The ADHD medication lisdexamfetamine is being used to help reduce withdrawal symptoms and cravings as methamphetamine users recover from their addictions in trials across three states.
Saeed Noori is charged with the murder of an 83-year-old man, as well as 15 counts of attempted murder, after allegedly driving his car through a busy crossing in Melbourne's CBD in December last year.
Leigh Chivers couldn't see any future when he lost his wife and son to brain cancer. But now he's preparing to take part in the gruelling Hawaiian Ironman triathlon, fulfilling a promise made to his dying partner.
The music industry legend cuts the ribbon on a new statue in his image, saying he only agreed to the pose for the tribute because he could do it with his dog Ziggy.
A speeding motorcyclist, who police say was carrying drugs and cash, crashes into a car and dies. A 27-year-old mother who stops to help him is also killed.
Qasim House, 33, is facing a committal hearing charged with murdering Yen "Lily" Ngo, 42, in November 2017 as well as numerous other offences, including stealing several vehicles while armed with a sawn-off shotgun.
West Coast holds an open training session in front of more than 10,000 fans to farewell Subiaco Oval as defender Tom Barrass prepares to tackle Collingwood's American sensation Mason Cox in the AFL grand final.
Pilot Max Quartermain left the aircraft's rudder trim in the wrong position, causing the plane to turn sharply before crashing into a Melbourne shopping centre, killing five people, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau finds.
The heritage-listed pub at the last stop of Melbourne's Puffing Billy steam train ride has been destroyed by fire, with locals "completely devastated" to lose their community meeting spot.
Before considering Billy Slater's fate in cold legalese, or even feeling jubilant he will miss out on a grand final, try putting yourself in his boots, writes Richard Hinds.
More than 1.5 million Victorians got flu vaccinations this year, contributing to an 85 per cent drop in the number of people getting sick. State health officials say they will continue to fund jabs for kids under five.
The Royal Melbourne Show is trying to attract a new generation of showgoers, targeting the after-work crowd with a new precinct focused on upmarket food and bars alongside the "daggy" show favourites.
The AFL are working on a new vision statement for the women's game, but players and other stakeholders want to see action rather than words after a year of distractions and missteps, writes Mary Gearin.
Roya Hosini, who had previously been turned away from the Eiffel Tower, is furious after a guard at the French catacombs said that letting her into the landmark would be like "letting a blind person fly a plane".
Victoria's environmental watchdog is warning Melbourne residents not to enter the waterways west of the city as it continues to investigate contamination from firefighting foam.
There are only a few dozen orange-bellied parrots left alive in the wild, so this species will be flown to Tasmania by plane, rather than migrating naturally, in a desperate effort to prevent their extinction.
The disturbing number of women experiencing domestic violence and even being killed by their partners as a result of dowry-related abuse is an "alarming" problem that requires an urgent national response, the first hearing of the Senate inquiry into dowry abuse in Australia hears.
The Victorian Premier promises Geelong's home of AFL will get a new 14,000-seat grandstand, and the city's performing arts centre will be upgraded, if Labor wins November's state election.
It may go almost unnoticed in the AFL-obsessed Melbourne, but the Storm's NRL preliminary final against the Sharks has the potential to trump the hype of the Tigers versus Magpies showdown, writes Richard Hinds.
Greg Barber tells Parliament he has never "conceded the basis of the complaint" against him in which he was accused of sexism by a former staffer who claimed he referred to women as "hairy-legged feminists".
The men cornered their victim as he tried to back away with his hands in the air, before repeatedly punching him, including as he lay helpless on the ground.
Reported crime in Victoria is down, but the reporting of sex crimes continues to increase, as the state's Crime Statistics Agency releases its final snapshot of offending before the state election.
Under Matthew Guy's proposal, a new body would also be empowered to slow housing construction in areas where services and infrastructure are not keeping up with growth.
