Hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters have defied calls to cancel their Melbourne rally amid Victoria’s bushfire emergency, ...

Melbourne’s Lord Mayor has called on protesters at a controversial planned pro-Palestine rally on Sunday to volunteer in fire relief works rather than disrupt the city.

Those hoping to make their voices heard have been urged to work with police to avoid arrest under unprecedented restrictions ...

Police have arrested more people over alleged violence at a Melbourne protest last month as they prepare for potentially thousands of protesters from rival groups to again gather in the city on Sunday ...

The expanded powers had allowed police to stop and search people in and around the Melbourne CBD without a warrant.

Police say declaration of Melbourne CBD and surrounds as a designated area will end on 9 January, more than four months ahead of schedule ...

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Under the trial, which began at the end November, as a response to the surge in knife crime, police could also order protesters to leave the so-called “designated area” which stretched from the Shrine ...