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Pesto — the absolutely ginormous baby penguin at the SEA LIFE Aquarium — went viral earlier this year for breaking the aquarium records for being the biggest chick the Melbourne Aquarium has ever seen. And now, after nine months of nurture, love and surprising online fame, we finally know the…

Australian Human Rights Commission says Peel hotel’s right to refuse heterosexual people was granted to help gay men achieve equality

Long before the war in Gaza inspired months of campus protests, anti-war faculty members and students were urging the University of Melbourne to sever links to weapons manufacturers, only to meet steadfast resistance.

Melbourne City Council recently decided to ban shared e‑scooters. The council cited concerns for the safety of e‑scooter riders, other road users and pedestrians. The city still permits private e‑scooters.

Research into juvenile garden orb weaving spiders in Melbourne shows light reduced their ability to climb and hunt

Ever since I came to Melbourne as an international PhD student in film studies, the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) has provided me with a sense of home among a community of like-minded cinephiles. To quote Agnès Varda, “Cinema is my home. I think I’ve always lived in it.”

The StandardX, Melbourne is the first hotel in The Standard Group's new breed of ‘younger and rebellious’ properties

Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy has reinstated the majority of his stars for their final-round clash with Brisbane after a depleted Storm lost to the Cowboys.

Melbourne great Nathan Jones has called for the Demons to conduct an external review after the club's off-field issues reared again through Christian Petracca.