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More than 5,000 residents in a central Victorian shire have completed a youth mental health first aid course and dramatically reduced their once high suicide rates to zero, amongst participants.

The 25-year-old fake wellness blogger is ordered to pay $30,000 in costs — with a further six-figure penalty possible — over misleading and deceptive conduct.

Victoria's biggest-ever reef restoration project is underway, in attempt to restore the once abundant populations of native oysters in Port Philip Bay.

Outspoken Indigenous rap outfit A.B. Original speak about winning the Australian Music Prize and the Twitter controversy that followed.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is throwing his support behind a Melbourne Airport rail link, but the Victorian Government says the money should be spent on projects that are ready to go.

Melbourne's week of hazy mornings continues today, as fire authorities make up for lost time igniting more than 100 controlled burns across Victoria.

Seaweed jelly that helps children get more calcium, skin cancer treatments for pets, renewable oil made from leaves and smart glasses to improve dentistry may soon become a reality as researchers pitch their best ideas as part of the CSIRO's ON Accelerate Program.

By 22, construction worker Paul Tzimas was able to buy land and build an investment property. Now he's preparing to build a second house to live in and raise a family.

A former public servant has been sentenced to eight years' jail over a sophisticated fraud ring in Victoria's public transport sector.

St Kilda defender Sean Dempster calls time on his AFL career, saying he is not prepared to put his future health at risk after suffering a number of concussions over his career.

Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley is under decidedly different scrutiny to some of his peers — such is life in charge of a struggling team.

At least nine Victorian tourist attractions are hit by a credit card scam targeting Chinese visitors, costing the industry hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost revenue.

As chefs from the world's 50 best restaurants descended on Melbourne, Wine Australia invited their sommeliers along as well.

If a psychologist had asked patient James Stoneham a single question, Melbourne woman Adrian Donato may still be alive, a coroner says.

We've managed to treat infections, improved our ability to bring blood pressure down, but we are still battling to get on top of maternal mental health issues.

Billy Slater backs departing teammate Cooper Cronk to have a few more good years in the NRL after his move to Sydney.

Australian police charge two men after seizing what they say is the largest haul of the drug ice in Australia's history, weighing 900 kilograms and worth an estimated $898 million, in Melbourne.

Victorian Opposition Leader Matthew Guy is seriously considering the idea of a public sex offenders register if the Coalition wins the 2018 state election, after recently meeting with Queensland victim Daniel Morcombe's parents.

The former chief of Victoria's youth jail schooling system claims the State Government misled the public over the use of Barwon adult maximum security prison to jail young offenders.

Peter Russell-Clarke is best known as one of Australia's first celebrity chefs, but did you know he's been painting for a lot longer than his time in the kitchen?

Months after signing a contract extension, reigning Dally M medallist Cooper Cronk announces he will leave the Melbourne Storm to move to Sydney at the end of the 2017 NRL season.

A new wheat crop yield world record is eight times higher the average Australian wheat yield.

A Human Rights Commission survey designed to uncover the extent of sexual assault and harassment on Australia's university campuses is accused of being insensitive and ineffective.

MasterChef judge and chef George Calombaris apologises after his restaurant group underpays staff a total of up to $2.6 million.