Regional Victoria
Country and rural Victoria — country road tolls, single-officer stations, regional crime patterns, and the policing challenges Melbourne rarely sees. Reported by Tom Whitford from the Goulburn Valley.
Jacinta Allan’s rise from Bendigo to the premiership — and sudden fall
Jacinta Allan resigned as Victorian premier this week. We trace her path from regional Bendigo to the state's top job,…
Read More »Inside Victoria’s high country search and rescue network
How Victoria Police, SES, Ambulance Victoria and ski patrols coordinate rescues across the alpine region, and why the terrain changes…
Read More »Who’s In Charge? SES and Police Roles in Flood Emergencies
When floodwaters rise across regional Victoria, who actually calls the shots? We explain the control-agency model behind SES and police…
Read More »Geelong’s New Waterfront Hotel Opens With Best Views in Town
A new hotel on Geelong's Corio Bay foreshore is turning heads, giving Victoria's second-largest city a waterfront statement Melbourne has…
Read More »Impressionism lands in Geelong and Adelaide in a rare double showing
Two major Australian galleries are presenting landmark Impressionist exhibitions, bringing works by Monet, Renoir and van Gogh to regional and…
Read More »Sixty years on, Curtis’s abuse trial is dead before it starts
A Victorian Supreme Court case brought by a Ballarat man alleging childhood abuse by a Christian Brother has been halted…
Read More »Dying Further From Home: Why Regional Roads Kill at Twice the Rate
Regional Victorians die on roads at roughly double the rate of Melbourne residents. Tom Whitford examines the engineering, distance, and…
Read More »Father and son: Ablett duo immortalised in football’s hall of fame
Gary Ablett Jr has joined his father in the Australian Football Hall of Fame, cementing one of the game's most…
Read More »Ballarat Abuse Survivors Walk Away From Diocese Deal
Victim-survivors of Catholic clergy abuse in Ballarat have declared agreements with the local diocese null and void, ending negotiations they…
Read More »Six teens now charged over Bendigo stabbing of homeless man
A total of six teenagers have now been charged over the alleged stabbing of a homeless man in central Bendigo,…
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