There is a long tradition of fighting for open space in Footscray. Footscray Park was born out of this struggle: in 1911 it was reserved as public land after a campaign by Footscray residents for a ...

Mention the neighborhood of Footscray to any Melbournian, and the first three things they’ll think of are great Vietnamese food, the incredible Footscray Market, and Franco Cozzo, the iconic discount ...

A Melbourne council has rejected a controversial plan to turn part of Footscray Park into a football academy, instead voting to set up a community advisory panel to consider the proposal. The proposal ...

Authorities say they won’t get any relief until at least 4pm and firefighters are hoping to have completely contained the blaze by 6pm tonight. Despite that, Melbourne Fire Brigade’s Greg Leach said ...

West Footscray and North Melbourne are the latest definition of Melbourne’s most typical suburb, at least on a price basis. Domain data showed the median house price for Melbourne was about $853,000 ...

Tell Footscray locals their once-gritty neighbourhood has been named the coolest in Melbourne and many won’t bat an eyelid. The western suburb took out 13th spot on a Time Out magazine ranking of the ...

Plans by Australia’s largest soccer club to build multimillion-dollar complex in a public park have raised the ire of nearby residents who say the development would eradicate some of the last open ...

Serious concerns about an influx of large-scale data centres in Melbourne's west are being raised by Fire Rescue Victoria insiders.

Nearby residents warned to stay inside as firefighters battle to contain blaze A huge fire at a warehouse containing toxic materials in Melbourne’s west could burn for days, authorities have warned, ...

Some Melbourne residents were advised to “take shelter indoors immediately” when a factory became engulfed in flames on ...