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The New York Stock Exchange hit a record high last night and swept the Australian market along with it.

The Melbourne local council that installed CCTV cameras in Brunswick after the rape and murder of ABC employee Jill Meagher will not guarantee they will be kept after 2019, on the basis they have not reduced crime.

The controversial courtside advertisements from betting agency William Hill, featured at this year's Australian Open, will be cut from the event next month.

The demand for food hampers in regional Victoria is up 11 per cent after a tough year for the state's dairy farmers, who are putting their hands up for help for the first time in years.

A new digital mapping tool allows women to tag places around the Melbourne CBD and surrounding suburbs where they feel safe or unsafe and leave comments describing their experiences.

A coronial investigation into three unsolved underworld killings that occurred during Melbourne's bloody gangland war comes to a close, with no charges laid.

Australian agribusiness GrainCorp says ADM selling its 19 per cent stake in the company does not change their strategy "one iota".

Victoria's coroner is to investigate the eight deaths linked to the thunderstorm asthma outbreak in Melbourne in November, which was triggered by storms and a cool change.

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The Victorian Government will introduce a bill to legalise assisted dying to the Parliament in the second half of 2017, Premier Daniel Andrews says.

A small country pub in Victoria's east reopens after being rebuilt through a crowdfunding campaign.

Victoria could become the first state in Australia to legalise assisted dying for the terminally ill, with a government bill to be introduced to the Parliament next year.

Victoria's Education Minister James Merlino apologises to students and orders an inquiry after a technical glitch caused VCE results to be released five days early.

Australian scientists are mapping grass pollen levels across the country from space, in a bid to develop an early warning system for asthma sufferers on high-danger days.

The policing of a dozen pro and anti-Islam rallies in Victoria this year is estimated to have cost taxpayers $2.3 million, but the actual figure could be higher, Victoria police say.

A number of Victorian Year 12 students have been able to get their ATAR, subject and study scores five days early because of what appears to be a technical glitch involving the Victoria Tertiary Admissions Centre.

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The Australian share market ended the day up despite a sharp drop in the dollar following negative GDP figures today.

Police in Victoria will get new powers to collect DNA samples and new equipment including body cameras as part of the State Government's law and order blitz to tackle rising crime.

The Fair Work Commission issues an order preventing more than 600 Esso workers from striking indefinitely from Friday.

A Melbourne man is sentenced to a two-year corrections order plus time already served in custody for funding an American man's travels to Syria to fight against the Assad Government.

Disability rights campaigner Belinda Rogers does not believe society is ready for legalised euthanasia, which could make it easier to die than to have access to a fulfilling life.

A driver has faced court over the road death of a woman in Huntly.

Geelong's Brownlow medallist Patrick Dangerfield says a player strike during the AFL preseason competition next year is a possibility if the league cannot reach a collective bargaining agreement by February.

Hitting a bird with your car is an awful feeling, but if the bird survives the impact and is injured or trapped, what do you do next?

Victoria's anti-corruption watchdog brings a number of fraud charges against a former employee of the Ballarat City Council.

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