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Baw Baw Shire Council Mayor Danny Goss will be suspended for 21 days from Thursday after an arbiter found his behaviour in meetings more than a year ago resulted in misconduct.

Locals watch on in dismay as a hotel at Churchill in the Latrobe Valley is lost to an early-morning fire, sending thick plumes of smoke across the town.

The federal Liberal Party will have a new woman in parliament with Mary Aldred claiming Monash after a tight three-way contest in the regional Victorian seat.

Simon Lund spent his dying days ensuring other workers were better protected while facing the biggest battle of his life.

Andrea James's powerful new play, The Black Woman of Gippsland, re-examines a problematic colonial legend and shows just how much work Australia still has to do to reckon with the past.

Once trivialised as a low-brow guilty pleasure, the romance novel is enjoying a renaissance.

Farmers running out of feed and water are being forced to sell livestock in huge numbers as drought conditions roll on in southern Australia. 

Farmers fought against the first-term Albanese government. Can the relationship be repaired the second time around?

The ABC asked every Australian politician if they wore wool on the campaign trail.

A Liberal stronghold is under pressure in Victoria as a veteran MP turns independent and a Climate 200-backed challenger looms with a well-resourced grassroots campaign.

Australia's 1.4 million first-time voters are getting most of their political news from social media influencers and say climate change, housing, and health reform are key priorities for them.

Police are investigating the incident, but locals in the Victorian town of Loch are calling for the plaques to be returned with no questions asked.

Anzac Day marks the traditional start for planting winter crops, but this year farmers are hoping for rain as they begin planting their crops in the dry.

An increasing number of women are signing up to local run clubs, even tackling their first marathon. But safety fears once the sun sets are hampering their training efforts.

Supermarkets struggle to meet demand for cottage cheese as the product becomes the subject of viral videos.

Authorities have ended a search for a Chinese national who was swept into the ocean near a popular Victorian tourist town on Good Friday.

European wasps are swarming regional Victoria, forcing businesses to close and residents to stay indoors, as unusually warm weather causes their numbers to spike.

Advocates admit co-operative housing models are not for everyone but say for the right residents, they offer more security and affordable pricing than traditional rentals.

A year after the Victorian government banned lethal control of dingoes in the state's north-west, a farmer on a national park border says authorities need to do more prevent the predators' constant bloody raids on his livestock.

Residents near one of the Coalition's proposed nuclear plants are divided by the need for work, and the environment.