Hikes in insurance premiums due to threats of natural disasters test people amid the cost-of-living crisis, with increases disproportionately affecting those already struggling.

The body was found shortly after authorities were called to a grassfire in Quambatook.

Emergency services have found the bodies of two men who went missing in separate incidents in the Murray River between Victoria and New South Wales. 

It has been more than 80 days since Telstra and Optus flicked the switch on the 3G mobile network. Hundreds of regional and remote Australians say they can no longer rely on the network and struggle to make calls.

The olive perchlet, a tiny translucent native fish last seen in the wild in Victoria about a century ago, is back from the brink of extinction.

Teenagers across Australia can get their probationary licence at 16 or 17, but in Victoria, learner permit holders have to wait until they're 18. Some say the law is out of step.

Traditional owners in western Victoria say a draft management plan for Mt Arapiles-Tooan State Park has re-ignited racial abuse and harassment of Aboriginal people online and in the community.

The project would result in a major expansion to facilities at the Carramar Drive Sporting Complex.