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Deakin lecturer Adam Brown fatally stabbed wife Chen Cheng after childcare dispute, court told

An academic who taught gender studies and digital media at Melbourne's Deakin University stabs his wife to death in their eastern suburbs home following an argument that escalated into deadly violence.

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Residents, basketball community and union weigh in over McIvor Reserve development in Melbourne's west

Residents in Melbourne's inner west are clashing over a $60 million redevelopment that would see a basketball stadium built over part of a local dog park.

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Positive masculinity program at Brighton Grammar School aims to create respectful men

For more than a decade, an all-boys school in Melbourne's leafy south-east has worked to create a program to develop its students into "respectful men".

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Sexual exhibitionism, Riot Grrrl and climate change activism: 30 years of raging by Peaches, Bikini Kill and Björk, still going strong

Kathleen Hanna yells like she did in the 1990s, pushing the toxic male patriarchy out of the moshpit at Melbourne’s The Forum on the eve of International Women’s Day.

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Concussion dominates headlines as NRL and AFL seasons get under way

Australia’s biggest sporting bodies are threading a very fine needle with concussion and long-term brain damage

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Steven May out injured as Dees take on 'Dinosaur Dogs'

A calf injury has sidelined Melbourne's star defender Steven May in a huge blow for the Demons ahead of their round-one AFL clash with the Western Bulldogs.

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Family’s pain after two sons die in knife attacks

A Melbourne family was six months into grieving the murder of their son when his older brother was also killed, both dying in knife attacks.

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Family's pain over losing two sons to knife violence

A Melbourne man has admitted to stabbing Kon Kot to death outside a Hungry Jack's, six months after Mr Kot's younger brother was murdered in a knife attack.

AAP

AFL 2023 — each team's predicted finish and their key question for the season

Cody Atkinson and Sean Lawson run the ruler over the 18 AFL teams ahead of round one, predicting the finishing order and keys to each team's season.

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Triple Eight appeal to be heard next week

Motorsport Australia has today confirmed that the appeal submission has been lodged by Triple Eight and will be heard in Melbourne next Wednesday.

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West Coast Fever believe best Super Netball lies ahead

The Super Netball grand final may be heading to Melbourne but West Coast Fever skipper Courtney Bruce is confident her team can back up their 2022 success.

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Why Melbourne's booming west will be home to Victoria's biggest new cemetery in a century

Melbourne's planners have earmarked 128-hectares of land on the city's western fringe, which they hope will provide enough burial and cremation space for the next 150 years of population growth.

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AFL storylines for 2023 — can Geelong win again, the return of Lyon and Clarkson, will Gawn/Grundy work at Melbourne, and more

There are plenty of storylines as we get set for the AFL season — from whether the Cats can win it again to how the returns of Ross Lyon and Alastair Clarkson will go, and if the Pies can keep winning the close ones. Andrew McGarry takes a look ahead…

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Putting up a stink: revolt against a Melbourne council’s levy starts debate about waste

City of Yarra argues it is a financial necessity but to angry locals a separate charge for rubbish is nothing short of a ‘bin tax’

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Southside Flyers oust Melbourne Boomers to advance to WNBL grand final

Southside Flyers have advanced to their second WNBL grand final in three seasons after notching a 73-72 win against Melbourne Boomers.

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Flyers oust Boomers to advance to WNBL grand final

Maddi Rocci came up with a swag of clutch plays to help the Southside Flyers edge the Melbourne Boomers in a classic WNBL semi-final decider.

The New Daily

Property prices rise: Is it a turning point, or the eye of the storm?

Property prices across Australia’s three largest capitals inched up over the first half of March in a sign positive momentum is building.

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Melbourne teenager dies days after serious car crash in Carlton as police charge driver

A 16-year-old girl dies following a serious crash between two vehicles at Carlton in Melbourne's inner north at the weekend that saw a driver charged with dangerous driving and possessing methylamphetamine.

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Woman stole from employer because she 'worked too hard'

A Melbourne mum who stole $180,000 from Medicare while working as a medical receptionist did it because she felt she was working too hard, a judge believes.

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Foran backs Titans No.7 Boyd to bounce back from howler

Tanah Boyd will be better against Melbourne after a poor game against the Dragons, but Kieran Foran says the Gold Coast half was not the only culprit.

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Seasoned Aussie star makes ‘apocalyptic’ waves Down Under

Melbourne-born actress Emily Browning joins forces with a bunch of Aussue actresses and comedians for post-apocalyptic comedy Class of '07.

ABC News

Melbourne couple calls for Victorian coroner to hold inquest into toddler son's death

Noah Souvatzis died in Melbourne after he fell ill while on a family holiday in Victoria's north-east in 2021.

The Guardian - AU

Rape charges dropped against Melbourne man after police search found to be illegal

Court of appeal finds officers showed ‘astonishing disregard’ for law when they searched man’s home for missing teenager

AAP

Richmond's Lynch fit, ready to fire in AFL opener

Richmond star Tom Lynch has shaken off any concerns over the foot injury that affected his pre-season, declaring he is ready to fire against Carlton first-up.

ABC News

Malka Leifer sex abuse trial delayed after Victorian judge contracts COVID-19

The child sex abuse trial of former Melbourne school principal Malka Leifer is delayed until early next week at a "critical point" in the case after Judge Mark Gamble tests positive to COVID-19.

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