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Melbourne Water's review into last year's Maribyrnong floods is under scrutiny after the inquiry's head stood down over a perceived conflict of interest.

As residents of Melbourne communities along the Maribyrnong River remain wary and grapple with the scale of the damage caused by it breaking its banks on Friday, experts explain how "saturated" catchments contributed to the flood.

Homes in Melbourne's west have been flooded, after areas near the Maribyrnong and Werribee rivers were evacuated and emergency services had to rescue trapped residents. 

A Melbourne council consider alternative options for January 26 celebrations, with a report to be debated in September.

Melbourne City Council plans to sell the building used by Midwives and Mothers Australia, a clinic providing pregnancy and postnatal support services.

With no air conditioning in most apartments, residents in Melbourne's public housing towers are angry the state government is continuing to lock them out of cooled common rooms.  

Childcare facilities in Narre Warren, Delahey, Kensington and Truganina have been listed as exposure sites as the state's outbreak grows.

Residents' spirits were lifted in the inner Melbourne suburb of Kensington when a colourful ducks mural was painted on a wall, but when vandals drew breasts on the birds it sparked a heated debate. Was this funny or outrageous? 

There are now more than 530 venues listed as COVID-19 exposure sites in Victoria after dozens more are added to the list by health authorities.

A thriving inner-city netball club with more than 16 teams is desperate for a court to call home before young players start to drift away from the sport.

The median house price for Melbourne jumped by 8.8 per cent in March — the biggest rise in the market since December 2009.

Leila Sawenko and Tony Maguire spent more than a week in close quarters with their children before testing positive to COVID-19. Researchers wanted to know why their children never caught it.

A man attempting to defy the lockdown at one of Melbourne's public housing towers allegedly bites a police officer while trying to leave, as residents endure another day of enforced quarantine in their apartments.

Victoria's Health Minister listed four postcodes that recorded the highest number of infections over the past week: 3064, 3047, 3031 and 3060. One of those is not locked down, but the Premier hasn't ruled it out.

Ali El Nasher, who faces eight charges including attempted murder, is granted bailed on a $400,000 surety after three Court of Appeal justices rule the "case for attempted murder is non-existent".

A group of North Melbourne footballers apologises for throwing a party at a Melbourne home last night, with the club saying it was "inappropriate in the current climate".

Coronavirus whistleblower, dissidents and freedom of speech are at the heart of a new exhibition by Badiucao, self-described as the Chinese-Australian artist hunted by the Chinese Government.

The daughter of Tony Mokbel's ex-girlfriend tells a court she was instantly sobered when a handgun was pulled on her and a friend at a boxing match, despite drinking heavily and taking prescription pills to deal with the man she calls "Dad" being stabbed in prison.

A 52-year-old Thomastown man is charged with murdering Sarah Gatt, whose body was found in her unit in Melbourne's inner west almost two years ago.

A fugitive wanted over a fatal shooting at a Victorian boxing match in March hands himself in to police, who charge him with attempted murder and other gross violence crimes.