Go west: Victoria's $5.5b solo effort for distributor
With no federal funding on the way, Andrews government earmarks $1.46 billion over four years for road project, which will connect the West Gate Freeway with Citylink.
Latest Victoria news
Grant Hackett: police called after altercation on plane
Chloe Booker, Georgina Mitchell 12:14 AM Former Olympic swimmer Grant Hackett has been questioned by police in Melbourne after an altercation on a flight.
Man critically injured in pub brawl
Steve Lillebuen, Allison Worrall 6:48 PM Teenager injured in a violent pub brawl, but managed to walk to a nearby friend's home before he collapsed.
Heritage building demolition after tower approval
Clay Lucas 6:30 PM The Princess Mary Club, which is next to the Wesley Church, was built in 1926.
Victorian schools not inclusive for students with disabilities: report
Josh Gordon, State Political Editor 11:45 PM Hundreds of Victorian students with disabilities are being forced to face high school each year without support because the system ceases to recognise their problems as serious enough.
"Black stump" and Brutalist buildings granted heritage protection
Aisha Dow 5:23 PM An office tower nicknamed the "black stump", one of Melbourne's earliest glass skyscrapers and a Brutalist cinema are among a motley collection of buildings granted interim heritage protection this month.
Plague of heroin deaths probed by police, coroner
Nino Bucci 11:45 PM A troubling rise in Victorian heroin overdoses is being tackled by a multi-agency team that is investigating whether increased purity is responsible for the deaths.
Injured police accuse WorkSafe agents of appalling treatment
Cameron Houston, Chris Vedelago 4:58 PM After a 40-year career with Victoria Police and with 37 bullet fragments in his head, former sergeant Ron Fenton reckons he deserves better.
Young woman gravely ill after measles infection
Julia Medew 12:15 AM Doctors fear a young Melbourne woman is dying from a complication of measles - a preventable disease that could be close to eradication in Australia with higher rates of immunisation.
TAFE enrolments drop amid financial turnaround
Henrietta Cook 2:54 PM Enrolments at Victorian TAFEs have plummeted up to 27 per cent, despite their finances improving under the Andrews government.
Tributes flow for slain fitness instructor
Allison, Worrall Fitness instructor Rachel Tyquin was allegedly murdered by her neighbour while taking a morning walk in Sunbury.
Tears and disbelief at funeral for toddler Sanaya Sahib
Konrad Marshall Hundreds of mourners turn out for the funeral of toddler Sanaya Sahib, killed one week ago and dumped in Darebin Creek.
Six dead, two seriously injured after horror run on Victorian roads
Neelima Choahan, Benjamin Millar Two men and a woman have been killed in a collision between a truck and a car in the Victorian town of Burrumbeet near Ballarat.
Liberals call on economic watchdog to probe Metro's sky rail deal
Adam Carey Victoria's Opposition has asked the state's economic watchdog to probe a secret agreement between Metro and the state government to award the company more than $480 million work on the sky rail project without going to tender.
The magical native sanctuary we will treasure forever
Jill Miles Damper Creek Reserve in Mount Waverley is a local wonderland for Jill Miles and her family.
State budget boost for more police to combat spike in crime
Farrah Tomazin Hundreds of additional police and specialist officers will be funded in this month's state budget as the Andrews government moves to tackle Victoria's rising tide of youth crime, family violence and drugs.
Testing the waters for a new deal at Point Nepean
Farrah Tomazin A compromise deal has been struck on one of Victoria's longest-running planning sagas, with the Turnbull government brokering an agreement for a multi-million-dollar research centre at Point Nepean National Park.
Vacancy tax push to fund family violence plans
Farrah Tomazin About 1000 family violence victims missed out on housing support last year because there was not enough supply to meet demand.
Dirty fight over Melbourne's giant tip
Mark Hawthorne When you are building one of the biggest landfill dumps in the world, it makes sense the fight is going to get dirty.
Search for man over synagogue stabbing
Benjamin Millar Police are hunting for a man over a stabbing at a synagogue in St Kilda East.
