Victoria

A former AFL player has been accused of defrauding six families, leaving them with “shoddily” installed pools or giant holes in their backyards, a court has been told.

A state premier has referred complaints against a renowned gynaecologist to police and the healthcare watchdog.

The offenders are believed to have fled in a vehicle.

‘I don’t know what to do. I don’t know how to feel.’

Former CFMEU leader John Setka, at the centre of a political storm rocking Victoria, says he is the true victim.

Doctors and nurses tried to resuscitate the 17-year-old, but he never recovered.

A political spat has erupted over calls for a royal commission after a damning report exposed alleged corruption in the construction union.

A political spat has erupted over calls for a royal commission after a damning report exposed alleged corruption in the construction union.

The Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix is moving to Adelaide with a shake-up of how the race is run unveiled today.

The bomb squad has been deployed, a school has been placed into a lockdown and a man has now been charged in Melbourne.

Two schools were placed into lockdown after a man with a backpack allegedly sparked a bomb scare in a Melbourne suburb.

Authorities are searching for a second man nearly four decades after the kidnapping and aggravated rape of a 19-year-old woman.

A man has been committed to stand trial over a 1983 rape of a grandmother, but has been cleared of her 1981 sexual assault.

Measles outbreaks globally and less than ideal vaccination rates for children are negative signs as clusters of the contagious disease emerge in Australia.

Police believe missing man Brendan Breen has met with foul play after a recent review into his disappearance almost 14 years ago.

Dry heat, storms and gusty winds are ramping up the fire danger across large swathes of the country as authorities warn there is plenty of fuel left to burn.

Bung Siriboon vanished 15 years ago while walking to school and has not been seen since.

Two drivers brandished blades at each other in a shocking incident that left witnesses stunned.