Schools, local congestion and cost of living relief — not crime — are the key priorities for freshly minted Werribee MP John Lister who has taken aim at outsiders giving his suburb a “bad rap”.
David Malaspina’s family has run Pellegrini’s on Bourke St since the 70s. They’ve seen a lot, but anti-social behaviour in the Melbourne CBD is pushing them to the limit.
Little Mimi’s hair started falling out, and her eyelashes and eyebrows disappeared, all before her first birthday when tests revealed she had acute lymphoblastic leukaemia – but even that won’t stop her from smiling.
Family warns there’s “nothing to stop another Bacchus Marsh”, one of the deadliest patient scandals, after hospitals left officials in the dark about several child deaths.
James Newbury has called on the state government to block working-from-home arrangements for public servants but remained tightlipped on whether the opposition would force workers back to the office if elected.
Two young travellers who landed in Melbourne Airport with large quantities of methamphetamine and cocaine in their bags face the prospect of spending up to 25 years in prison.
A father has told of the moment a man armed with a machete and knife rummaged through his suburban home while three children slept inside.
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