The Latest Breaking News from Victoria

Flash floods are forecast across much of Victoria in the coming days, with warnings issued across the state and communities advised to prepare.

Regional train fares across Victoria will be halved and waived altogether for replacement buses, under an election promise by the state opposition.

The Victorian Coalition's promise to halve the price of catching a V/Line train follows its commitment to cap local public transport fares at $2 per day.

Australian cities are slowly recovering from the COVID pandemic. Travel across cities is almost back to pre-pandemic levels. Google Mobility show only a 14% drop in travel to work across Victoria and 12% drop across New South Wales compared to pre-COVID results.

Andrews government urged to establish independent watchdog to comply with anti-torture obligations ratified by Australia in 2017

Clinton Austin was the second Aboriginal man to die in custody in Victoria in the space of a month. His twin brother is calling for changes to the justice system.

Possession of small amounts of other drugs would also be decriminalised.

More than 100 flood warnings are in place in NSW and a new massive dump is expected across the state, Victoria and northern Tasmania.

Monday: Families and campaigners demand urgent reform to juvenile detention in WA, the NT and Tasmania. Plus: the top 20 Australian cookbooks

If future historians pick a point in time when Australia comprehensively turned its back on coal-fired generation, they may well point to AGL’s decision to bring forward the closure of Loy Yang A, the cheapest (excluding emission costs) power generator in the energy market spanning eastern Australia.

Criticism mounts of Victoria’s police oversight model, with Andrews government urged to establish new watchdog