The body of Hannah McGuire, 23, was found last year in a torched car and her ex-partner charged with the killing. He is today expected to plead not guilty before a jury.

Investigations are ongoing into a crash in the small community of Bolinda on Sunday morning which claimed three of the six lives lost on Victorian roads.

A man was shot dead after firing at police during a siege in the tiny Victorian town of Daisy Hill in the Central Goldfields.

The closure of 10 Bendigo Bank branches across Australia by late October will mean the end of in-person banking for residents in five regional communities.

Australian music legend Joe Camilleri says he has been the victim of a burglary, with several valuable guitars stolen from his central Victorian home.

With a 1,000 employees and about 4,400 clients affected, aged care, disability and veterans care service provider Annecto goes into voluntary administration, leaving staff fearful for their entitlements and their clients.

A group of mothers in Victoria say they've experienced trouble accessing protection against a highly infectious illness that infects up to 90 per cent of children in their first two years.