Melbourne Metro to get $1.5b in next week's budget, says Daniel Andrews and other top stories

Melbourne Metro to get $1.5b in next week's budget, says Daniel Andrews

Opposition public transport spokesman David Hodgett said Melbourne was growing at almost 100,000 people per year. "This is an incredibly important project that we have to get right," he said. "Daniel Andrews needs to make sure that this project does ... >> view original

The 10 best new places for a steak in Melbourne

MELBOURNE has long been in love with beef, with many of our most famous restaurants through the decades famous for their steaks. But over the past 12 months there's been an influx of new eateries that either specialise in steak, or which have made it a ... >> view original

Melbourne's best cheap eats

Other no-less-loved noodle soups include Malaysia's dark and porky bak kut teh at SugarBun (Melbourne, 205 Russell Street); ramen, such as Little Ramen Bar's classic tonkotsu ($10.90; Melbourne, 346 Little Bourke Street) and laksa, $10.80 at Laksa King ... >> view original

Melbourne teacher barred after 49 complaints in one year

The teacher, George Steele, worked at Mill Park Secondary College in Epping, Melbourne, for just three terms in 2013 and became the subject of 49 complaints during that time, The Age reports. The Department of Education terminated Mr Steele's ... >> view original

Nepal earthquake: Melbourne mother Renu Fotedar killed in Mount Everest ...

Melbourne mother of two Renu Fotedar was killed in the deadly avalanche triggered on Mount Everest by the magnitude-7.9 Nepal earthquake, the ABC has confirmed. The 49-year-old was last seen at the Everest base camp, and since the earthquake, ... >> view original

'Sore, exhausted' mums found alive

Surf Coast teenagers Camille Thomas and Grace Graham; young Melbourne honeymooners Ben Bardas and Erin Carroll; Daylesford couple Francis and Jen Comber and their two daughters, Rani, 7, and Neve, 6; and Healesville newlyweds Kent Highgate ... >> view original

A-League tactics: Melbourne City no match for mobile Adelaide United

And while in their previous encounter Van' t Schip proved full of ideas to tackle the 4-3-3 (Plan A), here was a startling demonstration that despite plenty of pre-warning, he and his Melbourne City side simply failed to account for the fluidity and ... >> view original

Melbourne Victory are the best team in the A-League, and that's final

Expect offers to come flooding in for Danny Vukovic (both Melbourne clubs are interested and perhaps the Wanderers), Michael Thwaite, Rostyn Griffiths (wanting a European move), Josh Risdon and Jamie Maclaren, while top-scorer Andy Keogh may decide ... >> view original

How Melbourne built Jesse Hogan

Hogan was 17 when he moved to Melbourne from Perth, picked up via one of Greater Western Sydney's draft concessions. He was a star junior, known for his naturally competitive nature and willingness to work hard, and it didn't take him long to get going. >> view original

Murder of Melbourne pastry chef Renea Lau one of the worst: Crown prosecutor

A senior Crown prosecutor has described the murder of a pastry chef whose body was found in Melbourne's Kings Domain as one of the city's worst-case murders. Prosecutor Michele Williams, QC, told the Supreme Court the murder of Renea Lau, also ... >> view original