The Latest Breaking News from Victoria

Erin Patterson pleads not guilty to all charges over alleged mushroom murders

Victorian woman elects to ‘fast track’ case involving murder and attempted murder charges relating to Leongatha lunch

The Guardian - AU · May 7, 2024

Project cuts and delays but Vic debt to soar higher

Melbourne Airport Rail has failed to take off, a medical precinct been abandoned and sick pay for casual workers dumped in a Victorian budget with few winners.

AAP · May 6, 2024

Victoria station: Safety plea from victims' families after third woman hit by bus

A woman remains critically injured after being hit by a bus outside the station on Friday

Evening Standard · May 6, 2024

Police family violence notices could be 'enduring'

Victoria's police commissioner has flagged changing family violence safety notices as a way to further clamp down on domestic abusers, the police minister says.

AAP · May 4, 2024

If Jacinta Allan isn’t Daniel Andrews, her first budget should show Victorians exactly who she is

A huge infrastructure agenda helped win Andrews three elections but the priority now for the state – and new premier – is the housing crisis

The Guardian - AU · May 4, 2024

Eight years ago Australia had a wake-up call on family violence. So how did we end up here again?

There was hope for change after Victoria’s royal commission. Now the experts agree that it’s past time for ‘an abundance of words’ to be met by action

The Guardian - AU · May 3, 2024

Unchecked urban sprawl is eating our food bowl

Victoria's burgeoning population presents a number of complications for food supply unless a fragmented planning framework is overhauled, an inquiry has heard.

AAP · May 3, 2024

Residents to continue fighting demolition of Melbourne public housing towers despite court setback

Pledge comes after Victoria’s supreme court dismisses residents’ class action against government, saying it has ‘no real prospect of success’

The Guardian - AU · May 3, 2024

Second chance for tower residents after case dismissed

A judge has dismissed class action by Melbourne public housing tower residents against the Victorian government, but will allow them to reframe their case.

AAP · May 3, 2024

Lifting developers tax would boost Vic budget by $8.2b

Urgent cost-of-living relief could be rolled out for Victorians if the state government lifted the windfall gains tax on developers, the Greens argue.

AAP · May 2, 2024