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Many Australians are getting their groceries and household items using an arrangement known as "community group buying" that became widespread in China during its strict pandemic lockdowns.

A 14-year-old boy has been charged over a series of armed robberies in Melbourne's south-east on Saturday. Police are still searching for others involved. 

Police believe a group of teenagers with kitchen knives are behind armed robberies on four supermarkets in Melbourne's south-east on Saturday afternoon.

Point Cook woman Samantha Heberlein has been found alive and well in North Melbourne, six days after her car broke down in far East Gippsland.

Police allege a group was trafficking methylamphetamine throughout Shepparton and into Melbourne after arresting 15 people in coordinated raids throughout last week, also snaring imitation firearms and more than $50,000 in cash.

A County Court judge says Kumuthini Kannan's attempt to prevent a woman she had enslaved in her Melbourne home from giving evidence in court struck at the heart of the justice system, as she is sentenced to another year behind bars.

One of Victoria's biggest Chinese community language schools is disputing allegations the school failed to correctly pay the wages and entitlements of 12 employees.

For all intents and purposes, sportsman Chris Ross looked like a healthy 31-year-old. But a diagnosis of motor neurone disease changed his life forever — and he's sharing his journey in the hope it will help others.

Labor is on track to wrest two seats from the Liberal Party in Melbourne's east, including what would be an historic victory in the former Liberal stronghold of Higgins.

Poor relations with Beijing are front and centre of this election campaign, so what does that mean in a the super-marginal electorate of Chisholm where one in five voters is Chinese Australian?

With almost one in five people in the electorate of Chisholm having Chinese ancestry, that subset of the community could have a big say in who wins the seat. However, the "Chinese community" covers a broad range of experiences and views, and three weeks out from election day, many are still undecided.

As economists predict another round of hikes in official inflation figures, we speak to traders and consumers who are already noticing concerning price rises.

A women's hospital in Melbourne's north is deemed a tier 1 exposure site, while schools and childcare centres are added to the list overnight.

The overall number of venues on the list has shrunk in the past week as old venues have dated, despite a growing number of new infections detected each day. 

The Casey Hospital Emergency Department in Berwick joins venues from Ballarat and the Bellarine Peninsula on Victoria's list of COVID-19 exposure sites.

New tier 1 COVID-19 exposure sites have been identified at The Alfred Hospital and building sites in Ballarat suburbs.

A Melbourne couple who enslaved and brutalised a grandmother over an eight-year period are sentenced to prison for the "crime against humanity".

Senior Victorian minister Martin Pakula is left without a seat for next year's state election, after his electorate of Keysborough is abolished in a redistribution.

A jury finds a Mount Waverley husband and wife guilty of slavery offences after the Supreme Court heard they physically abused their victim and paid her the equivalent of $3.36 a day.

An Indian woman who overstayed her visa performed chores and stayed in a Melbourne family home for eight years, but a couple charged with enslavement say the "Ammachi" was a beloved, "integrated member of the family".