Andi Yu is a journalist and digital producer for ABC News Melbourne. She has formerly worked as reporter for Australian Associated Press in Melbourne and Sydney.
At least one home has been lost to a bushfire threatening communities in Victoria's Wimmera region, as firefighters battle to contain a separate Otway Ranges blaze threatening the Great Ocean Road.
At 19, Margot McCormick quit working for her dad to join Australia's largest women's service branch — the organisation which paved the way for women to join the air force.
The state's building regulator has been exposed for failing to hold builders to account, prompting the government to replace the VBA with a new regulator with greater powers.
A young man camping with friends has died after a 'massive' gumtree fell on top of him while he slept at a campsite in the Victorian high country.
The shocking death of a 23-year-old Tamil refugee has prompted a group of independent and Greens MPs to call on the prime minister to act.
Michael Voss conducted a citizen's arrest when he pinned a 16-year-old to the ground and waited for police. What is a citizen's arrest and would you do it?
Residents of Little River say 1,500 freight trucks per day and a warehouse for shipping containers will ruin their quiet, country lifestyle as well as endanger wildlife.
The City of Melbourne is putting an end to e-scooter hire in the CBD, but the mayors of Darebin, Moonee Valley and Merri-bek are teaming up to create an inner-north zone for share hire vehicles.
The bill would bring a crackdown on child offenders with a trial of electronic monitoring on children on bail, and increased police powers to revoke bail.
Clare Looker says test results have confirmed Victoria's legionnaires' disease outbreak has been contained and the peak of infections has passed.
A national survey has found the top reasons people avoid getting an influenza jab are that the flu isn't serious, the vaccine will give them the flu, or the vaccine won't work.
A cold front moving across south-eastern states is dumping snow, with strong, damaging winds bringing down trees and power lines.
Tamas Wells's music has never been in the spotlight in Australia — but it's a different story in China where the University of Melbourne politics researcher just toured for the seventh time.
Police have criticised e-scooter riders for being reckless, so what are the rules?
Lawmakers are weighing up whether to give police the power to permanently ban family violence perpetrators from interacting with victims, without needing a court order.
James Barella had no ID on him when he died in a unicycle accident. His mother is calling on the government to regulate e-vehicle ownership and make safety restrictions.
Jodie Belyea claims victory in by-election in the federal seat of Dunkley in Melbourne's south-east.
The count has begun for a crucial by-election in Melbourne's south-east tipped to be a test for the Albanese government.
Victorian Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton labels the actions of a group of protesters who confronted police at the annual Midsumma Pride march as "abhorrent".
Seven of the eight people believed to have overdosed at Hardmission Festival were placed into induced comas and required breathing tubes.
A mother in her 20s is understood to have avoided contact with medical services throughout her pregnancy, but sought hospital assistance on the day of her baby's birth.
A Melbourne woman who left an indelible mark on Australian politics will be honoured in statue form as part of a council effort to install more female statues.
Police arrest and fine Extinction Rebellion demonstrators for failing to obey traffic directions when staging a rally in the middle of the road outside Flinders Street Station.
Councillor Jasmine Hill has been suspended for alleged misconduct including 'screaming' at staff.
Labor's Eden Foster will take over the seat of Mulgrave from former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews following her by-election win. Premier Jacinta Allan says Labor anticipated a swing against it.