The Latest Breaking News from Melbourne

News the prominent live music venue The John Curtin Hotel is up for sale, with the current lease expiring at the end of this year, has been met with grief and outrage by the Melbourne music community.

Melbourne Rebels No.10 Carter Gordon hopes his former Queensland Reds teammates try to unsettle him in Saturday's Super Rugby Pacific opener.

George Kambosos will earn a $10 million pay day from Australian boxing's biggest-ever fight - but his opponent for the Melbourne blockbuster is still undecided.

Time called for Melbourne pub named after another Labor PM and favourite of unionists, students, journos and more recently live music fans

Grandmother Lesley Maxwell, from Melbourne, Australia, works out five times a week to maintain her rock-hard abs and is so fit that she's often mistaken for someone half her age

Unified lightweight champion George Kambosos has confirmed he will defend his three world title belts at Melbourne's Marvel Stadium in June.

The managers of the John Curtin Hotel say the historic Melbourne pub may be sold to developers and turned into apartments, but unions want to step in and save it.

“As a venue owner you might expect me to be cynical and cheer when the competition closes down, but that’s not how our industry works. We need other venues because the artists who perform here need to make a living when they’re not performing here. We need a solid ecosystem."

The mother of missing Melbourne man Samuel Thomson remains hopeful her son is simply enjoying some time "off the grid", but says she was concerned by a note he left the family inside a copy of the ill-fated adventurer's tale Into the Wild.