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.
Melbourne's Jewish community in shock after synagogue set alight in 'act of hate'
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese denounces a suspicious blaze that tore through a Melbourne synagogue as a violent act of anti-Semitism aimed at creating fear in the community.
Photo shows Firefights walk past fire damage and smashed glass at the Synagogue.Top chefs speak out on mental health crisis in high-end restaurant industry
Neil Perry, Jacqui Challinor and Ben Shewry say the barrage of social media reviews is causing untold anxiety and stress in their kitchens. Each has made staff wellbeing their priority.
Photo shows Chefs Under Pressure thumbnailCould a teal candidate be set to win the Liberal stronghold of Caulfield at the Victorian election?
The sitting Liberal MP in Caulfield, David Southwick, holds the seat by a razor thin margin and is facing a challenge from a teal independent backed by the Climate 200 body.
Photo shows A man with a microphone.'If I left, I'd be saying I'm embarrassed being trans': How Julie found the strength to transition at the ABC 30 years ago
For 50 years, since the days of black-and-white television, Julie Peters has worked behind the scenes at the ABC. Assigned male at birth, she struggled for decades to be her true self.
Photo shows Composite image black and white and colour image of Julie holding camera and sitting in TV studio.Religious gathering turns violent after police break up mass gathering in Ripponlea
Police have fined a number of people in Melbourne's inner south-east for attending a religious gathering that violated public health orders.
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Has Video Duration: 44 seconds.Police say people distracted officers, climbed over roofs after Melbourne gathering
Police fine a number of people and a news cameraman is allegedly assaulted at a religious gathering that violated public health orders.
Photo shows Police move people along.Religious gathering breaches Victorian lockdown laws
Dozens of worshippers are seen at a religious gathering in Melbourne's south-east in apparent breach of the city's lockdown laws.
Photo shows ABC News videoHas Video Duration: 1 minute 1 second.Publicans like Nick are offering well above minimum wage, so why are they struggling to fill jobs?
The loss of working holiday and skilled visa workers is crippling the hospitality industry, representatives say, with job ads going unanswered and venues unable to find staff.
Photo shows Nick Allardice pours a beer at the barFeeding the needy skilled migrants, students and working holidaymakers
Jobless international hospitality workers deemed ineligible for the Federal Government's JobKeeper and JobSeeker programs are "heartbroken" at their treatment and turning to restaurants providing free meals during the coronavirus pandemic.
Photo shows Ben ShewryCoronavirus cases rise to 1,228 in Victoria as police issue fines to people too far from home
Sixteen more people test positive to coronavirus in Victoria as police reveal they are continuing to issue fines for "totally unacceptable" gatherings and parties.
Photo shows Police Minister Lisa Neville at a press conference at with Deputy Commissioner Shane Patton behind her.Stars say goodbye to The Dream Factory, where TV history was made
Comedian Shaun Micallef was moved to tears when he recorded the final program in the ABC's famed Studio 31, known as The Dream Factory, the incubator of decades of iconic Australian television programming.
Photo shows Shaun Micallef tearing up holding a microphone after the taping of his final program in Studio 31.Police say Ripponlea incident not hostage situation
Police are now treating an incident in Melbourne's bayside suburbs as a mental health issue, after initially responding to reports a person may have been holding two others hostage.
Photo shows ABC News articleFarewell to the ‘Dream Factory’ as 60 years of TV production at Ripponlea studios comes to an end
After 60 years, production at the ABC's Ripponlea TV studios is winding down and staff are moving out to refurbished headquarters at Southbank.
Photo shows Filming of the final program of 'The World of Operatta' at the Ripponlea studios in 1964.Opulent 1920s costumes exhibited on Melbourne set of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
A collection of rare 1920s costumes worn by fictional detective and wealthy aristocrat Phryne Fisher is on show in Melbourne.
Photo shows Miss Fisher headpiece being painted