Melbourne officer-involved shooting under investigation and other top stories

Melbourne officer-involved shooting under investigation

Witnesses reported hearing a volley of gunfire in the darkened driveway that winds through Shull Manor Apartments last night. Investigators say a Melbourne police officer, carrying out a traffic stop, fired into a vehicle driving aggressively in his ... View full article

Melbourne Metro rail tunnel project revived by Daniel Andrews

Plans for the Melbourne Metro rail tunnel have been dusted off and relaunched after years of inaction on what could be the state's largest public transport project. Immediate funding of $40 million has been made available by the Andrews government to ... View full article

Melbourne beats Sydney in American students' Google searches for overseas ...

Melbourne ranks fifth in the world for United States students searching for destinations to study abroad, two places higher than Sydney, data from search giant Google shows. Sydney is often thought of by Australians as our most internationally visible ... View full article

Melbourne's Christian Petracca out for season after rupturing his ACL

Melbourne may insist it is a "fresh club" but its wretched recent run with injuries has continued, this time with top draftee Christian Petracca to sit out his rookie season. Petracca, the Demons' first selection in last year's national draft, and ... View full article

No public transport for Melbourne Soundwave

If you've got tickets to the Soundwave festival in Melbourne, you might need to rethink your transport options. As the Soundwave website puts it, “Due to other citywide commitments, Public Transport Victoria has advised that no public transport will be ... View full article

Melbourne man to fight against Islamic State

A Melbourne man has gone to northern Iraq with a Christian militia to fight against the Islamic State terrorism organisation. Khamis Gewargis Khamis is based on the frontline in the town of Baqofa, about 30 kilometres from Islamic State-controlled ... View full article

Melbourne Victory angered by refereeing gaffes that have cost the team nine ...

... played through and the second when the ball appeared to go out of play in the build up to Smeltz's goal that made it 3-2. Then a week later Fahid Ben Khalfallah appeared to put Victory in front midway through the second half of the Melbourne derby ... View full article

Soundwave Melbourne's transport crisis – what we know so far

Melbourne may be the music and sports capital of Australia – according to Melburnians, at least – but it's hard to remember a busier weekend than the one coming up. There's a Cricket World Cup match between South Africa and India at the MCG. View full article

Melbourne's first Anglican female bishop dies

"Her sudden and untimely death has shocked and saddened all who knew her and enjoyed her loving pastoral support, friendship and encouragement, within the diocese of Melbourne, with her fellow bishops, amongst the staff of the diocese and throughout ... View full article