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Section of Melbourne Magistrates Court evacuated after suspected courtroom ...

It is believed the fight started when the accused man and another person crossed paths inadvertently after a change of courtrooms at the Melbourne Magistrates Court. The fight was outside a courtroom in a public area on the third floor. Police attended ... >> view original

Storms move past Melbourne after dumping heavy rain over the city and ...

In Melbourne's south-east, the roof of a house on Park Boulevard in Pakenham collapsed after it was reportedly hit by lightning about 2pm. Four people were inside the home at the time and while paramedics were called none of the occupants had to be ... >> view original

White Night Melbourne: down Alice's rabbit hole and into the Yarra light

From dusk till dawn on Saturay night, Melbourne's CBD was transformed into an incandescent landscape of video projections, music, film and installation art – a creative playground open for anyone game enough to persevere through the crowds. >> view original

Severe thunderstorms strike Melbourne's west

Winds exceeding 100 km/h earlier battered Altona, Deer Park, Laverton, St Albans and south of Bacchus Marsh. Advertisement. The Bureau of Meteorology is warning for damaging winds, heavy rainfall and flash flooding in some areas. >> view original

White Night 2015: Magical Melbourne lights up for the all-night festival

Europe's Ocubo company used “video mapping projections” to convert the facade of Melbourne's grandest High Victorian building into a dazzling 21st-Century screen. Virtual dancers then brought the four elements (earth, water, fire, air) vividly to life ... >> view original

Police test bag of flesh found at Melbourne train station

A bag of flesh discovered at a Victorian train station could be human remains, it has been revealed. A construction worker found the black garbage bag at Syndal station in Melbourne's southeast on February 17, The Age reports. Victoria Police Inspector ... >> view original

Team India struck in Melbourne due to hostile weather

The weather is so bad in Melbourne that all the flight to different parts of Australia have been cancelled. Both domestic and international flights are unable to land or leave the airports. Team India is going to play their next match against UAE in ... >> view original

Soundwave Melbourne Sees 38 Drug-Related Arrests

Police seized drugs including ecstasy, amphetamine and cannabis in Melbourne as part of a Passive Alert Detection sniffer dog operation. The arrests included 37 males and only one female. Of the 38 arrests, only 2 will be charged on summons. 20 ... >> view original

Collingwood's Levi Greenwood never felt confident of holding spot at North ...

Collingwood recruit Levi Greenwood has claimed he never felt comfortable of keeping his spot in the North Melbourne team for an extended period. Greenwood, who turned 26 last week, requested a trade to the Magpies despite what had been a career-best ... >> view original

Melbourne Food and Wine Festival 2015 preview

The Melbourne Food and Wine Festival is a 23-year-old fixture in our crowded calendar and deserves attention for being a tasty, fun and increasingly accessible way to chomp on Melbourne (and country Victoria). The only problem with a 17-day feast of ... >> view original