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May 14, 2015: HAZMAT crews were called to Melbourne airport this morning ...

Police and HAZMAT crews were called to the airport and secured the scene before removing the substance for testing. AFP and Customs are now leading the investigation but the incident is no longer considered an emergency situation. An AFP spokesman ... >> view original

A Melbourne teacher has spoken of her fear while been stabbed in during a ...

A Melbourne teacher has spoken of her fear while been stabbed in during a terrifying failed robbery in Melbourne today. Jenny Occleshaw, 52 was stabbed in the leg in a car park in Cromwell St in Collingwood just before 7.30am. The Collingwood College ... >> view original

Muscat's stinging Arnie grand final sledge

MELBOURNE Victory coach Kevin Muscat has given the A-League grand final a personal edge by delivering a cutting sledge of Sydney FC boss Graham Arnold. Already set to be a monumental chapter in the “Big Blue”, the decider was on Thursday given ... >> view original

CCTV of stalker who chased woman home in Melbourne released by Victoria ...

Security footage of a man wanted for alleging stalking and chasing a woman as she got off a tram in Melbourne has been released by Victoria Police. The woman was walking on the opposite side of Nicholson Street in Brunswick East at 6:40pm on April 12 ... >> view original

Melbourne ice addict who shot dead girlfriend not guilty of murder

A Melbourne ice addict who said did not know his gun was loaded when he pointed it at his girlfriend and fired has been found guilty of manslaughter. Nelson Lai, 35, was acquitted of murder after fatally shooting 22-year-old Rekiah O'Donnell in his ... >> view original

Melbourne nabs nude, bloody teen who said she's Satan

A 17-year-old Cocoa girl suspected of being high on a hallucinatory street drug faces felony charges after police said she ran toward officers nude, covered in blood and yelled that she was Satan. It is the latest arrest in Melbourne believed to be ... >> view original

Melbourne weather: Showers, cold temperatures to remain

By 5.30pm, the temperature in Melbourne reached 11.8 degrees and south-westerly winds up to 35 kilometres an hour were expected to drop to 25 kilometres in the late evening. "There's still some shower activity coming up from the south-west...and still ... >> view original

Melbourne Rebels to go to consortium led by sports entrepreneur

The Melbourne Rebels Super Rugby team is set to be privatised in a deal that will see a consortium including prominent sports entrepreneur Peter Sidwell take control. Mr Sidwell is a former chairman and majority owner of A-League club Melbourne Heart, ... >> view original

Edinburgh Military Tattoo to perform in Melbourne in 2016

The world-renowned Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is heading to Melbourne for the first time in the show's 65-year history. It has previously been to Sydney twice, in 2005 and 2010, but the show has only ever been performed outside of Scotland three ... >> view original

19 reasons Melbourne is simply better than Sydney

We've known it for a while, but now is the time to lay things out in plain view and for both cities to make peace with the knowledge that Melbourne is better. Here are the reasons Melbourne is the greatest Australian city. Use #VictoryIsOurs on Twitter ... >> view original