Prahran

Police appeal for Prahran sex attacker

Stephen Cauchi An unsolved sex assault at Prahran has prompted police to release a reconstructed image of the attacker's face.

In the CBD winners are grinners, in Prahran they're not

Rachel Wells, Clancy Yeates and Adrian Lowe Victoria has been dudded by the Gillard government's schedule for rolling out the National Broadband Network over the next three years, according to the Baillieu government.

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AFL player's stalker 'wanted romance'

A Melbourne man who stalked AFL player Alex Rance organised a "gay orgy" at Rance's family home because he could not cope with being rejected, a court has heard.

Council fires staff members amid scam allegations

Cameron Houston and Chris Vedelago Stonnington council has sacked a senior employee and several others are under investigation over allegations of widespread corruption that may have cost ratepayers up to a quarter of a million...

Nixon's car impounded after 'drink-drive bust'

Nino Bucci Former AFL player agent Ricky Nixon had his car impounded after police pulled him over for allegedly speaking on his mobile phone while driving drunk and with a suspended licence.

Council blocks radical Chapel St bike lane plan

Adam Carey A promise to reduce the high number of bicycle crashes on one of Melbourne's busiest inner-city streets is in limbo after a local council rejected a radical bike lane design proposed by government...

'Don't make me take it out': bandit robs servo

Adrian Lowe An armed bandit threatened a female service station employee during an armed robbery at a busy intersection in Melbourne's inner south, police say.

Five WWI Diggers identified

Carolyn Webb Five Australians have been newly identified among soldier remains recovered from the World War I Battle of Fromelles.

Andrews backs gay unions

Jason Dowling State Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews strongly in support of same-sex marriage.

Welsh tourist found safe and well

Chris Hingston A woman holidaying from Wales reported missing in Melbourne on Sunday is safe and well, police say.

A fistful of dollars

THERE is an unwritten rule among Melbourne's power elite who have attended Peter Janson's soirees - what is said and done inside his historic CBD home is kept strictly within its 168-year-old...

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Minister's $10,000 dinners

Richard Baker and Nick McKenzie EXCLUSIVE Matthew Guy approves projects of developers who paid for access.

Private mix 'may not help estate'

Henrietta Cook An independent report commissioned by the Department of Human Services questions whether the Kensington public housing estate redevelopment - which is considered a model for other estate renewal...

Gay men haunted by old convictions

Daniella Miletic Much has changed since Noel Tovey was convicted of having gay sex more than 60 years ago. The prison he was sent to has closed. The law that made sexual activity between men a crime no longer exists.

Man slammed to ground in road-rage attack

Adrian Lowe A man picking his wife up from a busy Melbourne hospital last week was himself admitted for treatment after being thrown to the ground in a dispute with another man, police say.

Police charge Chapel Street's alleged rooftop robbers

Chris Hingston Police have charged two men with burglary, after a foot chase covering up to six rooftops in Prahran on Sunday morning.

More drunks banned from Melbourne nightspots

Henrietta Cook Almost 17 people a week are being banned from the CBD and Dandenong as part of a police crackdown on alcohol-fuelled crime and violence.