Georgia Lenton-Williams

When Sister Nicole hosted workshops to examine domestic and family violence, people willingly shared their own experiences of abuse. Now the church is tackling how it can prevent it happening.

More than 20 per cent of businesses across Australia currently have at least one job vacancy, but experts say excellent candidates are often overlooked.

The one-year-old's father and a national charity are calling for more research funding for neuroblastoma, a rare form of cancer that leaves many children with permanent side effects from treatment.

A GoFundMe page has raised $90,000 for the Fish Creek Football Netball Club, as police investigate the cause of the suspicious weekend blaze.

Police have escorted the woman to a local police station following a search of her property. She cooked a mushroom lunch suspected of killing three people in Victoria's east.

Former Victorian MP Russell Northe has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison for using more than $170,000 of public money to fuel his gambling addiction.

After her friend was murdered by her estranged ex-husband, Bass Coast woman Lija Matthews began rallying support for others in desperate need of a safe space. 

Before last week's bushfire hit, the Binney family planned to operate their newly purchased cabins in Gippsland as an accommodation business. Now they face an uncertain future on several fronts.

Heather Wilkinson, who died after a suspected mushroom poisoning incident in Victoria, is remembered by her son as being thoughtful, faithful and full of grace at a public memorial service.

Mitch Mahoney's ancestors used canoes made from tree bark to navigate the waters off Victoria's Bass Coast. Now, he has crafted a vessel using the same traditional methods.

Local mayors say the Victorian government has short-changed the regions by promising them only 25 per cent of the funds raised by a levy on short-term accommodation, which will begin in 2025.

A Phillip Island property owner is weighing up whether or not he puts his home in the short-stay accommodation pool as the council adds new obligations for hosts.

A coastal council is calling on the Victorian government to develop policies that provide certainty for seaside communities amid concerns erosion and rising sea levels will leave them unrecognisable.

Families of children who have experienced "transformative" results from fenfluramine during a Melbourne trial say they cannot afford the drug, which costs $60,000 a year, if it is not added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

An end date has been locked in for a power plant responsible for 30 per cent of Victoria's electricity generation but the future of a gaping hole beside it is less certain.

The company behind the biggest offshore wind project in Bass Strait has confirmed a Gippsland port will play a major role in its operations if it goes ahead. More than 200 long-term jobs would be created at the facility.

Rising insurance premiums for jumping pillows are another blow for holiday parks after bushfires, floods and the pandemic, with one owner fearing she'll have to remove the drawcard.

Morwell resident John Swiety was last seen in a rural area about four hours' drive from his home. Police have launched a fresh appeal for information and his loved ones are "distraught". 

The latest crime statistics show teenage burglaries in Victoria have increased by a staggering 86 per cent. 

Sporting organisations say experiences like Ceana's are deterring umpires, especially juniors and women, and that's adding to a shortage of match officials.

A new native "skeleton shrimp" species has been recognised by scientists after a fisherman caught thousands of the tiny invertebrates in the Gippsland Lakes.

Civilian witnesses and a police officer have told a coronial inquest they believe the officer who fatally shot 31-year-old Benjamin Madex in Drouin in January 2021 had no other option.

A fire safety expert is urging Victorians to have their used electrical items tested by qualified practitioners before plugging them in.

Cinnamon Melling's children are "obsessed" with dinosaurs, so she's glad to hear about a new prehistoric visitor experience planned for Victoria's Bass Coast region, where fossils dating back 126 million years have been found.

A Victorian winery owner says cooler weather has delayed harvest and exposed grapes to more risks but, until this season, the conditions had been growing noticeably hotter.