Swifts Creek in Victoria's high country lost its major industry when native logging ended, but some community members hope gold mining could help replace lost jobs.
When a safe was found hidden in the walls of a local council office in south-east Victoria some years ago, a safecracker was hired in the hope of uncovering the long-lost treasure.
As the world waits for the verdict on whether the WikiLeaks founder will be extradited to the US, his father John Shipton says Australia should consider imposing "not too brutal" restrictions on our allies.
Marcia Ryan was 33 when she disappeared in 1996, her car abandoned by the side of the Princes Highway in Victoria. Her family has never given up hope of finding out what happened to her.
Police say compelling information has been uncovered as a group of five country officers bring a renewed focus to giving Seaford woman Marcia Ryan's family the answers they have been seeking since 1996.
In January, a Gippsland farmer set his pig Clement the challenge of picking this year's AFL grand final winner on live radio and, on Saturday, we will find out whether the big pig tip is on the money.
Documents obtained under freedom of information laws show how marmosets and macaques are bred and experimented on at a regional Victorian facility to improve medical outcomes for humans.
