The Latest Breaking News from Victoria

Move over Myki, Victoria will soon get ticketless public transport fares

Train passengers will be able to tap-and-go with a bank card, phone or smart watch early next year, with trams and buses to follow

The Guardian - AU · Feb 21, 2025

Giant ‘megaraptor’ dinosaur species discovered in Australia

New study offers evidence of prehistoric animal movement between Australia and South America via Antarctica

The Independent UK · Feb 20, 2025

Bird has milestone day as NSW take down Victoria

Jackson Bird has indicated he could be playing his final full summer of the Sheffield Shield, after joining the 400-wicket club in NSW's defeat of Victoria.

AAP · Feb 20, 2025

Konstas shows some restraint before being out for 17

Sam Konstas has waited 30 balls before playing an attacking shot, showing signs he can pull back his aggression before being out for 17 in the Sheffield Shield.

AAP · Feb 19, 2025

State at war with watchdog over $11.7b budget blowout

The Victorian government is questioning the integrity of the financial watchdog in a bid to dismiss billions of dollars in updated major project cost figures.

AAP · Feb 19, 2025

Konstas faces scrutiny after bizarre Shield cameo

Sam Konstas is facing pressure to prove his approach can work, after being bowled slog-sweeping Scott Boland in the third over of a Sheffield Shield game.

AAP · Feb 18, 2025

Search for next top cop likely to drag on for months

The dumping of Victoria Police boss Shane Patton has been compared to a break up over text message, as the search starts for his permanent replacement.

AAP · Feb 17, 2025

‘Clambering about in Victorian boots was brutal’: how we made Picnic at Hanging Rock

‘A potential US distributor,’ recalls director Peter Weir, ‘supposedly threw his coffee cup at the screen at the end of the film, saying, “So whodunnit?” He felt he’d wasted a couple of hours’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 17, 2025

Pepper-sprayed activist posed no threat to Victoria police officer who later said ‘they needed that’, court hears

Class action trial over police use of OC spray on climate protests at 2019 mining conference begins in Melbourne

The Guardian - AU · Feb 17, 2025

Surge in private school enrolments amid fears of ‘full blown flight’ from public system

Over five years to 2024, independent school enrolments surged by 18.5%, while Catholic school enrolments increased by 6.6% and public school enrolments rose by just 1%

The Guardian - AU · Feb 17, 2025