Angus Mackintosh

Since it was first carved into the soil in 1960, Nhill Lake in the state's west has been a soothing sight for residents of its namesake town. But this year it looks even more attractive than usual.

Experts warn a water shortage is inevitable as almonds become the biggest crop by area planted on Australia's longest river.

After a teen's death at a western Victorian burnout event, the rivalry of regulators competing to represent Australian motorsport, and its safety, has returned to the spotlight.

Wildlife rescuers are concerned by a rise in cruelty cases involving native species, as more extreme weather events and higher numbers of cars on the road paint a dire picture for animal welfare in years to come.

Australian voices really aren't what they used to be. Linguists and ABC presenters weigh in on the changes to Aussie voices and the death of the ABC accent.

As the owner of a caravan weighing business, Jarrod Dickinson is meticulous about packing light to meet the country's strict towing load limits, but he says most caravan owners turn a blind eye to the rules. 

The historic town of Castlemaine has become known as the graffiti capital of Victoria with fences, shops and signs regularly tagged.

A concrete mixer truck driver who was distracted by classic cars when he killed two sisters will not go to jail for the Horsham crash. The dead women's brother says the standard of roads in the Victorian region is terrible.

Australian crime is returning to pre-pandemic levels, but certain offences are bucking the trend. We ask the experts what's behind the crime hotspots and whether more policing and help-seeking may explain the "new normal" of crime in 2023.

The WA-grown movement is booming across Australia's east coast, and has even made it to Antarctica to achieve the founder's goal of having a tree on every continent.

Western Victoria's jagged Grampians mountains have long been a favoured destination for hikers and climbers, but they're also emerging as a must for a new type of fitness fanatic.

Elliott Management is little-known outside the world of high finance, but throughout its legendary history it's made many enemies, including the Argentine navy. It's now eyeing a stoush with an Australian state over energy.

Antivenom runs dry in the town of Hamilton during a challenging weekend for a local veterinarian unable to save five dogs.

The Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory is about to become home to a "quantum refrigerator", in a first for physicists in the Southern Hemisphere.

Northern Grampians Mayor Kevin Erwin says it's been a "really tragic weekend" after the death of an 18-year-old spectator at a car event and a plane crash killed three people.

A senior Victorian police officer has been sentenced to almost five years' jail for raping a "vulnerable" junior officer, prompting calls for a fresh focus on "predatory behaviour" by members of the force.

Brandon Raeburn confused the instructions of his GP and a neurologist and thought he was allowed to drive before having a seizure and causing a fatal crash, a court has heard.

A conservationist says feral pig numbers have exploded after successive wet seasons in northern Victoria and western New South Wales, as a coordinator is appointed with a $13 million budget to eliminate them.

Six First Nations ancestors will return to Aboriginal nations in Victoria, NSW, and South Australia from the Austrian Academy of Sciences. The remains were stolen from graves in 1905 by an Austrian anthropologist "without any ethical standards".

Brian O'Donnell, 74, is resting at home after being left with his "slipper full of blood and pants half torn off" when attacked by a large, male kangaroo on his St Arnaud property on Saturday.

A two-year pilot program gives African refugee women essential business skills to market cultural crops in regional Victoria and New South Wales.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service community transport service is a driving force across Victoria, putting thousands of patients back in touch with their doctors.

Wooden towers up to 220 metres tall may soon dot the skylines of Perth and Sydney as a boom in timber construction reaches record-breaking heights.

A WA farmer is concerned information about foot-and-mouth disease seems to be focused on an outbreak in Australia rather than what is being done to stop it breaching the country's borders.

Cargo ships are waiting at anchor for up to three weeks off Albany port to load grain as bottlenecks slow the export of Western Australia's bumper harvest.