A focus on culture may be the key to reducing the high rate of suicide among Indigenous Australians, experts say, as they gather to hear the experiences of First Nations people from around the world to find solutions.
The Barwon Prison youth justice centre is "fundamentally unfit" to accommodate teenagers, with prison guards, no access to school and frequent isolation, a court hears.
The Melbourne offices of a man at the centre of an alleged multi-million-dollar tax avoidance scheme are raided by investigators from the Australian Taxation Office.
Melbourne's planned 2.5 kilometre elevated "veloway", designed to take high-speed bike commuters from Shepherd Bridge over Footscray Road and into the Docklands, will form one section of 14 kilometres of proposed new cycling infrastructure in the city's west.
The 10-man Melbourne Victory slump to their first home loss in more than a year as Roly Bonevacia scores twice in the Wellington Phoenix's 3-0 win at AAMI Park.
Trucks will be banned from using key suburban streets in Melbourne's inner west when the Western Distributor road project opens in 2022, the State Government says.
A public siren system may be installed in Melbourne's CBD to warn the public of impending terror attacks or other potential threats, Premier Daniel Andrews says, in the wake of the deadly Bourke Street rampage in January.
A Melbourne school enlists two multilingual African teacher's aides to help reach parents, after a racial profiling incident brought to the fore difficulties faced by first generation students.
From professional screw-ups to embarrassing offspring: Australia's high priestess of design, Beci Orpin, pricks the bubble of what her many admirers must think it's like to be her.
There's a reason the scoreline doesn't come close to suggesting how close it was between the Melbourne Storm and the Penrith Panthers — Melbourne's defence is just way too good.
Three Vietnamese nationals believed to be part of a major drugs syndicate are arrested after Australian Federal Police and Border Force officials seized a 300-kilogram shipment of methamphetamines.
Police will lay more charges against former union boss Kathy Jackson in coming weeks, as she fights 70 theft and deception offences, a Melbourne court is told.
Another murder charge and 28 attempted murder charges have been laid against Dimitrious Gargasoulas, the man accused of Melbourne's deadly Bourke Street rampage in January.
Victoria's Premier flags changes to the legal system after meeting a teenager who alleged she was raped by three men in a Geelong park, but dropped the case because of the "humiliating" court process.
The AFL confirms this year's grand final will be played at the traditional time in the afternoon, but chief executive Gillon McLachlan says there is a "sense of inevitability" it will eventually be moved to a twilight match.
Hannah Macdougall was once rejected from a school because of her prosthetic leg — but it later was used as an unofficial class mascot. She's since gone on to represent Australia in both swimming and cycling.
A Victorian coroner criticises a Melbourne journalist for having a series of phone conversations with a gunman who police were trying to negotiate with.
The idea of 3D printing body parts may sound like science fiction but it is a reality benefitting patients like Susie Robinson, who underwent ground-breaking surgery last week.
