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Catherine de Saint Phalle lived alone for many years in the country in France, where she published five novels and toured with controversial author Michel Houellebecq.

Shadow Spirit, a new exhibition as part of Melbourne’s Rising festival, explores Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories around death, spirits, stars and dreams

The Victorian government will scale back advertising in the print editions of Melbourne's two biggest newspapers as it shifts to online and television media.

Joel Russo, who was only months out of prison when he repeatedly raped a female jogger on the banks of Melbourne's Merri Creek is jailed for more than 20 years.

Olivia Jennings, 20, from Melbourne, was initially diagnosed with a UTI before a CT scan showed she had Stage 3B Hodgkin's Lymphoma - a blood cancer - and started chemotherapy sessions a week later

Melbourne's flood warning system is set to be overhauled, with responsibility for warnings and forecasts to be handed over the Bureau of Meteorology.

More than 100 First Nations people lived on Jackson's Track east of Melbourne from the 1940s to the 1960s. Three Kurnai women protected the women from violence and prevented children from being taken from their families.

Elina Svitolina could be watched cheering Gael Monfils from the stands as the Frenchman pushed himself to fight before eventually going down to Matteo Berrettini in five sets on a floodlit Rod Laver Arena at last year’s Australian Open in Melbourne. Similar visuals, with roles reversed, warmed the hearts of…

Golden Globe and Tony-winning actor will star as Willy Loman in a Melbourne production directed by Neil Armfield

Despite adding millions of people and dwellings over the past decade, our cities are well behind globally in terms of population density

Two teenagers have been charged after another teenager was allegedly stabbed during an altercation on a bus in Melbourne's north.