Tamara Clark

In the semi-arid riverside town of Irymple in Victoria, 70-year-old Pat and 68-year-old Gina Timpano are keeping the traditional spirit of the Mediterranean coastline alive.

This mother moved an hour to secure work but she cannot relocate her son until she gets a rental property. She's applied for 58. 

With youth refuge beds hundreds of kilometres away, police in Mildura often call on sports coaches and other community members to give kids in crisis a safe place to sleep. The only other option is the police station foyer.

Would you travel to Mildura for a tattoo? Melburnians are going a long way to dodge inflated parlour prices in the city, one regional tattooist says, as cost-of-living bites customers and artists alike.

Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti has walked off the park at his first country football game in 15 years a winner.

Are you part of the Musk "cult"? Many Aussies have turned against the Tesla CEO even as the electric car-maker outsells the Toyota Hilux.

Two waterskiing races marred by death in recent weeks haven't deterred competitors from signing up for the Mildura 100 in north-west Victoria, where speeds will max out at 144 kilometres per hour over the long weekend.

It took authorities more than a month to find missing woman Colleen South. That search has led to a coroner to recommend Victoria Police train dogs to detect human remains.

Extreme heat, a suspected overdose death, and an abandoned festival. Ravers don't know what to make of Pitch 2024 after a confusing and sweltering Labor Day weekend in Victoria's west, with climate scientists forecasting more cancellations to come.

Five decades ago, when geologist Jim Bowler brushed sand away from the dome of an ancient human cranium, it changed the way we thought about Australia's past.

Meet the women using International Women's Day to launch their election campaigns in local governments dominated by men.

A Mildura man has allegedly pocketed hundreds of thousands of dollars after a cryptocurrency trading platform accidentally added an extra zero to the funds in his account.  

Farmers describe a "wall of flame" after losing machinery and sheds, while homes have been lost and Premier Jacinta Allan warns of dangerous conditions to come in Victoria.

Australians are still suffering from budget airline Bonza's unreliability issues, one year after its launch.

Fresh off the state's first pet census, Victorians share their stories of dog attacks, roaming packs on the street, and court appearances.

Residents of the Grampians in western Victoria tell how they had to make split-second decisions as fire raced towards them.

In the heart of country Victoria, where banks are shutting their doors, many small retailers depend on cash — but it can be hard to come by.

As the owner of a caravan weighing business, Jarrod Dickinson is meticulous about packing light to meet the country's strict towing load limits, but he says most caravan owners turn a blind eye to the rules. 

When Dale Richards became a paramedic, women weren't allowed to join the service and treating patients often just meant they "threw people onto beds and took them to hospital". He reflects on 43 years as a paramedic.

The cost of living, low rental vacancies and the housing crisis has forced more Australians into homelessness, putting immense strain on support services trying to help.

Operators say they are facing an insurance crisis alongside the growing threat of natural disasters, with premiums up by as much as 300 per cent nationwide.

Luke "Huddo" Hudson, who lives with Down syndrome, says there is always a way to achieve your dreams, even if you have to work out a unique way of getting there.

A snake catcher in north-west Victoria says he was so busy he did not realise a highly venomous reptile had bitten him on the finger. Then he started to lose consciousness.

Mikaela Reading loves her job, but she is one of many regional mothers scared her career is being jeopardised by what she calls a "childcare desert" in north-west Victoria. 

Salami aficionados battle for bragging rights — with secret recipes at the ready — at the Great Murray River Salami Festival.