For a party hoping to make gains in Labor’s heartland of Melbourne’s western suburbs, dwindling branch numbers — revealed in leaked membership figures — will have strategists nervously checking the spreadsheets. >

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More than half of Victoria’s road crashes happen on major highways and country roads, and the RACV wants everyday drivers to nominate the most dangerous stretches. >

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Melbourne City Council has spent an eye-watering sum of ratepayer money on more than 100 trips in just 18 months— with junket-loving Lord Mayor Nick Reece not the only one travelling. >

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A 16-year-old has been charged for allegedly stabbing a homeless man while on bail. The boy, who was one in a group of balaclava-wearing youth, was arrested on Saturday at Bendigo Station for the attack, which police say was “seemingly unprovoked”. >

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A Melbourne teacher has revealed she witnessed anti-Semitic behaviour by students at an eastern suburbs school but was told by the leadership not to make a fuss because the children were “young” and “don’t understand”. >

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A victim of Melbourne’s “hospitality terrorism” campaign has lashed Premier Jacinta Allan, saying “she needs to open her eyes” to see the impact of the city’s terrifying bar wars on the public. >

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Melbourne ratepayers cheered a $5m Flinders Lane overhaul – but the actual budget reveals a fraction of what Lord Mayor Nick Reece publicly promised will be delivered. >

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A gang of youths, allegedly wielding machetes, have been arrested after a brawl at Flinders St Station. >

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A man who lived with his mother for 49 years is now sleeping in hotels and selling his belongings to fight the Catholic Church over a $300,000 inheritance. >

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A former senior government appointee has revealed the Allan government was told more than three years ago that a prison built to house some of the state’s most dangerous predators wasn’t working and should be shut down. >

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Thanks to a “huge breakthrough” in gene therapy, and the generosity of Neale Daniher’s FightMND army, researchers are confident of finding a cure against “The Beast”, which last month claimed his life. >

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Transport Minister Gabrielle Williams has dismissed speculation about Jacinta Allan’s future as Premier, and ruled herself out of any leadership contest, after fresh rumblings erupted over the Labor Party leadership >

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The hit Netflix documentary about pop superstar Kylie Minogue snubbed key Melbourne figures who helped launch her career, as the three-part series claims the local legend’s story “began in England” >