Demonstrators clash over trans rights outside Victorian parliament

Demonstrators clash over trans rights outside Victorian parliament

Two trans rights activists were arrested on the Parliament House steps after they tried to push past police who were keeping them separate from a women’s rights rally.

  • byLachlan Abbott andAshleigh McMillan

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Dozens arrested as climate protesters bring CBD traffic to a standstill

Dozens arrested as climate protesters bring CBD traffic to a standstill

Police said 32 people had to be removed from the intersection outside Flinders Street Station after an Extinction Rebellion protest weaved its way through city streets.

  • byAlex Crowe andAshleigh McMillan
Killer of mother found in wheelie bin may have fled abroad,police say

Killer of mother found in wheelie bin may have fled abroad,police say

Friends of Point Cook woman Chaithanya “Swetha” Madhagani said her dignity had been stolen by the horrific circumstances of her death.

  • byAshleigh McMillan
Lull in Ballarat after Samantha Murphy’s accused murderer charged

Lull in Ballarat after Samantha Murphy’s accused murderer charged

As temperatures soared across the state,there was a stillness in Ballarat after Patrick Stephenson’s arrest for the alleged murder of the 51-year-old mother of three.

  • byAshleigh McMillan
Western half of Victoria on alert from looming fire danger

Western half of Victoria on alert from looming fire danger

Emergency Services Minister Jaclyn Symes says temperatures over 40 degrees and windy conditions forecast for Wednesday may combine to cause extreme fire danger for anything west of the Hume.

  • byAshleigh McMillan andAnnika Smethurst
Fire-ravaged towns warned to brace for ‘worst fire day’ in four years
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Fire-ravaged towns warned to brace for ‘worst fire day’ in four years

Forecast extreme heat,high winds and dry lightning mean Wednesday will be “a very dangerous and difficult day across Victoria”,Premier Jacinta Allan said.

  • byAshleigh McMillan
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Teenage Swiftie who died in crash remembered as ‘vivacious and very cheeky’

Teenage Swiftie who died in crash remembered as ‘vivacious and very cheeky’

The godmother of a teen who died in a road accident while travelling to Melbourne to see Taylor Swift in concert has remembered her as a beautiful person.

  • byAshleigh McMillan andAlex Crowe
Chinese temple badly damaged in Lunar New Year blaze

Chinese temple badly damaged in Lunar New Year blaze

Australia’s oldest continuously operating Chinese temple has been damaged after a fire broke out at the South Melbourne place of worship on Saturday night.

  • byAlex Crowe andAshleigh McMillan
Scammed,then last-minute tickets and a seat at the back:How a Melbourne girl scored Taylor Swift’s hat

Scammed,then last-minute tickets and a seat at the back:How a Melbourne girl scored Taylor Swift’s hat

It’s every Swiftie’s dream:to be the one chosen to come to the stage and receive Taylor Swift’s fedora hat. For nine-year-old Keilor Park girl Milana Bruno,it came true at the MCG.

  • byAshleigh McMillan andAbbir Dib
Twelve-year-old boy dies after being hit by car in Mulgrave

Twelve-year-old boy dies after being hit by car in Mulgrave

A 12-year-old boy has died in hospital after he was hit by a car in Melbourne’s south-east.

  • byAshleigh McMillan
Search for Samantha Murphy scaled back,but volunteers continue combing bush

Search for Samantha Murphy scaled back,but volunteers continue combing bush

Little new information has emerged since the 51-year-old went missing more than a week ago after setting out on a run in bushland east of Ballarat.

  • byAshleigh McMillan