Seventeen foreign students died in Victoria in the past year from boarding home fires, murders, car crashes and drownings. A savage assault on student taxi driver Jalvinder Singh two weeks ago has...

The international students swarming into this and other state capitals are paying a price much higher than their education fees, with 40 dying in less than a year. The stabbing of student taxi...

Mr Cardenas, 26, will pursue his dream of marriage and family after his life-saving surgery. He arrived in Australia five weeks ago with his brain literally growing out of his nose, a condition...

A man, 54, from Preston and a Thornbury woman, 28, were arrested in a dawn raid yesterday as police executed warrants on four properties. Properties, luxury cars and up to a $1 million in cash were...

reports. It's alleged Hanley invited the woman back to his home after they met at a bar near the All England Club in Wimbledon. She later made a complaint to police. A file has been sent to...

Mr Gupta said between 10 and 40 per cent of foreign student fees was given to agencies instead of being invested in courses and teachers. "We know some agents are charging up to 40 per cent of...

It is the second time jealous husband Paul Jason Margach, 41, has been found guilty of murdering wife Tina, 36. She was stabbed to death in their Ascot Vale home in October 2004 while their...

The Opposition claims Ms Kosky delayed a train scheduled to depart before her Epping-bound train on Wednesday morning and that passengers travelling on the minister's train were kicked off one stop...

Statisticians believe the changes will increase the chances of winning a prize by up to four times, although it will still be very difficult. From July 1, Keno players will have only 70 balls to...

Ahead of Mother's Day, the nation's statistician says that women can now expect to have 1.8 children during their lifetime, the highest number in 10 years. There were 265,900 births registered in...

The Supreme Court was told alibi evidence that alleged gunman Evangelos Goussis was home with his sick mother when Moran was killed in a Sydney Rd hotel was contrived and implausible. Prosecutor...

Busy bee: Donna Scully's three-month-old triplets Megan, Niamh and Belinda, as well Sean, 7, and Bethan, 10, provide a life of endless rounds of feeding, nappy changes, cooking, cleaning up and...

Immigration authorities allocate up to 60 points for training and employment in occupations where there is an identified skills shortage and further points are added for such things as fluency in...

Although it will take a few weeks to confirm, there appears no doubt the Australian pupils set a new mark for mass rope-skipping. In Victoria alone, 10,000 skipped simultaneously for three minutes...

The rental market for Melbourne jumped 12.5 per cent last year, which was almost four times the inflation rate and increased 11.2 per cent across the state. Figures in the Office of Housing's...

became stranded about 5.50am yesterday when it lost power and drifted out of the shipping channel and on to a sandbar off McCrae. Water police boarded the French-owned ANL vessel and conducted the...

Family reunion: Tomas Klamo is greeted by his mother Olga, wife Shayla and daugher Aleeyah after being cleared of killing son Izaiah. Picture: Jon...

Real mums drop their kids to kinder on pupil-free days, throw a few tantrums of their own and celebrate when they get to go to the loo without an audience. The national Real Mums awards are now in...

Debbie McFarlane said she was thrilled to be reunited with the german shepherds. "I never dreamed that we would get at least one of them back," she said. "We can't believe we've got...

She will be one of the thousands getting up at the crack of dawn to take part in the Mother's Day Classic. Ms Delahunty has been in the National Breast Cancer Foundation event for 11 years, even...

Paul Collingwood has given England an injury concern ahead of the first Test against New Zealand after suffering stiffness in his back and soreness in his right shoulder following Durham's...

ABOUT 7.55pm last night, less than an hour and a half after Jack Gibson's death, the Australian players were handed black armbands to mark his passing.At the same ground he used to watch over from...

Clinton Dwayne McCrae, 29, of Pakenham was originally jailed for seven years for his assault on a transvestite, but had this reduced to five years in the Supreme Court of Appeal today. McCrae, who...

Medical receptionist Sharn Kelly of Northcote, in Melbourne's north, was killed on December 5, 2005 when a car driven by Adrian Kevin Roast, then 19, of Wallan, smashed into her car at high speed in...

Richmond players will be providing tips to a Central Australian AFL team today in preparation for their debut at the MCG. The Santa Teresa team is set to play the Fitzroy All-Stars in the...

