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The hottest day in Victoria since Black Saturday has ended with wild storms hitting metropolitan Melbourne. The mercury soared to 38.3 degrees Celsius but dropped by more than 12 degrees within half an hour on Friday afternoon to 25.7C.

In this article: Melbourne, Mercury, and Essendon

THE new tertiary regulator will call Melbourne home, following an agreement today by education ministers. The states and territories have given a formal go-ahead for the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency but its governance is...

In this article: Melbourne, Western Australia, and Canberra

The two competitors who died in the Classic Adelaide Rally on Thursday were from Melbourne. Organisers named them as Gary Tierney, the 60-year-old driver, and co-driver David Carra, 43. Their 1974 Porsche 911 RS skidded off a right-hand...

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Page last updated at 13:24 GMT, Thursday, 19 November 2009 Houvenaghel won her second successive event in Melbourne Wendy Houvenaghel won her second successive World Cup individual pursuit to take gold for Great Britain in the Melbourne...

In this article: Wendy Houvenaghel, Melbourne, Alison Shanks, Great Britain, World Cup, Lizzie Armitstead, Joanna Rowsell, and Victoria Pendleton

One million Melbourne homes will have access to super-fast broadband after the completion of upgrades to Telstra's cable broadband network, the company said today. The boost in download speeds to 100mbps will be available to home internet...

In this article: Telstra, Melbourne, BigPond, National Broadband Network, Foxtel, and Australia

The title of Melbourne's most expensive house has passed to a Toorak mansion, which is believed to have changed hands for a record $20 million. The mansion, named Miegunyah, was sold by ex-Pacific Dunlop chief Phillip Brass to an...

In this article: Melbourne, Asia, Australian Financial Review, and Dubai

Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle is giving the city a year to clean up its reputation for drunken violence before he goes after existing bars. The city has battled a rise in street violence with more police, a freeze on late-night venues...

In this article: Melbourne and Robert Doyle

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - An out-of-sorts Tiger Woods battled to a share of the lead after the third round of the Australian Masters Saturday, as his rivals failed to capitalize on an off day for the world number one. Woods held a three-stroke...

In this article: Tiger Woods, Melbourne, Adam Scott, U.S. Open, Geoff Ogilvy, and Australia

Melbourne has been saying it for years and now it's been confirmed - Melbourne is the best sporting city in the world. Melbourne got the nod ahead of Berlin and Doha at the SportBusiness Sports Event Management Awards, held at Lord's...

In this article: Melbourne, 2010 World Cup, Presidents Cup, Melbourne Cup, Geoff Ogilvy, Tiger Woods, and Lord's Cricket Ground

...experts after initially being unable to make a unanimous decision and announced on Wednesday that Melbourne would be the new team. The panel said Melbourne provided greater commercial benefit to SANZAR than the Southern Kings, from Eastern...

In this article: Melbourne, Sanzar, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand