Latest news: Victoria

Victoria remains in the grip of a "catastrophic" bushfire crisis with dozens of uncontrolled blazes, prompting state of disaster declarations in 19 areas.

Locals are shocked and panicked after two police officers were shot dead in an "ambush" in a small rural town, as the perpetrator remains on the run.

Rain and a cool change has helped firefighters contain a large blaze that has been burning since mid-December.

Cooler conditions have given firefighters a chance to assess the initial damage from a massive bushfire, revealing at least three homes have been lost.

A far-right extremist will walk free from court on appeal bail after spending less than an hour in custody for performing a Nazi salute in public.

Victoria's Auditor-General has lambasted a $6.9 billion cost estimate used by the state government to justify cancelling the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

For a luxurious getaway par excellence, head to Feathertop Winery Private Estate, south of the border in Victoria’s glorious Alpine Valleys. Julie Samaras recently spent an indulgent weekend there, exploring this beautiful part of the world, as a guest of the Estate’s owner, award-winning agribusiness woman, Janelle Marsden.

A man has been praised for saving a 74-year-old woman trapped in raging floodwaters as Victoria's flood emergency increased, with homes inundated.

Voters in the ACT, Queensland and the NT will head to the polls in 2024, with a tight by-election contest in a federal Victorian seat also taking place.

66-year-old man William Swale has been charged over the Daylesford Hotel beer garden crash that killed five people in Victoria.

The wreckage of a jet that crashed into Victoria's Port Phillip Bay has been found.

Four people are suspected to have perished after a car crashed and burst into flames in Victoria's northeast high country.

The driver of a car which ploughed through a regional Victorian pub is expected to be interviewed by police as investigations into the fatal crash continue.

An SUV that left the road and crashed into the beer garden of a regional Victorian pub has killed five people and left several others injured.

Police have arrested a 49-year-old woman at the centre of an investigation into a suspected mushroom poisoning that left three people dead.

A four-year-old boy has died from injuries sustained in a shed fire in which his two younger siblings also perished.