The Latest Breaking News from Vic

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A Vic teen has been left hospitalised after sleep-walking out of a second storey window. She has a shattered pelvis and vertebrae.

A 13-year-old was left with burns to his face, arms and torso.

Incoming Hawthorn MP John Pesutto and opposition frontbencher Brad Battin will face off for the Liberal leadership after the only other nominee withdrew.

And sure enough, Tim Smith popped up to roast him.

Early counting of votes in Victoria's Legislative Council suggests the Greens could win as many as four seats in the upper house. Meanwhile, former Liberal MP Bernie Finn could miss out on a seat, along with controversial Angry Victorians candidate Catherine Cumming.

Police have arrested two men over the 2006 disappearance of 38-year-old Christopher Jarvis, whose car was found on fire at a lookout on Victoria's coast.

A rape case involving a Victoria Police officer has been discontinued because "there were not reasonable prospects of conviction".

By rights, Victorians marking their ballot papers in the 2022 election this week should be casting judgment on the unprecedented emergency powers enforced during the COVID-19 crisis, while also evaluating the health, education and economic policies put forward in Australia’s second-most-populous state.