The 15-year-old used to think his diagnosis was a burden. Now the budding young musician realises it is helping him play to his strengths.
Record spring cold snap delivers snow and severe frost to south-east Australia
Temperatures across south-east Australia have plummeted during the past 48 hours, leading to the coldest spring weather in decades.
Photo shows Three ducks stand in snowHow ambulance response times compare across Victoria
Ambulance ramping in Victoria is leaving some regions without emergency services and the problem is only getting worse.
Photo shows A map of Victoria, divided into different red colours for different ambulance response times.After this baby was born at 27 weeks, a test that helped ensure its safe arrival is being discontinued
A widely used test that determines whether women are in premature labour has been discontinued, and doctors say losing access could put further strain on emergency transport services in rural and remote areas.
Photo shows A mother is looking down at her premature baby daughter and smiling, while cuddling herThese meat-eaters don't want to 'contract the kill', so they're heading into Victoria's forests to find their own meat
Seeking a direct connection with what they eat, these people have turned to hunting wild animals in Victoria's forests.
Photo shows cass walks with a deer slung over her shoulderHow would you feel about having a nuclear reactor in your backyard?
Traralgon residents fear the Coalition's proposal to build a nuclear plant nearby will drive down property prices, but some also see it as a chance for an economic boost when the coal power station closes.
Photo shows A man with a moustache on left, couple at their store's cash register in centre and woman wearing pink and black jacket'I tried to have a sensible career': Why the star of Underbelly and Offspring had to choose acting
The beloved actor made her name playing abrasive characters in some of Australia's most beloved TV shows. Now she's taking on Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? once more.
Photo shows The actor Kat Stewart, a woman in her early 50s with long brunette hair, standing in front of a brick wallRescuers free humpback whale tangled in 800kg of ropes, buoys it may have towed from Antarctica
A distressed humpback whale tangled in a huge mass of fishing equipment has been freed after a major rescue effort off the Gippsland coast in Victoria.
Photo shows Ropes and buoys on the deck on a jetty with police boat in the background.Rescuers search for humpback whale seen tangled in 200 metres of rope
Authorities have called for help to find a whale that was seen tangled in ropes and buoys off the Gippsland coast in Victoria.
Photo shows a whale swimming in the ocean off Victoria's east coast tangled in ropes, lines and buoysOn this frosty morning train ride, some passengers say lower regional fares have changed their morning commute
Reduced prices have seen V/Line passenger numbers increase but the promised extra rail services haven't appeared — which can lead to packed carriages and longer commutes.
Photo shows V Line Train Ballarat 2024-06-19 10:06:00Does Jacinta Allan's first state budget as premier deliver for regional Victorians?
While the state government says its budget is for all Victorians, some critics say regional infrastructure investment is being left behind in favour of major metropolitan projects.
Photo shows Jacinta Allan appears serious, looking to the left, in a close portrait photograph.Missing woman Samantha Heberlein found six hours' drive from her broken down car, six days later
Point Cook woman Samantha Heberlein has been found alive and well in North Melbourne, six days after her car broke down in far East Gippsland.
Photo shows A smiling woman holding a bouquet of flowersAustralia one step closer to generating electricity from offshore wind farms as projects receive feasibility licences
Federal Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen officially unveils the first proponents to receive offshore wind farm feasibility licences.
Photo shows An impression of large white wind turbines in the oceanPolice believe missing woman may have hitchhiked, before catching train to Melbourne
Investigators in Victoria believe a passer-by stopped along the Princes Highway to help the 33-year-old who has not been seen since.
Photo shows A smiling woman holding a bouquet of flowersCartoon depicting council's first female CEO wielding broom slammed as 'sexist trope'
This cartoon of a Victorian council's first female leader has fallen flat with women's advocates but the Australian Cartoonists Association says it is a depiction of the phrase "a new broom sweeps clean".
Photo shows cartoon of female ceo wearing apron'Off-grid living not for wimps': Are Australians ready for the great green transition?
More and more Australians choose to live off-grid, but one electrical engineer warns it is expensive and "not for wimps".
Photo shows a photo of guy in flannel shirt standing in front of house with solar panelsConcerns 3G switch off will isolate towns in emergencies
Victoria’s most remote residents are worried that a looming 3G switch-off will leave them vulnerable during emergencies in bushfires and road accidents.
Photo shows Residents Vulnerable, 3G Switch-Off: Man with motorbike handle moustache, cap and blue patterned shirt rests on fence.Has Video Duration: 2 minutes 3 seconds.Bushfire-scarred mountain towns fear 3G switch-off will leave them stranded in emergencies
During Black Summer bushfires Gippsland residents called on neighbours to check they were alive. As telecommunication companies switch off 3G, locals like Jeffe Aronson fear for the future.
Photo shows Man hand on hip on verandah in front of bushVictoria first state to ban dingo killing on private land to protect species 'at risk of extinction'
In an Australian first, dingoes are now protected on private and public land in north-west Victoria, but farmers worry it will lead to more attacks on livestock.
Photo shows Mother and pup dingo look at cameraBehind the scenes at many cattle sales is the man who keeps the animals safe at night
Nobby the night watchman has been coming to the High Country cattle sales for 40 years, and keeping the cattle safe at night for 10. He says: "I'll be coming here till the day I die".
Photo shows Man with a cattle hat leans smiling against a railWant to make a change in your community but don't know where to start? Five Trailblazers tell you how
Every project starts with an idea and the drive to make a change. But how do you even start? Five young people give advice on how to get started and how to turn an idea into reality.
Photo shows Creative composite with a forest background and the images of five young people cut out in front of it.