The Latest Breaking News from Victoria

African youth, most notably those of South Sudanese heritage, are over-represented in the criminal justice system in Victoria. In 2024, African youth account for about 50% of young people in custody in Victoria, up from 4% in 2012.

Accused triple murderer Erin Patterson will stand trial in regional Victoria almost two years after three relatives died from suspected mushroom poisoning.

Cancellations of music festivals due to climate-related events have increased dramatically in the last five years. The Black Summer 2019-20 bushfires drove away Falls Festival (Lorne, Victoria), Lost Paradise (Glenworth, New South Wales) and Yours & Owls (Wollongong, NSW). Floods throughout 2022 held up Strawberry Fields (Tocumwal, NSW), This That…

Angered by more than two years of failed pay talks, hundreds of Victorian TAFE teachers have gone on strike and are threatening to target Labor MPs.

Global agency S&P has warned Victoria's credit rating could dive further if the state is forced to foot the rest of the bill for the Suburban Rail Loop.

A northern Victorian man has been fined for animal cruelty after piles of slowly killed kangaroos were found on his property.

Victoria police said 20 protesters were outnumbered by 150 from another group, which hurled ‘water balloons at the speakers’

The London Underground map has been endlessly ripped off... but who has done it the best?

Fierce debate has raged over youth justice reforms in Victoria as the state prepares to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 12.

A French energy giant is a step closer to delivering electricity in Victoria for the first time since it shuttered a major coal-fired power plant.

Families battling the cost-of-living crisis are going hungry waiting for an inquiry into Victoria's food security to report its findings, advocates say.