Erin Patterson "seemed to really like mushrooms", her friends say, and shared pictures of a food dehydrator in the lead-up to a deadly lunch hosted at her home.

The six-week murder trial of Erin Patterson is underway in Morwell. Here's what we know so far about the case, based on material put to the jury.

Ms Patterson is accused of murdering three relatives by serving them a beef Wellington laced with poisonous death cap mushrooms. Follow the trial in our live blog.

It's thought a car rolled and hit a barricade near Briagolong.

Vince Manuel will live with permanent damage to his hand after a loose dog attacked him while he was walking his Labrador and "sausage dog" in Traralgon. 

Is the story that Mount Townsend and Mount Kosciuszko swapped names a tall tale?

The ABC asked every Australian politician if they wore wool on the campaign trail.

A fourth-generation dairy farmer is using a world-first genetic index to breed heat-tolerant cattle, with his animals grazing in hot, sticky conditions and producing large quantities of commercial-grade milk.