The Latest Breaking News from Victoria

Aboriginal victims of family violence wrongly arrested

A "huge influx" of Aboriginal women accused of violence have approached the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service, who say police are arresting innocent mothers.

AAP · Jun 13, 2024

Taxi fare price rise flagged for Victorians

Victoria's Essential Services Commission has recommended a price rise for taxi rides.

AAP · Jun 13, 2024

How a little brown bird could sound the alarm on lead poisoning in Australian children

Recent public health threats such as COVID, and the current bird flu outbreak in Victoria, show we can’t separate human health from the natural environment. Our research examining the link between lead exposure in house sparrows and children is another sobering reminder of this shared health burden.

The Conversation · Jun 12, 2024

Bacchus Marsh Grammar: schoolboy arrested after 50 female students allegedly targeted in fake explicit AI photos scandal

A teenager at the private school in regional Victoria was held after images created with artificial intelligence were circulated in the area

The Guardian - AU · Jun 11, 2024

Indigenous trailblazer celebrated for lifesaving legacy

Indigenous leader Fay Carter has been remembered as a passionate and tireless trailblazer whose work changed the lives of so many Indigenous people.

AAP · Jun 11, 2024

Victorian Landlords Are So Mad At New Rental Rules They’re Threatening To Sell & OMG No Pls Don’t

Victorian landlords are so upset at the government's proposed minimum heating and cooling standards they're threatening to sell.

Pedestrian.tv · Jun 11, 2024

Rare chance to see T.rex up close and personal

A rare giant skeleton of a 66 million-year-old T.rex is set to go on show in an Australian-first exhibit that has paleontologists champing at the bit.

AAP · Jun 11, 2024

Egg farmers say supply not at risk from bird flu after Coles imposes two-carton limit on shoppers

Supermarket’s restriction applies everywhere except WA as more than 500,000 chickens euthanised due to avian influenza

The Guardian - AU · Jun 10, 2024

Paragliders injured after crashing into paddock

Two people have been injured after the paraglider they were travelling in crashed into a paddock in central Victoria.

AAP · Jun 10, 2024

Fears people will crack as Coles imposes egg limits

A growing bird flu outbreak is yet to hit farmed chicken meat but shoppers have been urged to avoid panic-buying after a supermarket introduced egg sale limits.

AAP · Jun 9, 2024