Readers urge the government and the Reserve Bank to think of their priorities.

Bespoke self-erasing apps and encrypted networks have turned serious violence into cheap contracts, leaving burns victims, bungled targets and disposable teens in their wake.

The documents were tabled to Victoria’s parliament on Friday afternoon as part of the government’s “dump day” tradition, including reports that exposed major failings in the health system and budget blowouts.

Bespoke self-erasing apps and encrypted networks have turned serious violence into cheap contracts, leaving burns victims, bungled targets and disposable teens in their wake.

The documents were tabled to Victoria’s parliament on Friday afternoon as part of the government’s “dump day” tradition, including reports that exposed major failings in the health system and budget blowouts.

We need a true civic conversation about where Melbourne is going, and a collective effort to get us there.

We need a true civic conversation about where Melbourne is going, and a collective effort to get us there.

When former New York City mayor Bill de Blasio walked Melbourne’s streets for the first time, he marvelled at what the city had to offer. But an insidious problem evades our legislators.

Both major parties are ensnared in a conundrum: what to do with a major project that is too big to fail and increasingly expensive to build?

Both major parties are ensnared in a conundrum: what to do with a major project that is too big to fail and increasingly expensive to build?

Three appeal judges rejected Patterson’s plea for her conviction to be overturned and instead increased her sentence because of her “shocking criminality”.

A Brunswick charity worker who moved to Ukraine to rebuild war-damaged homes has died after a house fire which is now the subject of a criminal investigation.

A Brunswick charity worker who moved to Ukraine to rebuild war-damaged homes has died after a house fire which is now the subject of a criminal investigation.

A cornerstone of Mike Bush’s strategy to tackle organised crime will be cracking the encrypted apps used by the cartels to recruit, order gangland hits, and task kids to do firebombings.

A cornerstone of Mike Bush’s strategy to tackle organised crime will be cracking the encrypted apps used by the cartels to recruit, order gangland hits, and task kids to do firebombings.

Three appeal judges rejected Patterson’s plea for her conviction to be overturned and instead increased her sentence because of her “shocking criminality”.