The Latest Breaking News from Victoria

Business owners who pay sick leave to casuals rally behind Victorian trial

Employers in the hospitality industry says the scheme ‘makes sense from a business perspective’

The Guardian - AU · Mar 17, 2022

‘Just not the right time’: Victoria urged to keep mask rules for key workers

Epidemiologists say calls by business to relax mask rules as case numbers escalate is ‘down the rabbit hole thinking’

The Guardian - AU · Mar 17, 2022

What states and territories are doing to help Australians buy electric cars

State and territory governments are investing in charging infrastructure and offering a range of incentives to reduce the financial burden on Australians wanting to make the switch to electric cars.

ABC News · Mar 17, 2022

Teen suffers horror spine fractures and ruptured spleen as kangaroo jumps onto dirt bike

Jemima Song was riding on her dirt bike with her sister on a remote farm in western Victoria, when the kangaroo sprung out from the trees and into her front wheel

Daily Mirror · Mar 16, 2022

Daniel Andrews resists calls to end duck hunting after threatened species were killed

Victoria’s longest hunting season since 2018 is under way, despite bans on the practice elsewhereGet our free news app; get our morning email briefing

The Guardian - AU · Mar 16, 2022

‘I’m terrified’: residents of Victoria’s Mornington peninsula hit hard by pandemic rent rises

Exclusive: Seven of state’s top eight postcodes for rental jumps between January 2020 and 2022 are on peninsula

The Guardian - AU · Mar 16, 2022

Vaccine challengers end case, pay costs

A group of healthcare workers and employers have been given permission to end a Victorian Supreme Court challenge against the state's vaccine mandate.

AAP · Mar 16, 2022

Potoroo population increasing in Victoria

Increasing numbers of kangaroo-like marsupial the Potoroo, which had much of its habitat destroyed in the Black Summer fires, have been found in the wild.

AAP · Mar 16, 2022

New COVID-19 Omicron BA.2 sub-variant found in half of wastewater samples in Victoria

Around half of COVID-19 traces found in Victoria's wastewater are turning out to be the new Omicron BA.2 strain. Victoria recorded eight COVID deaths and 9,426 new cases yesterday.

ABC News · Mar 16, 2022

Tasmania's Shield tail hits out at Vics

Tasmania have built a strong first innings total in the crucial Sheffield Shield match against Victoria after their lower-order came to the rescue.

AAP · Mar 16, 2022