The Latest Breaking News from Victoria

Following Victoria and Queensland's lead, the Northern Territory government is looking at strengthening laws around wage theft, commissioning a report into possible legal reforms, as Australia's permanent migration cap lifts.

A group of Chinese language teachers allege they are owed unpaid wages and entitlements for work over decades due to a "grey area" of Victoria's education system.

Legal observers also say police in the eastern states have been visiting the homes of climate activists in the leadup to the conference

Can Daniel Andrews win a third term as premier? Will teal independents repeat their federal success? And how, when and where can people in Victoria vote?

Victorians are still facing the risk of flash flooding with the state's west expected to be pummelled by heavy rain on Sunday.

Billions of dollars in proceeds of crime are being funnelled through clubs and pubs in New South Wales, according to the NSW Crime Commission. Predictably, the industry is claiming it’s not an issue and solutions are too difficult.

The number of Victorian patients staying in ED for more than a day has doubled, while the elective surgery list and certain ambulance wait times stabilised.

Victoria's regional train service failed to identify traction system weaknesses which led to a collision in the state's west in 2020.

A dam that holds about half of Melbourne's water supply is spilling for the first time in 26 years.

Flooding stirs up river sediments, which can spread contaminants in our waterways and floodplains. Flood water can carry sediments bearing contaminants from a range of sources, both historical and new, such as sewage, petrol stations, industrial yards and farming areas. This is worrying many people whose homes and gardens have…

The Victorian state election will be held in four weeks, on November 26. A Resolve poll for The Age, conducted October 20-24 from a sample of “more than 800”, gave Labor a 59-41 lead over the Coalition.