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The teenage victim was treated at the scene before being transported to hospital.

Teen stabbed, diners sent fleeing in Melbourne shopping centre machete attack

An 18-year-old has been slashed after a gang of masked youths stormed a dining area at a mall in Oakleigh in Melbourne’s south-east.

  • Ashleigh McMillan and Angus Delaney

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Fire damage at Soho Restaurant and Bar on Southbank on Friday.

Revellers warned to watch out for firebombings after spate of attacks on Melbourne venues

Police issued the extraordinary warning on Friday afternoon after at least six targeted attacks on hospitality venues since Tuesday.

  • Lachlan Abbott and Carla Jaeger
A dessert of "tamarind four ways" and asin tibuok (“whole salt”, pictured right).
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Eating this ‘dinosaur egg’-garnished dessert will blow your mind in five different ways

Kumbira’s menu is a creative rethinking of Filipino food for modern Melbourne.

  • Dani Valent
Chris Thompson outside his bottle shop in Oakleigh that will have to take down its roller shutter soon.

Council demands ‘fortress-like’ shopfront shutter be removed despite burglary fears

A bottle shop in Oakleigh fears it will be defenceless against burglars without a shutter, which was installed two years ago after their store was broken into.

  • Lachlan Abbott
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, wearing independent fashion brand Friends With Frank in Melbourne.

‘Unbelievable’: The Melbourne designer who got a DM from Meghan

On the third day of the unofficial Australian tour of Meghan and Harry, Australian clothes stayed in the spotlight.

  • Damien Woolnough
Strawberry maritozzo at Luna.

Luna

Pastries served in a prime spot for hungry uni students.

  • Aastha Agrawal
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Cardamom buns are $6.50 at Elka in Heidelberg.

Elka

Minimalist bakery for scrolls, buns and loaves.

  • Aastha Agrawal
Tenor Filipe Manu is performing in the Festival of Outback Opera 2026 as well as La traviata in Melbourne for Opera Australia.

He once turned up to the opera in rugby shorts. Now he’s singing on the world’s biggest stages

Tongan-New Zealand tenor Filipe Manu cut his hair after he became an opera star. But he kept his tatts.

  • Nick Dent
Inside Bar Carnation in the former Gerald’s Bar site on Rathdowne Street.
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Bar Carnation

The white-walled wine bar filling big shoes on Rathdowne Street.

Florentino's storied dining room.
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Florentino

The institution to rule them all enters a new era of Italianate grandeur.