Victoria

The hunter at the centre of two deaths in the Victorian High Country has returned to court after his conviction for murdering an elderly camper was overturned on appeal.

Multiple bushfires have sparked evacuate immediately orders for several towns as temperatures soar to almost 50C in some areas.

Victoria is set to record its hottest day ever, with temperatures tipped to soar to 49C, as bushfires across the state force residents to evacuate.

Dozens of suburbs have been told to leave as the massive fire spreads.

An 80-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a woman who was found dead inside a Melbourne home.

From the north to the south, bushfires in several regions of Victoria are burning causing challenges for firefighters and anxiety for residents.

Emergency crews have descended on a popular surfing beach to look for a 12-year-old boy who went missing while swimming.

Residents in surrounding streets have been urged to avoid the area with controlled detonations underway.

A man has been charged over the sickening sexual assault of a child who was waiting to cross a street.

A former swimming coach from a prestigious girls school has had a win in court.

Stranded vehicles are being choppered out of the surf after being swept away in powerful flash flooding at a popular tourist spot.

A father-of-four is facing 20 years behind bars after pleading guilty to his wife's murder after she was found stabbed to death in their back yard.

Two people have died after a commercial freight train collided with a ute on a dirt road.

Jewish teenagers have been forced to scramble to safety as a vehicle performed dangerous manoeuvres while its occupants screamed nazi slogans at them.

The doctor who first raised the alarm about mushroom murderer Erin Patterson and later earned the ire of medical watchdog for calling her a ‘crazy b***h’ has been forced to close his practice.