Police are investigating an alleged assault in an Essendon and District Football League match on Saturday which left a 16-year-old boy with a suspected fractured cheekbone.

Melbourne and North Melbourne kick off our AFL Live blog for Sunday as we bring round seven to a conclusion.

While Victoria’s new climate goals are achievable are they in line with what’s needed to keep global warming under two degrees?

Carlton have delivered on expectations to defeat Essendon in an exciting clash at the MCG, with Sam Walsh and former Bomber Adam Saad leading the way.

Melbourne Victory came from behind to grab a point against the Mariners, who missed the chance to close to within a point of Melbourne City at the top of the A-League table.

After a week of headlines about the future of their coach, the Tigers edged away from the bottom of the ladder with a fighting win as Zac Cini scored on his debut..

The University of Queensland has not expressed a preference on the location of a new green bridge from St Lucia to West End, despite a major increase in cycle trips to and from the institution.

Foreign Minister Marise Payne said the decision to criminalise Australians trying to return from India was “absolutely not” racist or immoral, but a necessary temporary measure.

Collingwood have been slow and boring. They need to release the shackles if they’re to keep up with the daring trend of the modern game.

All you need to know to back a winner on the mid-north coast to start the workday week.

The Morrison government has tasked the Department of Defence to review the Northern Territory’s 99-year-lease to a Chinese-owned company - a deal that has unsettled national security figures.

Nathan Brown’s injury baffled most onlookers as he limped from the field in pain and the Eels are hopeful he has avoided serious injury.

One of the game’s best wingers has seemingly played his last game, and his coach first led the tributes and then spoke of his importance to the squad for the rest of the year.

The architect of the merger of the state National and Liberal parties has confirmed he will run for the LNP presidency in a bid to quell party infighting.

The Morrison government $1.7 billion childcare package won’t start until July 2022.

Extra time, introduced for the first time in 2021, came immediately into play on Sunday as the Swifts beat the Firebirds 69-66 at Nissan Arena.

When the Cats broke their premiership drought in 2007, Frank Costa upset some residents by ringing the bells all night to celebrate victory.

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

After smaller, COVID-curtailed celebrations last year, the Menidis family - like many Orthodox Christians across Victoria - dined in style on Orthodox Easter Sunday.

Alex Eleftheriou broke every bone in his body, was in an induced coma for 21 days, and in hospital for about 12 months recovering from the nightmare crash of September 19, 2012 when he was only 17. 

Amanda Brown, 50, was found by Newman lying on the floor of the couple’s Docklands apartment about 8pm on Saturday.

The battle of Todd Payten’s current and former clubs fell the way of the latter in a thrilling finish at Central Coast Stadium.

Netflix Australia made $20.5 million in revenue last year. Its tax bill was less than $600,000.

Turning Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel into a musical was a triumph over improbability.

The state’s LNP delivered a strong message to Scott Morrison with its decision to place James McGrath above Amanda Stoker on its Senate ticket.

Adam Tomlinson went down early in the first term, which closely followed the pre-game withdrawal of former captain Jack Viney (toe), who will be out for two to three weeks. 

Without high quality and affordable early learning, women cannot work. They cannot even look for work, or study to prepare for future employment.

It is difficult to reconcile the concept of being a citizen of a democratic country while being trapped by one’s own government, unable to leave Australia or to return.

We’ve accepted some of our rights being suspended in light of COVID-19 but a liberal society does not fine and does not imprison citizens for merely returning home.

The man, 33, was trying to gain entry to Showgirls on Darlinghurst Road when the guard allegedly pushed him.

Geelong are mourning the death of local legend and former Cats president Frank Costa.

Even as the United States and Europe move away from the darkest days of the pandemic, other countries are engaged in a desperate struggle against the virus.

Fans who bought tickets will receive refunds from Ticketmaster, but the West Coast Eagles won’t be so lucky as its home game was already down $500,000 due to restrictions.

Unfortunate events at a number of private schools over the past few years has thrown a very public spotlight on a number of boards.

Both Opera Australia and Melbourne Opera are about to present work by one of the most celebrated of composers.

The only trainer to have prepared winners in the Melbourne Cup, Golden Slipper and The Everest, Bridge was typically humble after being recognised as one of Australian racing’s greats.

Education Minister James Merlino says small-group tutoring is the “most critical thing” the government is doing in schools this year.

On form and paper, not much separates the fierce cross-town rivals in Sunday’s Western Derby, but bragging rights and four points could well come down to these factors.

Dingo, a new biannual journal covering the Australian jazz scene, launched at a party starring young players and industry veterans last week.

On May 3, 1951, doctors in Hay (N.S.W) decided that a ten-year-old tetanus sufferer would die if not immediately treated with the drug myanesin. With no supplies of the drug available, an urgent was sent call to Melbourne. Just two hours later, after...

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra chief Paul Dyer says the pandemic ‘digital pivot’ attracted a new, younger audience: he wonders if they’ll turn up in person.

With just nine seconds left on the clock, Cameron took a mark close to goal, on a tight angle, to have a shot that could have won the game. However, the umpire deemed the kick didn’t travel the required 15 metres.

The state government has thrown open the doors at all of its vaccination centres to every Victorian aged over 50, as part of a mammoth nationwide effort to inoculate citizens against COVID-19. 

Neither a small crowd nor a knee injury sustained in the “gayest way possible” can stop oddball gem Scout Boxall.

Jennings, one of Sydney’s pioneering feminists in the 1970s, moved to New York and won awards for her novels, short stories and poetry.

Playwright Wendy Beckett has concentrated on Camille Claudel’s early years, giving balanced treatment to her flirtatiousness and Rodin’s attraction to her work and then her.

British ministers let AstraZeneca export UK-made COVID jabs to Australia in exchange for access to up to 10 million doses produced in India.

Actors and crews in the US have been forced to innovate while trying to create new content for a captive home audience. It has not been without risk.

The western region of Melbourne had just 5.5 per cent canopy cover in 2018, compared with 25.9 per cent in the city’s leafy east.

The first of three meetings for the Manning Valley club in a late autumn stretch is dominated by competitive sprint battles.