Sources: ABC News Australia
Australia reports a record for the twelfth consecutive day of 35,326 new cases of COVID-19. New South Wales, Victoria and other states report record numbers of new cases. 2022-01-1
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
A semi-trailer crashes into two police cars along the Eastern Freeway near Kew, Victoria, Australia. Four police officers are killed, making it the deadliest incident for law enforcement in the history of Victoria. 2020-04-22
Six men are arrested in the Australian state of Victoria in relation to alleged involvement in an international tennis match-fixing syndicate. 2014-07-18
Bushfires in the Australian state of Victoria claim at least one life with towns in the Grampians National Park region evacuated. 2014-01-17
Ted Baillieu resigns as the Premier of the Australian state of Victoria as his embattled government was pushed close to collapse. 2013-03-6
Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia and Hong Kong ban poultry imports from the Australian state of Victoria while Japan bans imports from the whole of Australia following an outbreak of a low pathogenic form of the avian influenza (separate from the potentially deadly H5N1 strain).2012-02-1
The remains of Australian bushranger Ned Kelly are found in the former HM Prison Pentridge in Melbourne, Victoria. 2011-09-1
Simon Overland resigns as the Chief Commissioner of Police in the Australian state of Victoria following the release of a damning Ombudsman's report on the release of dodgy crime statistics before the 2010 Victorian election. 2011-06-16
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