Kellie Lazzaro
Sale, VIC
Kellie grew up in Bendigo, Victoria and joined the ABC in 2000 as a rural reporter in Gippsland. She worked in the Melbourne newsroom as a television and radio reporter and newsroom chief of staff. Kellie has also worked in radio current affairs as the Melbourne bureau reporter for AM, PM and The World Today. She is now back in her natural habitat, Gippsland, bringing local stories to big audiences online, on TV and on your radio. You can follow her on Twitter at @kellazzaro
Latest by Kellie Lazzaro
'Destroyed in an instant': Community in shock after 'beautiful night' ends with five dead
Onlookers and locals describe the horrific scene that unfolded at a pub in Daylesford last night, where five people, including two children, died when a vehicle crashed through the beer garden.
Fancy running up a mountain with 60kg of wheat on your back? This legendary race is back after a 35-year hiatus
For years, the small Victorian town of Wycheproof held a running race quite unlike any other, in a nod to the thing it was built on — wheat. Now the event is being revived to bring people back to the town.
Regional Commonwealth Games host cities 'gutted' by cancellation
Looking forward to a 12-day, world-class sporting event outside metro Melbourne, regional hosts say today's shock call by the Andrews Government is a "kick in the guts".
At 68, Barry discovered he had another son and grandkids he'd never met. But there was a tragic twist
When former ABC Radio presenter Barry Whitehead discovered he had another child he admits he buried his head in his hands and "didn't want to know about it".
Teenage boy shot in hunting accident in Victoria's north-east
Police investigate the incident as the 14-year-old boy is treated in hospital for a gunshot wound.
Melbourne hit by early morning earthquake a week after magnitude-4.6 tremor
About 100 people reported feeling the tremor, which follows a much stronger earthquake in the state's east last week.
Victorian principal accused of unfair treatment over students' braided hair resigns
Melinda Scash took a leave of absence when an independent workplace review into Highview College was launched earlier this month. She has stepped down ahead of the findings being delivered.
Wedding bookings cancelled as city prepares for Murray River to overflow
Mildura residents have flocked to a riverside eatery to help clear it of food and stock ahead of the moderate flooding expected over the next few weeks.
Infections from rancid floodwater on the rise as mould sets in and mozzies hit 'plague proportions'
Residents in flood-ravaged Victorian towns are now dealing with a new set of challenges, including mould, gastro and the threat of mosquito-borne diseases.
Earthquake rattles Victorian towns, spooking roos and triggering frightening memories
A scientist says the tremor felt at Mansfield and its surrounds could have been an aftershock from last year's destructive quake.
More regional Victorian towns evacuated, amid the biggest floods in decades
Regional communities remain on high alert as flood waters continue to rise and put homes and businesses at risk.
MP Russell Northe facing 45 charges by anti-corruption commission
The troubled but popular Victorian MP announced his retirement earlier this year.
Residents told to get out before slow-moving landslide cuts access to Falls Creek
A predicted record downpour and slow-moving landslide will cut access to Falls Creek alpine village, authorities warn.
Bendigo council moves to impose heritage protections on 130-year-old gold rush miners' cottages
The City of Greater Bendigo will ask the state government to place a heritage overlay over 157 gold rush miners' cottages in the town to help protect them from development or demolition.
Passenger train derails in collision with truck near Bendigo
Emergency services are on the scene of a train derailment in Goornong, near Bendigo, after a train collided with a truck at a crossing just before 8am.
Farmers enjoy golden run with once-in-a-century string of good seasons
An agricultural market analyst says producers across Victoria and southern NSW are perfectly placed to hit a tight global market battered by international crises.
Young helicopter pilot's family describe heartbreak over 'unspeakable loss' of son in Mount Disappointment crash
Meat industry leader Paul Troja, 73, and pilot Dean Neal, 32, have been identified as victims of the helicopter crash at Mount Disappointment on Thursday that killed all five people on board.
New riverfront campsites on Crown land open up for fishers
The Victorian government has opened the gate on six new camping and fishing areas on riverfront Crown land
'It was just a deluge': Yinnar gets 175mm of rain in 90 mins
Residents of the small Gippsland town of Yinnar are amazed at the isolated and heavy rain they received last night.
Teys meatworks banned by China over COVID outbreak prompted by media reports, analyst says
Meat processing giant Teys has been informed by Chinese authorities that its Naracoorte plant in South Australia which had a high-profile COVID-19 outbreak earlier in the year, has been temporarily suspended from exporting to China.
Devondale and Woolworths butter recalled due to bacterial contamination
Consumers are advised not to eat a range of Devondale butter products and return them to the store for a full refund.
Hikers able to pitch tents on Victorian picturesque riverfront farmland this summer
"It's rough camping, there may be livestock": Controversial new campsites along Victorian rivers to open in time for summer, but some will be inaccessible by car.
Supplies of toilet paper no problem, timber pallets to transport them another story
A shortage of Victorian-made wooden pallets threatens supermarket supplies ahead of Christmas and for years come, say timber mills, CFMEU and Food and Grocery Council.
Brazilian meat giant wins ACCC approval for Rivalea piggery takeover
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has given its tick of approval for the $175 million takeover of pork farming and processing business Rivalea Holdings by the world's largest meat processor, JBS, despite earlier issuing "strong concerns".
'Completely gutted': 240 Victorian landholders told AusNet powerlines will go through their land
If approved the controversial power line route set to bring wind and solar energy onto the national grid, but impacted landholders says it's "tearing people up inside."