Carlton

Arrest over vicious dog attack in Carlton

Thomas O'Byrne A 33-year-old woman has been arrested in relation to a dog attack in Carlton last month.

Carlton the new CBD? City to add 220,000 new residents

The massive residential expansion would mean a ten-fold increase in the number of residents living in the CBD.

Jason Dowling An expanded Melbourne central business district could add 220,000 new residents in the next three decades, according to a new planning report.

Schizophrenic convicted over Carlton fatal shootings

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Andrea Petrie A man who shot two people dead at a Carlton gaming venue has been convicted of two counts of murder.

Carlton death-crash driver in court

Mark Russell Details suppressed as woman accused of culpable driving in the deaths of visiting Sydney Swans fans appears before magistrate.

Pedestrian killed in Carlton

A Wollongong man was killed and his partner was critically injured after coming to Melbourne to watch the football.

Train accicent blocks Carlton traffic

Jane Lee A train has clipped a car and is blocking traffic in Melbourne's north.

Historic Carlton police station faces final lock-up

Carlton police

Carolyn Webb Yes, there are the gangsters, armed robbers and violent drunks but policing in the heart of Carlton has had its perks.

A planet-worth of plants in Carlton

Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show

Denise Gadd The planet is a winner at the 15th annual Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, with the best-in-show garden going to 'Our Plants Our Planet'.

Gridlock fears for Flemington as East-West Link off-ramp plans revealed

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Jason Dowling The planned multi-billion dollar tollway connecting the Eastern Freeway to CityLink will emerge in Parkville sporting fields, but the footprint of a city off-ramp remains unclear.

Little learners in the rug-rat race

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Marika Dobbin Just before Christmas, in a tradition usually reserved for universities, children as young as three years old ''graduated'' from several Melbourne creches and kindergartens wearing formal gowns and...

Farewell to the enigmatic Mr Goldfingers

Raymond Bartlett.

Steve Butcher Funeral services can reveal secrets the dead don't take to their grave. But few mourners on Tuesday of Raymond Bertram Bartlett would have learnt much about him.

Class of 1938 heads back to playground

Class of 1938 reunion from Murumbeena Primary school visit their old school and meet today's students.

Lara O'Toole ''Age is only a number,'' declared Nancye McWhinney as she twisted and twirled in the quadrangle of her old primary school.

CBD parking fees to jump 37%

Parking in Melbourne.

Jason Dowling An increase in on-street parking fees in the CBD and an above-inflation rate rise are the key announcements in a tough first-year Melbourne City Council budget.

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Father-son burglary duo admit $900,000 heist

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Mark Russell Pair face up to 10 years' jail.

Killer kelpie-cross rampages through gardens again

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Steve Butcher Mishka the kelpie-cross possum killer has struck again in Melbourne's historical inner-city Carlton Gardens.

Gillard to court Trades Hall in a bid to secure support

Exterior of the Melbourne Trades Hall

Ben Schneiders Prime Minister Julia Gillard will enter the bastion of left-wing unionism in Australia - Victoria's historic Trades Hall - in what appears to be the latest bid to shore up support from Labor's union...

Coffee machine satnav considered after theft

Coffee machine

Deborah Gough Cafe owners are looking to satellite navigation technology to protect their coffee machines, after another expensive machine was stolen on the weekend.

$38m cocaine bust: Dad gets 18 years

Steve Butcher A member of the syndicate that imported almost 100 kilograms of pure cocaine from Colombia to Melbourne has received a maximum 18-year jail sentence.

'Business-suit bandit' falls on hard times

The business suit bandit.

Lara O'Toole The "business-suit bandit" has downgraded to sweats and a black hoodie for more armed hold-ups in Melbourne's inner north.

Union warned on Grocon rally

The site of the wall collapse.

Clay Lucas and Ben Schneiders Building industry employees who attend a controversial mass rally on Tuesday morning will be breaking workplace laws if they attend without their employer's permission, the industry regulator has...