Georgia Lenton-Williams

Victoria Police are preparing a report for the coroner, following the death of a 59-year-old man who had been in police custody. 

Jake feels a behaviour change program focused on fatherhood helped him stop his violent behaviour. But the organisation that delivers Caring Dads says it needs more funding given the high rates of family violence.

Luke Thomas can't stop thinking about what he might have done differently after his attempt to save a man's life this month. As the state reels from multiple tragedies, surfers are urging people to know the risks — and for rescue training to be funded again.

Two 16-year-old boys have been arrested and charged with aggravated burglary and the alleged murder of Box Hill doctor Ash Gordon.

Police say two men and a woman broke into the facility in the Latrobe Valley at about midnight. Two of the group escaped, but one man was detained by staff and died at the scene.

After their business in a small town was broken into for the second time, Josh and Samantha feel defenceless to criminals. There are growing concerns about the low police presence in small communities and calls for the state government to intervene. 

The granddaughter of a man who was part of the Stolen Generations says having First Nations culture taught at her primary school helps her understand things her grandfather didn't talk about.

When Sister Nicole hosted workshops to examine domestic and family violence, people willingly shared their own experiences of abuse. Now the church is tackling how it can prevent it happening.

More than 20 per cent of businesses across Australia currently have at least one job vacancy, but experts say excellent candidates are often overlooked.

The one-year-old's father and a national charity are calling for more research funding for neuroblastoma, a rare form of cancer that leaves many children with permanent side effects from treatment.

A GoFundMe page has raised $90,000 for the Fish Creek Football Netball Club, as police investigate the cause of the suspicious weekend blaze.

Police have escorted the woman to a local police station following a search of her property. She cooked a mushroom lunch suspected of killing three people in Victoria's east.

Former Victorian MP Russell Northe has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison for using more than $170,000 of public money to fuel his gambling addiction.

After her friend was murdered by her estranged ex-husband, Bass Coast woman Lija Matthews began rallying support for others in desperate need of a safe space. 

Before last week's bushfire hit, the Binney family planned to operate their newly purchased cabins in Gippsland as an accommodation business. Now they face an uncertain future on several fronts.

Heather Wilkinson, who died after a suspected mushroom poisoning incident in Victoria, is remembered by her son as being thoughtful, faithful and full of grace at a public memorial service.

Mitch Mahoney's ancestors used canoes made from tree bark to navigate the waters off Victoria's Bass Coast. Now, he has crafted a vessel using the same traditional methods.

Local mayors say the Victorian government has short-changed the regions by promising them only 25 per cent of the funds raised by a levy on short-term accommodation, which will begin in 2025.

A Phillip Island property owner is weighing up whether or not he puts his home in the short-stay accommodation pool as the council adds new obligations for hosts.

A coastal council is calling on the Victorian government to develop policies that provide certainty for seaside communities amid concerns erosion and rising sea levels will leave them unrecognisable.

Families of children who have experienced "transformative" results from fenfluramine during a Melbourne trial say they cannot afford the drug, which costs $60,000 a year, if it is not added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

An end date has been locked in for a power plant responsible for 30 per cent of Victoria's electricity generation but the future of a gaping hole beside it is less certain.

The company behind the biggest offshore wind project in Bass Strait has confirmed a Gippsland port will play a major role in its operations if it goes ahead. More than 200 long-term jobs would be created at the facility.

Rising insurance premiums for jumping pillows are another blow for holiday parks after bushfires, floods and the pandemic, with one owner fearing she'll have to remove the drawcard.

Morwell resident John Swiety was last seen in a rural area about four hours' drive from his home. Police have launched a fresh appeal for information and his loved ones are "distraught".