Stressed and angry Christmas shoppers are told to 'check their language and their temper' as an online survey finds 44 per cent of retail workers had been subjected to verbal or physical abuse.
One of the most influential women in the AFL, Susan Alberti, steps down as vice-president of reigning premiers the Western Bulldogs, but promises she will continue help break ground for the women's competition.
Mark Forbes, who resigned as editor-in-chief of The Age while reportedly being investigated over sexual harassment claims, tells colleagues any "lapse in judgement" should have serious consequences.
The Victorian Government will seek to introduce legislation that targets adults procuring children to do their criminal "dirty work", dubbed Fagin's Law after the antagonist in the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist.
The term Apex gang is being used like a "dog whistle" to stigmatise the South Sudanese community in Victoria, a legal expert says, while one university-educated youth worker says he has been pulled over by police and asked for his registration papers.
Police statistics show the majority of violent youth crimes in Victoria are committed by people born in Australia, not overseas, despite commentary to the contrary.
Hundreds of thousands of homes across Australia are at risk of potentially dangerous gas leaks and fires due to the incorrect installation of multilayer gas pipes outside houses, industry members say.
Simon Shinberg helped make wearing trousers out to dinner acceptable for women in Australia and now the life's work of the largely forgotten but controversial Australian fashion designer is being rediscovered by a new generation.
A Federal Court judge knocks back an attempt by real estate firm Hocking Stuart Richmond to draw out payment of a $330,000 fine for misleading and deceptive conduct.
Ambulance Victoria will increase staff working on Sunday ahead of hot weather and a forecast cool change, amid heightened concerns about the risk of thunderstorm asthma.
Australia's largest domestic wool producer may have to close its doors because it is unable to get a new natural gas deal, potentially putting 40 people out of work.
Victoria is unlikely to legislate against drink-riding, despite research finding more than 7 per cent of the state's seriously injured cyclists were intoxicated.
Melbourne City skipper Bruno Fornaroli says he meant to say something else when he dropped the F-bomb in front of the AAMI Park crowd after their FFA Cup win.
Mothers who do not receive psychological help after giving birth prematurely are five times more likely to suffer depression than those who do, a world-first study finds.
Three children, including a 10-year-old boy, are among a group of Victorians recognised by Ambulance Victoria for helping people during a medical emergency.
