Francesco Salvo

Four-legged blood donors such as Rugar can be the difference between life and death for ailing pooches at Victoria's busy veterinary clinics.

Farmers are vowing to lock their gates against a "once-in-a-generation" infrastructure project connecting wind and solar farms to energy customers in New South Wales and Victoria.

Already reeling from floods, Kerang's only bookstore will close and retailers across the country are reporting a slide in sales of up to 40 per cent.

In an effort to deter loitering and reduce opportunities for antisocial behaviour, a council in Victoria is piping out the likes of Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries and Vivaldi's The Four Seasons at a public toilet block.

When retired schoolteacher Neil Preston and his wife Carol set out to build their dream home in Victoria's Murray River region, they knew exactly what they did not want.

Farmers raise concerns about consultation practices, radiation and the contamination of their crops at a hearing into VHM's proposed Goschen mineral sands and rare earths mine.

Primary school teacher, playwright and debut children's writer Andrew Kelly never felt ashamed to cry when he was a boy.

First Nations groups hold about 40 per cent of Australian land through native title claims, yet own and control less than 0.2 per cent of the country's water.

A former deputy mayor who admitted killing his elderly mother almost six years ago has been found guilty of her murder after a jury rejected his mental impairment defence.

A regional Victorian emergency department has hired additional security guards as sicker patients and longer wait times lead to a rise in aggressive behaviour.