A country Victoria mayor has warned people living in high risk fire zones to take “the beast” of bushfire seriously, as soaring heat and winds hit on Wednesday. It comes as Ballarat fires spread.
Two teenagers on bail have been charged after allegedly stealing a luxury car in a home invasion in Melbourne’s southeast.
Hundreds of family members, friends and members of the water ski racing community have come together to farewell Luke Wentworth, who died in a horror accident on the Murray River.
A farmer who “lost the lot” when a raging fireball tore through his Raglan property says it turned from daylight to dark in 15 minutes, as communities in Victoria’s west brace for “a very dangerous” fire day on Wednesday.
Two children were asleep in Ballarat just metres from where their mother and her partner — who has ties to the Bandidos bikie gang — died in an apparent murder-suicide.
He may be 12,000km away but organised crime boss Kazem Hamad remains active in Victoria’s tobacco wars, allegedly striking fear into shop owners with threatening phone calls.
The son of a mother whose stabbing death remains a 46-year mystery says it’s only a matter of time before someone comes forward with information as police announce a $1m reward.
A $45m drug bust in South Australia capable of supplying nearly 700,000 street deals has seen multiple arrests.
Two men have been charged after the owner of a Craigieburn smoke shop was allegedly told that if he did not ‘pay up’, his store would be torched.
The fire threat at Dadswell Bridge has reduced, while Pomonal residents sheltering in Stawell have been given the all clear to go home.
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