Madeleine Heffernan

Police arrested a dozen protesters at a blockade in Port Melbourne and two others for allegedly tampering with traffic lights in Carlton.

It was once conservative, culturally homogenous and rough in parts. These days it’s young, ethnically diverse and dominated by a university.

After allegedly being attacked by a “rideshare driver”, a 20-year-old persuaded him to drop her near a police station. But the station’s front desk hours had been cut back.

It’s been a day since former US President Donald Trump was shot at a rally, and the fallout from the assassination attempt is continuing to rock the world.

Melbourne’s CBD has the lowest retail vacancy rate of any Australian capital city as shoppers are enticed back to the CBD for fashion, food and coffee.

Women and girls constitute more than half the population, require the toilet more frequently and take longer in it. Yet buildings usually have more facilities for men. What can be done?

Known to locals as ‘the island’, Richmond is a hub for healthcare, business, public transport and hospitality. The footy club’s done OK too.

Convicts meet AI in an Institute of Public Affairs board game sent to schools across the country.

Pro-Palestine protesters, some wearing Santa hats, were outside the department store, blowing bubbles and mocking Premier Jacinta Allan for calling them “morons”.

Scientists at the National Measurement Institute test about 30,000 samples a year, predominantly food for nutritional value, allergens, safety or place of origin.