16+ hour, 27+ min ago   (685+ words) In a city constantly chasing the next trendy postcode to call home, West End has somehow remained mine. It’s where I’ve grown up, changed careers more than once, and found my place. Over the years, I’ve watched businesses come and…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (783+ words) September 13, 2026 — 1:30pm During five years’ trading in Melbourne’s west, Phil Gaby’s business has had just as many homes. Nan’s Bakehouse began at the markets, then moved to Footscray Plaza before expanding into the business next door. A coffee van followed, then…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (741+ words) September 13, 2026 — 11:59am Maurice “Moss” Moore was a bachelor farmer who raised cattle at Reamore in Ireland’s County Kerry. In 1958, his bashed and strangled body was found shoved under a ledge near a stream, just 18 metres from the home he had vanished…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (756+ words) September 13, 2026 — 1:30pm When Garry Ledger fell on a tram and hit his head last August, there were initially no signs of a major injury. The 78-year-old South Australian had just boarded the route 16 service towards the city. He was busy tapping…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (671+ words) September 11, 2026 — 10:28am The Greens are set to benefit from a shake-up of complicated rules governing City of Melbourne elections, potentially paving the way for the minor party to claim the mayoralty. The changes to the City of Melbourne Act, passed by…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (620+ words) September 10, 2026 — 4:04pm Kellie Sloane has sensationally accused the Labor government of significantly increasing building heights in her eastern suburbs electorate after she became opposition leader in a bid to wedge her on housing before the next election. Sloane’s Vaucluse electorate takes…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (648+ words) September 10, 2026 — 11:45am A 41-year-old drug trafficker has blamed his three teen house guests for his alleged involvement in a violent attack linked to Melbourne’s bar wars. The trio of 17-year-olds was allegedly hired to carry out a ruthless five-day crime spree…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (546+ words) September 9, 2026 — 4:25pm A prominent Brisbane real estate agent has lost his licence after pleading guilty to assaulting a man more than a decade ago in his home country of Ireland. McGrath Bulimba principal Tony O’Doherty received a two-year sentence, fully suspended, in…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (667+ words) September 8, 2026 — 4:50pm A man accused of running a $100 million Ponzi scheme through an Ivanhoe law firm told his wife that if anything happened to him, there would be a folder in his office that explained “everything”. The contents of that folder…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (816+ words) September 8, 2026 — 11:54am The two-man hit team who murdered underworld enforcer Gavin Preston have been sentenced to 34 years in prison over the gangland execution and attempted murder of his associate. But Jaeden Tito, 25, and Rabii Zahabe, 26, received a reprieve from life behind…...