After taking up the hobby during the coronavirus lockdowns, a Victorian doctor has taken her place among competitive puzzling's world elite with a strong showing at the World Championships in Spain.
How 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 jacketNo birthday party for this 100-year-old Wurlitzer pipe organ, as it struggles to find young love
In the loft above a church in Warragul, east of Melbourne, is a room that makes a magical sound, but the caretakers of this 100-year-old Wurlitzer pipe organ worry its spell may be lost in history as young people show little interest.
Photo shows A man with white hair looks up smiling into the light. There are organ pipes in the room around him.At this caravan park, women aged over 55 have found a way out of the housing crisis
An ageing generation of single women who have raised children, and are often well-educated with careers and middle-class backgrounds, are becoming permanent residents of caravan parks amid the housing crisis.
Photo shows woman standing in window smilingIn its 2024 budget, the Victorian government forgets debt, dreams big and crosses its fingers
The Victorian government's budget released today attempts modest cost savings, but the main message appears to be: don't panic.
Photo shows red brochure with school girl on the frontVictorian ratepayers asked to help with budget repair as debt soars to record highs
The Victorian budget has confirmed delays to the Airport Rail Link, as the state government outlines its plan to tackle the state's rising record debt.
Photo shows Tim Pallas delivering a speech during question time.When Mia's school failed to punish her bullies, she took matters into her own hands
After enduring countless sexist insults, 15-year-old Mia Murphy and her friend decided to call out the haters in a creative way, in Melbourne's Hosier Lane.
Photo shows Mia and Eliza are standing with arms around each other, grafitti in background with posters glued to the wallPlumber's obsession with would-be exploding stars is helping astronomers 'find the unknown'
From the observatory he built in his backyard, Rod Stubbings is one of only three people worldwide who have made 400,000 measurements of the brightness of variable stars.
Photo shows a man wearing a blue shirt smilesShoppers choose 'survival' over support for local farmers as cost of living bites hard
A collective selling local farm produce is forced to close in Victoria's South Gippsland region, as consumers across the country move to "essentials-only" shopping.
Photo shows A man in a chequered shirt holds his son with shaggy blonde hair. Behind them is a fence and purple flowers.'Build less': The advice to government on how to avoid carbon emissions in big infrastructure projects
Victoria's independent infrastructure advisory body is calling on the government to put a dollar value to carbon emissions stemming from major construction projects.
Photo shows A construction site at nightWomen 'tearing their hair out' amid continuing global shortage of vital menopause medication
From full body aches and pains to burning hot flushes and wild, anxious mood swings, the twists and turns Anne Berthelsen-Murray's body takes through the worst of menopause are no trivial annoyance.
Photo shows Anne Berthelsen using menopause medicationAssange's father says it's time to put 'serious' pressure on UK, US to bring home 'son of the Australian soil'
As the world waits for the verdict on whether the WikiLeaks founder will be extradited to the US, his father John Shipton says Australia should consider imposing "not too brutal" restrictions on our allies.
Photo shows A split image showing an older man in a living room and Julian Assange, standing on a balcony holding up his fist.Paramedic Phil 'Teddy Bear' Bell consumes 5,000 calories a day and a lot of anime chasing one strong ambition
If he is not in his Ambulance Victoria uniform, Phil Bell is dressed as his favourite anime character and pulling four-wheel drives and boats along the streets of his country town, a gentle "circus freak" in pursuit of a big dream.
Photo shows Image of big man with tall blonde wig next to a drawing of a big man with tall blonde hairWorkers to be repaid $4m, taxpayers to lose $12m after labour-hire firm saved from collapse
Major PALM scheme employer Plantgrowpick is trading again after entering voluntary administration last year. The company has vowed to make good on its debts to workers, but concerns about its ongoing viability have been raised.
Photo shows Farm workers picking fruit in the field.The horror story of paedophile teacher David MacGregor has been exposed in horrifying detail
A Victorian government inquiry has laid bare how the state's education department protected paedophile David MacGregor, allowing him to teach and coach children for almost three decades despite multiple warnings from children and their parents.
Photo shows A an old colour photo of a boys soccer team with a male coach. The boys' faces are blurred.This Catholic diocese examined domestic and family violence and found its members knew quite a lot
When Sister Nicole hosted workshops to examine domestic and family violence, people willingly shared their own experiences of abuse. Now the church is tackling how it can prevent it happening.
Photo shows a woman with grey hair and glasses.Recruitment bias shutting diverse candidates with 'huge value' out of jobs, experts say
More than 20 per cent of businesses across Australia currently have at least one job vacancy, but experts say excellent candidates are often overlooked.
Photo shows a woman with red hair wearing a pink jumper.Family who saved dad's life during ferocious storm urges all Australians to learn one simple thing
Darryl Martin was digging trenches in an attempt to divert water away from his house when he collapsed. Luckily for him, help was at hand.
Photo shows Darryl standing in the middle of two paramedics in full uniform on Drouin property.Outspoken backbencher Russell Broadbent quits Liberal Party after preselection loss
The veteran MP will move to the crossbench after losing preselection for the regional Victorian seat of Monash on Sunday.
Photo shows Russell Broadbent speaks at a lecturn in the house of representativesVeteran MP Russell Broadbent loses Liberal preselection battle
Long-serving MP for the federal seat of Monash Russell Broadbent has lost his preselection battle to Mary Aldred, a government relations executive at Fujitsu.
Photo shows A smiling woman with short, blonde hair stands outside. She wears a brightly-coloured suit.Logan survived a rare cancer that kills 50 per cent of children in its most aggressive form
The one-year-old's father and a national charity are calling for more research funding for neuroblastoma, a rare form of cancer that leaves many children with permanent side effects from treatment.
Photo shows a toddler in a hospital bed