The Latest Breaking News from Melbourne

MELBOURNE: Australian cricket legend Ian Healy is shocked by the team management's decision to include two off-spinners -- Nathan Lyon and young Todd Murphy -- who have almost similar action and have left the visitors shorn of variety and variation in the slow-bowling department.

MELBOURNE: Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting has dropped a hint to his country's selectors that they revisit David Warner's place in the playing eleven if he continues to fire blanks in Test cricket in the sub-continent.

A Melbourne man is appealing his conviction after he was found guilty by a jury of murdering his elderly mother in her home, a court has been told.

The Melbourne outer suburban seat of Aston, set for a byelection after former Liberal minister Alan Tudge’s resignation, has already made its mark on history.

A Mexican national caught importing 530kg of methamphetamine into Melbourne made no attempt to hide his real name from the shipping container, his lawyer says.

Former Coalition minister Alan Tudge has announced he will quit parliament, creating a byelection in the Melbourne seat of Aston.

Former human services minister Alan Tudge officially resigned from Parliament on Thursday, effecting a byelection in his Melbourne electorate.

Former Gold Coast, Fremantle and Melbourne player Harley Bennell has signed with VFL club Port Melbourne in an attempt to revive his stalled AFL career.

Sidelined since May through injury, Melbourne centre Reimis Smith has been helped by Storm great Will Chambers as he prepares for his NRL return.