Victoria

Thousands of racegoers face a miserable start to Melbourne’s Spring Carnival, with the weather bureau issuing a warning.

An Australian school has been forced to apologise for organising a charity event where students were told to ‘dress up’ with a disability to learn about Jesus.

They paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for years travelling the world.

A childcare regulator has charged a centre with 15 offences following allegations young children wandered unsupervised from upper levels of the building.

Police hold serious concerns for the two babies.

A major Australian music festival has been cancelled just weeks before thousands of fans were expected to attend, with organisers blaming scheduling issues for the last-minute decision.

The 73-year-old left home without her phone, wallet or Fitbit on Sunday.

A man has been charged by police following an alleged road rage fuelled drive-by shooting. Here is what we know.

A Hollywood star has been cast as convicted triple murderer Erin Patterson in a new crime series.

A man has been shot dead in a brazen midnight attack in Melbourne overnight, as homicide squad detectives probe whether the shooting was “targeted”. 

The 60-year-old is charged with the murder of Carol Clay, 73, who went missing from Victoria’s High Country while camping in March 2020 with her friend Russell Hill, 74.

Wildlife rescuers are “appalled” after one Australian State approved the killing of more than 4300 wombats in a year.

An alleged plot to import a commercial quantity of cocaine from Greece may result in possible life sentences for three Australians.

Footage has captured the moment a group of tradies restrained an axe-wielding man with zip ties.

The woman and her young child died at the scene.

Victorian Premier Ben Carroll has admitted to accidentally driving off without paying for petrol.

Years before Brendan Nugent allegedly carried out a devastating attack on Helen Haines, he had publicly praised the independent MP and promoted her election campaign.

The local barber has revealed how he disarmed the alleged attacker, what he said to keep him calm and the extraordinary actions of another bystander.