Kate Ashton

A video that appears to show some fans engaging in a racist chant at Melbourne's Boxing Day Test has been circulating online and made headlines in India, with members of Melbourne's Indian community saying the incident was "not appropriate".

Volunteer firefighters on Melbourne's urban fringes play an essential role in keeping communities safe, with local brigades doing their best to recruit enough volunteers to keep up with rapid population growth. 

A man says his truck displaying the Palestinian flag was burned outside his inner-Melbourne home,  as also investigate a separate incident involving an anti-Semitic sign that was displayed outside state parliament.

A young woman presented at a Melbourne hospital following an alleged needle spiking at a nightclub but wasn't able to get any tests to help her prove it. Here's why.

News stories about drink and needle spiking incidents can attract significant interest, but experts warn they can drive misconceptions and distorted fears about spiking in the community. Here's what you should know.

While the legacy of John Batman's 1835 treaty with Kulin elders is contested, the story of the violent entrepreneur who tried to bargain with Melbourne's Aboriginal owners is a defining moment in Victoria's colonial history.

Sydney sports writer Bilal Nassour became stuck on a work trip to Beirut and witnessed the Israeli air strike which killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Now back in Australia, he is anxious for those left behind. 

A council candidate in Melbourne's outer south-east has been left shaken after her campaign sign was vandalised with racist slurs. Experts are concerned such abuse could deter diverse women from entering politics.

Coroner Ingrid Giles' investigation into the deaths of five transgender women heard gender-diverse people had "a myriad of horror stories" about their experiences of healthcare, and she's recommended urgent changes as a result.

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has cancelled the upcoming performance of a classical pianist after he made comments about the killing of journalists during the war in Gaza during a recital on the weekend.