Tim Callanan has worked as a reporter and presenter for ABC Radio and TV since 1998. He began his career in Queensland as a radio producer and presenter. Tim worked for Sky News UK in London from 2003 to 2008. He has worked in the Melbourne newsroom since 2008 as a reporter, radio newsreader and digital journalist.
William, 17, says he sang John Denver's Take Me Home, Country Roads to keep his spirits up while he desperately hoped to be rescued in Victoria's east.
Topic: Disasters, Accidents and Emergency Incidents
Paul Lindemann was removed yesterday as Liberal candidate for Williamstown after social media posts about Aboriginal people were uncovered, but he will remain on the ballot sheet because nominations closed on Monday.
Topic: State and Territory Elections
Earlier today, Liberal leader Jess Wilson confirmed the Coalition would preference One Nation ahead of Labor, the Greens and Victorian Socialists on how-to-vote preference cards.
Topic: State and Territory Elections
Police say two food delivery riders confronted a man who was tampering with their bikes, before one of them was fatally stabbed near Queen Victoria Market.
A study by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute has found more than one third of infants diagnosed with a peanut allergy may actually be able to tolerate the food.
Erin Patterson lodged an appeal against her convictions over the deaths of three relatives who died after eating beef Wellingtons that contained death cap mushrooms.
Victoria's highest court has increased Erin Patterson's jail term to life in prison without parole and dismissed an appeal against her murder convictions. Look back on how the hearing unfolded in our live blog.
Independent MP Helen Haines remains in a critical condition in a Melbourne hospital, more than two days after she was struck by a car outside her electorate office in Victoria's north-east. Follow updates in our live blog.
Helen Haines has lost both legs due to Monday's car attack, her husband has confirmed.
Home invasions, carjackings and robberies all fell in the 12 months to the end of June, but police say their work is "far from over".
Rescue operations have resumed in Nepal and Tibet amid flood risk.
The brother of a woman who was stabbed and her son punched in a random attack in Melbourne's CBD says people are worried about violent crime in the city.
For Ashley Curtis, life with dissociative identity disorder left him feeling like his world was shrinking. Now, he says an NDIS decision has threatened his independence.
Questions are swirling around the details of Ben Carroll's freshly announced royal commission into the construction sector, as the new Victorian premier starts his first full day in the job. Read today's developments in a parliament as they happened.
Topic: State and Territory Parliament
Ben Carroll has been sworn in as Victoria's 50th premier, after a chaotic Labor caucus meeting that saw a surprise nomination and yelling being heard from the party room. Look back on how the day unfolded.
Topic: State and Territory Government
Thousands of people flocked to sites across Australia to show their support as the Socceroos fell short against World Cup host USA.
Anti-vaping advocates have launched a new campaign warning young people of the health dangers posed by vaping. They say laws in Victoria are not helping their cause.
Former Essendon player and Demons coach Neale Daniher has died, aged 65. He was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2013 and campaigned to raise awareness of the disease and increase research.
More than 12,000 people packed into Melbourne's Royal Exhibition Building to witness the "pomp and ceremony" of a "magnificent" occasion in the country's history.
An "unprecedented" fire has broken out at one of two remaining oil refineries producing fuel for Australians, with residents in parts of Geelong told to stay indoors due to smoke.
Victoria Police have officially confirmed that the person shot dead by officers at a property in Victoria's north-east on Monday morning was fugitive Dezi Freeman.
The rural property where police finally caught up with the fugitive gunman was a good place to disappear.
Freeman had been wanted since last August over the fatal shooting of two police officers at Porepunkah.
Hamad was deported from Australia in 2023 and has been a key person of interest relating to firebombings at Victorian tobacco shops and businesses.
A record-breaking heatwave is impacting south-east Australia, with temperature records tumbling in parts of Victoria and South Australia.
