If the filthy River Seine in Paris can be cleaned up to welcome back swimmers after a century-long ban, so too can Melbourne’s Yarra, an expert says.

A pair of humpback whales were spotted by Ports Victoria camera in the Yarra River on Wednesday, swimming under the West Gate Bridge near Melbourne’s busiest freeway.

The Australian Platypus Conservancy reported that three of the uniquely Aussie mammals were found dead in the Little Yarra River at Yarra Junction in Victoria last week, a sobering reminder of the ...

Experts say water quality needs to be improved if plans to transform the Yarra River into a city swimming spot can be realised.

Members of the public made the grisly discovery in the water near the Warburton Highway in Warburton about 11am.

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Universoul Cafe, a food recovery organization in Sacramento, suffered a devastating break-in over the weekend.

University of Melbourne hiring vaping prevention officer for their Parkville campus The University of Melbourne is hiring an anti-vaping officer in a role largely funded by the taxpayer.