The Latest Breaking News from Victoria

‘Covid has broken us’: warnings of a mass resignation among Victorian paramedics

Exclusive: 16% plan to look for new jobs according to survey of 348 Ambulance Victoria staff

The Guardian - AU · Jun 29, 2022

Regional Victorian business owners buy and rent houses for workers to combat major staffing barrier

Victorian business owners say they are being forced to buy and rent houses for staff to use in a bid to attract and retain workers — despite thousands of houses sitting vacant across the state.

ABC News · Jun 29, 2022

Mid-century architect's former home auctioned after 30-year battle over heritage listing

A mid-century home designed by renowned architect Robin Boyd has gone under the hammer in Melbourne, bringing to an end a decades-long battle between its owners and Heritage Victoria.

ABC News · Jun 28, 2022

No punishment for swastika tic-tac-toe

A Victorian principal at the centre of a discrimination lawsuit has admitted the school did not punish some students for their anti-Semitic behaviour.

AAP · Jun 28, 2022

Regional Victorian road conditions creating extra costs for trucking companies

A freight company and a farmer say a rail network could be the solution to the increasingly costly problem.

ABC News · Jun 28, 2022

Heavy load possible cause fatal Vic crash

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has released a preliminary report from its on-going investigation into a fatal plane crash in Victoria in February.

AAP · Jun 28, 2022

Australia's only Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster brings visitors to new Pastafarian 'religion'

Pirate Priestess Angela Carter and her husband Captain Colin "Cupcakes" Carter selected "no religion" on the 2021 Census — and their reason lies in Christianity.

ABC News · Jun 28, 2022

Does Australia need Tasmania to become a multi-billion-dollar 'Battery of the Nation'?

As coal-fired power stations close down, there is a push for the renewables-rich state of Tasmania to become the "Battery of the Nation". The problem is, no one knows who will foot the multi-billion-dollar bill.

ABC News · Jun 27, 2022

Photos capture strength after fires, COVID

Rural Victoria's resilience is captured in a State Library of Victoria photography exhibition, which will tour regional libraries.

AAP · Jun 27, 2022

Man shot by police in Melbourne's north

A man shot by police in Melbourne's north had confronted detectives while armed with a screwdriver and is being treated in hospital, Victoria Police says.

AAP · Jun 27, 2022