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Police probe bikie debt link to Melbourne nightclub arson attack

Melbourne police are investigating possible bikie links to an arson attack that gutted a nightclub partly owned by AFL star Dane Swan and several other footballers. The Albion nightclub in South Melbourne was set alight early on Monday morning after ... >> view original

Melbourne emergency evacuation plan: where to go and what to do

Workers and residents in Melbourne's central business district could be forced to walk en masse to the outskirts of the city in the aftermath of a major natural disaster or deliberate attack. An earthquake could see a total evacuation of the CBD, as ... >> view original

Victoria weather: Hot winds rip through Melbourne CBD as temperature reaches ...

Melbourne reached 30 degrees at 11am on Tuesday - two hours earlier than it did on Monday. By 1pm, the mercury had topped 35 degrees. But it was the high winds whipping up dust that most affected those in the city. A 121km/h wind gust was recorded at ... >> view original

Look how much Melbourne has changed in 25 years

Our about-face started in the early 1990s with the creation of Southbank — a new suburb reclaimed from riverside industrial areas in South Melbourne. While the nearby Victorian Arts Centre in St Kilda Rd was well known, few Melburnians had any ... >> view original

Melbourne bracing for rapid afternoon cool change and damaging winds

Melbourne is set for an afternoon cool change with a temperature drop of 10 to 15 degrees, and wind gusts of between 90 and 100km/h. Read the full statement from the Bureau of Meteorology: Severe Weather Warning for damaging winds for people in the ... >> view original

Melbourne teen apologises for animal cruelty claims

A Melbourne teenager who posted a video of a collapsed horse online and suggested that its owner had worked the animal to the point of exhaustion has apologised. Social media went into meltdown when the teen shared the video of the horse writhing on ... >> view original

Forecast: Price slowdown for Sydney and Melbourne

The growth in Sydney and Melbourne house prices is set to slow for the next five years, while apartment prices will grow at about the same pace as they did in the past five years, valuation company Propell says in its September residential report ... >> view original

Melbourne weather: Victoria set for spring scorcher after hottest ever start ...

Monday and Tuesday are both forecast to hit 35 degrees in Melbourne, in what could be the city's hottest consecutive run of days in 75 years. The forecast follows a record-breaking 31.3-degree grand final day on Saturday and four days above the average ... >> view original

Why Melbourne is Australia's fashion capital, plus our top 10 trendsetters

Graeme Lewsey, CEO of the largest consumer fashion festival in the world (Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival), says Melbourne is a genuine contender on the world fashion stage. “Melbourne just got voted one of the top 15 most fashionable ... >> view original

Melbourne factory gutted by fire

Fire has ripped though a car parts factory in Melbourne, causing a million dollars worth of damage. More than 100 firefighters battled the blaze, which started in the Mordialloc factory in the early hours of Tuesday, the MFB said. Extra crews were ... >> view original