Francesco Salvo

Some are cheering the extra income from a proposed renewable energy transmission line, while others are vowing to lock their gates against electricity provider Transgrid.

With pet blood products in constant short supply, donations from dogs such as Rugar are the difference between life and death at busy veterinary hospitals.

Despite spending nearly $1 million rectifying track surface defects, the local council had to close the facility in December, saying the faults made it too dangerous for high-speed racing.

Weeks of wild weather in Victoria is likely to mean less stone fruit on supermarket shelves, after hail and heavy rain smashed Australia's main production regions, costing growers millions of dollars in losses.

WorkSafe has charged a Woorinen South fruit grower and a Swan Hill labour-hire company over the death of a worker.

Pacific worker and champion shot putter Elie Enock hopes her place at next year's Paralympics in France can inspire other people living with disability to achieve their goals. 

Nancy Mullarvey treasures the time she spends with "wonderful" high school students at her Swan Hill aged care home. Their time together is part of a volunteer program with benefits for all involved.

Victorian water tank manufacturer Polymaster has been fined for failing to provide a safe work environment after a worker's thumb was severed in a workplace incident.

The Australian Services Union alleges confidence in senior leadership at Swan Hill Rural City Council is "horribly low" and a toxic workplace culture exists throughout the organisation.

WorkSafe charges Polymaster Pty Ltd with a number of offences under the state's Occupational Health and Safety Act, after two separate unloading incidents with tragic consequences.

Chloe the cat's movements will likely remain a mystery but her owner says she is readjusting well to family life.

After playing a crucial role in pollinating Victorian almond orchards and a week caught in a varroa mite surveillance zone, Queensland's Murray Arkadieff and his 1,000 beehives are finally heading home.

A court has found Mr de Pieri misused his position when he tried to tell a potential Mildura council CEO candidate what to say to an interview panel of which the renowned cook was a member.

Trained pooches will make weekly visits to a hospital in north-west Victoria to cheer up patients and staff who might be feeling stressed or lonely.

David Gaskell and his partner were watching the Shane Warne memorial when Dael Newman entered their home and went "berserk".

Police believe the two vehicles collided just after 1pm on the Murray Valley Highway in north-west Victoria, while in a separate incident in Mildura, two officers suffered minor injuries after their van was hit by a car at a busy intersection.

Nine Fijian recruits have spent months practising drills and completing assessments with a Victorian brigade. They are now ready to defend their new home from natural disasters.

Ron Dehne's interest in the Ford began when he was a teenager working his first job at a regional Victorian dealership. This weekend he plans to open his collection to the public.

Retired paddle-steamer PS Gem's journey up the Murray River to its forever home was expected to take 10 days, but would last nine months. The iconic boat's arrival at Swan Hill in Victoria's north-west in 1963 is being remembered 60 years on.

Food relief initiative A Good Kitchen is helping to tackle the cost of living crisis by hosting a free two-course dinner every week.   

Reclusive rescue goats found roaming the streets of a regional Victorian city have been put to work eating weeds after nobody claimed the ravenous animals.

Claire Fry's property became an island in October last year and the flood wiped out half of her chicken flock. But now breeding programs have recommenced and her business is rebounding amid high demand.

Months after postponing the closures because of an ongoing Senate inquiry, the bank has announced that branches in several states will remain open indefinitely.

After beating a rare form of blood cancer, much-loved grandmother Jan Neville is turning 80. Her family is marking the milestone with a World's Greatest Shave ceremony.

Robinvale marks a special Anzac Day this year with the retirement of the district's longtime piper John Keating, and the 70th anniversary of the local cenotaph being unveiled.