Join cyclists worldwide in a silent slow-paced ride (max. 12 mph/20 kph) in honor of those who have been injured or killed while cycling on public roadways.The Australian Ride of Silence will be held on Saturday 24th May 2008.This will be the fourth Ride of Silence to be held in Melbourne.Rides are also planned for Sydney, Bowral, Bendigo, Townsville and Adelaide.Read here for a roundup of the 2007 Australian Ride of Silence.Ride of Silence categorywhere you can read previous years reports.For more background information visit the international Ride of Silence website....

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A man who bashed a transexual at her Melbourne apartment will spend less time in jail after having his sentence reduced by two years....

Connex is spending $10 million on an improvement plan for Melbourne's rail network....

Last week I enjoyed a wonderful dinner at Gill"s Diner. The outstanding dish was the roast rabbit, rolled and stuffed and sitting on a bed of brussel sprout puree. The rabbit contained prunes and was wrapped in bacon. It was an outstanding dish. I also ordered the broccoli with anchovy, which was delightfully salty and savoury....Read Full article

Roving police patrols at night targeting violent hotspots was a great idea but Premier John Brumby"s 2AM lockout is just ridiculous. Last week, Brumby announced a trial starting on June 3, that imposes a 2AM lockout in areas in and around Melbourne. Some areas affected include Fitzroy (i.e. Brunswick St.), the CBD, St. Kilda, and Prahran. Once you step out of a venue and its after 2AM, you will not be allowed back in. This is supposed to curb increasing violence in Melbourne. Licencees who breach this lockout will be face fines up to $6800. The only exception to the ban unsurprisingly is the government revenue maker, Crown Casino....Read Full article

I"m a bit out of late with some of the stuff here but I"ve got a few bits and pieces to tell you all about, that I"m hoping you will be interested in...

Firstly, I"ve been working hard on getting together loads of guest speakers and facilities for the latest rounf of Melbourne City Library"s "Street Press Workshops". These are a series of eight free workshops at the City Library in Melbourne CBD for anyone interested in any aspect of Street Press, they start on Wed 14th May and you can find more at www.citylibrary.org.au or join the facebook group....Read Full article

Nine take note. The community has rejected your pathetic faux social media file sharing experiment called catchuptv. Your crap 4:3 Hiro DRM advertisement infested downloads of Banal Road are widely detested. We also hate geographical territories being included and excluded in the digital world. Your Hiro files only work in Australia and New Zealand. Your audience is bigger than your imagination.

The Banal Road files being shared via torrents are HD TV rips. There are also reports of successful rips of the Hiro files into other, more user friendly, codecs....Read Full article

The Victorian Supreme Court has heard a Melbourne man accused of murdering his solicitor, told his daughter he wanted to buy a gun....

Have any readers, in the last five months, purchased a Samsung LCD/Plasma television during their buy-one-get-one free promo? I bought the sleek LA40M81BDX (above) in February from The Good Guys in Maribyrnong and Samsung had promised to deliver the tellies within six to eight weeks. I say that"s hogwash, as we"re now approaching the middle of May, and it"s almost 11 weeks....Read Full article

John So continues to spend spend spend whilst burying his head in the sand.The State Government has also wiped it's hands clean and failed undertake a review of the City of Melbourne's representative model. Whilst every other Municipality is subjected to comprehensive review Melbourne has been excluded.Its been just seven years since Melbourne narrowed its focus and adopted a direct election ...

The Victorian County Court has been told former footballer David Dench had no knowledge of a scam that defrauded Victoria University of more than $1-million....

The offspring of one of only two venomous lizard species in the world have gone on display at Melbourne Zoo....

Welfare groups are angry that the gaming floor at Crown Casino will be exempt from a lockout affecting city nightspots....

Small businesses, particularly in service and entertainment niches, such as cafes and restaurants, are struggling to adapt to the new realities of the world of social media. Food blogs and aggregation sites expose businesses to more scrutiny than ever before and that scrutiny is so easy to share.

Hopefully you started by developing a business plan. Part of this would have included creating a business name. You need something unique (for Google to find) and easy (for humans) to remember....Read Full article

So I have possibly just purchased a lemon car. I picked it up last night. 2001 Holden Barina from a 19 year old girl. Its a manual, which I cant drive, so my mate drove it to my house for me. He said the gears are hard to push in, steering is heavy, car stalls when starting sometimes and something about fuel gauge. Another friend of mine test drove this car, with me in the passenger side, only 5 days before. We had no problem with it what so ever and took it out to the back roads to really see what it could do. I have it booked into my mechanic tomorrow to see if anything is wrong with it. I also got a Roadworthy Certificate with it and it said there was not one single thing wrong with it.My question is:If the car does have problems with it that should have come up when the mechanic did the Roadworthy, what are my legal rights? My friend works at the bank where I got my cheque from and said he would cancel it for me. But where do I stand? Can I take the car back and say here is your lemon I don't want it? Or am I stuck with a dodgey car that will end up costing me a bit to get fixed?TIA...

A Supreme Court jury has found a man guilty of the stabbing murder of a Healesville musician on a Belgrave train two years ago....

A 49-year-old man has been taken to Melbourne's Alfred Hospital for treatment after being impaled on a garden stake....

Yep, because the 1334 crew have hot-footed it over to UberGothlandia, BLITZ will happen not one, not three times but TWICE IN MAY!

May 10 sees Gus Exposition and Mixmaster Malice battle it out on the decks all night long (until Malice has had too much gin and needs to dance ;))...Read Full article

Police are waiting to hear from family or friends of a young man who was critically injured when he was hit by a train in inner Melbourne last night....