Crews brace for new fire threat
Authorities are warning people in fire-prone areas to decide as soon as possible what they will do in preparation for Monday's bad conditions.
View ArticleVic schools closed ahead of Friday scorcher
Hundreds of Victorian schools and child care centres will be closed tomorrow because of the bushfire threat.
View ArticleVictoria braces for extreme fire conditions
Victoria is bracing for another day of dangerous fire conditions.
View Article15yo fights for life after crashing car
A 15-year-old unlicensed driver and her two passengers have been badly injured in a car crash at Yanakie, south-east of Melbourne.
View ArticleGovt drops entry fees for national parks
In an attempt to boost visitor numbers, the Victorian Government has decided to make entry to all of the state's national parks free.
View ArticleEsso sanctioned for pollution threat to national park
Multi-national resources giant, Esso, is facing possible court action for failing to properly store drilling waste near a Victorian national park.
View ArticleBody found near Wilsons Promontory
Police are not treating the death of a man near Wilsons Promontory yesterday as suspicious.
View ArticleVan park manager decries council takeover
The manager of a council-owned South Gippsland caravan park says the shire has robbed him of $20,000.
View ArticleParks Victoria reacting to Sambar deer threat
The discovery of a destructive deer species in Wilsons Promontory National Park prompts Parks Victoria to expand its deer monitoring program.
View ArticleSpike in urchins threatening seagrass leads to fishers' harvest windfall
Commercial fishermen will be allowed to harvest and sell sea urchins from Gippsland's Corner Inlet in a bid to improve the area's crucial seagrass habitat.
View ArticleFire destroys cattle semen worth tens of thousands of dollars
Crucial cattle herd genetics have been lost in a fire that destroyed 100 cryogenic cylinders of cattle semen in south-east Victoria overnight.
View ArticleVictorian Government offers $200 vouchers for tourists to regional Victoria
Premier Daniel Andrews says the new $465 million package is the 'biggest regional tourism announcement in the history of our state'.
View ArticleExpert forecasts extreme bushfire danger
Former weather bureau and CSIRO scientist David Packham is predicting the worst bushfire conditions in 50 years on Saturday.
View ArticleFire crews work to protect water catchments
Fire crews are attempting to stop bushfires doing more damage to Melbourne's water catchments.
View ArticleCrews unable to slow Wilsons Promontory blaze
Victorian fire authorities are unable to slow the progress of a fire at Wilsons Promontory, south of Melbourne, as the offical death toll from the Victorian bushfires rises to 200.
View ArticleWinds fan Wilsons Prom blaze
The bushfire at Wilsons Promontory, south of Melbourne, remains out of control.
View ArticleThe moment scientists find an endangered Broad-toothed rat in the wild
The native rat has not been seen on the Victoria's Wilsons Promontory for 32 years.
View ArticleBailey has checked into a mental health hospital twice during her 5,000km...
Bailey Seamer has conquered much of her gruelling trek up Australia's east coast, checking into a mental health hospital twice along the way. She wants people like her to know they are "capable of...
View ArticleNovel highlights 'enormous risks' family took to survive Russian Civil War
As political unrest gripped Russia in 1917, the Sukhov family faced an agonising decision, which author Simon J Carey explores in his debut historical fiction novel.
View ArticleSimon J Carey discussed debut novel
Historical fiction author Simon J Carey discusses writing his debut novel The Siberians: Fire on the Ice, which tells the story of the Sukhov family's journey through the Russian Civil War.
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