Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Bitter frost stings Melbourne as city endures temperatures 'colder ... and other top stories.

  • Bitter frost stings Melbourne as city endures temperatures 'colder ...

    Bitter frost stings Melbourne as city endures temperatures 'colder ...
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. Winter has definitely arrived Snow fell across Victoria Friday with mixed reactions to the cold front. PT1M12S 620 349 The coldest morning so far this year gripped Melbourne on Sunday, when temperatures fell lower in the city than inside the average Australian fridge, and the bureau is warning of more icy conditions and bitter cold in the week ahead.Temperatures in the CBD fell as low as 3.3 and 6.6 degrees on Sunday and Monday mornings, and to ..
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  • Protesters burned an Australian flag in Melbourne. (AAP)

    Protesters burned an Australian flag in Melbourne. (AAP)
    Police officers are reviewing CCTV in the hope of identifying more of those responsible for violence at yesterday's rival anti-immigration and anti-racism protests in Melbourne, during which Australian flags were also burned. Masked members of a splinter anti-fascism group set the flags alight and scuffled with police and media in the latest rally between rival protest groups. Three people were arrested over the violence: two for assaulting each other in a fight and one for damaging a news pho..
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  • Melbourne gynaecologist Raffaele Di Paolo accused of rape and fraud

    Melbourne gynaecologist Raffaele Di Paolo accused of rape and fraud
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  • Melbourne rescue: Woman falls from CBD balcony

    Melbourne rescue: Woman falls from CBD balcony
    Melbourne rescue: Woman falls from CBD balcony Video will begin in 5 seconds. Woman dies after balcony fall A woman died after falling from an apartment balcony in Melbourne's CBD. Vision: courtesy Seven News Melbourne PT0M25S 620 349 A woman has died in hospital after falling from a balcony and landing on a Melbourne rooftop.The woman, believed to be in her 30s, fell from an apartment balcony on Queen Street just after 4pm on Sunday, an Ambulance Victoria spokesman said.Fi..
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  • Western suburbs lead the way as Melbourne clearance rate stays ...

    Western suburbs lead the way as Melbourne clearance rate stays ...
    A SIGNIFICANT number of homeowners keen to sell before the July 2 election were left wanting when the Melbourne clearance rate again failed to hit 70 per cent.With 1025 auctions held during the last full week in June, metropolitan Melbourne recorded a preliminary clearance rate of 68.4 per cent, compared to a clearance rate of 68.3 per cent from 1085 auctions the week before, according to CoreLogic.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SALES RESULTSRELATED:Fitzroy North warehouse won in flying visitClearance rate..
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  • Federal election 2016: Liberals poised to take Melbourne Ports as ...

    Federal election 2016: Liberals poised to take Melbourne Ports as ...
    Labor MP for Melbourne Ports Michael Danby. Photo: Andrew Meares The Liberal Party is poised to claim the seat of Melbourne Ports from Labor for the first time, helped by sitting MP Michael Danby rejecting a directive to always preference the Greens ahead of the government, polling for the minor party suggests.A survey by Lonergan Research commissioned by the Greens found its candidate, Steph Hodgins-May, had narrowly overtaken Labor to push Mr Danby to thir..
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  • Melbourne Council asks homeless to dismantle tents in Enterprize ...

    Melbourne Council asks homeless to dismantle tents in Enterprize ...
    Homeless couple 'John' and 'Kelly' have been evicted from their makeshift camp at Enterprize Park. Photo: Pat Scala While most Melburnians stayed indoors on Monday to keep out of the freezing cold, homeless couple 'Kelly' and 'John' were told to move their belongings from Enterprize Park.Melbourne City Council had asked them and others living rough in the area to dismantle their makeshift home on what was the coldest day of the season.Kelly (not her real nam..
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  • Melbourne's first transsexual brothel for sale

    Melbourne's first transsexual brothel for sale
    After more than two decades of operation, Melbourne transsexual brothel PleasureDome is up for sale. Photo: Simon Schluter Holding a real estate inspection at a brothel is quite similar to showing potential property buyers around a doctor's surgery, Dixon Kestles director Simon Regan politely explains. There are just some rooms that are, well, off limits.Melbourne's first transsexual brothel, the Pleasure Dome, is on the market.Once discreetly tucked away in..
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  • Kisses, knuckles and high-five for Shorten

    Kisses, knuckles and high-five for Shorten
    By Lisa Martin - AAP on June 27, 2016, 3:17 pm Bill Shorten will start the eighth week of his election campaign in his home city of Melbourne. A Melbourne toddler with off-the-chart cuteness factor stuck a thermometer into Bill Shorten's ear during his visit to a children's hospital ward.While the opposition leader chatted to Pakenham mother-of-five Kathleen Plowman about health costs and Medicare, her 20-month-old daughter Katie played doctor.Katie insisted on a rou..
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  • Melbourne Storm star Billy Slater focused on 2017 NRL return

    Melbourne Storm star Billy Slater focused on 2017 NRL return
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. Taylor pushes NSW to pick Tedesco Tigers coach Jason Taylor doesn't understand why New South Wales won't select fullback James Tedesco for State of Origin and is pushing selectors to give him a chance. PT0M36S 620 349 Melbourne Storm star Billy Slater continues to aim for a 2017 return despite concerns he may retire from the NRL.The 33-year-old fullback is out for the season for a second straight year because of a shoulder injury.Earlier in the ..
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Melbourne weather: Temperatures plunge across state, with record ... .Melbourne weather: The worst is over .
Live NRL: Penrith Panthers v South Sydney Rabbitohs at Pepper Stadium .Melbourne weather: Wet and wild commute as heavy rain hits city .

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