A statue honouring John Batman, the founder of modern day Melbourne, has been destroyed by vandals overnight in the latest attack in the lead up to Australia Day. Police were called to the site of the ...

A memorial honouring one of Melbourne's founders, John Batman, at Queen Victoria Market was broken in the early hours of Saturday - the first day of the Australia Day long weekend. "Police are ...

It comes nearly 24 hours after vandals targeted the busts of former Australian prime ministers in Ballarat, along with defacing a prominent statue of Captain Cook in Sydney's eastern suburbs.