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PA Burns Reserve in Altona the latest site to have ‘small amounts of asbestos’ discovered, environment watchdog saysGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastVictoria’s environment watchdog has confirmed traces of asbestos at six parks and reserves across Melbourne, as it probes the sources of the contamination.In a statement on Tuesday evening, the Environment Protection Authority confirmed small amounts...

Historian supports preserving some of the interwar period roads, but Yimby activist criticises Boroondara council planFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA Melbourne council has developed a plan to restore several concrete roads it deems to be of “heritage significance”, despite admitting it costs up to three times as much...

Second discovery of asbestos at Hosken Reserve, in Melbourne’s north, after similar material found in SpotswoodFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastVictoria’s environment watchdog says it suspects an illegal dumping of construction waste was behind the discovery of asbestos in mulch in Melbourne’s west this week.The material was found in...

Victoria police say victim of Glenroy shooting was known to them and had a criminal recordGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPolice are treating the fatal shooting of a man at a strip of shops in Melbourne’s north as a targeted attack.The man was shot dead in a car park outside shops on Justin Avenue at Glenroy just...

Police say they ‘acted appropriately’ when they shot a 26-year-old woman who fatally stabbed her 53-year-old motherGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA Victorian woman shot and killed by police officers on Friday evening was caught in the process of stabbing her mother, police say.Police revealed details about the incident on Saturday, saying that an officer was called...

Sako avoids life sentence for stabbing former colleague to death at her Melbourne home after stalking and harassing her Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe mother of Melbourne woman Celeste Manno, who was stalked and viciously stabbed to death while sleeping in her bed, has vowed to fight to...

Makalie Watts-Owens, a 24-year-old Tagalaka, Kukatja and Worimi woman, voluntarily admitted herself to St Vincent’s before her death• WARNING: this story contains distressing contentThe family and friends of a young Aboriginal woman who took her own life in a Melbourne hospital within hours of presenting seeking psychiatric help are calling for a full investigation into her treatment.Makalie Watts-Owens, a 24-year-old Tagalaka, Kukatja and Worimi...

Five capitals swelter through 30C-plus temperatures as dramatic cool change forecast to sweep Melbourne and regional Victoria on TuesdayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastVictorians sweltering through their first heatwave of the summer have been warned of possible “catastrophic” bushfires when a dramatic cool change hits on Tuesday, as much...

Shooting one of two separate incidents on Friday night after second man allegedly attacked four people with glass bottle Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPolice have alleged a man shot in the abdomen in the centre of Melbourne on Friday night had threatened and pursued protective services officers with broken glass.It was one of two separate incidents...

Victoria police launch fresh appeal for information on anniversary of death of Boronia woman Nanette EllisGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe family of a single mother murdered in her own home say their pain has been made worse by not knowing who killed her, as they launched a fresh plea for answers on the 40th anniversary of...

Heatwave warnings as ex-Tropical Cyclone Kirrily continues to dump heavy rain across parts of outback QueenslandGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMuch of southern Queensland and eastern New South Wales will be gripped by heatwave conditions over the weekend as western Sydney and Melbourne brace for temperatures in the high 30s on Sunday.Ex-tropical cyclone Kirrily has continued to...

Luay Sako has pleaded guilty to murdering ex-colleague after a year-long campaign of harassmentFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA mother has yelled at her daughter’s killer in court, calling him a gutless coward and demanding he face up to the grief he has caused.Luay Sako, 39, kept his head...

After a lengthy, multiple-agency investigation, officers unearthed guns and ammunition at a Mornington Peninsula propertyGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThree men, including an alleged Russian organised crime suspect, have been charged after a cache of explosives, guns and drugs were seized from a rural Victorian property.A lengthy investigation led officers to a property at Tyabb on the...

Zain Khan is facing one count of murder and three of attempted murder after allegedly driving a car into pedestrians in SeptemberGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA man who allegedly drove into pedestrians and cars in central Melbourne, killing a philanthropist, has been committed to stand trial.Zain Khan appeared in Melbourne magistrates court on Monday where he...

Authorities believe extreme heat and physical activity, rather than a single bad batch, exacerbated drug’s impact at HardmissionGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAll nine people hospitalised after a mass drug overdose at an electronic music festival in Melbourne last weekend suffered severe hyperthermia, with three people remaining in a critical condition.Another woman in her 30s was hospitalised...

Police allege the men are connected to fires at the Altona business, as well as an arson attack at a Croydon tobacco shopFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThree men allegedly linked to a bikie gang have been arrested after a twice-targeted tobacco shop was destroyed by fire and another...

Government analysis finds climate change could see a quarter of Port Philip council area facing inundation from a 1.1-metre sea level rise and one-in-100-chance stormGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMore than 4.7 sq km of inner-Melbourne and swathes of Port Phillip Bay could face the threat of rising sea levels and storm tides fuelled by climate change...

Supporters of the African nation’s dictatorial regime have clashed with opponents in the diaspora at similar events in other countriesAustralian federal police and government officials have met representatives of the Eritrean community in a bid to avoid potential violence during a planned cultural festival in Melbourne’s western suburbs this weekend.Similar events held in Europe and North America in recent months have ended in violence...

Prosecutors provide details of crime scene in court as they seek DNA samples from girl accused of stabbing a woman to deathGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPink butterfly fingernails found next to the blood-soaked body of a woman allegedly stabbed to death is among the key evidence prosecutors hope to use to convict a 12-year-old of murder.The...

Victoria police say random attacks were not terror-related with 31-year-old man facing 15 chargesA man is facing more than a dozen charges after he allegedly stabbed four strangers in Melbourne overnight in what police say were “completely random” and unprovoked attacks.Officers on Sunday arrested the 31-year-old Melton man who allegedly used public transport to travel across the city when committing three separate attacks on...

Man found dead in driveway of Donnybrook home with gunshot wounds after ‘firearm claimed off one of the offenders’, detective allegesA man found dead in a driveway in Melbourne’s outer north was allegedly part of a group of home invaders before he was shot during a struggle, police say.The man, who was yet to be identified, was found outside the property on Middlemount Street...

Exclusive: NSW government says it is open to all options even though new rolling stock, now due in 2026, will have reclining seats onlyThe permanent withdrawal of sleeper carriages on Sydney-Melbourne trains may be averted after new rolling stock enters service, thanks to the increasing popularity of intercity rail.New Spanish-built trains ordered by the previous Coalition government were initially meant to enter service in...

Police say group jumped on the car in Coburg and shattered windows in what union calls ‘horrific planned assault’A mobile speed camera operator has been injured after his car was attacked by five men in a Melbourne street.The blue SUV, fixed with traffic cameras in its rear window, was operating on Nicholson Street at Coburg in the early hours of Friday morning when it...