Truck fire in Altona causes traffic chaos

The courts have been given the green light to recommend ankle monitoring bracelets for serious youth offenders attending school while on bail.

On the first morning of pre-polling, independent MP Monique Ryan had an awkward encounter with a reporter.

As of next week, reviews and ratings for schools will disappear from the search giant as too many reviewers have been naughty in class.

Readers respond to Ross Gittins’ column on religion and politics, the Age series on medical misogyny, and the federal election.

Officially, I was a resident of a plain-jane suburb, but my letters and parcels marked me a proud inhabitant of a refined community.

Everything Leah Myers knew about her job was “flipped on its head” after sweeping reforms to teacher training followed a national review.

The restaurant in Melbourne’s inner west only reopened late last year before it was targeted in another firebombing in the early hours of Easter Monday.

Video shows a man tearing down a large Monique Ryan sign in Prahran on Easter Sunday at 12.45am.

Lawyers are calling on the government to announce an amnesty on penalty and enforcement fees attached to toll fines to stop people spiralling into unsustainable debt.

Lawyers are calling on the government to announce an amnesty on penalty and enforcement fees attached to toll fines to stop people spiralling into unsustainable debt.

Readers debate issues raised in The Age’s “Medical Misogyny” series.

Ruka Carlson, a 30-year-old father from Mickleham, has been identified as the victim of a fatal stabbing on Chapel Street in the early hours of Sunday.

A 30-year-old Mickleham man was fatally stabbed during a fight in Prahran in the early hours of Sunday, when the area was teeming with revellers.

The 30-year-old was stabbed during a fight in Prahran in the early hours of Sunday. He died before he reached hospital.

The man was stabbed during an altercation in Prahran in the early hours of Sunday. He died in hospital.

Victoria has long been Labor’s progressive citadel, an electoral stronghold across state and federal politics. But the red wall may be crumbling.

The facade is falling away and the windows are tiny – this is a building that is showing its age. So transport nerds, would you want to live inside the former VicRoads offices in Kew?

Age readers respond strongly to The Age’s stories on misogyny.

Police Association secretary Wayne Gatt said the officers had access to capsicum spray but were yet to be fitted with the conducted energy device.

Campsites are half-full, despite being fully booked online, as Victorians reserve spots and don’t show up.

Melbourne surgeon Greg Malham said he was “deeply sorry” and that there was no excuse for his actions, as an investigation is launched by the health regulator.

Gossip and bullying pile-ons are turning parents’ WhatsApp groups into a battleground, and schools are being urged to fight back.

Western Victoria is in drought even though Melbourne has been spared. But for some towns, water restrictions are back.

Sixteen hours after the boy disappeared, a mountain biker found him unharmed in bushland eight kilometres away from where he had gone missing.

The teachers’ union has raised the spectre of strike action for the first time in a decade in pursuit of a pay demand of up to 14 per cent for 52,000 Victorian government school educators.

The boy was located in bushland and reunited with his family on Saturday morning after wandering off from a play space in Olinda on Friday.