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You know you've made when ... Hero zookeeper who punched a kangaroo to save his dog scores graffiti tribute by controversial street artist

12/12/16 15:49

The zookeeper who punched a kangaroo to save his pet dog has been immortalised in a mural by a controversial graffiti artist. Lushsux has painted a mural of Greig Tonkins, from Dubbo in country New South Wales, and the famed punch that saved his dog, Max. The Melbourne graffiti artist has previously painted murals of Taylor Swift, Hillary Clinton, Kim Kardashian, Kanye West and Pauline Hanson. ...read

12/12/16 15:25

Syrian refugee Saad Al-Kassab, 19, scored a near-perfect 96.65 in his final Year 12 exams just two years after learning English from watching 'Question Time' in Federal Parliament.

12/12/16 14:21

Syrian refugee Saad Al-Kassab has scored an incredible 96.65 on his final Year 12 exams and become the dux of his Melbourne school, despite only learning English two years ago. 

12/12/16 12:26

Melbourne's busiest arterial roads are being hampered by roadworks before and after Christmas. We tell you how to avoid the gridlock by taking a detour away from the West Gate Bridge out of the city, graphic pictured.

12/12/16 11:46

Daniella and Kristal, from Melbourne, bought eight different flavours of the Arnott's treat and put each of the Tim Tams through a rigorous taste test.

12/12/16 02:25

Dozens of Christmas shoppers were sent fleeing in terror in Melbourne on the weekend after a malfunctioning tram began sparking and exploding in the middle of the street.

11/12/16 16:25

Human remains that are yet to be identified but are believed to be Melbourne mother Karen Rae were located in bushland beside the Frankston Freeway in Frankston North on Saturday.

11/12/16 15:37

Police arrested nine people and seized 14 firearms during raids of 13 homes in Melbourne's south-east after 6am on Sunday. A 3D printer was seized at Lyndhust in a related arrest two weeks ago.

11/12/16 13:22

On Sunday, cricketer Shane Warne opened up about the experience and thanked his pal and the band's lead singer, Chris Martin

11/12/16 13:17

Former Melbourne Demons AFL player Colin Sylvia has fallen off a balcony and suffered horrific injuries - including bleeding to the brain and a broken neck.

11/12/16 13:08

Sarah Hicks (pictured) from Wantirna, Melbourne, has had a shocking battle with her weightloss and body image that she has gone from overweight, to anorexic to a fitness fanatic.

11/12/16 12:13

A suspicious fire that heavily damaged an Islamic community centre, with the words Islamic State spray painted on the side, in north Melbourne is being investigated as fire fighters battled to control the blaze.

11/12/16 12:11

Inside a series of back alleyways and streets in Richmond, in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, is the 'heroin rectangle' - an area where more than 20 people die from drug overdoses every year

11/12/16 07:18

Shane Warne showed off his unexpected skills at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne on Saturday, as he played harmonica on stage with Coldplay alongside his friend and frontman Chris Martin

10/12/16 19:18

Snow has dusted parts of Victoria as a cold front brings yet more cool conditions, rain and hail as the rest of Australia basks in glorious sunshine.

10/12/16 19:17

Snow has blanketed elevated parts of Victoria as a cold front brings yet more cool conditions - while the rest of Australia basks in glorious sunshine.

10/12/16 13:49

The beautiful bride-to-be who was surprised with a diamond ring on stage at Melbourne's Coldplay concert has revealed the couple will invite Chris Martin to their wedding.

10/12/16 13:13

He's the former Australian cricket star who gushed over Coldplay's performance in Melbourne on Friday. And it seems Shane Warne can't get enough of the British rock band.  

10/12/16 08:32

The father of 20-year-old Australian Elly Warren who was found dead in a toilet block in Africa has claimed new autopsy results confirm his daughter was murdered.

10/12/16 01:35

It took 'many' sessions for police to take Aurélie Chorier's statement as she broke down in tears telling how her husband Philippe Jegouzo was allegedly murdered by by Pande Veleski (pictured).

09/12/16 12:06

Melbourne's Chapel Street is swapping Santa Claus for drag queen Art Simone (pictured) lip syncing to Christmas pop music. It has infuriated traditionalists and Christians who claim it is 'smut' and perversion'.

09/12/16 10:58

Chaka a well loved lion from Melbourne Zoo has died after developing a degenerative brain disease of the nervous system that quickly progressed over the last week.

09/12/16 09:11

Neighbour's starlet Olympia Valance donned a pair of dark shades as she posed beaming for a selfie at an intimate dinner she hosted for family and friends to showcase her summer style.

09/12/16 05:14

Julian Morgans didn't want to pay a fortune for a property so he came up with his own rustic solution to unaffordable housing in Melbourne, by building his own house out of garbage.

08/12/16 14:45

Parents at Brighton Grammar, an exclusive school in Melbourne, are outraged after a guest speaker delivered sexist speech at a school event comparing 'picking up girls' to scoring in football.

