8 Ways to avoid Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne this weekend and other top stories

8 Ways to avoid Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne this weekend

The Formula 1 Grand Prix has been a mainstay of Melbourne's March calendar for close to two decades now. But for many in the Albert Park vicinity, the race also means wake-up calls to the high-pitched hum of engines and fighter jets temporaily making ... >> view original

Timeline: Melbourne Air and Space Show

March 3, 2015: The Air Force F-22 Raptor Demo Team has been added to this weekend's Melbourne Air and Space Show, joining the Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon and Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey as featured attractions. The Navy Blue Angels will headline ... >> view original

Changes down the line for Melbourne's tram routes

Melbourne's tram network is in for a change of direction, with three routes set to be diverted to new destinations, one route scaled back and another scrapped completely. The planned tram overhaul was originally scheduled for April, in sync with the ... >> view original

Jihadi Jake Bilardi's plot to bomb Melbourne

As news emerged on Wednesday night that the 18-year-old Melbourne man had died in a martyrdom operation in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, a blog post attributed to Bilardi detailed how the high-school dropout plotted a wave of attacks on his home city. >> view original

It's Friday the 13th ... again: Spooky things to do in Melbourne

Melbourne film distribution and production company Monster Pictures is throwing a special screening of Starry Eyes in Backlot Studios, South Melbourne. The film took out Best Film at 2014s Monster Fest. The film's directors and star will also be ... >> view original

Western Sydney Wanderers v Melbourne Victory – The Lowdown

FIVE TO WATCH. 1. Kerem Bulut (Western Sydney Wanderers). It remains to be seen if Bulut will start but given the striker missed the match against Melbourne City on Wednesday – after being charged with intimidation following a Tuesday night incident ... >> view original

Tourists stranded after Melbourne bus safety blitz

About 100 Singaporean tourists were stranded at Melbourne Airport for more than four hours today after a transport safety blitz discovered four airport bus drivers lacked the proper accreditation. Investigators from Transport Safety Victoria pounced on ... >> view original

Air Asia passengers wait for refunds after Melbourne route canned

Passengers of cancelled Air Asia flights between Melbourne and Bali could take up to two months to be refunded. (9NEWS). ninemsn. It could take another two months for passengers hit by the cancellation of AirAsia flights between Melbourne and Bali to ... >> view original

Melbourne GP: F1 team Sauber facing action over dumped driver

SAUBER has kept its Australian Grand Prix intentions under wraps, failing to send any of its three drivers out for the first practice session at Albert Park this afternoon. The Formula One team is in the middle of a legal fight with dumped Dutch driver ... >> view original

Melbourne teen Jake Bilardi's Islamic State 'suicide attack achieved nothing ...

Bilardi stored bomb-making chemicals in his family home, and in a chilling blog post before his death, revealed he had been planning terror attacks across Melbourne. Victorian police on yesterday revealed that after Bilardi fled overseas in August they ... >> view original