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Favourites Melbourne steeled for NBL title decider

A tough finals win over Illawarra has primed top-ranked Melbourne United for the NBL Championship Series against the Tasmania JackJumpers.

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Worker's family relieved after killer driver jailed

Jason Ruscoe has been sentenced after he struck and killed 44-year-old father Timmy Rakei at a Melbourne road works site.

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Goodwin rapt with Oliver's progress, on and off-field

Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin says midfielder Clayton Oliver is making strong progress after his well-documented woe off the field.

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Councils from Paris to the Yarra want to use parking fees to clamp down on big SUVs. What are they doing and will they succeed?

Inner suburban Melbourne council joins French capital in targeting large vehicles and moving towards size-based pricing for parking

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United hold off Hawks to reach NBL Championship Series

NBL title-favourites Melbourne United have beaten the plucky Illawarra Hawks in their Playoffs series decider to keep their championship dream alive.

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Labor won’t outline cost of Melbourne’s Suburban Rail Loop as opposition cites independent estimates

Coalition cites growing estimated costs, while minister cannot say how much the project will slug taxpayers

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Reds name rookie playmaker for Super clash with Rebels

Queensland's Harry McLaughlin-Phillips will make his Super starting debut against Melbourne, while star NSW fullback Max Jorgensen is out with a hip injury.

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Warriors wait on Egan's elbow injury for Storm clash

Warriors coach Andrew Webster will give Wayde Egan every chance to overcome an elbow injury and is tight-lipped on his possible replacement to face Melbourne.

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Da Vinci exhibition illuminates Renaissance era genius

Pages from Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Atlanticus will be displayed at an exhibition dedicated to the Renaissance-era genius and painter of the Mona Lisa.

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Parents push for fresh inquest into one-punch death

The family of Shannon McCormack want another coroner to investigate his death, close to 17 years after he was coward-punched outside a Melbourne nightclub.

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Warbrick hails improved defence from Storm's Coates

Will Warbrick says the defence shown by Xavier Coates in round one is no fluke with his fellow Melbourne winger a stand-out in the Storm pre-season.

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Opening Round balances out MCG grand final: Longmire

John Longmire says having Opening Round in Brisbane and Sydney could compensate for the grand final always being played in Melbourne.

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Tupou focused on Rebels' winning run rather than Reds

Star Melbourne prop Taniela Tupou says he used to struggle to take on former teammates but is ready to hurt the Reds if required in their Super Rugby showdown.

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Mystery surrounds discovery of man and woman's bodies

An investigation is under way after the bodies of a man and a woman were found in Melbourne's northeast, as police wait on tests to confirm cause of death.

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Petracca feared fellow Demons star Oliver would leave

Melbourne star Christian Petracca has conceded he thought fellow Demons midfielder Clayton Oliver was set to leave the club during the off-season.

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Dogs coach Beveridge lauds draftee Sanders

Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge has heaped praise on Ryley Sanders as the draftee prepares to make his AFL debut in round one against Melbourne.

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Suspected mafia figure shot dead outside suburban home

Detectives are investigating after a man reported to be fruit and vegetable wholesaler John Latorre was shot dead outside his home in Melbourne.

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Rising festival 2024: theatre-maker to be drugged unconscious in ‘deeply unnerving’ show about date rape

A Brazilian artist will have her body manipulated while passed out, in a lauded work about sexual violence that headlines Melbourne’s winter festival

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Motorsport

Vasseur “optimistic” on Sainz F1 return ahead of decision next week

If Sainz is not able to race Oliver Bearman is once again scheduled to be the Maranello team’s reserve in Melbourne, alongside his F2 duties.

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Vasseur “optimistic” on Sainz return ahead of decision next week

If Sainz is not able to race Oliver Bearman is once again scheduled to be the Maranello team’s reserve in Melbourne, alongside his F2 duties.

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Police investigate reports patrons performed Nazi salute in Melbourne cinema

Cinema Nova spokesperson says group of four men and one woman were ‘vocalising hate speech to create a scene inside the auditorium’

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Why electric car dreams are becoming 'suburban reality'

Outer suburbs are becoming hotspots for electric vehicles, with new figures showing the low-emission cars are more popular there than inner-city suburbs.

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Oliver's AFL form one bonus as Demons lick wounds

Melbourne vice-captain Jack Viney says the Demons were beaten at the contest "convincingly" in their season-opening loss to Sydney last Thursday night.

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Relief in sight after record-breaking heatwave

Temperatures have continued to soar across southeast Australia but relief is in sight for millions in one part of the country.

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Atwell leads Lynx blitz in WNBL grand final opener

Amy Atwell has torched Southside Flyers with nine three-pointers to lead Perth to a 101-79 away win in game one of the WNBL grand final series in Melbourne.

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