The Gatwick Hotel in St Kilda is closing down in four months due to pressure from politicians and police, the owners say.

The National Wild Dog Action Plan will seek to fix discrepancies in pest control between states with uniform training across Australia.

A blue whale is spotted swimming with a pod of dolphins off Victoria's south-west coast as an expert says large amounts of krill point to a good year for whale-watching ahead.

Victoria's move to abolish stamp duty for first home buyers purchasing a property valued below $600,000 will not work unless more homes are built, Treasurer Scott Morrison says

About 50 anti-discrimination activists stage a protest outside the Melbourne Magistrates' Court as three members of the anti-Islam United Patriots Front faced religious vilification charges.

A court requests a psychiatric assessment for a woman charged with the murder and attempted murder of her two sons after she allegedly attacked them in the Murray River, drowning one.

Quarantine measures are in place after a sheep dies from anthrax in north-west Victoria.

Airlines and their passengers have paid up to $1.6 billion too much for airport access over the past decade due to a textbook example of how not to privatise monopoly assets, the competition regulator says.

Australians should treat oranges like mangoes and wait for local in-season fruit says citrus industry leader.

An Australian man, believed to be a father-of-two from Melbourne, dies after reportedly falling ill on his descent from the Mount Everest Base Camp in Nepal.

Two men drown while trying to swim across a lake in Melbourne's north after drinking alcohol, police say, despite the efforts of a former lifeguard who came to their aid.

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This graphic illustrates the plans for St Kilda Road under Melbourne's Metro rail project.

Businesses and residents around part of Melbourne's St Kilda Road are nervous about the impact of the city's Metro rail project, which will see trees ripped out, trams re-routed and a giant construction pit dug in the ground.

Get ready Melbourne. The massive $10.9 billion Metro rail project will deliver two nine-kilometre rail lines from South Kensington to South Yarra via the CBD, and five new stations. But what will it mean for the grand southern entrance to the city?

Melbourne City climb into third place after surviving a frenetic 3-2 A-League thriller against 10-man Central Coast, thanks to some luck and Paul Izzo's goalkeeping implosion.

Two Joint Strike Fighter planes, worth around $100 million each, are forced to stay an extra day at the Avalon Air Show west of Melbourne because there could be lightning near their next destination.

Gladys Berejiklian instructs government agencies to probe their handling of a case involving a woman police allege tried to drown her two sons in the Murray River, amid claims concerns about her behaviour were ignored.

Victoria's emergency system is being put under unnecessary pressure by 95,000 non-urgent calls a year, including one from a person who could not pass wind for 24 hours.

Stamp duty for first home buyers will be abolished in Victoria for homes under $600,000 and there will be concessions on homes up to $750,000 as part of a suite of changes to make housing more affordable.

The city of Ballarat is awash with colour as it celebrates White Night, the first the arts festival is held in a regional Australian city.

The Melbourne Rebels suffer a second straight embarrassing loss, this time to the Hurricanes in an abject 71-6 hammering.

Carlton scores a six-point win over the Western Bulldogs, extending their losing streak to four games.

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