Leanne Wong

Fire authorities have warned of the growing risk of lithium batteries after 50 residents were evacuated from a building due to an exploding mobile phone power bank.

A Melbourne magistrate has described a Woolworths payroll error as a systematic and gross failure, but says the company is remorseful.

Melbourne City Council will look for grants and donations to make more than a dozen of its promised projects a reality.

Hundreds of young people who are at risk of offending are set to miss out on a key youth crime prevention program after the Victorian government slashed a third of its funding.

Prosecutors told a Melbourne court that Maryam Hamka suffered repeated physical abuse at the hands of her boyfriend Toby Loughnane before her disappearance in 2021.

A Parkville man accused of making a hoax bomb threat, forcing multiple CBD buildings into lockdown, faces Melbourne Magistrates’ Court.

Yarra council is forced to back down on a controversial proposal that would have allowed its CEO to buy and sell property worth up to $10 million without councillor approval, after receiving overwhelming community backlash.

The federal government has given the green light to Melbourne Airport's proposed third runway, paving the way for early works to begin next year if certain "noise amelioration" conditions are met.

A 56-year-old man has been arrested and rushed to hospital by air ambulance after a shootout with police at a rural property in Gippsland.

Hayley Van Hostauyen was 14 weeks pregnant with her daughter Sage when she was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease, and now spends 20 hours a week on dialysis.