Lachlan Young strangled Ms McGuire in their Sebastopol home, then placed her body in her ute and set it alight in bushland on Ballarat's outskirts, staging the scene to look like a suicide.

After the man who threatened her life via email was sentenced in court earlier this week, Senator Fatima Payman is being targeted by online abuse.

Farmers thwart VicGrid in its first attempt to use compulsory access powers to enter their properties.

The brother of schoolboy Terry Floyd, who disappeared 50 years ago, has accused the Victorian government of breaking its public promise to fund the search for his remains. 

Ararat locals in Western Victoria say some face pollution from a nearby scrap metal recycler due to a zoning irregularity.

Hundreds of young people from Ballarat, Victoria have taken part in ABC Takeover, an initiative that gives young people in regional areas a platform to share their stories.

Dusty Victorian farms turn muddy as drenching rain brings much-needed relief.