A Melbourne couple has slammed Victoria’s building regulator as a “toothless tiger” after discovering a builder who left them more than $100,000 out of pocket was formerly bankrupt and previously ran two collapsed construction firms.
The Press Council has decided that a series of front page articles concerning the gas industry did not breach its Standards of Practice.
Victorians will pay an emergency services tax on their private properties to fund crown land fire management.
Demand for scarce industrial land continues to drive big deals, with a private buyer securing a $21m site in Melbourne’s booming western corridor. Find out who.
Rideshare giant Uber has published a list of peculiar items left behind by passengers in rideshares this year — and it’s left us scratching our heads. Take a look at the wacky lost and found list.
A run down, graffitied house in Melbourne’s inner north where squatters lived for about a decade has delivered a stellar auction result for the family who have owned it for more than a century.
A Victorian man is suing Barwon Heads Football Club for damages claiming he suffered multiple concussions while playing with their senior men’s team for a short time.
Little Harry and Archie share a rare condition which means they face a lifetime of infusion treatments ahead — but with their unbreakable brotherly bond, the pair is living their best lives.
The Good Friday Appeal has revealed it will help fund the Royal Children’s Hospital’s Art Therapy Program, which helps give sick kids a creative way to express themselves while going through hospitalisation and treatment.
With the end of the three-year federal government term rapidly approaching, here’s everything you need to know about casting your vote.
For those who knew her, Perri Cutten was so much more than the mainstay of women’s wardrobes for more than four decades — she was a visionary with many talents and a friend who “never stopped giving”.
A prominent Victorian Muslim leader has called Peter Dutton a “filthy human being”, warning him that he would “throw” him out of his mosque.
Dashcam footage has emerged of a frightening collision that left a woman trapped sideways in her car on a major thoroughfare in Melbourne’s southeast.
Fourteen venues were used for the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games, and while one remains a shining jewel in our city’s sporting crown, others have changed.
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