The government expects to spend $40 million of taxpayer dollars to defend their decisions during the state’s costliest COVID-19 episode.

Shoppers in Australia's second-biggest city stripped supermarket shelves Wednesday as millions in Melbourne prepared for a return to virus lockdown, with warnings the new restrictions will cost the ...

Australia's second-biggest city of Melbourne reported a record rise of more than 400 new coronavirus cases on Friday despite a week-old lockdown of more than 5 million residents. Melbourne has been ...