At an auction house in Melbourne registration plates sell for the cost of a luxury car, with buyers weighing up the items for their investment potential, sentimental worth or the prestige they will add to their vehicle.
John Clarke was a "10 out of 10" satirist with a skill for revealing what politicians were really thinking, and we may never see the likes of his talent again, former prime minister Paul Keating says.
Australian surfer Mick Fanning has celebrated Easter with a win over 11-time world champion Kelly Slater at the World Surf League event at Bells Beach.
Australia's Sally Fitzgibbons has won through to the semi finals at the World Surf League Bells Beach event despite competing with stitches in her foot.
North Melbourne ruckman Todd Goldstein says the AFL's new 'third man up' rule "needs to be looked at" after a controversial free kick in the ruck on Friday night.
A father-of-five and off-duty police officer who died after being hit by a ute while out cycling on the Princes Highway in Melbourne's outer south-east was looking forward to retirement, his commanding officer says.
Bryan Dawe speaks about the life of his long-time collaborator, political satirist John Clarke, and the special relationship the pair had with their audience.
A man is charged with possessing 4.8 million illegally imported cigarettes, with a street value of $2.5 million, after police raided a warehouse in Melbourne's outer south-east.
Ninety-two building cooling systems in Melbourne's CBD have been disinfected after a Legionnaires' disease outbreak, Victorian health authorities say, as the number of infected people rises to six.
Bringing animals into hospitals is impractical and risky, so this trial is delivering a virtual excursion to the zoo for 80 patients at a Melbourne hospital.
Melbourne man Stephen Bailey, who had delusions he was the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, and also the son of Zeus and Athena, is found not guilty of murdering Penny Bailey due to mental impairment.
Street art by Vincent Fantauzzo, who won an Archibald art prize for a portrait of his wife Asher Keddie, is removed from a Melbourne laneway because of safety concerns, leaving the artist "heartbroken".
Despite a major disease outbreak in Queensland prawns and a ban on fresh imports, many shoppers are yet to feel the full extent of the problem in their back pocket.
Victoria Police say the leaders of the Apex crime gang have been charged and imprisoned and while there may be "some remnants" of the group but they have morphed into "networked offending" linked by social media.
An ABC investigation into the activities of business advisers who help companies avoid paying millions of dollars in tax and money owed to mum-and-dad small businesses has uncovered a raft of potentially illegal transactions.
The Victorian Government is looking at a "range of options" to end the long-running CFA pay dispute, including a major shake-up of the state's two firefighting agencies.
Five people are recovering after being treated in hospital for Legionnaires' disease, which Victorian health authorities say may be linked to cooling towers in Melbourne's CBD.
Teams playing in this year's AFL grand final will be getting an extra 2,000 tickets, giving fans a better chance of seeing their teams in the biggest game of the year.
Infrastructure Australia's top 100 priority projects list contains 35 in NSW and 15 in Victoria — so does the Sydney-based advisory body have a bias towards the nation's largest state?
