The Latest Breaking News from Melbourne

January new moon 2025: The young moon visits Venus and Saturn

The young January moon will pass near Saturn and near Venus as they cluster together in the evening sky.

Space · Jan 29, 2025

‘We are making history’: Afghanistan women’s cricket team offer hope for future

Pressure is building on the ICC as a team take to the field in Melbourne on Thursday to play under the Afghanistan banner

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2025

Melbourne School Fined $140K Over ‘Preventable’ Death Of Student On Overseas Trip

Kilvington Grammar School has been hit with a hefty fine over the preventable death of one of its students on an overseas class trip.

Pedestrian.tv · Jan 29, 2025

Married at First Sight star shares her devastation after ex-boyfriend is murdered

Power’s ex was shot dead outside a hotel in Melbourne on Tuesday morning following several murder attempts

Evening Standard · Jan 28, 2025

Cloud backup firm hits new heights in $420m acquisition

Shares in ASX-listed Dropsuite have surged to an all-time high - 57 times the price of its 2016 IPO - after the Melbourne company agreed to be taken over.

AAP · Jan 28, 2025

Sam Abdulrahim: gangland figure known as ‘the Punisher’ shot dead in Melbourne

Boxer shot and killed in car park on High Street in Preston on Tuesday morning in what police believe was a targeted attack

The Guardian - AU · Jan 28, 2025

Scorchers great signs for Renegades in huge BBL move

Fresh off a stellar BBL season for the Perth Scorchers, veteran quick Jason Behrendorff is on the move to the Melbourne Renegades.

AAP · Jan 28, 2025

Afghanistan women’s team set to take the field after 2021

NEW DELHI: The Afghanistan women's cricket team, consisting of refugees residing in Australia, is set to play a T20 match against Cricket Without Borders XI at the Junction Oval in Melbourne on Thursday.

The Times of India · Jan 27, 2025

‘I briefly wondered whether I’d accidentally consumed shrooms’: the psychedelia – and science – of full dome cinema

A film festival at a Melbourne planetarium will immerse viewers with a giant curved screen above them – showing dinosaurs, floating heads, and the entire cosmos

The Guardian - AU · Jan 27, 2025

Capital cities expecting hot public holiday as Melbourne braces for 41C

Hot, dry and windy weather for Australia’s south-east prompts bushfire and heatwave warnings

The Guardian - AU · Jan 27, 2025