The Latest Breaking News from Victoria

Watchdogs eye engineered stone suppliers amid bans

Stone suppliers and manufacturers are on different alert levels after some faced surprise inspections after a nationwide ban took effect.

AAP · Aug 5, 2024

Melbourne surgeon failed to tell patient he invented ‘experimental’ device used to replace jaw joints, court documents claim

Dr George Dimitroulis, who is being sued in a Victorian court by a former patient, denies any injuries were caused by negligence or the prosthesis

The Guardian - AU · Aug 4, 2024

Second Legionnaires' patient dies, outbreak slows

A second person with Legionnaires' disease has died in Victoria, while the number of new cases appears to be decreasing

AAP · Aug 4, 2024

Victoria records 71 legionnaires’ disease cases and outbreak’s first death as search for source narrows

Chief health officer Clare Looker says woman in her 90s died after becoming ill on Tuesday as others in intensive care battle severe pneumonia

The Guardian - AU · Aug 2, 2024

Plea to avoid panic as 'unusual' deadly outbreak grows

Victoria's legionnaires' disease outbreak has grown to 71 confirmed cases and a further seven suspected, following the death of an infected woman in her 90s.

AAP · Aug 2, 2024

Pendlebury transforms from 'skinny boy' to AFL legend

Scott Pendlebury was once a "skinny boy" from country Victoria, now the Collingwood legend will become the sixth VFL/AFL player to reach 400 games.

AAP · Aug 2, 2024

Ambulance 'ship is sinking' as response times worsen

New data reveals a third of Victorian ambulance response times to urgent cases are longer than the required 15 minutes but paramedics aren't surprised.

AAP · Aug 1, 2024

Lord's Prayer axing from parliament off the table

The Victorian government has walked away from an election pledge to work towards replacing the daily tradition of reciting the Lord's Prayer in parliament.

AAP · Aug 1, 2024

Melbourne’s ‘explosive’ legionnaires’ disease outbreak surges to 60 confirmed cases

Victorian premier says hunt for contaminated water source continues as number of cases rises by 20

The Guardian - AU · Aug 1, 2024

Restoring logged forests doesn’t mean locking them up as ‘wilderness’ – it means actively managing them

On January 1 this year, the commercial logging of native forests ended in Victoria and Western Australia. It was one of the most significant changes in the history of forest management in Australia.

The Conversation · Aug 1, 2024