Leanne Wong is a reporter in the ABC's Melbourne newsroom. Follow her on Twitter @leanne_wong1 or email her at wong.leanne@abc.net.au.
An arson attack on a synagogue in Melbourne, the city with the highest proportion of Holocaust survivors outside Israel, has left the local Jewish community reeling.
A 62-year-old woman's body lay inside inside a Melbourne brothel for two days until it was discovered, police allege.
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.
The grieving loved ones of a woman murdered by her former partner say her death has "shattered" their family.
Victoria's hospitals operated deep in the red last financial year, with annual reports revealing several hospitals did not have enough cash on hand to operate day-to-day.
with combined deficits of more than $1 billion, annual reports tabled in parliament show.
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.
A magistrate says Melbourne man Jacob Hersant will be sentenced to jail after being found guilty of performing a Nazi salute last year. He's the first person found guilty of breaking a new Victorian law that bans the salute.
The defamation trial between Opposition Leader John Pesutto and ousted Liberal MP Moira Deeming has heard a secret recording taken by Ms Deeming where she denied being transphobic or homophobic in a meeting with senior Liberals.
Residents in Mt Atkinson say rideshares regularly cancel, mail is left at post offices half an hour away and hospital allocations have become a headache.
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 five-year-old staghound who was found starving and abandoned on a pile of rubbish has found his "forever home" with a semi-retired couple.
Topic:Feel Good
The identity of a Melbourne woman charged with murder over a body found floating in the Maribyrnong River has been suppressed, after a court issued a temporary gag order.
A 36-year-old man of no fixed address has appeared in court, after being charged with murdering a fisherman on Frankston Pier.
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.
A Yarra councillor says a tenfold increase to the value of property the CEO can sell-off without councillor sign-off could turn the role into that of an 'unelected, economic czar'.
A Parkville man accused of making a hoax bomb threat, forcing multiple CBD buildings into lockdown, faces Melbourne Magistrates' Court.
The jury in the murder trial of Toby Loughnane, who stands accused of killing girlfriend Maryam Hamka in 2021, has been discharged.
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.
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.
Melbourne City Council will look for grants and donations to make more than a dozen of its promised projects a reality.
Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto labels Tuesday's state budget a "failure of leadership", accusing his political opponents of missing an opportunity to turn around the state's growing debt.
A Melbourne magistrate has described a Woolworths payroll error as a systematic and gross failure, but says the company is remorseful.
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.
When Paul called ING with a question about his cryptocurrency investment, the bank's scam team was alerted. Now, after losing nearly $500,000 to a romance scam, Paul argues the bank could have stopped it.
Victoria's abandoned Commonwealth Games cost the state more than $589 million and the price estimate that tanked the event was overstated and not transparent, according to a new report.