The Latest Breaking News from Melbourne

Demand for a twice-weekly free community meal program has almost doubled in a year as residents across Melbourne's bayside suburbs feel the pinch.

Clothes made from regenerative fibre farming practices are hard to find. We talk to the designers at the forefront of ‘the future of fashion’

Police use pepper spray on crowds outside Parliament House, where a group of masked men performed the Nazi salute

Having lost the lead in the last quarter, a late surge from the Western Bulldogs takes them clear of a desperate Carlton while Brisbane's big men prove too tough for Essendon to contain.

Neo-Nazis have clashed with police and counter-protesters at an anti-immigration rally on the streets of Melbourne's CBD

Police use pepper spray to contain violence between neo-Nazi and anti-fascist protesters outside Victorian Parliament on Saturday afternoon.

Court documents reveal a coach accused of raping former Melbourne Demons player Daniel Hayes served as the AFL's regional manager for northern NSW, helping to establish the Sydney Swans' academy in Coffs Harbour. Warning: This story includes text messages including graphic sexual content.

Members of the Pakistani diaspora, chanting "this terrorism has a uniform behind it", protest in Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne following the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan in Islamabad this week.

A serial rapist will spend decades behind bars for spiking the drinks of female colleagues, sexually abusing them while they were passed out and posting images of the attacks online.