Market boost for Melbourne's north – now build the link and other top stories

Market boost for Melbourne's north – now build the link

The fresh food heart of Melbourne is set to move – more than a decade after the government decided it was a good idea – and have an immediate impact on Victoria's road network with calls for the urgent completion of the Metropolitan Ring Road. >> view original

Melbourne: the world's sixth most expensive city

Melbourne may bask in the title of the world's most liveable city, but it comes at a price. The latest global cost-of-living survey by The Economist Intelligence Unit ranks Melbourne as the world's sixth most expensive city. It remains a more ... >> view original

Suspected senior crime boss Rocco Arico arrested in Melbourne raids

Arico is a close associate of drug traffickers and known Melbourne underworld identities, including figures with links to Melbourne's Calabrian mafia cell. Earlier this year, Fairfax Media and the ABC Four Corners program revealed Arico is suspected by ... >> view original

Thousands rally in Melbourne against Abbott government's workplace inquiry

Australian Council of Trade Unions secretary Dave Oliver told the crowd in Melbourne that the government was using the Productivity Commission review as a "Trojan horse" to reignite a Howard-era industrial relations push and wage war on workers. >> view original

A plan to turn Melbourne's Elizabeth Street into a rainforest canal

The man who turned Melbourne's neglected and decrepit laneways into a globally renowned attraction has another radical idea to improve the city. His proposal: rip up Elizabeth Street, currently a pretty tired and uninspiring CBD thoroughfare, and ... >> view original

Psychic Melbourne 'Real Housewife' Totally Predicted Show's Success

As popular as the Real Housewives of Melbourne stands to become, Ms. Gillies has aspirations beyond Australia. She proudly announced she wants to be the first Housewife to flip over to one of the American series. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is ... >> view original

Execution calls for Melbourne man Peter Gerard Scully accused of depraved ...

A Melbourne man accused of killing a child and orchestrating an international paedophile ring in the Philippines is facing calls for his execution. Peter Gerard Scully was arrested last week after the body of a teenage girl was found buried under a ... >> view original

Melbourne couple find maggot in tomato paste bought from Aldi

A Melbourne couple abandoned their dinner plans after opening a jar of Aldi tomato paste to find a maggot inside. Adrian Chew and his partner Stephanie purchased the 500 gram jar of Remano Tomato Paste from the Aldi store at Abbotsford in Melbourne's ... >> view original

Young man killed in workplace accident south-east of Melbourne

A man has been killed while working in a trench at a work site in Cranbourne East, south-east of Melbourne. Paramedics were called to the site at the corner of Tangemere Way and Linsell Boulevard at 2.10pm following reports a man was "heavily trapped ... >> view original

Melbourne woman accused of possessing enormous stash of dangerous ...

A young Melbourne woman allegedly found in possession of a massive cache of high-powered weapons, including a sub machine gun, has been denied bail. Bianca Micallef, 23, was allegedly found with two boxes of weapons after police intercepted her car ... >> view original