Punters heading to Flemington for Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup are being warned to rug up and bring their umbrellas, with forecasters predicting rain and a sharp drop in temperatures.

Athan Boursinos, the son of an ex-police officer, was shot dead in a laneway behind his family home in Wollert, in ...

Melbourne Cup punters are bracing for less than ideal weather conditions with rainfall expected to blanket the city ...

The lead singer of rock band Oasis condemns those responsible for launching flares into concertgoers, two people charged over ...

The owner of Melbourne icon Cherry Bar has written an open love letter to Oasis, praising the band for being the “economic juggernaut that this city and my bar desperately needed”.

Federal parliament has risen for two weeks, but the pressure on Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is no less: earlier today, ...

Samantha Armytage and Allison Langdon have led the charge in the fashion stakes at this year's Melbourne Cup, stepping out in ...

Follow all the action from Flemington as we gear up for a huge day of racing and fashion ahead of the race that stops the ...

The Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained Half Yours is the only Australian-bred horse in the field of 24 and if Melham can guide ...

A grass fire was spotted burning in Balmoral Cemetery late yesterday, with one fire creeping metres from Wynnum Road. Fire ...

In New South Wales, things aren't as cut and dry. Three-year-old Tyreek was put down, after crashing through the home-straight running rail at Rosehill on 30 August. The replay vanished from the ...