Mourners told of long love affair between NZ-born Karen Ristevski and her husband, the main suspect in her murder.

A dog which mauled a mum allegedly trying to drown her son has been spared.

A woman who entered a cult as a child has shared her harrowing story of escape.

A siege is under way in Melbourne's northwest after police were fired at during a drug raid this morning.

It's the bane of every house hunter's existence. Now real estate agents in Victoria are finally being taken to task for underquoting.

Biscuiting outing on Murray River goes horribly wrong for Brendon Demmocks.

Karen Ristevski's mother-in-law has spoken out about her mysterious death, saying her son did not kill his wife.

Husband of NZ-born woman whose body was found in the bush remains chief suspect - as it is revealed his brother had links to the area where her body was found.

Heartbreak and intrigue surrounds the death of NZ-born woman whose body was found at Victoria's Mount Macedon.

The pilot involved in the Melbourne air crash was under investigation for a previous incident that had been deferred three times due to "workload".

The relatives of Wellington-born Melbourne woman Karen Risteveski have vowed to find her killer as police search for answers in the case that has baffled them.

The pilot of the plane which crashed into a Melbourne shopping outlet was involved in a near midair collision less than two years ago.

Five people are confirmed dead after a light plane crashed into an Australian shopping centre near Melbourne’s Essendon Airport. Joining Tristram Clayton is Melbourne-based journalist Rebekah Holt to discuss this disaster.

Witnesses to a fiery, peak hour plane crash beside one of Melbourne's busiest freeways have told of a "massive fireball" after the light aircraft plummeted.

It's been described as "coma in a bottle" and can bring on psychosis and hallucinations. It also caused 40 overdoses this weekend.

Cameron McMillan discovers some of Melbournes's best watering holes, with the help of a new drinking buddy.

Drug overdoses at Melbourne's Electric Parade music festival have landed more than 20 revellers in hospital.

Warning: Distressing material. An Australian teen who took her own life after being bullied and raped wrote a powerful warning letter to her peers.

Thousands of distressed passengers are onboard a cruise ship bound for New Zealand that has broken down and is drifting off the coast of Australia.

A federal police officer has been shot inside the Melbourne CBD headquarters.

Guests at a wild party in an Airbnb rental were jumping fences and hiding in backyards to get away from a weapon-yielding gang that gatecrashed.

A man's body has been found in the carpark lift of a Westfield shopping centre in Melbourne early this morning.

Gary Baron was just a humble truckie who became a millionaire overnight, which caused him to lose friends and live a secret life of luxury.

Sister's response to Melbourne teenager accused of murdering a friend over a A$100 debt after he rang her for advice.

A long-running fight between a Victorian truck driver and his former workmates over a disputed $16.6 million group Powerball win has come to an end.

Three New Zealand men with alleged links to Melbourne's violent Apex gang are due to be deported from Australia.

A 33-year-old woman has become the sixth victim of the sickening Melbourne car attack.

The brother of the man who allegedly killed five in the Melbourne rampage says "no one could have predicted" what would happen.

In the wake of the Bourke Street rampage, prison breakouts and a youth crime wave, Victoria's police have been under scrutiny for being "risk averse".

Gangs from a youth detention centre have been accused of turning Melbourne into "Melbronx" and the city has been compared to Johannesburg in South Africa.