A tax on vacant residential blocks in Victoria will be broadened to force owners to develop their land or sell it to someone who will. As parliament returned on Tuesday, …

Victoria’s mammoth transport infrastructure pipeline has a new minister at the helm, with Premier Jacinta Allan unveiling her cabinet. Ms Allan was responsible for transport infrastructure and Suburban Rail Loop …

The family of a Victorian man killed during a late-night dog walk in Geelong’s CBD is pleading for witnesses to come forward to help catch the culprit. Paul Grapsas, 40, was …

Allergy sufferers have been put on alert for thunderstorm asthma, with an ambulance leader warning conditions are akin to those before Melbourne’s deadly event in 2016. The peak thunderstorm asthma season …

Victoria’s corruption watchdogs have given the government a hurry-up on implementing recommendations from a bombshell report into branch-stacking within the Labor party. A progress report into the joint Operation Watts …

Almost one in three Australians suffering from depression, anxiety or another life-altering mental health condition won’t reach out for help, a survey shows. The Beyond Blue survey of 5212 adults …

Victorian taxi drivers will be forced to turn on their meters for rides hailed on the street or ranks under regulation changes to stop fare gouging. The Victorian government is …

A woman who cooked a meal suspected of killing three people and leaving another in hospital fighting for life has penned a statement to police to “clear up the record”. …

Former Victorian corruption watchdog boss Robert Redlich has launched a broadside on Daniel Andrews, suggesting the premier sought to conceal the nature of a report’s findings. In April, the Independent …

Delaying $3 billion in superannuation payments to Victorian public service workers will push up net debt $882 million by 2035, the Parliamentary Budget Office says. Before last year’s Victorian state …