Anna McGuinness is a reporter with ABC Central Victoria based in Bendigo. You can contact her by email at [email protected] or on ProtonMail at [email protected]
Workers reported occupational violence every 2.6 days in the three years before Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre closed in 2023. It has since reopened as the Victorian government pledges a youth crime crackdown.
The roar of V8 Superboats has echoed across a Victorian venue best known for tractor engines, with the debut sold out.
The group behind the "Nup to the Cup" campaign has released its report into racehorse deaths both on and off the track across Australia.
A Victorian man is fined following the discovery of hundreds of frozen and taxidermied animals at his property in Victoria.
A unique piano recital has been held 61 metres deep underground in an old gold mine.
A Lone Pine tree and strawberry plants are among vegetation abruptly cleared from a central Victorian school as part of a state government tree removal program.
The identity of one of the two men had been suppressed from the public since his arrest.
One regional Victorian shire is home to two finalists in this year's Victorian Tree of the Year competition.
Kerang is a short drive from the NSW border where earlier this year David Farley became One Nation’s first federal MP at the Farrer by-election.
Topic: State and Territory Elections
A Supreme Court judge says Timothy Loosemore was another "aggrieved and angry male" who lashed out after he was romantically rejected.
For adults who can't read, the world and its opportunities shrink.
A prison in central Victoria has adopted a program from the UK to tackle a common struggle among Australia's prison population - reading and writing.
Story by Anna McGuinness with additional production by Josie Sargent.
Note: names have been changed for this story.
The final moments of Maree Vermont's life remain unknown as her killer maintains he has no memory of what he did.
The traditional Cantonese mourning lion ceremony has not been seen in the region in living memory.
Topic: Funerals and Memorial Services
The footballer was removed from the Australian Football Hall of Fame and had his statue taken down from Perth Stadium after being found guilty.
The court hears a man was forced at gunpoint to urinate on his partner and walk her like a dog while their children were upstairs.
Inmates in Victoria are embarking on a program from the UK to tackle recidivism through the simple skill of learning to read and write.
Maintenance crews have patched up potholes on the Calder Freeway between Gisborne and Sunbury after at least seven cars were damaged this morning.
Prisoners in central Victoria are teaching each other to read as part of a phonics-based program adopted from the United Kingdom.
A Victorian court has been told the victim continues to suffer flashbacks of the attack, while a lawyer for the former AFL great says his client is being investigated for the concussion-related brain injury, CTE.
Six businesses in the same regional Victorian street were inundated nearly four years ago, with five having their claims paid and one still fighting its insurer to have the claim covered.
Randa Abdel-Fattah launches legal action after Bendigo Writers Festival organisers sent a code of conduct that sparked censorship concerns and led to the boycott of dozens of authors.
The woman previously told the court she was "fearful" for her life on the night of the incident last year.
Maree Vermont's sons say they never thought hosting Airbnb guests would be dangerous for their mother, who was proud of the home she had built.
A jury has found Timothy Loosemore guilty of manslaughter over the death of Maree Vermont in Goldie, central Victoria.
The dogs died within hours of eating an unknown substance while being walked at a trotting track in a regional Victorian town.
