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What will Melbourne be like in 180 years time?

Melbourne celebrates its 180th birthday this week, and quite a lot has changed in that time. Take our population: 180 years ago there were about 177 people here. That's grown to around 4.4 million. So we wondered: what will our city be like in another ... >> view original

Melbourne Express: Sunday, August 30

Happy 180th birthday, Melbourne. You are beautiful, even when you rain. According to the weather bureau, winter will not go gentle into that good night ... so keep your umbrella handy. The bureau reckons there's a 70 per cent chance of showers this ... >> view original

Port Melbourne fire: men treated for smoke inhalation at Bay Street shop

A large fire has torn through a shop in Port Melbourne, cloaking the area in thick smoke. About 80 Metropolitan Fire Brigade members were called to the building at the corner of Liardet and Bay streets at about 7am. The two-story brick building houses ... >> view original

Bart Cummings dead at 87: The King of the Melbourne Cup

Along with Tommy Smith, the multiple champion Sydney handler, and Colin Hayes, dominant in Melbourne and Adelaide, Cummings was a figure whose name transcended his own sport, his success making him a household name all over the country. >> view original

Melbourne Day: Seven things you must do in our city

The ceiling's creator, Leonard French, wanted to create a design as timeless and integrated as a Persian rug and he achieved this using about 10,000 geometric pieces of hand-cut glass in 50 colours. On your way in to NGV, don't forget the other ... >> view original

NRL: Melbourne Storm v North Queensland Cowboys - as it happened

78 min: And if that's not some wilful cursing I don't know what is - in the shadow of the full-time siren the Melbourne defensive line has finally been breached! JT with a perfect crossfield kick and Feldt rises highest to put it in the corner. The ... >> view original

Melbourne Spring Fashion Week goes kitsch with Crikey! pop-up shop

Their obsession with kitsch, Australiana and an inclination to stick a hot pink Crocs shoe inside a plastic crocodile head gives some indication of the Aussie crawl they are taking during Melbourne Spring Fashion Week. The garments sold by Lia Tabrah ... >> view original

AFL: North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs - as it happened

After a lukewarm spectacle in the first thre terms (I was really running out of ways to describe turnovers and behinds) it was a truly barnstorming finish to the game there. The Dogs quite simply won it by stopping Todd Goldstein and also controlling ... >> view original

MMA star Ronda Rousey to fight in Melbourne

Ronda Rousey, the undefeated bantamweight champion who has won every one of her 12 fights except one in the first round, will take on Holly Holm at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne on November 14. She will be the headline act for UFC 193, with Australian ... >> view original

Amateur Melbourne football team launch campaign in show of solidarity with gay ...

Amateur Melbourne football team launch campaign in show of solidarity with gay players. 9NEWS. August 29, 2015: One of the oldest football clubs in Australia today swapped its traditional colours for a rainbow jumper in a show of support for gay players. >> view original