Ashleigh McMillan is a breaking news reporter at The Age.
Victoria’s Essential Services Commission says lower network costs in the next financial year will mean savings for households and small businesses.
In denying bail, the magistrate said the government had made it clear – in both amendments to the Bail Act and public statements – that courts must protect community safety.
Police say they will have to wait for a post-mortem to work out what happened to a man and a woman found dead on Friday.
The nightlife figure was targeted in his Pakenham home and two Melbourne venues were attacked overnight.
The teenagers will face a children’s court after Melbourne CBD’s Bar Bambi was targeted twice in a week, while South Yarra was rocked by a separate firebombing and drive-by shooting overnight.
Boos rang out during the welcome to Country at the Shrine on Saturday morning, while many attendees clapped in an attempt to drown them out.
Organisers say they are “gutted” by the fatal car crash that killed a convention attendee and seriously injured his friend outside the popular comic culture festival on Saturday.
An 18-year-old has been slashed after a gang of masked youths stormed a dining area at a mall in Oakleigh in Melbourne’s south-east.
A large truck and several other vehicles collided, and the crash meant the freeway was closed for several hours.
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