A Melbourne taxi driver caught doing 144 kilometres an hour in an 80kph zone told police he was speeding because he had to get to a job, police allege.
The Australian Energy Market Operator says it can't give a guarantee that it will not order load shedding, of the kind that left 90,000 properties without power during a recent heatwave in South Australia, again.
Decades-old bus contracts are holding back the ability to run more services in Melbourne and revamp the declining network, so the system will be overhauled, the Victorian Government says.
Some officers have been directed not to tie up Victoria Police response vehicles by taking prisoners to Melbourne's new night court, according to an internal memo obtained by the ABC.
Mike Fitzpatrick reflects on the ups and downs of his 10-year reign as AFL chairman, including Essendon's doping saga, the AFL's expansion plans, gambling and the new women's league.
A senior Ballarat criminal lawyer warns the Coalition's proposal to crack down on disrespectful behaviour in the courts could inadvertently give future governments a new tool to further their political agenda.
Vision taken from the driver's cab of a V/Line train shows a trespasser jumping for his life as the high-speed train approaches on the Ballarat line, February 15, 2017.
Two people are hospitalised with minor injuries and four othersare assessed by paramedics after a passenger train hits an empty car in Bendigo in central Victoria.
Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove praises the courage of Australia's veterans and prisoners of war during a commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the seminal moment when Singapore fell to the Japanese in 1942.
Victoria's career CFA firefighters will receive a $3,000 bonus and a boost to their allowances as a stopgap measure while a bitter pay dispute drags into a fourth year.
Long-time chairman of the AFL Commission Mike Fitzpatrick announces he will step down from the role, to be replaced by ex-Wesfarmers chief Richard Goyder.
