The Latest Breaking News from Wangaratta

Jazz festival got the blues of last-minute ticket sales

The Wangaratta Jazz Festival turned its fortunes around in 2024, but organisers fear this year's event could run at a loss.

AAP · Oct 31, 2025

‘This is his back yard’: police asked about booby traps and shelters as Porepunkah manhunt heads into fourth day

Police continue to search properties in area as tributes for two dead officers overflow at Wangaratta station

The Guardian - AU · Aug 28, 2025

Jazz festival is back, with a blueprint for live music

The revival of Wangaratta's jazz and blues festival, along with the national jazz awards, is some much-needed good news for Australia's live music scene.

AAP · Oct 19, 2024

The only Australian with a role in King Charles’ coronation is from Wangaratta – where most people don’t know him

Simon Abney-Hastings, the 15th Earl of Loudon, will be the bearer of the great golden spurs on 6 May. But that doesn’t cut much ice in the town where Nick Cave grew up

The Guardian - AU · Apr 25, 2023

Second passenger dies in hospital as a result of Easter Sunday family car crash at Wangaratta

The boy, aged 16, died in hospital as a result of a crash over the Easter weekend that also claimed the life of his cousin. The teen's older brother has been charged over the crash.

ABC News · Apr 15, 2023

Wangaratta man released on bail following fatal family car crash on Easter Sunday

A Wangaratta man with a history of speeding is released on bail following a fatal crash on Easter Sunday that killed his cousin and left other family members with serious injuries.

ABC News · Apr 11, 2023

Zachary Johnson found not guilty of alleged murder of Jaxen Henderson-Gillespie at Wangaratta

Jaxen Henderson-Gillespie was fatally stabbed by Zachary Johnson in a Wangaratta park but a jury has found the act was neither murder nor manslaughter.

ABC News · Apr 5, 2023

Teen not guilty in self-defence stabbing case

A Victorian man has been found not guilty of murder and manslaughter over the stabbing of an 18-year-old in a Wangaratta park in August 2021.

AAP · Apr 5, 2023

What can we learn from one of the longest-running regional midwifery programs?

Sustaining midwifery group programs, which allow women to see one or two midwives their entire pregnancy, can be tricky in regional Australia. But for over 20 years, one in Wangaratta has proved it's not impossible — and its model could help other regional centres follow suit.

ABC News · Jan 21, 2023

Three charged with murder after body found in burning car on Christmas Eve in Bunbartha, in Victoria's north

Victoria Police have charged three people with murder following the death of a 19-year-old man found in a burning car in the state's north last week.

ABC News · Dec 30, 2022