The Latest Breaking News from Victoria

The group will be co-chaired by Agriculture Victoria chief executive officer Matt Lowe and the Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp.

A recommendation for masks to be worn indoors could remain for years despite Victoria's latest COVID-19 wave peaking, Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton says.

Reason Party leader Fiona Patten will introduce a bill into state parliament this week that would remove the right of hospitals that receive any taxpayer funding to refuse to offer reproductive health services and voluntary assisted dying due to "corporate conscientious objection".

The Greens will introduce a new bill in parliament aiming to speed up integrity reforms by almost two years, following a scathing report detailing "extensive" misconduct by Labor MPs.

Victorian crossbench MP Fiona Patten has unveiled a bill to remove public denominational hospitals' right to refuse abortion and assisted-dying services.

Reason party leader Fiona Patten, who is introducing the bill, says ‘imposed religious faith has no place in the public health system’

Theoretically, tenants in all three of Australia’s La Niña-hit east coast states could be eligible for discounts and damage payments, but seeking them is complex

The man behind a triple fatality in a rural Victorian town pleaded with authorities to take action a week before the crime, police investigating the case have heard.

Experts say the Victorian government’s national-first trial is a ‘good investment’ and a ‘smart move’

Kevin Knowles was shot and killed on a country road near Kirkstall on 22 July, but no one who knew him was surprised he had met such an end

There are signs that Victoria could be moving past the peak of its current COVID-19 wave as the nation nears the end of its deadliest month since the pandemic began.