Leanne Wong

Fireworks and other explosives at a suspicious blaze at a tobacco shop in Melbourne's north were hurled towards firefighters and sent shrapnel into surrounding homes, residents say.

Darren Chalmers has received a second life sentence for the murder of Geelong woman Annette Steward in 1992, after he killed WA woman Dianne Barrett in 2019.

Experts say it's easier than you think for cybercriminals to guess your credit card details. And it's costing customers and small businesses. 

A Melbourne court hears a diabetic man whose car struck and killed five people outside a regional Victorian pub allegedly ignored nine warnings from a medical device that his blood glucose levels were low.

Thousands of people take to Australian streets for the sixth-straight week, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, while pro-Israeli events are rallying for the release of hostages.

Yarra council votes to reduce the speed limit to 30 kilometres per hour for almost every street in the inner-Melbourne suburbs of Fitzroy and Collingwood.

A Neo-Nazi who a judge had just deemed to have good prospects of rehabilitation was filmed doing a Nazi salute as soon as he stepped outside the court.

A Senate committee interim report sheds more light on when red flags began to emerge around the hosting of the 2026 regional Commonwealth Games. But how did we get here? And where did it go so wrong?

Phishing is the most commonly reported scam in Australia, with scammers harvesting tens of millions of dollars every year from unsuspecting victims.

The financial complaints authority appears to have made inconsistent rulings on whether to give customers refunds after phishing scams, based on whether customers admit to clicking dodgy links.

The Victorian government vows to make it easier for parents of sick children to escalate concerns about their hospital care, after a spike in the number of children who died or experienced serious harm in healthcare settings.

Homelessness is growing three times as quickly in regional Victoria as it is in Melbourne, with support services being forced to turn away people in need.

Under-pressure Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto has swatted away criticism from a top UN official about his treatment of expelled Liberal Moira Deeming, saying he was more focused on the state's budget.

Supporters of expelled Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming interrupt a state party conference, booing Opposition Leader John Pesutto while holding up masks of Ms Deeming's face.

Public health workers say the Victorian government can't ignore the evidence supporting a supervised injecting room in Melbourne's CBD, in submissions to a state review into the controversial proposal.

Senior Victorian Liberals have already begun discussing if MP Moira Deeming should be expelled from the party room over her threats to sue Opposition Leader John Pesutto.

Victoria's shadow attorney-general says raising the state's age of criminal responsibility will embolden gang leaders to recruit more children under 12, a position youth justice experts describe as "absolutely nonsensical".

Authorities urge residents of Melbourne's suburban fringe to prepare for an increased risk of fires as hot temperatures dry out grass plains. 

Four decades ago, Australia confronted what was its deadliest bushfire disaster to date, claiming 75 lives, injuring scores more and destroying almost 3,000 homes. Survivors share their stories of the day.

Devastated family and friends gathered at a Melbourne home where homicide detectives are investigating the deaths of two men in a shooting at 3am. 

As rescuers search for survivors trapped under toppled buildings in Türkiye and Syria following the magnitude-7.8 earthquake, families in Australia are anxiously waiting to hear news that loved ones are alive.

Erchana Murray-Bartlet has run her 150th consecutive marathon, finishing a five-month trip from Cape York in Far North Queensland all the way to Melbourne in Victoria.

Three Victorian independent candidates have scored an early election win, after a decision by the electoral commission to reject their how-to-vote cards was overturned.

The Victorian Greens are polled to contest strongly in several Labor seats, but Premier Daniel Andrews is ruling out any deal between the parties.

Independent candidate Felicity Frederico is threatening to take Victoria's electoral commission to court over a disagreement over how to vote cards. Ms Frederico has been advised that her how-to-vote cards could not be used on election day due to blank preference boxes next to candidate names.