Victoria

A principal who tragically died while on a school camp is being remembered as a ‘kind and caring’ family man. 

A three-year-old girl has died after contracting a deadly infection at a petting zoo. Now another mother whose son fell critically ill is speaking out with an urgent warning for parents.

Police are searching for information after an elderly man was stabbed while on his morning walk early on Thursday morning. 

A corruption scandal involving cash in envelopes handed to a state's railway bosses for multimillion-dollar contracts has ended with the jailing of two people.

A family has spoken of their ‘living nightmare’ after their little girl died from a rare infection commonly found in farm animals.

Retailers say Victoria is becoming a ‘lawless state’, with ‘anarchy’ and ‘carnage in the streets’ as organised gangs, repeat offenders and violent thieves terrorise workers and family businesses.

A strengthening El Niño is set to shape the months ahead, with Australians warned to prepare for what could be a challenging season.

Strong wind warnings are in place for parts of the country after the east coast was hit by thunderstorms this week. See the weather forecast for your city here

A frantic two-day search operation was launched for John Bakkum after he vanished from a pub in Victoria’s High Country.

Cars are vanishing from Victorian streets every day. Now fed-up victims are fighting back – tracking thieves, offering huge rewards and building an underground network to hunt down their stolen vehicles.

Fresh weather warnings have been issued across two States. See the nation-wide weather forecast here.

Human remains have been found by detectives one week after a man was allegedly shot and bundled into a ute following an argument.

Thousands of Aussie kids and their parents have been left in the lurch after a major childcare provider collapsed into voluntary administration, while a separate centre in suddenly shut its doors.

A woman was stabbed when she tried to shield the boy from the alleged attacker. 

Two slain police officers are set to be farewelled almost a year on from a fatal shooting that sparked one of Australia's largest manhunts.

Victoria now has the nation’s highest number of stolen vehicles and the State’s police are urging motorists to fight back against sophisticated criminals surprisingly old-school defences.

The court heard that the fatal confrontation happened in broad daylight in a shopping centre west of Melbourne.

Tributes have flowed for the young mum-of-three a man was charged with her murder.