Sources: ABC News Australia
Daniel Andrews announces his resignation as Premier of Victoria, Australia, after nine years in office. 2023-09-26
Australia reports that it is suffering a plague of mice across New South Wales, from the Queensland border all the way to Victoria. Mice are chewing through walls and ceilings, and are estimated to have caused $100 million in damage to crops and grain stores. Homeowners setting traps are reporting catching 500 to 600 mice per night. 2021-05-22
Australia reports the highest one-day increase of new cases since the pandemic began, with 502 new cases, surpassing the previous record set on March 28 at 469 cases. Victoria records 484 new cases and two deaths, the highest of any Australian state. [https:--www.theage.com.au-national-victoria-record-484-new-coronavirus-cases-in-victoria-20200722-p55ecn.html ("The Age")] [https:--www.abc.net.au-news-2020-07-22-australia-records-highest-daily-number-of-coronavirus-cases-12481762 (ABC News (Australia))]2020-07-22
A XPT train derails in Victoria, Australia, killing two people. 2020-02-20
Ted Baillieu resigns as the Premier of the Australian state of Victoria as his embattled government was pushed close to collapse. 2013-03-6
Judy Moran, the matriarch of the Australian Moran crime family, is convicted of the murder of her brother-in-law Des Moran in Melbourne, Victoria. 2011-03-9
Thousands of people in the Australian state of Victoria are forced to evacuate due to flooding. 2011-02-6
Voters in the Australian state of Victoria go to the polls for the state election. 2010-11-27
Law enforcement agencies in Victoria, Australia, the United Kingdom and Spain conduct raids in relation to allegedly corrupt behaviour by the currency subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of Australia. 2010-10-6
The report of the Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission into the Black Saturday bushfires that killed 173 people in Victoria, Australia, is tabled in the Parliament of Victoria. It contains 67 recommendations including changes to evacuation policy and an increase in backburning. 2010-07-31