Shannon Schubert

Officers seek to reassure frightened residents in Bendigo that police have enough resources to deal with a rise in home and car break-ins, warning that while it is a person's right to defend themselves in a home invasion, they cannot use "unreasonable" force.

Bendigo housing estate residents say they they're installing "cameras and padlocks everywhere" following a spate of "scary" attempted break-ins and thefts.

A police taskforce is investigating a string of arson attacks on tobacco stores, gyms and homes across Victoria, including a fire in Bendigo.

Victorian authorities say increased vegetation after recent floods has increased the risk of bushfires and are on patrol for unattended fires as people flock to campsites this weekend.

After two years of floods inundating the east coast of Australia, thousands of customers are still waiting for their claims to be finalised.

Some residents of this Victorian town want competition at the supermarket check-out, but one business owner is determined to fight the opening of a Woolworths store.

Regional Victorians were still dealing with the effects of the October 2022 floods when the latest weather events rolled through, adding to the damage. 

Residents in the northern northern Victorian town of Elmore can safely drink the water again after four days over Christmas without safe tap water.

The state government has been urged to rethink its approach to youth justice, in response to escalating violence in its facilities. 

Victorians take environmentally friendly steps to consider high cost-of-living pressures and poor environmental outcomes for the 2023 silly season.

Melbourne school leaver Mansha Arora spent her final year of school juggling study with caring for her mother and working to help support her family.

Palestinian supporters turn out in their hundreds in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney for another week of action, as families of those taken hostage by Hamas speak of their loss at a Sydney Jewish Synagogue.

Hundreds of students walk out of classrooms across Melbourne and Adelaide to take part in protests as they strike to demand an end to the Israel-Gaza War.

A 12-year-old girl is remanded in custody after appearing in a Melbourne court charged with the murder of a 37-year-old woman in Footscray.

A community garden in Collingwood is being forced to close because a government department wants its land back.

Several residents in the central Victorian town of Romsey are gearing up to fight an application from the local football and netball club to install pokies and redevelop a shuttered local hotel.

An inquest into the death of prominent Albury man Roger Schnelle at a local mental health unit uncovered an unfit facility struggling with service and culture issues. 

An Aboriginal advisory panel tells an inquest that child protection services responsible for a 17-year-old Aboriginal girl did not provide her with culturally connected care and lacked urgency in caring for her mental health.

A coronial inquest into the death of a 17-year-old Aboriginal girl in Central Victoria is investigating the adequacy and responsiveness of the state's child protection services.

Hundreds of homes were destroyed by floodwater in the Victorian town of Rochester when the Campaspe River burst its banks in October, 2022. Some residents will have to wait another year before they can move back into their homes.

The ABC understands seven staff were held hostage by young people, some armed with weapons, during a violent episode at the Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre on Tuesday.

Lynette Smith decided to drive to Melbourne from the border town of Howlong in NSW instead of waiting for a local ambulance for husband Peter. He was admitted to intensive care on arrival.

A young person took keys from a staff member during a period of unrest on Tuesday at the Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre which saw three young people hospitalised.

Catherine Carney's business is booked out for six weeks as demand for her services soars in Victoria. She says she sees a "definite link" between the start of the COVID pandemic, declining mental health and an increase in hoarding.

A Bendigo Pilates teacher is calling on social media companies to do more to protect users after falling victim to a "very smooth" scam that locked her out of her account — then used it to target other victims.