The Latest Breaking News from Victoria

Victoria records grim pandemic milestone with COVID deaths surpassing 4,000

As Omicron sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5 become dominant in Melbourne, the number of Victorians dying from COVID-19 continues to climb.

ABC News · Jul 5, 2022

Newly identified waterlily species is world’s largest

Leaves of species grown at Kew Gardens can reach up to three metres in the wild

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2022

Victoria’s truth-telling commission requests extension to avoid replicating ‘colonial injustices’

Yoorrook commission says it needs time to create culturally appropriate model as interim report details ongoing pain of First Nations elders

The Guardian - AU · Jul 4, 2022

Australian MP warns introduction of abortion protest buffer zones won’t be easy

AN Australian MP who introduced abortion clinic buffer zone legislation in her state has welcomed plans to further protect patients in Scotland, but…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 3, 2022

Aboriginal artefacts to return home to South Australia's Kaurna people after 150 years in Beechworth museum

After being kept in a regional Victorian museum for about 150 years, a collection of Aboriginal artefacts is being returned to the Kaurna people in South Australia.

ABC News · Jul 3, 2022

Australian virus border restrictions end

Australia's pandemic death toll has tipped past the grim milestone of 10,000 fatalities, as the country prepares to lift all border restrictions.

AAP · Jul 3, 2022

State funeral to be held for Victorian Labor MP Jane Garrett after she dies from cancer at 49

Tributes across all sides of politics flow for former Victorian government minister Jane Garrett, who died six years after first being diagnosed with breast cancer.

ABC News · Jul 2, 2022

Victoria unveils gas phase-out plan

The state government is offering incentives for people to shift away from using the fossil fuel.

AAP · Jul 2, 2022

To the sea or the trees? More Australians are choosing country life

For the first time, the population of capital cities has declined, with Covid the final straw for many to move to the regions

The Guardian - AU · Jul 1, 2022

Falls Festival rises again in Victoria after Colac Otway Shire grants two-year permit

Falls Festival will return to the state in December with a line-up that includes Arctic Monkeys and Lil Nas X after Colac Otway Shire granted organisers a two-year permit that will give the event a new home.

ABC News · Jul 1, 2022