The Latest Breaking News from Victoria

Flash floods are forecast across much of Victoria in the coming days, with warnings issued across the state and communities advised to prepare.

Regional train fares across Victoria will be halved and waived altogether for replacement buses, under an election promise by the state opposition.

Possession of small amounts of other drugs would also be decriminalised.

More than 100 flood warnings are in place in NSW and a new massive dump is expected across the state, Victoria and northern Tasmania.

Monday: Families and campaigners demand urgent reform to juvenile detention in WA, the NT and Tasmania. Plus: the top 20 Australian cookbooks

If future historians pick a point in time when Australia comprehensively turned its back on coal-fired generation, they may well point to AGL’s decision to bring forward the closure of Loy Yang A, the cheapest (excluding emission costs) power generator in the energy market spanning eastern Australia.

Criticism mounts of Victoria’s police oversight model, with Andrews government urged to establish new watchdog

Plan would see a 30% tax imposed, which analysis suggests will add $1.21bn in revenue over a decade

Two people were arrested and later released without charge over the protest at the National Gallery of Victoria