Both the Coalition and Labor argue this election is the most consequential in the Victoria's history, but it's lacking stand-out moments or generation-defining policies.
Victoria’s languishing economy has helped see Melbourne named the nation’s most at risk capital for AI hitting housing. See the suburbs in the most danger.
Australia & Pacific
You know things are bad when people are spray-painting the word “Labor” to mark potholes. Or when business leaders have multiple friends who have been victims of home invasion.
Renowned racehorse owner Neil Werrett has distanced his actions from the Victoria Racing Club board over allegations he threatened to take his horses off trainers who supported John Kanga.
Two weeks before a state election, Flinn v the State of Victoria is a harrowing reminder of the damage caused by our pandemic response.
Renowned racehorse owner Neil Werrett has distanced his actions from the Victoria Racing Club board over allegations he threatened to take his horses off trainers who supported John Kanga.
After decades defending Melbourne’s most notorious crooks, retired solicitor Brian Rolfe lifts the lid on his most dangerous clients – and the one who troubles him to this day.
Australia & Pacific
This election – the first real test for One Nation and the Coalition’s to lose – is one of the most complicated and consequential this century.
It shaped colonial-era Victoria and is remembered as being a "baptism of fire" for the Garden State. But few today know about the Black Thursday bushfire.
Geelong Botanic Garden staff expect large crowds when a corpse plant blooms, likely this week.
Sports
The four Swans players had been under investigation since August.
Reports of vandalism at Melbourne bus stops have more than doubled over the past 12 months, according to a popular app.
The ex-EastEnders and Coronation Street star says Victoria Wood's writing is "beautiful".
Victoria Police will announce shortly the outcome of a months-long inquiry into a night out with Swans players and three exotic dancers in the Pullman East Melbourne hotel.
A government rail executive says he was told to convey a message to the alliance for the Gap Road project to sort out its industrial issues or lose future work.
Victoria Police will announce shortly the outcome of a months-long inquiry into a night out with Swans players and three exotic dancers in the Pullman East Melbourne hotel.
After falling down a cliff and spending six nights with two towels and a packet of chips, a rescued 17-year-old says he never wants to see the bush again.
World News
John Holland and CPB were passed a message from the then-minister’s office that they couldn’t have “any more work in Victoria” if they didn’t end a dispute with the union.