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A Victorian mine will start exporting a rare earths concentrate from 2026, which can be processed into commercial quantities of uranium, sparking protests from farmers and an environmental group.

Temperatures are pushing into the forties in the eastern states as the focus shifts to an "extensive" thunderstorm risk. 

There's a good reason the price of orange juice has risen and supermarkets are not to blame.

Victorian authorities brace for difficult fire conditions with high temperatures and storms with dry lightning forecast this week.

The next edition of a historic ski race in which competitors reach speeds up to 120 kilometres per hour has been cancelled.

The Victorian government has confirmed it wants to fast-track housing construction in the regional areas just as it does in Melbourne and has hinted at limiting appeal opportunities as part of achieving this goal. 

A report reveals people living in regional Victoria are almost twice as likely to seek abortions after 12 weeks' gestation than those living in metropolitan areas.

A dozen Victorian councils will begin their new term of government under the watchful eyes of an independent monitor. Who are municipal monitors and what do they do?

The weather bureau says to expect heavy rain, flash flooding, large hail and damaging winds across the state, with the north-east forecast to be the hardest hit.

Some university students studying secondary teaching say the violent and sexist behaviour they have witnessed during school placements has made them want to drop out of their degrees.

Police are searching for a man after the 44-year-old victim was hit over the head in Elizabeth Street in Melbourne.

The ABC has begun its quest to find out which native six-legged marvel is Australia's most popular insect for 2024. Six experts have selected their finalists for an online poll. 

Regional Victorian councils have told two separate inquiries, including a federal one, that they're having to do more with less and that their remit now is much more than just "roads, rates, and rubbish".

Giving visitors a better understanding of Aboriginal culture is becoming big business in New South Wales, with more than $3 billion spent on cultural tourism in the state last financial year.

Federation University is set to cop the biggest reduction Australia-wide under a proposed cap on international student numbers, with a 52 per cent reduction in new overseas enrolments compared to its 2023 intake.

The Supreme Court of Victoria has heard Paul Cohrs, 64, murdered his mother in north-west Victoria hours after fatally shooting his brother over family business disputes.   

Gerald Murnane rarely leaves his tiny Victorian town, but bookies have him among the favourites to win this year's Nobel Prize for Literature.

A Victorian landcare group has filed legal proceedings against the federal government, challenging the approval of artificial flooding as a "dodgy water offset project".

Unions say nursing staff will be lost at a regional Victorian hospital along with redeployments as the Bendigo Health service undergoes a major restructure.

Growing cherries is "high risk, high reward" but farmers now have access to new varieties better suited to difficult climate conditions.