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The Australian Bureau of Statistics survey finds around 16 per cent of women have experienced some form of economic abuse. A leading women's advocate says it's a form of abuse that too often is flying under the radar.

Regularly updated briefing from ABC News for Melbourne

A Melbourne woman recovering from surgery said the airline told her she could not fly because she could not climb the stairs, despite her organising for assistance in advance.

With surgery only offering 50 to 80 per cent chance of success, much improved data is now in on an Australian-made treatment using patients' own cells, giving hope to people with complex tennis elbow cases.

Mitch has always been open to new ideas. So when someone suggested sex work, the early-career lawyer decided to try it as a 'side hustle'. It turned into something more.

Regularly updated briefing from ABC News for Melbourne

Regularly updated briefing from ABC News for Melbourne

A study finds the critically endangered Burrunan dolphins have up to 10 times the times the amount of PFAS chemicals that would normally cause health issues in their bodies.

Regularly updated briefing from ABC News for Melbourne

A woman tells of a desperate Melbourne roadside rescue as her colleague lay unconscious and she could not get through to emergency operators during the November 8 outage.

Storms carrying the risk of heavy rain, large hail, and damaging winds are set to hit much of northern and eastern Australia this week while Western Australia bakes under a potential record-breaking November heatwave.

At the world's busiest airports, time slots allocated to airlines are an important way for airports to control space. But experts are calling out misuse of the system.

Regularly updated briefing from ABC News for Melbourne

More Australians are struggling under the weight of a cost of living and housing crisis and on Q+A a leading economist and the assistant treasurer agree a cap on foreign university students might be necessary to help curb that.

Regularly updated briefing from ABC News for Melbourne

Alan Tudge tells the trial of Di Sanh Duong he hoped to get positive media coverage when he helped facilitate a donation from the businessman to a hospital. The seemingly innocent event placed the former federal minister in the middle of a foreign interference investigation.

A Victorian man with a "strange" doomsday mindset is sentenced to more than two years in prison after police found weapons, ammunition, explosives and body armour hidden in his property on the outskirts of Melbourne.

Regularly updated briefing from ABC News for Melbourne

Some of the countryside's best young Aussie rules footballers will be hoping their dreams can become reality when the 2023 AFL Draft gets underway tonight in Melbourne.

A Victorian coroner will soon examine the deaths of five young transgender women who took their own lives in Melbourne during the pandemic, but Melbourne's queer community is already working hard to support those in need.

Regularly updated briefing from ABC News for Melbourne

Regularly updated briefing from ABC News for Melbourne

Reigning premiers Melbourne are knocked out of the AFLW finals in straight sets as Geelong hang on to a thrilling five-point win and a preliminary final berth.

Emergency services find what appears to be the wreckage of a light aircraft in Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay after two planes collided midair.

Thousands of people take to Australian streets for the sixth-straight week, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, while pro-Israeli events are rallying for the release of hostages.