Police acknowledge an "uptick in street offending", but caution residents against social media vigilantism and taking matters into their own hands.

An accused meth-fuelled thug allegedly assaulted a person with such ferocity during “unprovoked” and “prolonged” attacks on a ...

Passengers on the Bendigo, Ballarat, Warrnambool and Ararat lines will get more services, more carriages and better trains from mid-April as patronage grows.