Residents in Melbourne's north speak of their frustration and anger after hazardous smoke from a fire at a recycling plant at Coolaroo blanketed the area, as emergency services report a crucial piece of firefighting equipment is stolen.
While most people associate dollhouses with children, the world of miniatures is a "very addictive hobby" for some, and internationally it is big business.
Two senior AFL executives, Simon Lethlean and Richard Simkiss, resign from their positions for "inappropriate relationships with two younger women who work in the AFL industry".
James Hird will present the Norm Smith Medal at this year's AFL grand final, simply because it is the former Essendon captain and coach's turn on the roster.
From an anarchist lesbian heist film to an Indigenous horror anthology, this year's Melbourne International Film Festival showcases a different side of late 20th-century cinema.
Metro Trains could face fines and penalties over the computer fault which shutdown Melbourne's train system for an hour during Thursday's peak, as the company confirms commuters will get refunds.
More homes are expected to be evacuated in Melbourne's north as a massive fire continues to burn through thousands of tonnes of material at a recycling plant at Coolaroo, which authorities say could take several days to extinguish.
An emergency warning is put in place for parts of Dallas, in Melbourne's north, after a massive fire at a recycling plant sends smoke and ash falling across neighbouring suburbs.
Police admit they knew they'd bungled the DNA testing in the cold case murder of Melbourne mum Maria James months ago, but say they have no plans to dig up the body of a paedophile priest seen covered in blood shortly after she was stabbed to death.
Police say they have made a "significant breakthrough" in their investigation into the death of Karen Ristevski, after they finally tracked down and interviewed a witness who had contacted them more than four months ago.
Melbourne City Council plans to spend $35 million greening up one of the city's most densely populated suburbs, Southbank, with space for farmers markets, music festivals, bike lanes and green tram tracks.
Wimbledon greats have tried to answer an AFL question many asked at the time, did retiring Hawthorn champion Luke Hodge fluke a boundary line goal in the 2015 grand final?
Police admit they used DNA from an unrelated crime scene to clear a paedophile priest and other suspects over the brutal cold case murder of Melbourne mother-of-two Maria James.
In an Australian first, a Victorian program is aiming to close the gap between principals and education bureaucrats at Treasury Place in central Melbourne.
Victorian police investigate state Nationals MP Tim McCurdy for alleged fraud after complaints were made that he wrongly claimed hundreds of thousands of dollars in sales commissions while working as a real estate agent.
Labor party operatives are accused of stealing sensitive voter details from the Victorian Greens, after one of them bragged about going "undercover" during a door-knocking campaign.
The Victorian coroner announces she will open an inquest next week into deaths of six people in the Bourke Street tragedy in Melbourne's CBD earlier this year.
Victims of crime are waiting up to two years to receive compensation and the system needs an overhaul, Victoria's newly appointed Community Safety Trustee says.
A mobile phone app that sends text message reminders is part of a trial aimed at reducing the amount of binge drinking among university students — but will the app's cyber parent-style work?
Special buffer zones to protect Victoria's endangered Leadbeater's possum have helped reduce the risk of extinction but will cost the state's timber industry nearly $15 million in lost revenue, a review finds.
The Finkel review presents a "once-in-a-generation" opportunity to fix Australia's energy system and must be backed by state and federal governments at their energy meeting on Friday, the head of market operator AusNet Services says.
