Bendigo MP Lisa Chesters has slammed "disrespectful" comments by Nationals leader David Littleproud and asked the party to rethink its language towards women.

A housing program in Central Victoria that connects social services with real estate agents is helping to keep young people from sleeping on the streets. 

A coroner is told Indigenous man Clinton Austin waited more than two years for NDIS support prior to being found unresponsive in his jail cell.

The regional Victoria town of Maryborough's closest outdoor pool is a 45-minute drive away and residents are worried their children are missing crucial time in the water.

Despite announcements that there will be "no new transmission lines needed" under a Coalition government, modelling shows its plans require 6,500 kilometres of new lines.

A year after the Victorian government banned lethal control of dingoes in the state's north-west, a farmer on a national park border says authorities need to do more prevent the predators' constant bloody raids on his livestock.

New data shows dozens of suburbs around the country are at risk of becoming uninsurable, triggering warnings of a "climate-induced credit crunch". Find out the risk for your area.

Dairy farmers say the sector is struggling amid consumers turning to cheaper cheese imports flooding supermarket shelves.