The manager of a high-end jewellery store in Melbourne's inner south-east is injured in an armed robbery, in what is the second daylight attack on the premises in three months.
Some centenarians share their secrets to a long and happy life, as a study finds people aged 100 years and older need less home care than "near centenarians" aged 95 to 99.
Four teenagers charged over a disturbance at the Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre in central Victoria will remain at the facility, despite a police prosecutor advising against it in court.
While the Federal Government tries to get its $3 billion childcare reform package through parliament many rural families say their needs are different to their urban counterparts.
A suspended Victorian thoroughbred trainer who is representing himself in court and challenging dozens of animal cruelty charges is accused of "playing the system".
The Big Bash League has a habit of turning fringe cricket players into stars in one night, and Ben McDermott appears to be the latest addition to the list.
A new report gives a shocking glimpse into the hidden prevalence of female genital mutilation in Australia, revealing girls as young as five months old are having the procedure and almost 60 girls have been seen by paediatricians and children's health specialists since 2010.
A labour hire company is fined $60,000 after an Irish backpacker was scalped after she got her hair caught in a conveyor belt in a pear packing shed at Shepparton in Victoria's north.
Workers at one of the Victoria's biggest coal-fired power stations will lose up to $100,000 a year in wages following a Fair Work Commission decision to abolish a workplace agreement, a union says.
Guinness World Records officials will decide if Ouyen is home to Australia's largest mallee root, and the north-west Victorian town is planning festivities to celebrate.
Despite low prices and high rates of grain storage, analysts say farmers and regional economies are already benefitting from this season's bumper harvest.
Andy Murray and Angelique Kerber are confirmed as top seeds for the Australian Open, as Daria Gavrilova and Sam Stosur rise in the seedings thanks to withdrawals.
As tennis fans prepare for the Australian Open next week, they are hanging their hopes on a new crop of young players, including teenage prodigies Lizette Cabrera and Destanee Aiava, to boost the country's waning success internationally.
A Melbourne woman discovers a new meaning for the phrase fresh produce after discovering a live frog in a bag of packaged lettuce she bought from Coles.
