand slam finals in living memory. But what is it exactly that makes us feel so good about them?
Topics: australian-open, tennis, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
Posted
| UpdatedIt may not be the best rivalry in tennis anymore, but most fans will always have a soft spot for the battle for supremacy between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
Topics: tennis, australian-open, sport, melbourne-3000, australia, spain, switzerland
Posted
| UpdatedAn Australian Open electrified by the revivals of seasoned champions will bathe in the warm glow of nostalgia tonight when the Williams sisters contest the women's final at Rod Laver Arena.
Topics: australian-open, tennis, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
Posted
| UpdatedSerious problems with Victoria's youth justice system were flagged with successive governments for more than a decade, and the recent dysfunction is the result of years of inaction, according to a former deputy Ombudsman.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, youth, state-parliament, government-and-politics, malmsbury-3446, vic, parkville-3052, melbourne-3000
Posted
| UpdatedRafael Nadal defeats a gallant Grigor Dimitrov in five epic sets to set up a meeting with Roger Federer in a dream Australian Open final match-up.
Topics: australian-open, tennis, sport, melbourne-3000
Posted
Newcastle livewire Andrew Nabbout continues his A-League purple patch, scoring twice to dismantle Melbourne City 2-1 and lift the Jets back into the top six.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, coffs-harbour-2450, newcastle-2300, melbourne-3000
Posted
The High Court deals a blow to Labor's foray into the case of embattled former senator Bob Day, rejecting a bid to widen the scope of a case examining whether he breached the constitution.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, vic, canberra-2600, act, australia
Posted
Australia's winemakers rely on free trade, so as export values surge, they are taking nothing for granted.
Topics: agribusiness, viticulture, trade, agreements-and-treaties, melbourne-3000, sydney-2000, adelaide-5000, perth-6000, brisbane-4000, darwin-0800, hobart-7000
Posted
The rhetoric suggested Australian dairy farmers were set to tap into rivers of gold thanks to a milk exporting boom. The theory was that China's much talked about growing middle class had an insatiable appetite for Australia's clean and green exports. It prompted a proliferation of companies that promised everything from mega dairies and farm buyouts to high-tech processing facilities and high prices. But in the years that followed, few have delivered on what was promised. Brett Worthington examines how it all went so wrong.
Topics: dairy-production, agribusiness, agricultural-prices, agricultural-policy, melbourne-3000, belgium, ukraine, russian-federation, bega-2550, cobram-3644, sale-3850, warrnambool-3280
Posted
| UpdatedForget dollar a litre milk. The diary crisis has more to do with global trade wars than it does with cheap supermarket milk.
Topics: dairy-production, agricultural-prices, agricultural-policy, melbourne-3000
Posted
| UpdatedSerena Williams admits trying to end her sister's remarkable comeback in the Australian Open final will be "uncomfortable", but says either result would be a victory.
Topics: australian-open, tennis, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
Posted
| UpdatedForty adult prison staff will move to secure the Malmsbury and Parkville youth centres, and another facility will be built, in the wake of 15 young offenders breaking out following a riot this week.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, youth, state-parliament, government-and-politics, malmsbury-3446, vic, parkville-3052, melbourne-3000
Posted
A failed online project meant to connect students, teachers and parents at Victorian Government schools was corrupt, and cost the taxpayer between $127 and $240 million dollars, the state's watchdog finds.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, education, corruption, melbourne-3000, glen-waverley-3150
Posted
| UpdatedDairy companies forecasted a milk exporting bonanza. But as the industry soured, many failed to deliver their promises.
Topics: dairy-production, agricultural-prices, agricultural-policy, melbourne-3000, bega-2550, sale-3850, colac-3250, mount-gambier-5290