A Christian school in Melbourne has been found to have breached the Equal Opportunity Act by not allowing a Sikh boy to keep long hair and wear traditional headwear.

A contentious bill to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill Victorians will be introduced to Parliament on Wednesday, with a conscience vote expected by the end of the year.

Fresh security concerns are raised over the same-sex marriage postal vote, after a Melbourne woman said she found a pile of surveys in a garden bed in the city's inner north.

An exhibition at the Melbourne Science Gallery explores why humans are both attracted to and repulsed by blood — and it is not for the faint-hearted.

A Melbourne court releases confronting CCTV of an asylum seeker from Myanmar setting fire to a bank at Springvale, in Melbourne's south-east, in an "act of retribution" for being kept waiting to make a withdrawal.

Bill Meaklim will never forget what it was like when Richmond broke their 24-year premiership drought in 1967 — but this year, after another long dry spell, the excitement has been "multiplied by many hundreds", he says.

Yes, you can use your myki to get public transport to Melbourne Airport, but whether it's worth doing is another question entirely.

A health warning is issued after two people are diagnosed with measles in Melbourne, including a man who recently returned returned from a trip to Romania.

Victorian Opposition Leader Matthew Guy dismisses as "fake news" allegations he inappropriately attended a private meeting with developers in a penthouse.

Victorian schools are reminded of the risks of flu as a Melbourne family mourns the death of eight-year-old Rosie Andersen, who died last week after contracting the virus.

Assisted dying laws can be easily exploited and will pose a danger to patients and doctors, three former presidents of the Australian Medical Association Victoria say, urging the state's MPs to vote against legalising euthanasia.

Australia's leading health organisations present the Government with eight measures they say are urgently needed to address obesity and its dire effect on the nation's physical and economic wellbeing.

An eight-year-old becomes the latest victim of Victoria's deadly flu outbreak, dying in a hospital in Melbourne's east, as the Health Minister meets with leaders amid warnings the flu season has not yet reached its peak.

Victoria's corruption watchdog says illicit drug use and corruption are likely to be widespread among paramedics, after a report finds some are stealing and trafficking drugs in the Barwon South West region.

Victoria will ban foreign political donations under wide-reaching reforms outlined by Premier Daniel Andrews, including capping donations to just $4,000 over four years.

A man whose parents died separately while attending Richmond match-day events is hoping for a little divine intervention to help the Tigers to their first premiership since 1980.

Hundreds of opposing protesters are kept apart in central Melbourne as police test new powers to prevent violence by masked offenders.

Greens senator Janet Rice and her wife, scientist Penny Whetton, made the decision that they still love each other and are going to stick together, keeping their legal marriage in Australia going for more than 30 years.

The broadcaster pens a letter to his listeners on the eve of returning to the airwaves after his recovery from a head injury.

Supercars young gun Todd Hazelwood incredibly walks away uninjured from a high-speed crash in qualifying for Sunday's Sandown 500.

Staff at a private Melbourne retirement home have been "feeding the patients out of their own pockets", according to the daughter of a former resident, and claim they have not been paid in months.

Patrick Dangerfield's best-afield performance against Sydney gives his old club Adelaide plenty to think about ahead of their preliminary final.

Lacrosse apartment owners say they are likely to wear "the blame and the pain" as the cladding fire case returns to Victoria's disputes resolution tribunal.

Carers say foster children face a brutal challenge when they turn 18 and are cut off from the system.

Geelong bounces back to demolish the Sydney Swans, winning by 59 points at the MCG to set up a prelim against the Crows.

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