Victoria

Businesses were closed and buildings illuminated to honour a ‘truly spectacular’ person.

They are Victoria’s new criminal workforce: vulnerable kids recruited as ‘easy pickings’ to steal ‘kill cars’, torch businesses, invade homes and kidnap victims while adult crime bosses hide in the shadows.

A state government has apologised to children who suffered sexual abuse at public schools, following years of tireless advocacy from victim-survivors.

The new Labor leader’s decision to have a royal commission into the CFMEU gives him a tactical advantage over Liberal leader Jess Wilson at the start of a four-month election campaign.

Nine teenagers have been charged over an alleged string of violent carjackings across several suburbs.

He was once considered ‘one of the most wanted individuals’.

A prominent Melbourne identity was accused of raping a former employee but a gag order over his identity remains.

The teen was charged for collecting manuals, guides and material promoting IS-inspired terrorism and importing a prohibited item, namely an IS flag.

A man has been arrested as detectives investigate two alleged sexual assaults in Melbourne’s south-west, including one at a primary school.

A statewide strike will proceed as planned after public school teachers rejected a renewed pay offer.

A Melbourne primary school has been placed into lockdown over a man allegedly armed with a shotgun.

Frustration has boiled over in a country supermarket.

The premiership-winning coach recounted the moment he caught three men accused of trying to break into his home before he was allegedly stabbed while letting them go.

Loved ones have paid emotional tribute as they say goodbye to a young teacher who died after suffering critical head injuries in a freak football accident.

Veteran broadcaster and former senator Derryn Hinch is being farewelled at a State funeral, with Ray Martin delivering the eulogy.

Police are ramping up their investigation into an attempted kidnapping earlier this month. 

Social media companies would be compelled to name and shame anonymous online abusers under a raft of legal protections planned to protect kids online.

The idea of a Paul Hogan down at the pub having a cigarette and a beer is certainly a relic from another era — here’s why that is a bad thing.