Joanna Crothers

New radio transmitting technology is tracking every move of a captive group of orange-bellied parrots released in Victoria, in the hope it will help wild birds survive winter and reach the summer breeding season.

More than 400 jobs will be lost at private hospitals in Geelong and Melbourne's east as Healthscope announces it will close two facilities in the coming weeks.

Transgender athlete Hannah Mouncey, who was banned from playing in the AFLW, now has her sights set on the top echelon of another sport.

Gender bias in musical instrument selection hinders women from joining Australia’s jazz scene, according to performers at this year’s Melbourne International Jazz Festival.

Prosecutors in the trial of three men accused of planning a terrorist attack in Melbourne’s CBD tell court the accused were motivated by extremist jihadist ideology.

Anxious residents in Melbourne’s western suburbs call on Premier Daniel Andrews to visit the area to inspect the damage caused by last month’s industrial inferno amid concerns about residents’ health.

Deliberately underpaying workers is not considered theft. The Victorian Government wants to change that, but there are fears criminalising the practice may lead to more cover-ups.

Police are questioning a man after a mother of four died in hospital after she was shot in her Geelong home on Wednesday night.

A local community on the Bellarine Peninsula is alarmed at the decision to bury a whale carcass near a popular surf beach, with fears it could attract sharks to the area.

How do we get kids to engage in learning more about food than "apples are good" and "too many lollies are bad"? Writer and former teacher Alice Zaslavsky has some ideas.