The Latest Breaking News from Victoria

A recommendation for masks to be worn indoors could remain for years despite Victoria's latest COVID-19 wave peaking, Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton says.

Reason Party leader Fiona Patten will introduce a bill into state parliament this week that would remove the right of hospitals that receive any taxpayer funding to refuse to offer reproductive health services and voluntary assisted dying due to "corporate conscientious objection".

The man behind a triple fatality in a rural Victorian town pleaded with authorities to take action a week before the crime, police investigating the case have heard.

Experts say the Victorian government’s national-first trial is a ‘good investment’ and a ‘smart move’

Kevin Knowles was shot and killed on a country road near Kirkstall on 22 July, but no one who knew him was surprised he had met such an end

There are signs that Victoria could be moving past the peak of its current COVID-19 wave as the nation nears the end of its deadliest month since the pandemic began.

The Victorian Liberal party defends its pre-selection of a controversial anti-abortion candidate following the resignation of a former Liberal MP over the decision.

Scientists hope cat-like predators once thought to be extinct in mainland Australia will make a big difference to the health of their new habitat in western Victoria.

Victoria's COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalisations should start to drop in coming weeks as the state's latest Omicron wave peaks.