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Most of the 1,000 different eucalyptus tree varieties are native to Australia but not all belong in a pristine wetland.

Can outdoor adventure activities like surf lessons, equine therapy, and weekend hikes improve health and boost community engagement? A new regional health pilot program aims to find out. 

Sofonisba Anguissola, Lavinia Fontana and Artemisia Gentileschi were renowned in the 16th-century art world, but their achievements were written out of history. A new exhibition lifts the curtain on their extraordinary works. 

A major search and rescue operation in Victoria's south-west has entered its third day after a 74-year-old woman was reported missing in the Mount Richmond area, near Portland earlier this week.

Max put his dreams of paying for gender-affirming top surgery on hold when he became a father, but an application by the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons to add it to the Medicare Benefits Schedule could change that.

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.

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

"This is what every art historian dreams of finding in their lifetime and they never do. Here he is." How art valuer Elizabeth Arthur discovered a brilliant, obsessive mind.

An exhibition in Hamilton Vic honours the modernist abstract artworks of a man who kept his talent hidden from the world.

Surging supermarket prices tell the story of why a wide range of dairy industry workers have mounted coordinated strike action this week. So where are these dairy profits going?

In the Victorian town of Port Fairy, "Vote Yes!" corflutes outweigh opposition posters about 50 to one, and an adult education class might be behind the response.

Officers responding to animal welfare concerns at a property in south west Victoria found almost 600 cattle suffering malnutrition and starvation. 

Parts of Victoria are taking a battering as a strong cold front bound for Melbourne moves through the south west of the state.

Sharlene Baldock was working as a police officer when she lost her 28-year-old son Guy in a car crash. Now, she has opened a cafe to help keep his memory alive.

Seventeen-year-old Hemi Edwards and his family have copped three rent increases since 2020 and he can't afford to move out. But he and group of other young change makers are determined to have their voices heard.

The Salvation Army says electricity price rises for thousands of people on July 1 "will actually cause deaths", with things getting worse for many of the people relying on organisations like the Salvos to survive.

The Australian Farmer of the Year awards celebrate and applaud the outstanding achievements of those individuals and families making a significant contribution to Australian agriculture.

In an effort to strengthen football in South East SA, two western Victorian clubs may join a new cross-border competition.

Police are continuing to investigate the single-vehicle crash that claimed the lives of four people in Victoria's west on Saturday as the sole survivor makes a steady recovery in a Melbourne hospital.

The grieving parents of one of the teenage victims of the car crash tragedy near Hamilton, in western Victoria, have pleaded with other youths to speak up if a driver is going too fast.

The sole survivor of a devastating fatal crash in Victoria's west is showing signs of recovery in hospital, as the community mourns the loss of four people who died in the tragedy.

Southern Grampians Mayor David Robertson said grief and trauma counsellors will be deployed to Hamilton.

An investigation continues into a single-vehicle crash that claimed the lives of four people in Victoria's west on Saturday.

Police believe the two females and two males who died when a car hit a tree near Hamilton were local teenagers. A fifth teenager has been flown to hospital in Melbourne in a critical condition.

When Ian Whiting began planting trees and shrubs on his Victorian sheep farm, he didn't realise his efforts would create a valuable habitat for a diverse range of birds beyond the usual magpies and crows he saw.