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Rent for the vast majority of public housing tenants in Victoria is capped according to income, but advocates say sharp increases in market rents before rebates are applied are causing confusion and concern.

The incident has prompted fresh questions about the state's justice system, with one Labor minister asking the courts to explain its actions.

The federal government will go to tender next month seeking the rights to up to 70 gigalitres of water from farmers in the southern Murray-Darling Basin, through the first major water entitlements buyback program since new laws were introduced last year. 

After swapping life in the city for sheep and a vegetable garden, the couple is running a thriving gin distillery. Demographers believe more people in their age bracket could make the move to country areas as lower property prices offer more opportunities.

Australian homes are notoriously cold in winter — draughty, with poor insulation, thin glass and inadequate heating. But there's a growing movement of people retrofitting their homes to make them cheaper to run and more comfortable year-round, while also reducing emissions. 

Residents across South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania woke up to freezing temperatures and frost this morning. The conditions have sent weather records tumbling across suburbs and towns across southern Australia.  

The beloved actor made her name playing abrasive characters in some of Australia's most beloved TV shows. Now she's taking on Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? once more.

Investors say they're selling properties in Victoria due to the threat of increased taxes, changing tenancy laws and rising interest rates. But Victoria's not the only state where the number of rentals appear to be falling.

Melbourne man Christopher Bell, 53, has been sentenced to seven years' jail after killing George Tereva in a bobcat accident in 2022. Bell had consumed five beers when he took control of the vehicle.

Artificial nesting platforms are installed at key coastal sites across South Australia to help the eastern osprey breed after the population dropped to just 50 pairs of birds. 

Specialised whale disentanglement crews have freed a humpback whale trapped in 800kg of rope and fishing gear off the Gippsland coast.

A Victorian coroner has said prison staff watched Josh Kerr die in his cell because of flawed protocols.

A genetic map of the bilby could help us understand how many of the elusive species are still alive and how to combat inbreeding.

Australian playwright Joanna Murray-Smith has written about the lives of famous women including Julia Gillard and Germaine Greer. But what's driving her to tell these stories?  

Victoria's first-of-its-kind treaty body has launched an official negotiations database, marking the state's first step on its nation-leading historic journey towards treaty.

Justin Burney treasures the camaraderie between club members.

Peter Brett says the Land Rovers Club has helped improve the car.

Phil Townsend caught his love for Land Rovers as a child.

Four-wheel drives are commonplace in Australia, but that wasn't always the way. 

Four-time AFL premiership coach David Parkin is known for his football success, but off the field he forged friendships with his former grade-three students that has endured since 1964 and inspired them to aim high. 

Thousands headed to Carlton Mould festival returned, celebrating a line-up of local artisan cheesemakers.

Even for legal minds, Greg Lynn's murder trial over the deaths of two Victorian campers was filled with "unusual" twists and turns. Here's what could come next in the long-running court case.

Polar air from Antarctica is surging towards south-east Australia, bringing gusty winds, showers and low-level snow. While midwinter cold outbreaks are typical, the subsequent weather is nothing short of bizarre.

There's more bill pain underway for households, but it's businesses that will bear the brunt of the latest gas crisis rippling through Australia's south-eastern states in the dead of winter.

Newly released police tapes reveal how Greg Lynn explained the deaths of Carol Clay and Russell Hill to police.