Rochelle Kirkham

Union members at a major regional university are calling for the institution's leaders to resign, after they announced plans to cut 12 per cent of its staff.

Alleged murder of 23-year-old Hannah McGuire reignites calls to prevent violence against women

Community leader Sissy Austin, who publicly shared her own experience of violence in bushland near Ballarat last year, has organised a rally against men's violence for Friday evening.

A regional Victorian accounting firm has been ordered to pay more than $26 million to two former clients after using confidential information to take advantage of a business opportunity.

The man accused of driving his car into the outdoor dining area of a regional Victorian pub last year, killing five people, will face a six-day court hearing in September.

Dozens of people in homelessness accommodation in Ballarat have been told to find somewhere else to live after Uniting announced it would close a facility that's housed thousands of people for more than 20 years.

Champion horse trainer Darren Weir has been cleared of allegations that he used an electronic shock device known as a jigger on racehorses with the intention of corrupting the outcome of the 2018 Melbourne Cup.

Thousands of people have donned their trainers in search of a runners' high for the inaugural Ballarat Marathon in regional Victoria.

Police allege a man was drug impaired and had broken multiple event rules when he drove into a crowd and killed a teenager at a western Victorian motor sport event last year.

Powercor's failure to clear vegetation under powerlines resulted in a bushfire at Glenmore, north-west of Melbourne, which took two days to contain and burnt 185 hectares of land.