Natasha Schapova

For eight years, Linda Ryan's mother has lived in a granny flat at her home in Victoria's east, and, for the first time, she's been handed a $500 land tax bill, even though it is on her principal place of residence.

The number of foster carers in Victoria is continuing to decline with many carers citing financial stress as one of their biggest challenges.

In short: Kellie Berry says stormwater drains in her area are struggling to cope with water, pushing it into her property and frequently flooding her home.

Sean Moran has been anxiously awaiting a decision on a proposed road that could split his farm on Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula in half.

For decades, Victorians burned their rubbish in backyard incinerators. It's now back in vogue, with five waste-to-energy facilities under development across the state.

Victoria is in the midst of a push for more social housing, but NIMBY (not-in-my-back-yard) attitudes from neighbours are causing delays and creating stigma around housing residents, according to developers.

In short: Alcoa has applied for a licence to use groundwater to fill its disused Anglesea coal mine pit and transform the site into an ecotourism attraction.

Removing wildlife carcasses from the road is a usual morning for Jason Cichocki but he says a new technology has more than halved the number of animals colliding with vehicles.

Scores of visitors have flocked to Geelong in regional Victoria for a glimpse and a whiff of the curious corpse flower, which only blooms once a decade.

Layla Merritt has been rescuing animals for a decade in the Greater Geelong region, but what started as a weekly callout has turned into almost a full-time job.