Land protection groups say Melbourne's fixation with building new roads must stop, reports Clay Lucas.

A MELBOURNE-LED, world-first project to translate the human genetic map into a resource for medicine has made the jump from ambition to reality.

MELBOURNE companies working from sustainable buildings have found that it puts them on the map. Literally.

WHEN Gary van Egmond looked around the Newcastle Jets' dressing room before last-round's clash against Melbourne Victory, he knew something was wrong. He spoke, the players listened - but the message wasn't sinking in.

AS WITH many local councils, Melbourne's Bayside manages many natural and man-made assets but has little in the way of funds to cover any extra fiscal burden climate change may bring.