Funding to help 11,000 asylum seekers prove they are refugees
Nick Toscano More than 10,000 asylum seekers will have a better chance of avoiding deportation back to potentially life-threatening persecution in their homelands, with key legal centres set to help more cases.
'Not the nutters they used to be': Kroger pushes Greens deal
Farrah Tomazin Tensions have erupted in the Victorian Liberal Party over a controversial threat to preference the Greens in a number of federal Labor-held seats.
New drug court for ice users
Farrah Tomazin Ice users will have more support to tackle their addiction as the Andrews government uses this month's state budget to ramp up its efforts against the drug.
How a mafia fugitive slipped into Australia and disappeared
Tammy Mills, Josephine McKenna, Mark Hawthorne Unaware of the felon's criminal history, Australia issued a member of the Calabrian mafia a student visa under his own name.
The injuries that may have gone unnoticed at Bacchus Marsh Hospital
Julia Medew Sometimes babies do not want to leave their mother's wombs. William Soutter was one of those.
Drug and drink driver nabbed at double the speed limit
Benjamin Millar A drug and alcohol affected unlicenced driver has been nabbed travelling at almost twice the speed limit in southeast Melbourne.
Fears for missing Melbourne children
Marika Dobbin Fears are growing for a 10-year-old Melbourne girl and her 13-year-old brother who have been missing for more than a week.
Melbourne fugitive charged over drugs, guns, assaulting police
Nick Toscano An alleged drug trafficker accused of leading police on a highly reckless car chase through the city – throwing cash out the window and waving a fake gun at pedestrians – has been charged with 44 offences.
I'll have a cut, colour and chardy, darls
Alana Schetzer and Craig Butt Victoria's love affair with booze is not just restricted to pubs and bottle shops - a growing number of butchers, day spas and florists have been given the green light to treat their customers.
Metro Trains to make big profit from sky rail without going to tender
Adam Carey Melbourne's rail operator Metro has secretly been put in charge almost half a billion dollars worth of work on the contentious sky rail project, and will reap tens of millions in profit without going to tender.
Former Essendon chairman to take on major role
Caroline Wilson Former Essendon chairman Paul Little is on the verge of winning the influential role of overseeing the state's $21 billion tourism and events industry.
Opinion
Andrews' port plan is a fraud on the west
Victoria is facing an infrastructure fiasco rivalling the desalination plant.
Indifference threatens a jewel in Victoria's heritage
In a crook of a hill outside Melbourne, a rare example of Victoria's heritage is crumbling.
A perfect storm led to hospital baby deaths
We must demand transparency and a change in attitude at Bacchus Marsh Hospital.
Hunt’s Melbourne 2200: on a road to nowhere
Environment Minister is still playing Abbott-style politics and his proposals ignore fiscal realities.
The urban myth we just can't shake off
We have the world's most urban culture but we see ourselves as red-dirters, outbackers, bushies.
Hail the fight for workplace safety
The decline in workplace deaths would have been unachievable without the vigilance of unions.
Fighting fire with fire: sometimes it goes wrong
The recent Lancefield bushfires highlight the need to have a plan and then use it.
A premier who keeps his promises? Really?
Premier Daniel Andrews has stuck to his guns, and his commitments.
Flash heatwave forebodes dangerous summer
In less than a week, the bushfire season has descended upon us.
Open letter to Gillon McLachlan
Victim of Brownless' "strippers" comment says the AFL chief should use his power to change the culture of The Footy Show.
Don't be fooled by Andrews' port trickery
Privatising the port to pay for level-crossing removals is a modern version of the pea and thimble trick.
Video
V/Line conductor filmed punching man
Passenger films a V/Line employee as he repeatedly kicks and punches a 46-year-old man at Broadford station.
Andrews wants Melbourne Metro cash from Turnbull
Daniel Andrews wants the allocated $3 billion for East West link to fund the Melbourne Metro.
Inside Australia's goat farming industry
We export the largest quantity of this meat in the world, but most Australians know little about goat farming.
