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Dimopoulos says recreational hunting can be sustainable

Wetland bird hunters in Victoria will have a longer duck shooting season and can take home more birds under new rules. The Victorian duck hunting season will begin on March …

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Major change to Australia’s first euthanasia laws

Doctors will no longer be muzzled from initiating voluntary assisted dying conversations with terminally ill patients under long-called-for law changes. A “gag clause” that banned Victorian practitioners from initiating a …

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Thousands of public service jobs on the chopping block

Thousands of public service jobs are set to be slashed as a debt-riddled state eyes billions of dollars of budget savings. A review of the Victorian public service has been …

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Woman faces life in jail for murdering partner’s father

Kon Kritikos would do anything for his loved ones. The grandfather’s warmth would light up any room he entered, his nephew told a court. When his de facto daughter-in-law needed …

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Melbourne mother sentenced to 16 years for smuggling drugs into Taiwan

A Melbourne mother-of-five has been sentenced to 16 years in prison after being caught smuggling 7kg of cocaine and heroin into Taiwan. Debbie Voulgaris, 58, was arrested on December 10, …

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No-confidence vote ends police chief’s career

A no-confidence vote by rank-and-file members of Victoria Police against the state’s top cop made his position untenable, according to the premier. Jacinta Allan and Police Minister Anthony Carbines faced …

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Police investigate photo of North Geelong Warriors fans allegedly performing Nazi salutes

Police are investigating a photo that allegedly shows a group of football fans performing a Nazi salute before a football match in North Geelong, Victoria. Eleven men appeared in a …

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Labor pains as Dutton rides high in polls

Peter Dutton appears to be kicking with the wind behind his back, with multiple opinion polls showing the Albanese government could be on the nose with voters as an election …

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North Macedonian foreign minister wants cooperation with Australia because of the “huge Macedonian diaspora”

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of North Macedonia, Timco Mucunski, recently paid an official visit to Australia, where he met with his counterpart, Penny Wong, the shadow …

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Poll places coalition in election pole position

Labor has a mountain to climb to prevent Peter Dutton from forming government at the next election, with polling predicting a coalition wave in outer suburbs. The coalition will be …

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