Anna Chisholm

Snake catcher Michael Gibson is hopeful Australians have been shifting away from fearing and killing snakes to valuing their role in the ecosystem.

The fiancée of a man who died when his light plane crashed in the Victorian High Country believes he was let down by the system and was not given adequate training to be a safe and competent pilot.

Mount Buffalo's grand chalet was once the jewel of Victoria's high country, but it has been closed for almost two decades. However, hope is growing that the "old girl" can be revived.

Yorta Yorta leaders want people to "read the language of the land" after January flooding along the Goulburn River.

Cindy Doherty loves her home on the banks of the Goulburn River and says she can cope with the risk of flood. But for others, leaving is a choice worth making.

Paramedics worked on a man after a paraglider crash in an area of the high country noted for the sport but he died at the scene.

Victorians can now erect a small secondary building in their backyard without the need for a planning permit, but what will the changes mean?

Strathbogie Shire Council will be run by an interim administrator until next year's local government elections after the state government said it had failed to fully appreciate and address its problems.

The survey report reveals frustration over Bendigo Health's electronic record system, and that more than half of clinicians may be planning to leave.

Parent Leticia Hayes has a child entering Year 10 at Kyneton's Sacred Heart College next year and has called a change to the way the laptops are paid for "totally tone deaf".

As the state grapples with the most road deaths for the year since 2008, a woman in her 60s recalls the shocking moment that devastated two families six decades ago and the awful legacy of road trauma.

Victoria's Ralph Chandler watched his life savings disappear from his bank account because of a scam. He wants Australian banks to be compelled to reimburse customers.

A coronial inquest is examining the adequacy of the care given by multiple services who dealt with her leading up to her death.

There are hopes the cinema release of Foe, starring Academy Award nominees Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal, will achieve something beyond critical and commercial success by increasing the profile of Victoria's Winton Wetlands.

There is excitement among a group of ecologists in north-east Victoria who have been working for nearly eight years to reintroduce an endangered frog species.

Police say a 22-year-old man suffered significant facial burns after he was allegedly set on fire by another man attempting to ignite an aerosol can.

A timber processor has been convicted and fined $350,000 in the Melbourne County Court today following the death of a worker at a Benalla mill in May 2018. 

Stanley Turvey had been a fugitive for hours when he crossed paths with an unwitting Melbourne man having a drink at a caravan park. As the investigation into his shooting death begins, here's a look at how the manhunt unfolded.

Local mayors say the Victorian government has short-changed the regions by promising them only 25 per cent of the funds raised by a levy on short-term accommodation, which will begin in 2025.

The search for fugitive gunman Stanley Turvey is over after police shot him dead at Ardmona, near the northern Victorian city of Shepparton.

A man who fired a gun when police attempted to arrest him in northern Victoria yesterday is now believed to be travelling in a stolen ute after an armed robbery in Yarrawonga this morning.

Corowa residents have paid tribute to two teenagers killed when twin brothers crashed in separate cars on a residential street.

Police say a Ford Falcon ute and Holden Commodore collided in Corowa, before the Ford hit a tree, and the young man and woman inside died.

Residents of a small Victorian country town say the intersection where two couples lost their lives is dangerous at the best of times and can be even more so for people not familiar with the area.

A truck collision has claimed the lives of two NSW couples aged in their 70s, continuing a horror year for road crashes in Victoria's north.