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While many might've considered Tylah and Dylan's rundown 1950s cottage a knockdown rebuild, they had other plans. The couple wanted to keep the home's character while turning it into an energy-efficient home.

Jiangang Ji kidnapped the children of his former boss before demanding a $1 million ransom as part of a revenge plot.

Jiangang Ji faces up to 25 years' jail over the 2021 incident, where he kidnapped the two young children of his ex-boss and sparked a major police investigation.

The 20-hectare Burwood Brickworks development has been approved to allow untreated stormwater run-off to flow into a local creek, sparking concerns about increased pollution in the Yarra River.

The Liberal Party is battling to hold onto key seats in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, while Labor is edging ahead in a tough contest with the Greens for the inner-city electorate of Macnamara.

Poor relations with Beijing are front and centre of this election campaign, so what does that mean in a the super-marginal electorate of Chisholm where one in five voters is Chinese Australian?

With almost one in five people in the electorate of Chisholm having Chinese ancestry, that subset of the community could have a big say in who wins the seat. However, the "Chinese community" covers a broad range of experiences and views, and three weeks out from election day, many are still undecided.

Families desperate to keep their most vulnerable members safe are wondering if the new test will shore up their fight against the virus. 

New COVID exposure sites are listed in towns across the state, with medical facilities and health clinics identified as tier 1 locations.

A residential tower in North Melbourne and a school campus near Shepparton are among new venues added to Victoria's list of exposure sites overnight.

A boil water notice for 101 Melbourne suburbs is lifted four days after initial water contamination fears, as wild winds hamper efforts to restore power to thousands of homes after Thursday's deadly storm.

Thousands of homes are still without power and residents of more than 100 suburbs are still required to boil water after a fatal storm struck Melbourne and south-east Victoria late on Thursday.

A mansion in Melbourne's east, newly constructed units and more than 3,000 acres of Tasmanian farmland are among the assets seized by Australian Federal Police as part of a two-year investigation into alleged money laundering by Chinese nationals.

Despite Labor's belief in a "mood for change" in Victoria, the only seats in the state likely to switch parties are those where boundaries had been redrawn since the last election.

Accusations of dirty tactics break out in Melbourne, where Labor accuses the Liberal Party of deliberately using official AEC colours to mislead Chinese-speaking voters in the marginal seat of Chisholm.

Two children witnessed a driver run a red light before hitting and killing 10-year-old Jack Power at a pedestrian crossing in Blackburn North last year, a court hears.

A mother left grieving after her 10-year-old son is killed by a van starts a campaign urging drivers not to be distracted on the road.

The cause of a salmonella outbreak linked to The Food Republic cafe in Blackburn, in Melbourne's east, remains a mystery after more than 23 people fell ill after eating there last month.

Four teenagers are charged over four alleged aggravated burglaries and an attempted robbery in Melbourne's east.

Police are searching for a man in connection to a sexual offence involving two girls at a primary school in Melbourne's east.

A 12-year-old girl suffers serious injuries after being hit by a car that lost control and ploughed through a fence at Blackburn Secondary College in Melbourne's east.

It was normal for principals of so-called banker schools to pay out hundreds of invoices for goods and services they had never received, an inquiry is told.

Next week's Victorian budget will include money to remove another three level crossings in Melbourne. The State Government will spend $457 million on the crossings at Glen Iris, Blackburn and Ormond.

Melbourne police are horrified at what they say is the senseless killing of five kittens.

An elderly man has been hit and killed by a train in Blackburn in Melbourne's east.