Jacqueline Vella,from Strathtulloh in Melbourne's outer west,booked a six-week holiday last October for her family of five to Europe and Disneyland.

'Crying for days'as frustration with travel agents grows

Melbourne midwife Jacqueline Vella is devastated after losing thousands of dollars on a cancelled family holiday,but she and many other grounded travellers have nowhere to turn after the peak travel industry body last month suspended its complaints handling panel for months.

  • David Estcourt andGoya Dmytryshchak

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Victorian Attorney-General Jill Hennessy.

Sign up to sex abuse redress scheme or lose funding,government warns

Victorian private schools,religious entities and other organisations who don't sign up to a redress scheme for child sex abuse survivors may lose funding,the state government has warned.

  • Goya Dmytryshchak
Melbourne Zoo

Casual staff dumped from cultural institutions

Around 160 casual staff employed at the NGV were told on Friday they would no longer be employed.

  • Ashleigh McMillan andGoya Dmytryshchak
Rachel Calleja has accused Flight Centre of'robbery'after it demanded $1500 to cancel Disneyland tickets worth $2200

'Unfair':Flight Centre draws fire over $300 charge for COVID cancellations

A Victorian family whose dream holiday to the US was cancelled because of coronavirus has accused Flight Centre of "robbery" for refusing to refund the full cost of a Disneyland pass.

  • David Estcourt andGoya Dmytryshchak
Victorian Health Minister Jenny Mikakos.

Nine people in Melbourne hotel isolation test COVID-19 positive in one day

The Health Minister revealed an additional 17 people tested positive for the virus on Friday.

  • Ashleigh McMillan,Marissa Calligeros andGoya Dmytryshchak
A Melbourne Bunnings employee says the stores are so full some staff fear coming to work due to the risk of catching COVID-19.

Bunnings is'packed'despite coronavirus warnings

Bunnings is full of shoppers and so lacking in social distancing some staff are afraid to attend,according to one worker.

  • Goya Dmytryshchak
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The bomb squad is sweeping an area just kilometres from the busy Melbourne Showgrounds after a man was arrested with an'unknown device'.

Motorcylist dies after allegedly taking off from police

A motorcyclist has died at Mildura in in Victoria's north-west after allegedly taking off from police on Saturday night.

  • Goya Dmytryshchak
Police are searching for Jan Velezis who went missing from a Fitzroy nursing home.

Woman missing from Fitzroy nursing home

Police are appealing for help to find a woman missing from a Melbourne nursing home on Saturday.

  • Goya Dmytryshchak
The vandalised Torquay Surf Life Saving Club.

Torquay lifesavers dealt blow amid coronavirus crisis

Volunteer lifesavers patrolling one of Victoria's busiest beaches have been dealt a blow with graffiti vandals targeting their club.

  • Goya Dmytryshchak
Kate Adamson and her sons;Banjo 11,Rupert 9 and Alastair 6,pin posters up around Elwood's streets offering help to the elderly during the coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus pandemic gives rise to acts of kindness

Neighbourhood buddy systems are being set up for people in self isolation across Melbourne as the the coronavirus pandemic brings out the best in human nature.

  • Goya Dmytryshchak