Callum Godde and Cassandra Morgan
Gangs recruit teens for arson attacks
Gang members are allegedly recruiting children into Victoria’s unrelenting tobacco war, with four teenagers arrested over a string of arson attacks. Officers...
Anxious wait as authorities renew dire bushfire warning
Victorians are waiting out catastrophic fire conditions as more residents near Ballarat are ordered to leave. The Bayindeen bushfire north-west of Ballarat...
Victorian authorities scramble to set up camp before extreme fire danger
Officials are rushing to set up a long-term base camp for hundreds of firefighters while more than half of Victoria is on...
Visit Victoria racked up $1.9m 2026 Comm Games bill
Almost $2 million of Victorian taxpayers’ money was wasted promoting the 2026 Commonwealth Games before the event’s cancellation. Visit Victoria spent $1.9...
Flood loss brings back war trauma for resident
Residents of a Victorian retirement village fear their homes are worthless after mismanaged floods forced them out of their community and left...
Victoria to build 800,000 homes, add short-stay levy
Victoria has committed to building 800,000 homes in the next decade while holiday-makers will be slugged with a short-stay accommodation levy to address the state’s...
Inner-city towers to be torn down for first social housing ‘accelerator’
Two “uninhabitable” towers in Melbourne’s inner north will make way for Australia’s first social housing “accelerator” project to boost supply amid a...
Public servant health jobs earmarked for mass layoffs
More than 300 public servants could be laid off in Victoria’s health sector as top bureaucrats prepare to swing the axe in...
Top cop apologises for police force’s racist actions
Victoria’s top cop has formally apologised for the state police force’s racist treatment of Aboriginal families over generations. Chief Commissioner Shane Patton appeared...
Record private donation funds Vic pandemic drugs centre
A global pandemic therapeutics centre will be set up in Melbourne after a record donation from an international businessman and philanthropist. Canadian...