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Melbourne peak-hour passengers to increase by 82% in 10 years – report

A Public Transport Victoria spokesman said the figures highlighted the need for the government's $11bn Melbourne Metro rail project, which will boost capacity and see five new underground stations constructed at Arden, Parkville, CBD North, CBD South ... >> view original

Fears Victory legend Archie Thompson's career could be over

UPDATE: Archie Thompson has gone in for scans for a suspected ruptured ACL but the Melbourne Victory legend has already vowed the knee injury sustained in the dying moments of the club's FFA Cup quarter-final win over Adelaide United won't end his ... >> view original

Melbourne Storm win race for signature of schoolboy star Scott Drinkwater

Drinkwater's signing is consistent with Melbourne's recruitment policy of shying away from established stars – with the exception of Glenn Lazarus and Michael Crocker, the club has never bought an Australian or Origin player – in favour of developing ... >> view original

Melbourne University to follow volunteers' travel movements in new smartphone ...

Melbourne University is seeking people willing to have their movements tracked by their smartphone as they travel around Melbourne. The Future Mobility Sensing (FMS) project aims to improve the data used by governments to make decisions about ... >> view original

Melbourne Metro Rail Project: Greens call for above-market prices for acquired ...

The Melbourne Metro Rail Authority sent letters to more than 20,000 people along the proposed route, who might be affected by noise, infrastructure changes and property acquisitions. "Given that your property ... is in the vicinity of the tunnel ... >> view original

AFL finals 2015: West Coast Eagles aren't guaranteed victory against North ...

And let's be honest, North Melbourne deserve to be rank underdogs. They finished the home-and-away season in eighth position and are facing the premiership favourites on their home ground, coming off a week's rest and, by the time Saturday night rolls ... >> view original

AFL finals 2015: Life as a Fremantle Dockers supporter in Melbourne

In footy mad Melbourne and Geelong, despite the AFL competition having gone national many years ago, it seems local fans still view Fremantle Dockers supporters as pariahs from a distant land. Invaders from a small, lost raiding party whose ship ... >> view original

Burst pipe floods bank in Melbourne's CBD

It's believed a construction worker clipped and burst the pipe. (9NEWS). Water flooded the building and the street outside as firefighters attended the scene on Collins Street. A spokesman for the Melbourne Fire Brigade said firefighters were only on ... >> view original

O'Brien five to target Melbourne Carnival

The world's best trainer Aidan O'Brien is set to make an unprecedented assault on the Melbourne Spring Carnival with five of his horses entering quarantine on Tuesday in Ireland. O'Brien won last year's William Hill Cox Plate with Adelaide, but has not ... >> view original

Central Melbourne divided in battle for hotel beds

The "battle of the beds" in Melbourne is shifting in favour of hotels in the city's western precincts as weary travellers choose venues close to major transport hubs. Once shunned by business and visitors as a barren streetscape, the western half of ... >> view original