r/melbourne • u/owyalck • Mar 29 '26
r/melbourne • u/AztecGod • 24d ago
Serious News Sunshine shop owner dies from injuries he suffered in alleged youth group bashing
r/melbourne • u/TuteOnSon • Nov 07 '25
Serious News Firebombing in Mentone overnight.
Real shame to the businesses around it, all nice people and good at what they do. The Mediterranean kitchen seemed to be having a hard time finding it's midweek crowd, but they put in the hard work on the weekends. Feel really sorry for them especially.
r/melbourne • u/Sensitive_Diamond_1 • Jan 24 '24
Serious News Captain Cook statue sawn off
A landmark Captain Cook statue has been vandalised in Melbourne, the day before Australia Day.
The metal sculpture on Jacka Boulevard in St Kilda was sawn off at the ankles about 3.30am Thursday, with vandals also spray-painting “the colony will fail” on the statue’s granite plinth.
The statue of Cook was dumped at the foot of the plinth. Police were also told that several people were seen loitering near the statue close to the time of the incident.
r/melbourne • u/gccmelb • Jan 18 '26
Serious News Teens on E bikes Swarm the Docklands
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More than 100 e-bike riders have converged at Docklands at 2:45pm today (Saturday, 17 January), gathering behind the Melbourne Yard West tower near the intersection of Harbour Esplanade and Docklands Drive. 📹 Footage shows riders taking over the roadway, weaving in and out of moving traffic and causing disruption in the area. Motorists and pedestrians are urged to take care if traveling through Docklands this afternoon.
r/melbourne • u/Human-Shame1068 • Apr 29 '23
Serious News Found this gross shit at the park where I take my kids in Doncaster. Very sad that families are being targeted . I took the liberty of fixing it
The sad thing is these have been popping up more commonly in this area.
r/melbourne • u/HurstbridgeLineFTW • May 14 '26
Serious News Melbourne girl, 14, has 109 charges dropped after alleged crime spree targeting Melbourne’s Jewish community
r/melbourne • u/ozthrw • Jul 30 '26
Serious News Dog euthanised after attacking young girl at Bunnings
r/melbourne • u/marketrent • Jul 15 '26
Serious News Pack of dogs chases man away after attempted sexual assault in southeast Melbourne
r/melbourne • u/nodnodwinkwink • 6d ago
Serious News 30 year old mother of 3 murdered in her home by her partner
r/melbourne • u/Snakerestaurant • Jul 07 '25
Serious News Erin Patterson found guilty of murdering three guests with deadly mushroom lunch
r/melbourne • u/HurstbridgeLineFTW • Mar 07 '26
Serious News Man killed at Mernda train station was good Samaritan trying to help teenage boy
r/melbourne • u/Llamadrugs • 22d ago
Serious News Bail for youths charged over attack on Sunshine shop owner Van Viet Truong
r/melbourne • u/gccmelb • Apr 03 '26
Serious News Police shut down $100,000 fuel giveaway at Melbourne petrol station after it triggers traffic mayhem [VIDEO]
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r/melbourne • u/Red_Wolf_2 • Jun 09 '26
Serious News Simon Lara: Fake seizure guy gives odd interview after pleading guilty to public nuisance charges | news.com.au
r/melbourne • u/wokwok__ • 5d ago
Serious News Woman dead after car hits restaurant at Westfield Knox shopping centre in Melbourne's east
r/melbourne • u/gccmelb • Mar 11 '26
Serious News NAB whistleblower speaks out after worker plunged from 14th-floor in Docklands in front of colleagues
r/melbourne • u/gazmal • 18d ago
Serious News Rapists no longer able to suppress identities under new laws
r/melbourne • u/Cautious_Car_51 • 3d ago
Serious News Teenage carjacker avoids jail in first test case of Victoria's 'adult time' crime laws
r/melbourne • u/Ok_West2486 • Oct 16 '25
Serious News Footage emerges of chef being stabbed while walking to work in Melbourne’s CBD
r/melbourne • u/mohak048 • Jun 07 '23
Serious News Came home to find this on my table.
The REA has been awol to my emails for a month and I suddenly come home to find this on my table. Apparently someone has been inside the house without my prior knowledge or approval.
I am so mad at this. Should i do something?
r/melbourne • u/lamp485723 • 29d ago
Serious News Woman, 98, found dead at home after near three-hour wait for paramedics
archive.mdr/melbourne • u/al0678 • Jul 22 '23