Schools data hack exposes students for years to come, experts warn

Victorian families have been warned to expect data stolen from Education Department files would likely remain for sale on the dark web.

Readers respond to floods and fires, hazard-reduction burns and turf wars.

Holidaymakers and local leaders have questioned why authorities did not do more to raise the alarm before a “wall of water” swept through the Surf Coast.

The senior constable who was working in Victoria’s western region will fight three sex-offence allegations at a contested hearing.

A sinkhole that appeared at a sports oval in Heidelberg last week was the result of an error by a North East Link Project tunnelling crew, and could have been avoided. 

The males, including a 13-year-old, allegedly used machetes in the pre-dawn attack at Hampton Park.

Victoria Police officers in the Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC) in Williamstown coordinated five aviation assets in the air at once in response to flash flooding along the Great Ocean Road on January 15, 2026.

Drought settled on Victoria during World War II. Then came calamitous fires and finally, the Big Flood, stranding a little family. No one was about to let them drown.

Three teenage boys, including a 13-year-old, have been arrested after allegedly using machetes in the attack.

The SES received dozens of calls for help from midday on Thursday, and people are waking up on Friday in relief centres.

The SES received dozens of calls for help from midday on Thursday, and following the bushfires across Victoria, people are again waking up in relief centres – this time due to floods.

Test your knowledge of Melbourne and Victoria with Stephen Brook’s quiz.

There is a very fine line between the amount of GHB a user wants to take recreationally and a life-endangering amount.

A bushland camp in central Victoria where generations of young people explored their adventurous spirit has been destroyed by the giant Longwood bushfire.

The criminal syndicates running the multibillion-dollar illegal cigarette trade are hatching plans to avoid Victoria’s upcoming crackdown on tobacco shops.

A popular holiday park is underwater and sections of the Great Ocean Road are closed as flood warnings remain in place.

Readers respond to hate speech laws, bushfire policies, Iran protests and the cabana wars.

A popular holiday park is underwater and sections of the Great Ocean Road are closed as flood warnings remain in place.

A popular holiday park is underwater and sections of the Great Ocean Road are closed as flood warnings remain in place.

Rover Scout Marcus Jones described the destruction of the Mafeking Rover Park in last Friday’s devastating Longwood bushfire.

With thousands of DVDs in his collection, Mark Bishop wants to recreate the rental stores of his childhood.

Police and emergency services were called to a home on the island after a grisly discovery on Thursday morning.

Lawyers for Tom Silvagni, the son of AFL great Stephen Silvagni, will argue that County Court Judge Gregory Lyon “erred” in two ways during the rape trial.

A popular holiday park is underwater and sections of the Great Ocean Road are closed as flood warnings remain in place.

A popular holiday park is underwater and sections of the Great Ocean Road are closed as flood warnings remain in place.

A black SUV has been swept into the ocean and a holiday park is underwater in rapid floodwaters.

A black SUV has been swept into the ocean and a holiday park is underwater in rapid floodwaters.

Shania Lee failed to appear at a court hearing on Thursday over the fire that broke out at her home in Melbourne’s north-west in September 2024.

Police and emergency services were called to a property on the island on Thursday morning.

Throw shade all you like. I am one of those annoying cabana owners, and I’m happy to be on the beach and out of the hot sun.