Water begins flowing from Victoria's desalination plant more than four years after it was completed, as the Government moves to reassure Victorians that water bills will not go up as the result of a new regular water order.
A $60-million multi-functional park in Melbourne's inner south-east promises to provide desperately needed open space as the city grapples with population growth.
Stephen Asling is found guilty of the murder of the gangland figure known as 'The Munster', an act the court heard was ordered by underworld kingpin Carl Williams.
The troubled Geelong City Council is likely to go to election in October and elected councillors will nominate a mayor, after the Victorian Government announced it supported recommendations from a group of local residents.
The "clumsy" use of restraints and handcuffs have injured children in Victoria's troubled juvenile jails, a parliamentary committee is told, while lockdowns were so frequent some detainees were uncertain when they were allowed to leave their rooms.
More than 200 jobs are in limbo after the owners of the Heyfield timber mill in Victoria's east announced it would close, but the Victorian Government may still throw workers a lifeline.
Irrigators reliant on the Snowy scheme want reassurances water will be released when they need it, after the Prime Minister's announcement the hydro scheme will be expanded.
Hundreds of subcontractors in the building and construction industry say they are owed large debts — in some cases millions of dollars — but are unable to recover the money because of overly complex recovery processes and poor enforcement of the law.
Victoria Police is accused of defying magistrates' rulings and misusing the state's new night court system amid revelations a man is unlawfully held by police for a week on an unlicensed driving charge.
A man who sped through a red light in a stolen car and fatally ran down 24-year-old Tanami Nayler (pictured) is sentenced to 11 years in jail, with a non-parole period of seven years.
Leading horse trainers Danny O'Brien and Mark Kavanagh win an appeal against their doping bans as a Victorian tribunal rules Racing Victoria did not follow proper testing protocols.
He has played 338 NRL matches but kicking the winning conversion never gets old for Melbourne captain Cameron Smith, as he ices the Storm's victory over the Broncos.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says his Government could take the "unconventional" step of taking over the Heyfield timber mill to save more than 250 jobs, after months of uncertainty about the mill's future.
