Funding from a group of philanthropists including Bill Gates and MacKenzie Bezos will allow researchers in Melbourne to begin clinical trials of a cheap and easy eye test to detect Alzheimer's disease before the symptoms appear.
She suffered through an eating disorder, anxiety and depression in her late teens and early 20s, but Catriona Bisset has overcome it all to become our fastest 800m women's runner in years. Now, she's setting her sights on next year's Tokyo Olympics.
It's been touted as the next asbestos and compared to the cover-ups by big tobacco companies last century, but agribusiness giant Monsanto insists Roundup doesn't cause cancer.
Jason Considine is sentenced to 21 years' jail after admitting to strangling Ashley Phillips and dumping his body in a wheelie bin in Melbourne's north following a night of sex and cannabis smoking.
Dozens of people gather at a candlelight vigil in Melbourne's west to remember South Sudanese community leader Abiol Atem Manyang, who was killed in an alleged hit-and-run earlier this week.
Victorian mother Chris Latimer has dealt with an unimaginable level of grief. She is sharing her story as the State Government holds a summit to address a sharp increase in road deaths and injuries.
Billionaire James Packer sells almost half his stake in Crown Resorts for $1.76 billion to Macau-based entertainment company Melco Resorts and Entertainment.
Tobias Bockholt and Marisa Schlichthorst had been following the tiny house movement online for years when, inspired by tiny house enthusiasts on Instagram, they purchased an old school bus.
Animal activists who brought central Melbourne to a standstill recently have vowed to step up their campaign of civil disobedience and raids on abattoirs and farms.
Victoria's Auditor-General hacks into some of the state's biggest health databases, exposing serious weaknesses in cybersecurity. It is now sounding a warning on a "significant and present risk" to patient data and hospital services.
Melbourne's historic Corkman Pub will be turned into a temporary park after the State Government fails in its bid to force developers to rebuild the 19th-century watering hole.
Go behind the scenes with one of Australia's leading neurosurgeons as she opens a man's skull and excises a large mass lodged in his brain. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
Scandal-plagued wealth management firm AMP faces another class action, this time from its customers, who are hoping to claw back hundreds of millions of dollars lost after their super funds were allegedly eroded by fees.
A funeral fundraiser for slain homeless Melbourne woman Courtney Herron exceeds its $10,000 target in just over a day, as an outpouring of grief and anger continues over her death.
It's taken more than 300 AFL matches for Geelong great and two-time Brownlow medallist Gary Ablett to serve his first suspension, a one-week ban for striking.
Premier Daniel Andrews defends his plan to double the state's debt to fund major rail and road projects, comparing criticisms of the Government's borrowing with the suggestion that a person should not buy a house until they have saved enough to pay for it in cash.
How will the Victorian Government find the cash to deliver its costly promises as stamp duty falls and federal funding hopes are not realised? Through what the Treasurer warned would be a "Budget of hard choices".
Gary Ablett's luck with the AFL match review may finally have run out, as the Geelong star's punch to the jaw of the Suns' Anthony Miles sees him handed a one-match ban.
Foreign property investors, luxury car buyers and public servants will bear the brunt of a steep decline in stamp duty revenue, as the Andrews Government delivers its election commitments amid the sharpest 12-month fall in house prices in Victorian history.
A 27-year-old man is remanded in custody after appearing in court charged with the murder of Courtney Herron, 25, whose body was found in a central Melbourne park on Saturday.
Brad Scott is stepping down as North Melbourne coach after almost 10 seasons in charge and he did not hold back in lashing out at one of his critics, Kangaroos legend David King.
The Tigers beat an injury-hit Bombers in their Dreamtime at the 'G fixture and the Cats get past the Suns, after Brad Scott guides the Kangaroos to a win in his final match as coach, and the Eagles and Hawks enjoy victories.
Cai Guo-Qiang, known for his epic 'explosion events' and gunpowder paintings, has created new works to complement NGV's major exhibition of precious cultural artefacts.
A young Melbourne animator has documented her traumatic childhood, marred by relentless family violence and constant fear. Now, she's in contention for a movie-making award.
