Eight-year-old stabbed by student wielding a kitchen knife and toy gun

Two schools were plunged into lockdown during the incident at a Berwick primary school that left a student and staff member injured.

A narrow dirt road in a central Victorian farming town is covered in litter and human waste after being overrun by visitors, forcing locals to employ a grim deterrent.

A narrow dirt road in a central Victorian farming town is covered in litter and human waste after being overrun by visitors, forcing locals to employ a grim deterrent.

The next instalment of the high-stakes defamation case returns to court on Friday. Cate Sayers is expected to be the courtroom – but where will her ex-husband be?

Jemena wants to replace smaller wooden power poles with five-storey concrete poles in Melbourne’s west. It’s not going well.

Jemena wants to replace smaller wooden power poles with five-storey concrete poles in Melbourne’s west. It’s not going well.

Expert tips to help you do your best in this year’s exams, plus meet the students doing Year 12 differently.

Three years’ ago, Isabella Mavrogiannis didn’t know a thing about carpentry.

Study pals Dinith and Clarence drove each other to achieve perfect ATARs.

Moving from a bricks-and-mortar school to Virtual Schools Victoria was a game-changer for Steph Woods.

Ananya Hariharan’s first singing lesson as a six-year-old was sparked by being told off in class.

Interest in vocational and applied learning is growing alongside traditional studies.

The devastation in Nepal should be a wake-up call to governments on climate change, say readers.

STEM subjects were popular among Victoria’s high achievers – but there were some surprising choices, too.

STEM subjects were popular among Victoria’s high achievers – but there were some surprising choices, too.

STEM subjects were popular among Victoria’s high achievers – but there were some surprising choices, too.

The Keilor property raided by federal police on Wednesday has a highly unusual history.

Scotch principal Scott Marsh acknowledged families should have received more information in advance of the presentation.

Majid Alibadi was infamously picked up by a Rolls-Royce and Lamborghini after being released on bail. He’s now become the first of Kaz Hamad’s top-ranked lieutenants to be sentenced to prison.

Majid Alibadi was infamously picked up by a Rolls-Royce and Lamborghini after being released on bail. He’s now become the first of Kaz Hamad’s top-ranked lieutenants to be sentenced to prison.

See where a chief tramways engineer recommended the network should run, and why advocates support extending light rail.

See where a chief tramways engineer recommended the network should run, and why advocates support extending light rail.

The Keilor property was searched by federal police as they investigate the sacked former top official.

The government has dragged the chain on issue after issue – home invasions, tobacco store firebombings, bail for youth offenders, the degradation of retail strips and more.

The government has dragged the chain on issue after issue – home invasions, tobacco store firebombings, bail for youth offenders, the degradation of retail strips and more.

The tower that will transform one of the CBD’s best-known intersections was granted approval without public consultation.

This construction company boss says he did not know how else to get around the union gatekeepers threatening the survival of his business.

The tower that will transform one of the CBD’s best-known intersections was granted approval without public consultation.

Readers are not impressed by One Nation’s publicity “net zero” stunt days after the Nepal tragedy.

Tackling the state of Victoria’s roads will be a measure of a party’s commitment to voters.