VIC

The 2026 Victorian Commonwealth Games would have started today, but attention now turns to the unbuilt housing and unfinished regional projects that were promised.

The state government has made its first pay offer to teachers in an attempt to avoid next week's 24 hour statewide strike.

Police say criminals are able to steal certain push-button start models within 15 seconds, using key reprogramming devices bought online.

The state government has agreed to a $125 million settlement, which has to be approved by the Supreme Court.

The Victorian government will introduce new laws giving the tobacco licensing regulator the power to shut down businesses caught selling illegal tobacco.

Adoptees who were brought to Australia from overseas — some in murky circumstances — call on the Commonwealth to broaden an inquiry launched this week.

The co-owner of national newspaper company ACM has been stood down from his position after appearing in court, with police alleging he assaulted a woman and swung a clothes iron at her head.

Another burst of tropical moisture and heavy rain will descend through the heart of Australia during the coming days.

Liberal party MPs and insiders have been infuriated by the publishing of a preselection candidate's blistering statement about a veteran MP.

Australia's top infrastructure body has placed Melbourne's Suburban Rail Loop project on the highest priority list for the nation despite raising serious concerns about its business case merely a year ago. 

Digital crimes involving harassment, or distributing child abuse material, are among the most common federal crimes being sentenced in Victoria, a new report shows. 

Experts say they are feeling "nervous" as Australia approached this year's flu season, with a new, fast-moving strain of influenza dubbed "Super-K" circulating as vaccine uptake dwindles.

Australian crime syndicates are using fake plain packaging — mass produced overseas — to legitimise illicit tobacco and flood the legal market with knock-offs.

A Macedonian community group says it is considering its legal options after the City of Melbourne said it was not allowed to display a disputed cultural flag at this year's Moomba Parade, despite being allowed to at previous events. 

Women getting the contraceptive pill for the first time will be able to access it from Victorian pharmacies without a prescription from July in a move that has "alarmed" GPs.

Shooting groups say tighter firearm laws could cause recreational shooters to change their votes as the Victorian government conducts a review into firearms reform following the Bondi terror attack. 

The Australian Building Codes Board delays a ban on plumbing products containing lead by two more years, despite backlash from the industry.

An industrial fire sends up thick plumes of toxic smoke and sparks an emergency warning affecting several streets in the city's north.

A report based on data from prisons across the country has found the majority of strip searches in prisons do not find contraband. The authors of the study are calling for an end to what they say is a traumatising and degrading practice.

The Victorian government is accused of abandoning a funding commitment intended to stop Victorians living with mental illness from falling through the cracks of the housing crisis.