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'Unsustainable' Melbourne catching Sydney as boom property market

A renewed surge in Melbourne property prices is driving continued double-digit home price growth across the combined capital cities. While Sydney retains the highest year-on-year property price increase at 16.7 per cent, CoreLogic RP Data's figures ... >> view original

Human remains found in search for Melbourne mother Simone Quinlan

Human remains found in the search for missing Melbourne mother Simone Quinlan will be forensically examined today. The 33-year-old mother-of-two has not been seen since August 24, when she was spotted at a service station in Melbourne's west. Police ... >> view original

will warm Melbourne weather favour Eagles v Hawks?

West Coast Eagles fans will take a touch of Perth weather to Melbourne with them but sports science is split on whether the unusually warm Victorian conditions will give the Eagles a grand final advantage. A maximum of 28 degrees has been forecast for ... >> view original

Victim killed in Melbourne shooting

We want the community to be aware that this happened, and if they see anything suspicious to please call the Melbourne Police Department." Immediately after the reports of gunfire, police set up a perimeter and began interviewing witnesses in the North ... >> view original

Melbourne leads Sept home price jump

Capital city home values have grown 0.9 per cent, led by a 2.4 per cent surge in Melbourne. September's rise in home values, reported by CoreLogic RP Data, pushed the annual rate of home price inflation to 11 per cent across the eight state and ... >> view original

Troy Newman: Anti-abortion activist detained after flying to Melbourne despite ...

American anti-abortion activist Troy Newman has been detained at Melbourne Airport, after travelling to Australia even though his visa had been cancelled. Mr Newman, who has questioned why doctors who abort babies are not executed, had his visa ... >> view original

Former Melbourne Grammar student Easton Woodhead stabbed homeless man with ...

A former Melbourne Grammar student stabbed a homeless man to death with "murderous intent", a court has heard. Crown prosecutor Michele Williams, SC, told a Supreme Court jury on Thursday that Easton Woodhead attacked and killed Morgan Wayne ... >> view original

Sydney, Melbourne house price growth to slow to 5pc

Sydney house prices are in for a bigger slowdown than Melbourne as both settle into a year of 5 per cent growth, property valuer Propell says. The modest pace of growth that Propell predicts in its September residential report for the next 12 months is ... >> view original

Why has Melbourne University trounced Sydney in global rankings yet again?

We've got the harbour, they've got the Yarra. We've got the Opera House and they've got the Sydney Myer Music bowl. But their best university is rated better than ours. What gives? The University of Melbourne has once again trounced the University of ... >> view original

Melbourne mural depicting sex and a giant hamburger will be 'edited'

A Melbourne council will “edit” a mural on a building that depicts people having sex in a giant hamburger. The mural, commissioned by a Brunswick business owner, contains bodies in various sexual positions, entangled with lettuce, cheese and tomato in ... >> view original