It's been a deadly Christmas weekend across Australian beaches and lakes, with five people drowning in separate incidents.
Beachgoers are being warned not to enter the water at five Melbourne beaches - including St Kilda - after faecal contamination levels rose again.
A new poll shows Victorian opposition leader Matthew Guy's lobster with an alleged mobster scandal has cost him valuable votes.
An ATSB investigation has found mechanical engine failure was not behind a fatal light plane crash on a Melbourne street.
The family of a pilot killed when his light plane crashed into a Melbourne street have thanked "from the bottom of our hearts" those who tried to save him.
Amid a national crisis of gender-based violence, Victoria's appointment of a new parliamentary position is putting the focus on changing men's behaviour.
Protective service officers will staff 20 train stations during the day in a $57 million Liberal-National Victorian election promise.
A person is dead after a fiery plane crash on a street in a beachside suburb of Melbourne, police say.
Investigators will spend several days examining the wreckage site of a small that crashed into a suburban Melbourne street, killing the pilot and narrowly missing nearby homes.
Victoria's political leaders say they'll change the state's bank, crackdown on crime, expand free TAFE courses and give cash for dogs to woo voters.
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