A young father who suffered permanent brain damage after a Victoria Police officer fell on him during a bungled arrest in 2022 has quietly settled a lawsuit with the force in a deal believed to be worth almost $14 million.

Motorists are urged to take care while driving along the Princes Freeway in Bunyip, in Victoria's east, as potholes force up to 30 vehicles off the road.

Conservationists say they fear the arrival of H5 bird flu in Australia could have a devastating impact on Phillip Island's penguin population.

Victorian prospectors say they fear further regulations could follow if the state's historic goldfields receive World Heritage status. 

This 30,000-hectare property is the largest cattle farm in Victoria. But it's facing a very different future that will involve more native planting than before.

New premier Ben Carroll says Victoria will fulfil the state's funding obligations to public schools under the Gonski plan.

There are very few places on Earth that remain untouched and unseen by humans. For true explorers, the final frontier is not a distant speck in the sky, it is the underground realm beneath our feet.