Heartbreak and intrigue surrounds the death of NZ-born woman whose body was found at Victoria's Mount Macedon.

Sarah Ristevski is torn as her father is the prime suspect of her mum's murder.

It is horrifying how few rapists get convicted, and myths around the crime, the victims and the perpetrators are a big part of the problem.

Less than a fortnight before he died in a fiery plane crash in Melbourne, a US tourist wrote about how he was scared of flying.

The pilot involved in the Melbourne air crash was under investigation for a previous incident that had been deferred three times due to "workload".

The relatives of Wellington-born Melbourne woman Karen Risteveski have vowed to find her killer as police search for answers in the case that has baffled them.

After bushfire tragedy, Marysville in rural Victoria is back in business.

Kiwi consumers could soon have their pick of a new super-sized superfood - a jumbo blueberry the size of a $2 coin.

As the hunt for Jonathan Dick goes on across three Australian states, his family are grappling with the fact he is wanted over the murder of his brother.

The signature twang of the Australian accent may soon be heard more around our northernmost region, if a new targeted tourism campaign proves a hit.

A riot has broken out at an Austrlian detention centre amid reports a group of youths has escaped and carjacked motorists.

A man charged with murder after he allegedly ploughed his car through crowds of shoppers in central Melbourne has refused to appear in court.

Magistrates will now handle serious Victorian bail matters after the man accused of the Bourke St tragedy was bailed just five days before the attack.

Amelia Wade stays at a newly-opened, design-driven Melbourne hotel.

Families and friends of one of the Melbourne massacre victims have remembered her as a "strong, beautiful, determined" woman.

A teenager armed with a baseball bat who tried to stop the Melbourne car rampage says he's not a hero because he couldn't save the five people who died.

The mother and sister of a 10-year-old schoolgirl killed in Melbourne's CBD tragedy were last night fighting for their lives in hospital.

Friends of the youngest of four people killed when a man drove into a crowd in Melbourne have spoken out, saying "we all feel helpless and hopeless at times like this".

A young woman has shared horrific pictures of her eyes filled with blood after a dangerous stampede at Falls Festival in Victoria before New Year's Eve.

A father-of-two has died after he was mowed down by a car in a suspected domestic dispute in Melbourne.

Heavy storms have washed faecal matter into Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay, prompting experts to warn of a gastro risk.

At least 19 people have been taken to hospital with serious injuries following a crowd crush incident at the Falls Music and Arts Festival at Lorne in Victoria.

The pair met on the netball court - although she doesn't remember.

Detective described injuries as "horrific and over a large period of time."

It's a letter you never want to receive but things weren't quite as bad as they first seemed for this Australian woman.

A tourist has told how she almost got in the car during an outback encounter with a man now charged with murder.

The family of the man arrested over the stabbing of French tourist in Australia's Northern Territory are distraught, as the victim's wife is released from hospital.

A fisherman on the search for squid has landed a haul of two flamingos, one unicorn, a dinosaur and four grateful schoolies.

The man landed the 1.5 metre gill shark in his boat and was trying to hook it when its jaws locked onto his arm.

Thousands of children go missing every year. Some never make it home again.