"The Phantom" who stole $3.2m has been granted parole and will be deported to Australia.

Decades-long conflict reignited in Melbourne where "racist" signs have hung from bridges.

COMMENT: National MPs should look at the fate of the Australian Liberal Party in Victoria.

Did Scott Higginbotham deserve to be sent off following this tackle?

Shocking footage shows a Kiwi racially abusing a man in terrifying road rage attack.

The five men are facing deportation from Australia for the horrific bashing of a father.

Mother-of-8 wanted in Victoria on 74 counts of child sexual abuse after school cover-up.

Several people fell from plummeting hot-air balloon.

Investigation into sexual harassment claims against former Melbourne lord mayor delayed.

A Qantas Dreamliner flight using a biofuel blend marks a milestone for alternative fuels

Protesters stormed a Melbourne steakhouse, shouting slogans and 'upsetting' customers.

Nine people overdosed on an illicit drug in Melbourne.

It's a hard life being a judge when craft beers go head to head, writes Dylan Cleaver.

Four-times-weekly flight from Wellington to Singapore will now stop in Melbourne

Former radio host weighed in, posting: "Don't use my name for cheesy radio stunts guys."

Lara is relegated to seventh on the all-time runs table.

He was showing his wife how easily his ring could come off at beach before it became lost.

The MCG was much different to the predictions of a record crowd above 93,000.

Joe Root's English team could panic on cricket's biggest stage.

A woman thought her husband had no secrets. Then she discovered her husband's secret.

The man who mowed down 18 people on a busy Melbourne street being interviewed by police

Two women died and at least 17 people injured after a Christmas party turned to disaster.

Thankfully there were no serious injuries.\

Young dad's family is hoping to bury him by Christmas.

Two women dead and 17 people injured after a balcony collapsed in Melbourne's northeast.

He was given a violent welcome on his first day, with reports he was bashed in the yard.

Stories behind Kiwi's death started when a journalist asked a bombshell question.

Police have made an arrest over the death of New Zealand-born Karen Ristevski.

Aussie weatherman Paul Higgins on the impact of his parents' killings by Kiwi Edwin Lewis.

Plasticine comes to life at Melbourne's Wallace & Gromit exhibit.