Melbourne motorists spend more than three days a year in traffic and other top stories

Melbourne motorists spend more than three days a year in traffic

Frustrated motorists spend the equivalent of more than three full days a year in bumper-to-bumper traffic on Melbourne's choked roads, research reveals. A study by GPS manufacturer TomTom shows that Melbourne is the second most congested Australian ... >> view original

Third Catholic church in Melbourne set on fire

UPDATE: A MELBOURNE bishop believes the third suspicious church fire in as many days is not linked to clergy sexual abuse. Fire crews and police are investigating a fire at St Mary's Catholic Church in Foster St, Dandenong, that started about 2.30am. >> view original

Victorian woman and grandson fatally stabbed in Melbourne

A man has been found bound and gagged on the living room floor of a home in Melbourne's west where his wife and their four-year-old grandson were stabbed to death. A 45-year-old woman, who was at the Varsity Court address when police arrived, has ... >> view original

Australian cities boom as Melbourne closes in on Sydney

Melbourne's outer west is booming like never before - with the population increasing by a city the size of Hobart in the last decade alone. And the latest population figures for the nation, released on Tuesday, show that a suburb in the city's outer ... >> view original

Suspected owner of high-speed car filmed dangerously drifting on Melbourne ...

The suspected owner of a high-speed car filmed dangerously drifting in peak-hour traffic on Melbourne's West Gate Bridge, has been identified. Footage from a truck driver's dashcam aired on A Current Affair last night, showing a Toyota Sprinter AE86 ... >> view original

Better late than never: Melbourne's public transport good to go on Google

Melbourne is perhaps days away from being able to use Google Maps to plan a public transport journey across the city - something that can already be done in every other capital in the country - after the Andrews government released key timetable data ... >> view original

Name tag plan to make sure Melbourne stays 'world's friendliest city'

So from today, the scheme will be compulsory for City of Melbourne employees, who will be given name tags. The rollout of the program is expected to result in people saying “Hi Elaine” and “Hi Jerry” in City Hall's corridors. Cr Doyle said he also ... >> view original

Melbourne offers free T-shirts to Trash Bash volunteers

The first 400 volunteers to preregister for the city of Melbourne's April 18 Trash Bash will receive a free T-shirt, said Cheryl Mall, city spokeswoman. The annual anti-litter event takes place from 8 a.m. to noon. Last year, 547 volunteers collected ... >> view original

24hr Las Vegas chapel comes to Melbourne

The church, which does weddings, commitment ceremonies and vow renewals, is the brainchild of Melbourne bar tsar Jerome Borazio, whose stamp on the city includes Ponyfish Island, 1000 Pound Bend, Sister Bella and the Laneway Festival. Floriane ... >> view original

Facebook fight between ex-bandmates led to stabbing, Melbourne court told

Melbourne's County Court heard on Wednesday the 23-year-olds' communications sometimes caused disagreements and arguments, one of which turned acrimonious on June 18 last year, when they exchanged insults and threats. Baird alleged that Mr ... >> view original