Emma D'Agostino

The owners of an award-winning farm helping to preserve the world's dwindling number of Clydesdale horses claim council red tape is jeopardising their Central Victorian business.

The rescue of a man and his dog from floodwaters in Victoria has highlighted a shortage of State Emergency Service volunteers in regional and rural areas, with it taking an hour for a non-local unit to get to the scene.

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

A Wedderburn man has been rescued by heroic community members after being trapped in his vehicle amid flash floods.

Emma and Dallas had feared that they and their nine children would be spending Christmas Day in the bush, but this week they received the best news they could have hoped for — a house they can call home for the next 18 months.

Afghan refugee Zia Alami supports newly arrived refugees by helping them lay the foundations for life in a new country by finding housing and enrolling children in school.

While their parents try their hardest to keep them safe, fed and at school, children are sleeping in tents in the dry ironbark forest of central Victoria, where the extremes of homelessness and bushfire risk are converging.

Victorian Special Operations Group police have launched a series of aerial raids in central Victoria, arresting foreign nationals and setting more than 1.4 tonnes of cannabis ablaze.

Staff say they can't understand why filming is taking place at the Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre while young people are still at the site, with the facility due to close next month.

A five-week review has secured the short-term future of the two units, but St John of God Bendigo Hospital says more patronage is needed to keep them open long-term.

A Victorian court has been told James Pualic had a Family Violence Intervention Order against him and was on bail when he allegedly killed Analyn Osias, who was at home with her children on Sunday night.

Those who knew her best have remembered Analyn "Logee" Osias as a mother, a beloved friend, a devoted member of her church and a woman who drew people from all walks of life together.

A suspect remains under police guard in hospital after being arrested near Harcourt North on Monday morning over the Bendigo woman's death.

The mother of a 16-year-old boy with Down syndrome says Victoria's high intensity outside school hours care program has provided opportunities for her son, and supported her to keep working.

When residents called on this Victorian council to keep providing in-home aged care services, it listened, despite recent federal reforms that have led other local governments to withdraw from the sector.

Former accountant Travis Austerberry is sentenced to three years in jail after using his privileges as the treasurer of a regional Victorian golf club to steal almost half a million dollars in two-and-a-half years.  

Australia's biggest private hospital provider says many maternity services are under pressure as St John of God Bendigo Hospital considers closing its ward.

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.

The central Victorian community of Heathcote has become a hub of dementia innovation, driven by passionate volunteers and the local hospital.

Defence manufacturer Thales is asking for 49 staff at its Bendigo factory to take voluntary redundancies. It's believed the decision is because of a lack of orders for Bushmaster and Hawkei vehicles.

Carers step up out of love to provide children with a brighter future. But they say the system makes it challenging and is held together by goodwill.

Central Victoria's self-proclaimed "book man" says he was saved from a traumatic childhood by books. Now, he returns the favour, rescuing and re-homing books by the thousand.

Families of children who have experienced "transformative" results from fenfluramine during a Melbourne trial say they cannot afford the drug, which costs $60,000 a year, if it is not added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

When Gabriel Carazo became a dad, he couldn't find any services in his community to connect and support fathers, so he set up his own.

Nicole Penrose struggles to articulate how special it is to hold this Bible, once owned by her ancestor James. But she describes the Bendigo couple who repaired it and tracked her down as "awe-inspiring".