08/12/16 13:40

Sam Armytage hauled her large Santa sack of freebies as she left Crown in Melbourne on Wednesday to returned home to Sydney after a Women in Media event.

08/12/16 12:21

Melbourne mummy blogger Sophie Cachia shared an adorable photo of herself and her son Bobby to Instagram, but all is not as it seems.

08/12/16 11:37

Melbourne woke up to a bout of unusual weather - with temperatures plummeting by ten degrees just before 5.30am dawn after a balmy night of 25.7 degrees.

08/12/16 09:23

Terrence Georgiou was jailed for three years and eight months in Melbourne for filming his married female employer having sex in her own bed, posted a naked photo of her online after being rejected.

08/12/16 09:08

The gangland murders of three Melbourne underworld figures remain unsolved despite police suspicions on who wanted them dead.

08/12/16 05:29

Police say the Melbourne man, 72, was found to be more than twice the legal limit and issued with a 12-month driving suspension after the accident. Fortunately nobody was injured.

08/12/16 05:18

James Allan, 18, from Wesley College in Melbourne was left celebrating after he found he had received a 99.05 ATAR and perfect score in maths in text message glitch.

07/12/16 21:13

Gayle Dunlop, found not guilty of killing her partner in Melbourne with a footstool following nearly 30 years of domestic abuse has opened up about the moment she was acquitted.

07/12/16 15:12

Former teacher at Camberwell Grammar school, in Melbourne,is allowed to continue teaching despite being accused of playing strip poker with his students in 2015.

07/12/16 11:27

Hassan El Sabsabi avoids jail time after pleading guilty to funding a US citizen's trip to Syria to fight for ISIS because he was unable to fight with his body so he fought 'with wealth'.

07/12/16 07:48

Kerry Arrow has died two weeks after her husband drove their car off a steep driveway into a dam, on their property north east of Melbourne. The 36-year-old child psychologist was a new mother.

07/12/16 05:20

He's the newly single TV star currently enjoying a break from his Today show hosting duties in Melbourne. And Karl Stefanovic appears to be living it up at Melbourne's luxury Crown Towers.

07/12/16 04:53

Sophie Gajnik began obsessively dieting after she gained five kilograms while at university in Melbourne. Her weight plummeted to just 30kgs and her hair began falling out in clumps.

07/12/16 00:44

A clinical psychologist and new mother is in a critical condition in the Royal Melbourne Hospital after her husband drove their car off a steep road north of Melbourne and into a dam.

06/12/16 13:10

At least five buildings at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology city campus (pictured) were evacuated and closed on Tuesday after emails threatening violence were received.

06/12/16 11:45

On Tuesday, Rebecca Harding shared a cryptic photo to Instagram of a lunch date, further fuelling speculation she is back together with former flame comedian Andy Lee.

06/12/16 11:40

Bec Hewitt, 33, wore baggy clothes as she stepped out with daughter Ava, six, at a Melbourne Park on Sunday

06/12/16 10:51

Beggars in Melbourne's CBD have been leaving notes reading 'back in 15 minutes' to save their spots after a sharp rise in the number of homeless people has led limited space on the streets.

06/12/16 09:56

Karl Stefanovic has been enjoying time with his mother in Melbourne, after arriving there from Sydney on Monday.

06/12/16 09:55

Stunning archive pictures show the Melbourne slums that were once hotbeds of poverty, crime and disease in the 1930s, but became the trendiest suburbs in cafe culture and million-dollar housing there.

06/12/16 09:39

Daniel Nalbandian (pictured), 17, died after collapsing at a nightclub in August. The Melbourne schoolboy  bought two super-strength ecstasy pills before going out.

06/12/16 08:41

Maintenance man Cameron Mayne was putting his bins out in Swanston Street, central Melbourne, when he 'saw something slither away'.

06/12/16 00:10

Authorities closed the Monash Freeway after the contents of the truck scattered across the on-ramp at Glen Waverely at 5.30am on Tuesday. Two later crashes added to the morning chaos.

05/12/16 15:48

Pande Veleski, who is charged with murdering tourist Philippe Jegouzo, 33, in the Northern Territory last week, is mentally unwell, a member of his family has reportedly claimed.

05/12/16 14:07

After having been in a relationship for years, Serena de Comarmond wrote a book on dating. With the permission of her partner, she set up two Tinder profiles and went on ten dates.

05/12/16 13:52

Sue Merrall, from Dandenong, Melbourne, has denied claims she is a crime matriarch for Melbourne's Apex gang, telling people outside of a courtroom on Monday she's 'not with that gang.'

05/12/16 13:44

It's alleged the driver assaulted the woman after she caught the Uber in Berwick, in Melbourne's southeast about 1.30am on July 17. Police arrested the 40-year-old Pakenham man in mid-October.

