Blackie was exploring his vast rural backyard in Emerald, south-east of Melbourne when he became stuck deep in the wombat hole.

A Victorian teacher has tested positive to COVID-19, with the Melbourne school to be closed for three days for deep cleaning and to enable contact tracing.

Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan has withdrawn remarks he made slamming Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews' leadership over schools during the coronavirus crisis

A photo showed the group of officers surrounding the middle-aged woman at Fawkner Park in South Yarra on Sunday around 4pm.

The group were connected by a rope and walking through bushland in Jamieson, 200km northeast of Melbourne near Victoria's Great Dividing Range on Sunday.

Melbourne's major shopping centres such as Chadstone in the city's southeast and Highpoint in the west are expected to evolve into never-before-seen spaces.

John Arthur Elliott, 38, from Perth, spent the last year walking across Australia but at midday on Sunday, his camel slipped off a bush track near Jamieson around 190km north-east of Melbourne.

Hundreds of stores are set to reopen as restrictions ease across the country. However some centres, such as Westfield Fountain Gate in Melbourne, have already seen stores filled with shoppers.

Exclusive Melbourne restaurant Enter via Laundry's website crashed after it featured on Tuesday night's episode of MasterChef: Back to Win.

Olympia Valance has sold her apartment for more than the $550,000 asking price.  

Viewers are going to see huge changes on MasterChef: Back To Win very soon. 

Victoria Police are offering a $250,000 reward to anyone with information about a  bizarre shooting that left a man in a coma for several days.

Victoria recorded another 17 cases of the deadly virus on Wednesday morning with four new infections linked to Cedar Meats in Brooklyn, west Melbourne.

The employee at Grant Lodge in Bacchus Marsh, about 50 kilometres north of Melbourne , was screened for coronavirus on Saturday and all the nursing home residents are now being tested.

Renee West and her two sons flew from Melbourne to Auckland on April 25 after her 59-year-old mother Lesley Haughey was diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Police have launched a manhunt for a man linked to one of the most notorious crime families in the country. 

The employee, from the Fawkner store in Melbourne's north, tested positive earlier this week.

The United Kingdom wasted $30 million on nearly two million antibody test kits found to be inaccurate.

Cooper Henderson was waiting at the door on Wednesday when he was greeted by favourite 'garbo' Ron who was doing his rounds in Sunbury, in north-west Melbourne.

Mike Tyson has revealed his ambitions to return to the ring to compete in charity fights, and has recently been training to get into shape ahead of a potential comeback.

Remarkable footage shows the well-dressed woman, aged in her late 60s, pointing and shouting at a group of young girls at a crossing in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy.

The protesters will demand the government lifts 'absurd' lockdown rules and reopen the nation immediately.

The Melbourne woman was undergoing a 14-day mandatory COVID-19 quarantine at the Mercure hotel after returning from overseas when she miscarried on April 15.

Rachael Arahill has responded to media reports that claimed she was set to exit The Bachelor this week. 

The Bachelor franchise has been rocked by a number of same-sex relationships between female contestants in recent years.

An American Bachelor contestant who was accused of having an 'inappropriate relationship' with a producer has slammed the show for 'recycling' storylines. 

The 24th season of The Bachelor USA will begin filming in the coming weeks. 

Australian Survivor star Aaron 'AK' Knight blew the fellow contestants away on Wednesday when he played Osher Günsberg in a parody version of The Bachelor. 

The Bachelor host, who has become a vocal environmental activist, criticised the push by some MPs to increase Australia's coal capacity.

Former Bachelor Tim Robards has made extraordinary claims about the coronavirus, saying the global health crisis which has killed more than 2,500 people is simply 'clickbait'.

Locky Gilbert has taken a savage swipe at Nick 'The Honey Badger' Cummins while speaking about his new role as The Bachelor. 

Georgia Love met her fiancé Lee Elliott on the 2016 season of The Bachelorette.  

Australian Survivor's Brooke Jowett was 'hurt' when her ex Locklan 'Locky' Gilbert was announced as the Bachelor last week. 

This year's season of Bachelor in Paradise will see The Bachelorette's Timm Hanly, and Ciarran Stott and The Bachelor's Brittany Hockley return to the franchise. 

Production of The Bachelor Australia's eighth season is facing scrutiny amid fears the dating show's famous mansion setting could be an ideal breeding ground for the coronavirus.

The Bachelor's Noni Janur has showcased what it's really like to be tested for the deadly coronavirus. 

Production of The Bachelor Australia's eighth season will still go ahead, despite the spread of coronavirus across the nation.

Filming of the eighth season of The Bachelor Australia, starring Locklan 'Locky' Gilbert, has been suspended. 

The University of Western Australia (UWA) said while under the current plans students will still complete their exams, the move was designed to ease the concerns of students graduating this year.

Both Tim, 37, and Anna, 33, carried shopping bags as they returned home following a visit to their local supermarket in Sydney's Rose Bay

The Bachelor's Laura Byrne has spoken candidly about having a miscarriage with fiancé Matthew 'Matty J' Johnson before welcoming daughter Marlie Mae last June.

Many weddings have been cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Being cooped up inside during the coronavirus outbreak is enough to drive anyone a little stir crazy.

Former Bachelor star Elly Miles has compared life in lockdown during the coronavirus outbreak to her time on the popular Channel 10 reality show.

On Tuesday, Osher Günsberg revealed he almost gambled away the 2006 Logie Award won by Australian Idol.

Australia's reality television industry has been turned on its head due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

CRAIG BROWN: Today, I had been planning to turn the tables on Barry Cryer.

CRAIG BROWN: Q: I have an ingrowing toenail. What should I do about it, Dr Donald? DR DONALD SAYS: Nobody knows ingrowing toenails like I do, and that's a fact.

The musician, 35, confirmed he's dating body-builder and Lloyds Bank worker, Amelia Tank, at The Voice 2020 launch on Monday, three months after they were first linked.

A new TV adaptation of Judith Kerr's much-loved classic of children's literature The Tiger Who Came To Tea is to be shown on Christmas Eve and remains enchantingly true to the book.