The Latest Breaking News from Victoria

Half of town lost to bushfire as residents count losses

Bushfire has destroyed more than 40 homes on the edge of a national park where residents are returning to take stock of the devastation.

AAP · Feb 15, 2024

Sixteen homes 'uninhabitable' as outage compo capped

Most Victorians caught up in a mass power outage will be ineligible for compensation as the damage to homes from destructive storms is laid bare.

AAP · Feb 15, 2024

Victoria’s largest public health service faces criminal charge over Indigenous woman’s hospital death

WorkSafe Victoria has charged Monash Health for allegedly exposing a patient to health and safety risks while in its care

The Guardian - AU · Feb 15, 2024

Victorians face third dark night as energy grid fixed

Crews are whittling down the number of Victorian homes and businesses without power but many residents face another night in the dark following wild storms.

AAP · Feb 14, 2024

Push to weatherproof Australia’s electricity grid as 77,000 still without power in Victoria

State’s energy minister calls for national approach to energy system resilience as climate change causes more extreme weather events

The Guardian - AU · Feb 14, 2024

Victoria’s blackout had nothing to do with renewables. Claiming that it did won’t fix the system

Even as the weather emergency was still unfolding, some commentators and politicians couldn’t resist the urge to blame renewable energy

The Guardian - AU · Feb 14, 2024

Victoria police were asked to look at HyperVerse information in 2020 – but sent case back to Asic 22 months later

Australian financial regulator says it referred crypto scheme to police for alleged ‘possible fraud’ and believed matter was under ‘active consideration’

The Guardian - AU · Feb 14, 2024

NSW upset Victoria to host one-day final against WA

Despite 196 from opener Tom Rogers, Victoria have suffered a surprise loss to NSW who will now host WA in the one-day final.

AAP · Feb 14, 2024

Pomonal residents sheltering after raging fire

Residents in a small town in Victoria's west were forced to flee for their lives after an out-of-control bushfire ripped through their town.

AAP · Feb 14, 2024

Afternoon Update: farmer killed in Victorian storms; CBA posts $5bn profit; and Indonesia goes to the polls

The 50-year-old Darlimurla man was killed following major storms that battered the state

The Guardian - AU · Feb 14, 2024