Freya Michie

Investigations are underway into allegations that basketball fans at last night’s blockbuster US vs Australia game in Melbourne were ripped off.

Emergency services are warning Victorians to brace for a cold snap and wind gusts of up to 130kph in parts of the south-east, while alpine areas may enjoy heavier snowfall.

Refugee footballer Hakeem al-Araibi becomes a citizen and is welcomed to “the Australian family” by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, a month after being freed from a Thai prison.

An emotional father thanks a good Samaritan who rescued his daughter as she was being sexually assaulted in a Melbourne park.

A man is taken to hospital with burns to his hands and face as a large fire engulfs a gas cylinder factory in Kilsyth, while firefighters are confronted by airborne cylinders exploding “like sky rockets”.

Prestigious independent Victorian school Geelong Grammar says it wants to encourage survivors of past child abuse at the school who have not yet come forward to contact them for “guidance and support”.

A US trend of people dressing up as creepy clowns in public has come to Victoria, prompting local police to warn antisocial behaviour will not be tolerated.

A drone crash during the world cup cricket final at the MCG earlier this year is believed to have been caused by interference from mobile phones and broadcast equipment, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau says.

Regrettably, feisty and engaging female characters are fairly few and far between on the ABC’s channel for younger kids, ABC4Kids. A quick look at the line-up reveals that the hefty majority have male characters in the spotlight, with the characters in the supporting roles only sometimes female, and usually differentiated by their pink attire and absurdly long eye lashes. That’s why we need more characters like Peppa Pig.