Forget Sudoku and cryptic crosswords, Australia's senior memory champion draws on indigenous cultures from around the world for memory techniques.

When your loved ones' murders are turned into a true crime book, what impact does that have on the family left behind and society's insatiable curiosity into the tragedy?

The daughters of Kerry Robertson, 61, the first Victorian to use the state's Voluntary Assisted Dying Act, say their mother's death was "beautiful and peaceful".

Snow was recorded in Ballarat, Kyneton and the Dandenongs as cold air washes over the state.

They are the lifeblood of Australia's smaller regional towns, selling everything from ammunition to bread, but what's it really like behind the counter at a country town's local store?

The coroner presiding over the inquest into the death of Yorta Yorta woman Tanya Day, who died after sustaining injuries in police custody, refuses a request from Ms Day's family to remove a police investigator from the case.

Balancing the scales of justice is an onerous responsibility for legal professionals when the freedom, futures, families, and finances of their clients are on the line.

Victoria moves to decriminalise public drunkenness on the eve of a coronial inquest into the death of Aboriginal woman Tanya Day, who suffered head injuries in a police cell in 2017.

The Civil Aviation Safety Authority is investigating footage of a man fishing from a chair that's being towed by a homemade drone in central Victoria.

A court releases vision of Aboriginal woman Tanya Day tearful at a Victorian police station on the day she suffered head injuries that led to her death.

It's hoped a new house using a shared-ownership model will give people with disabilities a chance at home ownership and semi-independent living, but it comes with a $300,000 price tag per person.

While the Battle of Bendigo isn't quite as exotic sounding as The Rumble in the Jungle, it's still a bout you should care about, writes Alex McClintock.

The Horn v Zerafa bout promoter brings in male "fight progress managers" to replace female ring card carriers, much to the Bendigo crowd's displeasure, as local councillors call the use of "ring girls" outdated and misogynist.

The coroner conducting an inquest into the death of Yorta Yorta woman Tanya Day releases CCTV footage of her falling and hitting her head in a police cell, as her family says they want the world to see the distressing vision.

As the distressing CCTV footage of Tanya Day's death in police custody is released, all eyes turn to the coroner who will provide a determination on some of the key questions surrounding the Yorta Yorta woman's death.

Hopeful prospectors flock to Victoria's goldfields in search of a lucky strike, but the region is also a hotbed of scientific discovery thanks to the number of meteorites found there.

A judge describes a man who ran down his fiance and mother of four, leaving her for dead after a heated argument, as cowardly and callous.

The only nursing home in Pyramid Hill will close by the end of November, leaving 30 locals out of work.

The councillor who spoke out against the use of ring girls at a council-sponsored boxing match resigns, saying she's been attacked by colleagues and members of the community.

Family members of Aboriginal woman Tanya Day say they want their mother to be remembered for more than her death, describing her as a "loving, nurturing mother and she passed that love onto the community".

Diana Gibson has been her husband's "eyes" for many years, but now her own health is failing with Parkinson's disease. But despite everything, Harry still tends the cows.

This year marks a century since a Tasmanian raced to beat a Victorian rival across Bass Strait.

A new willingness to open up about personal struggles and finding a rural sanctuary is empowering Richmond defender Dylan Grimes and his teammates.

For players of the Balloon Football League, or BFL, the passion and competitiveness is just as intense as AFL the only difference being the players are disabled.

A local council warns Victoria's "culture of recycling" is at risk as the state's waste crisis deepens and an estimated 780 rubbish trucks' worth of recyclable material is sent to landfill in a week.

Their average age is 75, but that's not stopping this group of retirees powerlifting their way to good health.

The Swan Hill and Robinvale regions produce more $800 million in agricultural goods each year, but a "dangerous" C-class road connects them to Melbourne. The community says the lack of funding is a "human rights issue" and the system "needs to change".

The lockdown of a youth correctional facility in central Victoria continues after two alleged violent attacks on staff in as many days saw workers walk off the job.

A Victorian woman who entered a sexualised relationship with a 14-year-old WA boy has been jailed but immediately released after a judge deemed her past had left her with "clouded boundaries".

A judge indicates a woman who pleaded guilty to dangerous driving over the death of cyclist Jason Lowndes, who was killed when he was struck from behind while on a training run in 2017, is unlikely to go to jail.

Buried among the hundreds of witness statements submitted to the aged care royal commission is a table showing how one of the country's biggest for-profit chains employs just one registered nurse for 106 residents on the night shift.

A refresher course is helping older drivers increase their confidence and safety on the road, often many decades after they first sat a licence test. But when the time comes, how do you tell a loved one it might be time to give up driving for good?

The 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, is celebrated worldwide and for the first time in Bendigo.

A Bendigo court orders a woman charged with child stealing to provide a DNA sample after she refused to cooperate with authorities. Her lawyer says the woman remains in hospital waiting for an MRI test.

World jousting champion Phillip Leitch of Kryal Castle, near Ballarat, defeats challengers from as far away as the Netherlands, Russia and Canada to claim the title for another year.

A Melbourne doctor is banned from practising after sparking outrage with online chat room posts, including one that said "some women deserve to be raped" and another that said his marriage "would end in murder" if it fell apart.

Since the privatisation of Victoria's coal-fired power stations in the 1990s, the Latrobe Valley has struggled with high unemployment. But a workers' group has decided not to wait around for new jobs to appear.

Two years after the Hazelwood power station closed, less than half the displaced workers in Victoria's Latrobe Valley have found full-time work.