No wonder Victorians are grumpy with their politicians. The state’s long-suffering citizens pay the nation’s highest state taxes – especially on property. They are experiencing the worst unemployment ...

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke labelled the alleged firebombing an 'attack on Australia' as Melbourne reels from a string ...

But Newspoll has delivered a wake-up call to the Liberal-­National Coalition, with 60 per cent of voters saying they are not ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other high-ranking Israeli officials have responded with fury to the attacks on ...

Victoria’s plan to build a major offshore wind-powered electricity generation industry faces a significant risk of being ...

An arsonist set fire to the door of a Melbourne synagogue and forced the congregation to flee on Friday, seven months after criminals destroyed a synagogue in the same Australian city with an ...

A 34-year-old Sydney man has appeared in court over an alleged arson attack at a synagogue in East Melbourne on Friday night.

Most Victorians don’t aren’t all that keen on re-electing Labor but they don’t see the Liberals as a fit alternative, according to an exclusive Newspoll conducted for The Australian.

Australian authorities on Saturday condemned what they said was an arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue with worshippers in the building, the latest in a spate of incidents against the nation's ...

A man has fronted court for the first time after being charged by counter-terror police over a fire at a synagogue.

Australian authorities are investigating an arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue, the second such incident in seven months.

Support for the State Coalition is plummeting with a new poll showing just 38 per cent of Victorians back the party – five points less than when Brad Battin took over as leader in December.