Victoria

Victoria’s Opposition Leader John Pesutto has lost a defamation case against his former Liberal colleague Moira Deeming.

The Victorian Government has introduced a new bill to Parliament that would impose spending limits on pokies.

Beyond the Valley will host Victoria’s first pill testing trial, as the Government weighs up the effectiveness of drug checking.

Friday’s demonstration followed new details about the alleged murder of 19-year-old Isla Bell in early October. Members of Bell’s family attended the rally.

The head of the Victorian agency overseeing the VCE has resigned after exam questions were leaked to students through hidden text.

Free pads and tampons will then be expanded to 700 sites across Victoria next year, including train stations and hospitals.

Jacob Hersant was sentenced to one month in prison in a decision handed down in Melbourne’s Magistrates Court on Friday morning.

A recent report from Victoria’s Victims of Crime Commissioner found that 75% of victim-survivors felt concerned about their safety in court.

Women’s Health Victoria (WHV) examined data from over 30,000 helpline calls, 725 reproductive health providers, and government sources.

Around 50 men, associated with a white supremacist group, assembled in front of the war memorial, wearing balaclavas.

A defamation case between Moira Deeming and Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto is underway in the Federal Court this week.

William Swale killed three adults and two children when his car crashed into a beer garden in Daylesford, north-west of Melbourne.

Ambulance Victoria has launched a review and will refer the case to the Coroner for further inquiries.

The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has issued alerts for damaging winds across Victoria, NSW, Tasmania, and South Australia.

Free mpox vaccines are available in Victoria from places including GPs, pharmacies, sexual health facilities, and hospitals.

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has been accused of walking back a State Government commitment to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14.

Victoria has outlined its next steps to become the first state to change the way NDAs are used to settle sexual harassment claims at work.

The club is being sued by a former employee, according to court documents filed this week.

Victoria has recorded 80 cases of mpox this year, up from eight last year.

The University of Melbourne and Monash University commissioned an analysis of the impacts of the proposed caps.

Victoria’s State Emergency Service (SES) received over 300 calls for emergency assistance last night due to flooding.

Cocaine use is surging in Australia, according to wastewater analysis compiled by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.

The “once-in-a-generation pay increase” deal comes after weeks of industry-wide protests and months of negotiations between the union and the State Government.

Pill testing in Victoria will start this summer, following a “horror” season across the first few months of the year.

CSA data for the year to March shows the number of reported crimes in Victoria increased by over 10% compared to the previous year.

Victoria Premier Jacinta Allan is considering a pill testing trial in the state, following a spate of festival deaths over recent years.

The Victorian Government is set to raise the age of criminal responsibility in the state from 10 to 12, under a new bill.

Dozens of girls at a Victorian school have had AI nude photos made of them, leading to a police arrest of a teenage boy.

A new rental complaint form has been rolled out in Victoria, giving prospective renters a new avenue to report dodgy properties.

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has announced a new plan to end gendered violence in Ballarat, after three alleged murders in 2024.

The Secretary for Men’s Behaviour Change will focus on the influence of social media “on boys’ and men’s attitudes towards women”.

A trial will kick off in Victoria later this year to look into the impacts of medicinal cannabis on drivers.

Retail worker crime has been rising in Australia, with two states already adding new penalties. Victoria could be the third.

Staff at regional Victorian healthcare clinic posed as “fake patients” during the Health Minister’s visit last year.

The State Government set up the Yoorrook Justice Commission in 2021, which is a First Nations truth-telling inquiry.

Road deaths in Australia are on the rise, according to new data from the Australian Automobile Association.

Victoria has rejected advice to set up an injecting room in Melbourne’s CBD, saying an appropriate location couldn’t be found.

A woman has died and two people have been hospitalised after a suspected poisoning at a health retreat in Clunes, Victoria.

Children in Victoria charged with serious crimes will be subject to electronic monitoring under a new trial.

Victoria’s justice system is traumatising victim-survivors, according to a new report on police and court processes in the state.

Falling rocks inside an underground gold mine in Ballarat trapped two men, killing one of them and leaving another in a critical condition.

Pill testing in Australia is a loaded subject, full of conflicting opinions and viewpoints. Here we break down the state of pill testing in Australia.

Melbourne police apologised for incorrectly arresting a recent detainee, but not before the saga sparked heated debate in federal politics.

Catastrophic fire danger warnings are in place for the Wimmera district and total fire bans are in place across most of the state.

The Victoria Government has announced relief payments for eligible residents that have been impacted by the bushfires.