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A Victorian poultry farmer details the emotional toll of an avian influenza outbreak on his properties. The business is expected to return to full production this year, but biosecurity concerns remain.

Workplace law breaches are rampant in prime horticulture zones in Victoria and NSW, the ombudsman reports, with labour hire firms the worst culprits and migrant workers most affected.

Despite a moratorium on building new dams in the Mount Lofty Ranges since 2013, landholders have built about 400 and enlarged about 300 without approval.

A Victorian sawmill has harvested wood from endangered mountain ash forests and sold it to Domino's as woodchips to smoke meat for pizzas. 

Western Victoria will host one of the world's largest rare earth mines after Astron Corporation's Donald Project receives final approval by the Victorian government, as farmers in the area express dismay.

Isaac Pearce spent 126 days in ICU and had to learn to walk again after contracting the rare mosquito-borne disease Murray Valley encephalitis.