Madeleine Spencer

Animal behaviour experts agree that dogs mourn when they lose a companion, but have mixed views on whether being there at the death helps their grieving process.

Lesley Scott-Smith used to be the one helping families going through tough times, but now she needs access to the services she once referred others to.

After Kim's 10-year-old son was found to have ADHD and autism, she received her own diagnosis. Now she's helping other families cope while waiting for services and specialists.

Rising insurance premiums for jumping pillows are another blow for holiday parks after bushfires, floods and the pandemic, with one owner fearing she'll have to remove the drawcard.

With about 2 million homes connected to gas in Victoria, a program director for energy and climate science says a shift to electricity needs to speed up.

Eliza didn't know where to turn for help when she found out about her husband's sex addiction. Eighteen months on she is still living with the consequences of the revelation and wants others to know they're not alone.

When Bradley Lyons lay down on his bed for an afternoon nap after working the early Sunday shift at a Lakes Entrance supermarket in December 2018, he was blissfully unaware that several people were conspiring to kill him. 

More than 100 First Nations people lived on Jackson's Track east of Melbourne from the 1940s to the 1960s. Three Kurnai women protected the women from violence and prevented children from being taken from their families.

Police are investigating a crash on Victoria's Bass Coast in which a car hit two houses.

A lane of the Princes Highway has been shut and trains on the Gippsland line have been cancelled after a passenger train hit a van at a level crossing.

The Tinamba Hotel is being inundated with requests by horse enthusiasts to travel to dinner by horseback.

When Sienna Blair and Georgia Zammit first started playing netball in Victoria's Latrobe Valley, they never imagined they could one day play on the world stage.

Regional tourism and hospitality operators say the potential of peak-season trade is being hampered as essential services crumble under the weight of big crowds.

A highlight at the festival, which aimed to promote awareness about the diversity of nearly 300 different varieties of garlic in Australia, was the development of an ice cream using the plant.

Workers at the Maryvale Mill thought they were set for life when they walked through the gates for the first time, but at least 150 are now facing redundancies.

Australia's last white paper manufacturer will permanently close after months of speculation about the company's future. 

An animal welfare group is calling for the suspension of greyhound racing at Traralgon's specially designed J-curve track after hundreds of injuries during its first year of operation.

Australia's sole office paper manufacturing could cease operations if its foreign owners decide to permanently shut its Latrobe Valley white paper mill line. Tomorrow's decision could affect up to 200 workers and comes after a halt in operations in native timber logging in Victoria.

A Nationals candidate who took his own life less than a week before the 2022 Victorian state election was accused of attempting to sexually assault a family friend at his home, court documents have revealed.

Officers are called to reports of an aggravated robbery in Gippsland before an unmarked police car is stolen and later crashed.

The head of policy for an abortion provider says the case gave Australia an opportunity to review its approach to achieving universal access by 2030, but doctors say there's still a way to go — particularly in regional areas.

Bass Coast Shire Council says Inverloch needs for accommodation options but environmentalists are worried more high-density buildings will ruin the charm of the region.

As small country towns in the electorate of Narracan become peri-urban suburbs, voters head to the polls concerned about traffic, development, and a clash of values.

A man has died after two cars collided at Kilmany in eastern Victoria this morning.

Chinese visitors were "incredibly important" to Australia's pre-pandemic tourism industry. But with visitation numbers from China yet to bounce back, operators say they have pivoted to new markets.