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Prison staff and inmates injured as police finally contain wild Melbourne ...

Police have contained a violent riot at Melbourne's Metropolitan Remand Centre, believed to have been triggered by a ban on smoking which comes into effect today. About 60 prisoners sparked an uprising just after midday yesterday when they lit a series ... >> view original

RP Data says house price growth has slowed but Sydney, Melbourne ahead

Home values grew more slowly in the year to June from the previous 12-month period, as the two-speed housing market set Sydney and Melbourne apart from the rest of the market. Dwellings measured across the eight state and territory capitals rose 9.8 ... >> view original

Suspicious packages containing white powder found at Melbourne Airport

A hazardous materials incident on a plane at Melbourne Airport is over but it is not yet known if the suspicious packages posed a risk. Packages containing white powder found by cleaners on an international flight that was on the tarmac of the airport ... >> view original

Delays at Melbourne Airport due to customs and immigration staff strike

The stoppages follow a half-day strike by customs officers at Melbourne's international airport last week, which left arriving passengers standing in long lines to go through customs and collect their bags. Staff at Medicare, Centrelink and other ... >> view original

Forget Sydney, Melbourne, property investors head to Brisbane

"There is still a bit of that because Brisbane house prices haven't caught up [to Sydney and Melbourne] – but we are starting to see more investors come back from interstate, especially in the unit market. They have been absent for a while because ... >> view original

Three teenagers killed in horror smash in Melbourne's east

Three teenagers have died and a fourth is in hospital after a horror smash at Avonsleigh in Melbourne's outer east. The teenagers' car crashed into a tree on Phillip Road around 5.30pm, police say. The third teenager, a male, was treated at the scene ... >> view original

Video shows Melbourne DUI hit-and-run suspect

A video released by the Melbourne Police Department also shows what they say is 22-year-old Melbourne woman fleeing police and swerving in and out of traffic before coming to a stop on Sarno Road as a Melbourne police officer chased after her. >> view original

Mick Gatto among mourners at Melbourne funeral for mafia godfather's son ...

His father Liborio led the powerful Melbourne cell of the Calabrian mafia for more than 20 years before his death from natural causes in 1988. Vince Benvenuto's brother Frank was shot dead in 2000 during Melbourne's bloody gangland war. Gatto and Vince ... >> view original

Din Tai Fung at Emporium in CBD has best dumplings in Melbourne

It now has seven stores in Sydney after arriving in 2008. Its first Melbourne restaurant – seating 235, it's the largest in Australia – opened two weeks ago and the queues formed from day one. And for what do they come? It's the dumpling that earned a ... >> view original

Melbourne prison inmates rioting and 'tear down fences' amid chaos

Heavily-armed police have stormed a maximum security prison after 300 criminals began rioting over a smoking ban. Officers wearing vests, helmets and carrying shotguns charged the prison about 3:20pm in an effort to retake control, after riots broke ... >> view original