Victoria's captain Jonathan Brown says he hopes the AFL starts to schedule a regular State of Origin match, with the code's first representative match in nine years to be played tomorrow. Victoria...

The number of players contributed to the match by each AFL club:Adelaide: 6Brisbane Lions: 4Carlton: 3Collingwood: 4Essendon: 0Fremantle: 1Geelong: 10Hawthorn: 4Melbourne: 0North Melbourne:...

Victoria captain Jonathan Brown has been named as a definite starter in tomorrow night's Hall of Fame clash with the Dream Team at the MCG. Brown missed Brisbane's match last weekend with a quad...

A man who bashed a transexual at her Melbourne apartment will spend less time in jail after having his sentence reduced by two years. Clinton Dwayne McRae went to Isabella Labrador's apartment after...

The Victorian Court of Appeal has overturned a sentence for a man who was jailed over the death of his baby son. Tomas Klamo was last year found guilty of the manslaughter of his four week old son...

An 80-year-old man has been killed while trying to chop down a tree in the dark, near Bendigo last night. Police say the man died when a five metre branch from the tree struck him on the head at a...

An elderly man has crashed his car into the lounge room of his neighbour's house in Altona Meadows. The accident happened on Powlett Drive about 5:00AM Police say the 79-year-old man lost control...

The first break of the season has come at the ideal time for the battered bodies of the Western Bulldogs, coach Rodney Eade has admitted.Eade's men are unbeaten with six wins and a draw in 2008 and...

Warrants were executed on residences in Preston, Pascoe Vale South, Thornbury and Brunswick this morning as part of a six-month investigation codenamed Operation Forint. The operation targeted a well...

EXCELLENT IDEA! While cats don't bite like dogs do, they certainly do have a negative impact on the environment and gardens on private property! My dog can't roam around without me and a...

It's believed the man mistook the accelerator for the brake when he reversed out of his driveway and hurtled across the Powlett st in Altona Meadows about 4.30am today. Although the car crashed into...

The ship anchored about 3km off Williamstown just before 10am. Police boarded the ship soon afterward and were expected to conduct alcohol breath tests on relevant crew members during an initial...

And with 30 goals in seven games this season - placing him third in the race for the Coleman Medal - it's hard to argue against Bradshaw's inclusion even though the Vics also have the past two...

Connex is spending $10 million on an improvement plan for Melbourne's rail network. The initiatives will include six carriage trains until 7:00 pm on most lines and more specialised customer service...

Brad Johnson and Nick Dal Santo could join Gary Ablett on the sidelines as Victoria's team continues to struggle with injuries ahead of tomorrow's Hall of Fame clash against the Dream Team. Captain...

S.A should allow the sale ,The influx of Victorians into SA border towns to buy Underbelly is probably a much needed boost to the basketcase S.A economy. It will probaly boost the state annual...

The report into the State Government's alleged mishandling of last year's lottery licence tender process, found Mr White -- a former Labor minister -- entered into an agreement with Tatts at a time...

Teachers have already won a 15 per cent pay rise and major Victorian public service and construction and manufacturing industry wage agreements are due to be re-negotiated this year and early in...

But all that changed when the 12-year-old St Kilda fanatic received a Starlight Foundation bedroom makeover. For most of his life Lukas has lived with Neuro Intestinal Dysplasia Syndrome, which...

Raylene and Sean Wilson and their four children have been camping on the Rosebud and West Rosebud foreshore since their rented house was demolished. While most families might look forward to a few...

A BATTLE of the bombshells has started between television soaps Home and Away and Neighbours, with both programs recruiting glamorous models to add sex appeal to the long-running...

Bianca Aleida Smulders, 35, had sex with the boy at least 17 times last year. She continued to have sex with him after police interviewed her and an intervention order was taken out preventing her...

THE public-private partnership to build the $3.1 billion Wonthaggi desalination plant will be extended to include supply of power, pipeline maintenance and operation, and the purchase of renewable...

Jack Larkin died in his son's arms after he was struck in Mt Waverley. Steven Roy Leslie, now 20, yesterday pleaded guilty to one count of dangerous driving causing death. Police estimate his car...

In the middle of the Thursday morning peak, cafe and clothing store owners, residents and representatives from other strip shopping centres took over part of Bridge Rd, near Waltham St, to make their...