Victorian cults inquiry accidentally shares email address of anonymous survivors with group members
Committee apologises for not concealing email addresses when alerting witnesses to final reportGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news pod...
Royal commission into Victorian construction sector could boost Labor’s chances at state election, expert says
Commission promised by new premier would be an ‘important signal’ for voters that the government was acting on alleged corruptionGet our breaking news...
Jacinta Allan resigns as Victorian premier ahead of leadership challenge by Ben Carroll
Premier announces she is stepping down from the top job ahead of expected spill The Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, has announced her resignation fr...
‘Socialist’ teachers target eight Victorian Labor MPs including education minister – as it happened
This blog is now closed‘We’re cohesive’: PM says after muted ALP national conferenceThe prime minister, Anthony Albanese, spoke with David Speers on I...
Gruel and graft: museum asks if you could survive a Victorian workhouse
Revamped Ripon attraction reopens as a more immersive experience telling ‘national story’ of poverty and welfareVisitors to one of Britain’s most comp...
Moira Deeming disendorsed as Victorian Liberal party candidate for upcoming state election
The party’s state executive decided MP’s fate after she withdrew her legal action against the party earlier this weekGet our breaking news email, free...
Moira Deeming drops legal case against Victorian Liberal party, makes last-ditch bid to avoid disendorsement
State MP abandons supreme court challenge, saying her party ‘can now decide whether to pursue mediation or reconvene to disendorse me’Follow our Austr...
Minister breaks ranks with Victorian premier by calling for explanation for alleged wrongdoing on project
Melissa Horne describes allegations of improper government interference on a hospital project as ‘alarming’, after Jacinta Allan said report was wrong...
David Penman wasn’t happy with his local Victorian council. So, he privately prosecuted five councillors
Legal action by the Daylesford small business owner has forced councillors to stand down – leaving only two able to serveGet our breaking news email, ...
Layla Jeffery, 13, was ‘somewhat shy’ and ‘well-liked’. A Victorian town is struggling with her alleged murder
Donald – a small community about 280km from Melbourne – is grieving after a missing teenager was found deadGet our breaking news email, free app or da...
Police discover body of teenage girl in Victorian bushland after 13-year-old vanished on weekend
Police say death of Layla Jeffery ‘suspicious’ after remains found in town of Donald in western VictoriaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest...
Moira Deeming launches lawsuit against Victorian Liberal president as party meets to decide her future
Scandal has engulfed the state party as Deeming resists calls to apologise to fellow MP Matthew Guy over an assault allegationA Liberal MP has launche...
Australia news live: Deeming lodges legal suit against Victorian Liberal president; blizzard brings snow to NSW and Victorian alps
Case due to be heard in supreme court this morning. Follow the day’s latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood mor...
Victorian premier blames ‘inflation not corruption’ for Big Build cost blowouts amid fresh allegations
Jacinta Allan resists calls for royal commission into state’s infrastructure projects as pressure mounts following new reportsFollow our Australia new...
Victorian Liberal party in turmoil as MP denies colleague’s accusations of assault
Police confirm they are investigating as sources close to accused MP say he vehemently denies the allegations and is considering legal action A female...
Gay students extorted with threat of being ‘outed’ in home countries, Victorian hate crime inquiry hears
LGBTQ+ support service says men from countries where homosexuality is illegal are targeted for attacks via dating appsFollow our Australia news live b...
St Kilda pier wins peak Victorian architecture award as judges praise playful and ‘deeply civic’ design
State government project among range of works celebrated for community-centred design that goes beyond utilityThe reimagined St Kilda pier has added m...
‘Enraged’ union boss defends naming and shaming Victorian Labor MPs who had ‘zero conversations’ with voters
Candidates must ‘work their ass off’ to stop One Nation or expect withdrawal of union support, Trades Hall Council secretary saysFollow our Australia ...
Paedophile teacher William ‘Rob’ Gilfillan sentenced for sexual offences against two Victorian schoolgirls in the 1980s
Former PE teacher will serve time for crimes perpetrated at Traralgon high school in Gippsland concurrently with prior 48-year sentenceFollow our Aust...
Australia news live: police to investigate Gaza flotilla activist allegations; Victorian law set to enshrine right to WFH
Police meet activists and will inquire into abuse and sexual assault allegations. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or dai...
‘Disgusted’: Gillard and Albanese condemn ‘ditch the witch’ campaign against Victorian premier Jacinta Allan
Trucks with billboards showing the phrase and Allan wearing a black pointed hat have been seen around Melbourne for about six weeksFollow our Australi...
Victorian minister under fire for writing 33 character references including for taxi driver who assaulted women
Labor’s Luba Grigorovitch says she regrets six of the character references and vows never to write anotherFollow our Australia news live blog for late...
Victorian greyhound trainer avoids ban despite dog being found with cocaine in system
Tribunal decision on Geoffrey Dalton comes as advocacy group releases data showing 30 greyhounds have died at or after Victorian races this yearGet ou...
Victorian Labor signals tougher stance on young offenders after 109 charges against 14-year-old dropped
The state’s opposition said case was proof ‘the justice system is broken’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news e...
Victorian politics still exposed to ‘dark money’ and foreign donations as MPs struggle to agree on urgent reforms
Exclusive: state is now without caps on political donations or disclosure requirements, months out from November electionGet our breaking news email, ...
Attempts to stop prison drone drug deliveries hampered by crumbling Victorian walls
Plans to install tougher netting and window grilles set back because walls cannot take extra weight, prison governors sayWeak and crumbling walls in V...
Australia news live: three dead and man arrested in Sydney; Liberals claim seat of Nepean in key Victorian byelection
Man, 32, arrested in the early hours of Sunday morning after incident in Rosemeadow. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily...
Victorian Society publishes list of most endangered buildings in England and Wales
Tees Transporter Bridge and a former working men’s club in Barrow-in-Furness among sites at risk of decay or neglectTeesside’s Transporter Bridge, a d...
