Rachael Lucas

With its picturesque canals and waterfront homes, the Victorian holiday haven of Paynesville appears immune to the poverty that is quietly gripping the nation. But Foodbank Victoria says the reality is much harsher than it looks.

Kelly Delaney only learnt the full extent of her husband's lies and deceit after his body was found in Victorian bushland.

On the last day of winter in Australia, we look at the night festivals that carry communities through the coldest months with lantern and fire rituals carrying messages of hope, healing and connection.

The upheaval caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the cost-of-living challenges that followed not only changed the way we live, but caused many to rethink the way they live. In Victoria's Gippsland, residents share their thoughts on how their world has changed.

An ageing generation of single women who have raised children, and are often well-educated with careers and middle-class backgrounds, are becoming permanent residents of caravan parks amid the housing crisis.

Homeless since returning to Australia seven months ago, Selena Wilson is a physicist and space scientist who makes a small income writing articles for science magazines. She currently sleeps in a van packed to the brim with her possessions.

Claudia Rubinstein’s Melbourne home is an Aladdin’s cave of trinkets, treasures and floor-to-ceiling art.

For many years, Annemieke Mein’s art was dismissed as craft, but now the textile artist’s work is the feature of a major exhibition celebrating the work she has created throughout her lifetime.

With Victoria’s Bass Coast as a stunning backdrop, the award-winning airship adventure Wayward Strand encourages young players’ empathy, social skills and relationship building in an aged care facility in the sky.

As political unrest gripped Russia in 1917, the Sukhov family faced an agonising decision, which author Simon J Carey explores in his debut historical fiction novel.