A $60-million multi-functional park in Melbourne's inner south-east promises to provide desperately needed open space as the city grapples with population growth.

Bruno Fornaroli doubles up while Tim Cahill proves his worth in City's 4-0 demolition of the Newcastle Jets.

The Demons needed a win to keep their AFLW grand final dream alive, and they deliver in spades with a 54-point belting of Fremantle.

Stephen Asling is found guilty of the murder of the gangland figure known as 'The Munster', an act the court heard was ordered by underworld kingpin Carl Williams.

The troubled Geelong City Council is likely to go to election in October and elected councillors will nominate a mayor, after the Victorian Government announced it supported recommendations from a group of local residents.

Developed by researchers at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, the test could eliminate the need for invasive bone marrow and lymph node biopsies.

The Melbourne Rebels stand up to the challenge, but are eventually defeated 24-17 by the unbeaten Chiefs at AAMI Park.

The "clumsy" use of restraints and handcuffs have injured children in Victoria's troubled juvenile jails, a parliamentary committee is told, while lockdowns were so frequent some detainees were uncertain when they were allowed to leave their rooms.

Victoria Police is accused of defying magistrates' rulings and misusing the state's new night court system amid revelations a man is unlawfully held by police for a week on an unlicensed driving charge.

A man who sped through a red light in a stolen car and fatally ran down 24-year-old Tanami Nayler (pictured) is sentenced to 11 years in jail, with a non-parole period of seven years.

Leading horse trainers Danny O'Brien and Mark Kavanagh win an appeal against their doping bans as a Victorian tribunal rules Racing Victoria did not follow proper testing protocols.

He has played 338 NRL matches but kicking the winning conversion never gets old for Melbourne captain Cameron Smith, as he ices the Storm's victory over the Broncos.

A fortuitous pin-balling try in the 77th minute sees Melbourne edge the Broncos 14-12 at AAMI Park.

Look at all the stats and scores as Storm superstar Billy Slater returns to the NRL in Melbourne's 14-12 win over Brisbane.

Staff working at the Nant whisky bar in Melbourne walk off the job, saying the company has failed to pay them more than $10,000 in wages.

Are large leadership groups a thing of the past in the AFL? Some clubs are looking to downsize ahead of the 2017 season.

As research suggests homelessness is costing Victoria $194 million a year, we speak to some of the hundreds of people sleeping rough on Melbourne's streets about how they ended up there and what they do with their days.

Many of Melbourne's apartment blocks depend entirely on air conditioning for cooling and fail to meet overheating tests adhered to across Europe and the US, researchers find.

A Melbourne woman is sentenced to 17 years' jail, with a non-parole period of 13 years, for stabbing her housemate to death with his own boning knife after he refused to give her money to buy cigarettes.

The cost of homelessness is quantified for the first time and a study finds it is cheaper to provide last-resort housing for the homeless rather than allowing them to sleep rough.

New Australian Council of Trade Unions secretary Sally McManus says she does not see a problem with workers breaking laws when the laws are unjust.

Victoria emerges relatively unscathed from this year's bushfire season but authorities warn the danger is not over yet with more warm weather forecast.

A woman who killed her 14-month-old daughter in Melbourne's north-east pleads not guilty to murder, with lawyers arguing her postnatal depression pointed to infanticide.

A Melbourne-based wool processor says soaring gas prices are likely to wipe out any profits it will make this year.

When the cast of an award-winning international musical turn up at a local high school sports carnival, you know there's something special going on.

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