Leanne Wong

Hayley Van Hostauyen was 14 weeks pregnant with her daughter Sage when she was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease, and now spends 20 hours a week on dialysis.

The grieving loved ones of a woman murdered by her former partner say her death has "shattered" their family.

Victoria's hospitals operated deep in the red last financial year, with annual reports revealing several hospitals did not have enough cash on hand to operate day-to-day.           with combined deficits of more than $1 billion, annual reports tabled in parliament show.

A 56-year-old man has been arrested and rushed to hospital by air ambulance after a shootout with police at a rural property in Gippsland.

A magistrate says Melbourne man Jacob Hersant will be sentenced to jail after being found guilty of performing a Nazi salute last year. He's the first person found guilty of breaking a new Victorian law that bans the salute.

The defamation trial between Opposition Leader John Pesutto and ousted Liberal MP Moira Deeming has heard a secret recording taken by Ms Deeming where she denied being transphobic or homophobic in a meeting with senior Liberals.  

Residents in Mt Atkinson say rideshares regularly cancel, mail is left at post offices half an hour away and hospital allocations have become a headache.

The federal government has given the green light to Melbourne Airport's proposed third runway, paving the way for early works to begin next year if certain "noise amelioration" conditions are met.

A five-year-old staghound who was found starving and abandoned on a pile of rubbish has found his "forever home" with a semi-retired couple.

The identity of a Melbourne woman charged with murder over a body found floating in the Maribyrnong River has been suppressed, after a court issued a temporary gag order.