The Latest Breaking News from Victoria

Reason Party leader Fiona Patten thanks supporters as she concedes defeat in her bid to retain an upper house seat. Former Labor MP Adem Somyurek is likely to win a seat after switching to the Democratic Labour Party.

Many students have woken up to their VCE results after a year disrupted by floods and COVID infections, as students are reminded that "many pathways" can lead them to further education.

A health practitioner warns that an influx of snakes, spiders and mosquitoes, along with skin infection and gastro are likely to hit riverside communities as floodwaters stagnate.

One of Australia's longest-running ecological experiments, recently heritage listed, began with the "legendary" Maisie Carr (nee Fawcett), who had to learn to ride a horse to carry out her work, and became a friend and foe of local cattlemen in Victoria's high country.

Public transport in Victoria will be free on both Christmas Day and New Years Eve for those needing safe passage to and from Aunty Pam's.

The man was in post-sentence custody at the Warrack Road facility when he fled just after 2am.

Emergency crews are looking for a teenager missing at Lake Mulwala on Victoria's border with NSW after he and another 16-year-old fell overboard while fishing.

A registered sex offender has escaped from a correctional facility in Victoria's southwest, with police warning he is violent.

Veterinary nurses whose jobs will be affected by the potential closure of Victoria's only dedicated teaching hospital are taking action through the Fair Work Commission.

The migration of blue whales and southern right whales overlapped last season — the first time it's ever occurred off the Victorian coastline.

A caravan park and houseboat rentals operator says he's already refunded nearly half a million dollars as tourists cancel their Murray River plans at a time when businesses need their money more than ever.