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For the 40th year, thousands of hobby riders are heading off on the Great Victoria Bike Ride. But the beloved event is under pressure.

The week in photos from our award-winning staff photographers and regular contributing photographers at The Age.

The Melbourne teen died in a Thai hospital on Friday, one day after her best friend, Bianca Jones.

Campaigners push for filters to be installed on the project’s enormous vents in Melbourne’s inner west as pollution fears grow.

Readers discuss Trumpism and its relevance to “ordinary” Australians.

Holly Bowles, 19, died in a Thai hospital on Friday, one day after her best friend Bianca Jones.

An anaesthetist who spoke out about claims dozens of doctors had engaged in fraud, double-dipping and pocketing off-the-book fees has been dismissed from her role at a prestigious medical college.

As Isla Bell was being remembered at a rally against violence, fresh details emerged about the man accused of helping move her body across Melbourne’s suburbs in a fridge.

Kai McDonald, 16, was in sitting in the front passenger seat of the car when it crashed into another vehicle.

Some crooks see jail as their natural domain, but most have no sense of history so are doomed to repeat the mistakes of other generations.

How well do you know Melbourne and Victoria? Test your trivia and news knowledge with Stephen Brook’s weekly quiz.

A quarter of the cheating allegations in 2023 were from students undertaking business subject exams, including legal studies, accounting and economics.

The fight for Merri-bek’s robe and chains became a proxy war for the federal election showdown between Labor and the Greens in the seat of Wills.

Pixie Rivalland, who messaged Bell right before the late teen’s phone fell silent, has remembered her as a beautiful friend.

Readers discuss how to manageAustralia’s $260 billion future fund.

Temperatures are set to hit the high 30s across much of the state on Friday, pushing the fire-danger rating to ‘high’ in some parts.

Four people have now died from drinking spirits believed to be laced with methanol and another Melbourne woman, 19, is still fighting for her life in a Thai hospital.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed the death of Bianca Jones in the House of Representatives shortly after 3pm on Thursday.

The slow death of local, rural and regional newspapers continues. Portland, Hamilton and Casterton will lose their old and reliable newspapers by Christmas.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed her death in the House of Representatives shortly after 3pm on Thursday.

Melbourne billionaire Heloise Pratt has been joined by her wealthy siblings, Anthony Pratt and Fiona Geminder, in a claim to ensure better oversight of future distributions from a trust shared with her former husband.

Melbourne billionaire Heloise Pratt has been joined by her wealthy siblings, Anthony Pratt and Fiona Geminder, in a claim to ensure better oversight of future distributions from a trust shared with her former husband.

A father-of-three has narrowly avoided spending time behind bars after assaulting an under-14s umpire in front of parents and children.

Placard-wielding protesters are gathering outside Melbourne Magistrates’ Court, where more than 30 people are due to face a magistrate over an ugly demonstration against Land Forces in September.

About 35 people charged over violent a protest in September had their matters heard back-to-back over more than two hours in a packed Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.

A watch-and-act alert was issued for Creswick shortly before 2pm on Thursday as a blaze in bushland south-west of the town.

Victorians have been urged to “take action now” as a three-day heatwave begins to bake the state amid dangerous fire conditions.

The teachers’ union and children’s commissioner are at odds over the big increase in complaints, with the former claiming many of the reports are frivolous.

Readers are concerned at the declining level of tree canopy in Melbourne.