A statue of a founder of one of the country's biggest cities has been damaged ahead of Australia Day as vandals douse a war memorial in paint.

Police were called to the site of the memorial on Queen St, opposite Queen Victoria Market, following reports it had been damaged about 2.20am on Saturday. The statue had been cut from its plinth and ...

Just 20 minutes later, vandals targeted the John Batman Memorial, located on Queen Street, opposite the Queen Victoria Market. The statue honouring the founder of modern-day Melbourne was extensively ...

A memorial statue in the heart of the CBD for one of Melbourne’s founders has been cut in half on the Australia Day weekend.

A statue honouring the founder of modern-day Melbourne has been destroyed in the early hours of Saturday morning. Vandals ...

Less than a fortnight later, the statue was felled and its base defaced again, this time with: “The colony can fall”. The Queen Victoria statue is being restored in Melbourne. Picture ...

Saturday morning’s vandalism comes as anti-Australia Day protests are expected across Melbourne on Sunday January 26, despite ...

A stage intended for an Australia Day citizenship ceremony at Ringwood was also vandalised about 2am on Saturday.

An Anzac memorial honouring fallen soldiers has been doused with red paint while a statue honouring John Batman has been destroyed and graffiti sprayed across a citizenship ceremony in the latest ...