The Latest Breaking News from Victoria

A third child has died after trying in vain to protect his two young siblings in a shed fire, while his six-year-old sister remains in a critical condition.

The High Court ruled last week that Victoria’s road-user charge for electric vehicle (EV) drivers is unconstitutional. Because the court decided it’s an excise, only the Commonwealth can now impose such a tax.

Leading Yes campaigner Thomas Mayo has vowed to keep fighting for the ‘unfinished business’ of Indigenous recognition after the defeat of the Voice to Parliament, and a wintry chill will sweep across southern NSW and Victoria, the SA coast and all Tasmania this week as Queensland and northern NSW swelter…

The region where Prue lives in Victoria desperately needs workers. But it’s also a ‘childcare desert’ where there are dozens of young children for every available place

Inquiry into event’s cancellation hears of plan to build two new 50-metre pools near Geelong only to remove them after event

Kurtis Patterson has been dropped for the second time in eight months from NSW's battling Sheffield Shield side, while Nathan Lyon will return against Victoria.

The High Court of Australia’s decision to invalidate Victoria’s electric vehicle tax has been widely noted as a major judgement in the history of federal-state taxation powers.

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There is nothing progressive about neutering the taxation power of state governments, especially over a modest charge for affluent EV owners.