Joanna Crothers
‘Chuffed’ tradie Nedd Brockmann ticks off 4000km run for charity
When Nedd Brockmann finished a 4000-kilometre run across Australia, he didn’t look tired. The 23-year-old grabbed the finish line banner and threw...
Balkan probers trace NZ gunman’s ‘pilgrimages’ to sites of Christian victories over Muslims
The Australian white supremacist suspect in the mosque shootings that has left at least 50 people dead in New Zealand had travelled...
Police offer reward after gunman’s ‘vicious’ attack on elderly couple
A couple in their 70s are suffering nightmares over a violent armed robbery in which a gunman counted down from 10 as...
Asbestos fears after botched demolition of former Alcoa power station
Residents on Victoria’s Surf Coast are calling for a judicial inquiry into whether they have been exposed to airborne asbestos fibres after...
Peak-hour V/Line services at capacity; commuters say cramped journey like ‘travelling in cattle truck’
Many of Victoria’s V/Line train services are overcrowded and at capacity before they have even reached their busiest stations, just two years...
Victorian seaside town Queenscliff prepares for population explosion
When you’ve driven right down to the end of the Bellarine Peninsula and jump out of the car, you’re hit with fresh,...
Melbourne to trial revolutionary stroke care ambulance
Stroke patients could be given a much greater chance of a full recovery with a new ambulance dedicated to treating the condition...
Disabled employees offered as little as $2.79 an hour
Many people with disabilities are still working for less than $3 an hour almost four years after Australia’s High Court ruled they...
Teeth of rhinoceros-sized wombat found in Victoria
Archaeologists have uncovered teeth from the extinct Diprotodon, a giant wombat-like marsupial, at a swamp north of Melbourne. A team of archaeologists...
Coastal erosion a ‘danger’ to Victoria’s holiday crowds
Rising sea levels and more frequent storms are increasing the rate of erosion across Australia’s southern coastline, the CSIRO has said, while...