05/12/16 13:16

This is the moment a Range Rover driver in Melbourne was smashed into by a Toyota after driving through an amber light, sparking a debate over which motorist was to blame.

05/12/16 13:16

She's the ex wife of Geoffrey Edelsten who is known for her penchant for plastic surgery. And on Saturday Brynne Edelsten flashed her ample assets in a plunging orange bikini.

05/12/16 13:04

She is known for her cool, calm and collected posture. But according to Woman's Day , Bec Hewitt lost it at a hairdressers recently. The wife of Lleyton Hewitt reportedly 'lost her cool'

04/12/16 09:16

Arnold Schwarzenegger will return to Australia in 2017 with one mission: to 'terminate' child obesity. The Hollywood star will be back for the fourth year running when the Arnold Classic takes place.

04/12/16 09:10

Eight people died in Melbourne last month in a thunderstorm asthma epidemic, with concerns another could strike on Sunday. Dr Michael Sutherland has suggested ways to avoid an attack.

04/12/16 09:05

A Melbourne movie theatre has opened the very first family-friendly cinema designed just for children. The cinema features a giant Scrabble board and a massive slide.

04/12/16 02:07

Italian tourist Marilina Greco (pictured) has told how she instinctively refused a lift from a man, just hours before he allegedly stabbed to death a French backpacker in the Northern Territory.

04/12/16 00:17

Something she HASN'T done: Gina Liano, a practicing barrister, actress, designer and author, is now considering a turn into politics.

03/12/16 17:12

A man who stabbed a 17-year-old alleged home invader in Melbourne's north last Monday said in the moment he felt his actions were 'do or die'.

03/12/16 14:55

An Italian hitchhiker says she turned down a ride with accused killer Pande Veleski, 35, (pictured) who has been charged with murder over the stabbing of a French tourist.

03/12/16 03:33

A man has died after after his speeding car flipped and burst into flames after hitting a wooden telegraph pole so hard it snapped in Melbourne's north at about 1am on Saturday.

03/12/16 03:17

A police hunt has been launched to find a man who left the Connors Well rest stop minutes before a French tourist was 'stabbed to death by Pande Veleski' (pictured) in the Northern Territory on Wednesday.

02/12/16 15:01

The family of Pande Veleski, who allegedly stabbed to death a French tourist at a truck stop in the Australian outback, are 'heartbroken' and didn't know he had even left Victoria.

02/12/16 06:56

Melbourne City captain Bruno Fornaroli who swore during his speech while accepting the FFA Cup on Wednesday claims he meant to say 'vamos' which means let's go.

02/12/16 03:44

Omar Chaouk, the son of murdered Melbourne identity Macchour Chaouk, has pleaded guilty to gun possession after shooting himself in the testicle and then smoking meth on the way to hospital.

02/12/16 03:30

Pande Veleski, from Melbourne's Mill Park was arrested on Thursday morning over the murder of the 33-year-old Frenchman who was stabbed in the neck in the Northern Territory outback.

01/12/16 20:11

The shocking murder of a French Tourist in Australia's red centre on Wednesday has an eerie resemblance to the murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio 15 years ago.

01/12/16 09:02

She may have failed to spark romance with The Bachelor's Richie Strahan this year. 

01/12/16 08:27

Melbourne man Albert Rapovski, 20, accidentally killed his friend with a shotgun as they posed 'like gangsters' for a photo in a hotel room. He has been jailed for eight years.

01/12/16 06:42

Queenslanders are sweating through a potentially deadly heatwave that's set to have Brisbane sweltering through its hottest December day in 15 years.

01/12/16 02:23

In broad daylight, the Australia Post worker was seen clambering up a wall before lobbing the parcel towards the front door of a Melbourne home.

01/12/16 02:08

Dashcam footage from Melbourne shows the driver of a black Lexus veering towards a white Hyundai 4x4 before getting out and threatening him with a baseball bat.

01/12/16 00:45

Melbourne City captain Bruno Fornaroli (pictured) has let loose with a foul-mouthed acceptance speech following his side's one-nil FFA Cup final win over Sydney FC on Wednesday night.

30/11/16 13:40

Sydney FC goalkeeper Danny Vukovic was filmed tenderly scooping up a seagull during the FFA Cup final on Wednesday night after it was hit with a ball and left stunned on the pitch.

30/11/16 10:25

The Real Housewives of Melbourne's Gamble Breaux enjoyed a drink with comedian Joel Creasey on Wednesday.

30/11/16 08:48

A Catholic high school teacher has been stood down after he was allegedly caught hypnotising Mazenod College students in Melbourne and asked one to touch himself.

30/11/16 07:46

Melbourne residents have been warned to brace for a second round of deadly thunderstorm asthma as wild weather is set to batter Victoria, the state's chief health officer says.

30/11/16 05:47

A group of 600 stoners met at the Flagstaff Gardens on Sunday to smoke cannabis with like-minded people - and police didn't make any arrests despite smoking pot being illegal.

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