Jo Printz

It took Casey many years to access a specialist for a debilitating and painful menstrual cycle. Now, a federally funded endometriosis and pelvic pain clinic is online but, in rural Victoria it's still difficult to access.

A study of tens of thousands of Victorian cases finds women in cardiac arrest are only half as likely as men to receive defibrillation from a bystander — some telling investigators they feared exposing the patient's chest.

The cost-of-living crisis is having a negative impact for smaller regional producers, where sales of food and wine usually ramp up ahead of the festive season.

Peter Trott, one of the few Australians making high-quality hand tools for woodworkers, furniture makers and other artisans, is encouraging others to take up the dying trade.

Pauline Boyle became an independent yarn dyer by accident. When she couldn't find the wool she wanted in craft stores, she thought she'd "just have a go" creating it herself.

Taking to mountain bike trails gives these teenage boys and their mentors a chance to share their love of riding, but also to chat "shoulder to shoulder".

For 15 years, Richard Penna has collected aluminium can ring pulls to raise money for charity. How will a new recycling scheme in Victoria affect his future collecting?

In a mysterious case of mistaken gender identity, a timber bollard commemorating the achievements of Captain Pearl Wallace was repainted as a scruffy seaman with a bushy brown beard.

Death cafes, death doulas, loss podcasts, and alternative funerals and memorials. There's new life in death planning and what we want to happen to our bodies.

Community groups in Victoria's Macedon Ranges want to stop European honey bee swarms taking over tree hollows in their landscape.

Parents of a Bendigo boy have spent years trying to understand their son's rare degenerative condition called KAND, but a new research trial could help provide him with a treatment.

Animal welfare, conservation, and education are at the heart of two very different wildlife parks in regional Victoria.

There's a lot more going on underground when it comes to mushrooms.

Since they were forced to flee Rochester, Tracey Kisvarda and her husband Ian have been living in Melbourne's Mickleham facility. So what's it like?

The exterior of Bendigo's new court complex features an impressive artwork depicting Bunjil, the Kulin and Dja Dja Wurrung peoples' creator spirit. But legal experts want changes for Indigenous people inside the system too.

A mural in Bendigo's central business district will help explain the benefits of sustainable living practices to cultural and linguistically diverse Victorians.

About 400 Macedon Ranges residents use the service and almost 40 workers are expected to be affected by the decision. Meanwhile, the City of Greater Bendigo is also weighing its options.

A Victorian council faces backlash over its plan to remove homeless people from a public park, with lawyers labelling it a potential human rights breach.

Treasures of Dai Gum San transports a selection of the museum's collection, chosen from more than 30,000 objects amassed since the 1880s, to the nearby Bendigo Art Gallery.

The Victorian government has allocated $500,000 to plan and design a new rail trail in the state's north-west.

Five young women, who could end up as future leaders in their communities, have laid out their hopes, ideas and challenges as part of a program designed to give young people more of a say in executive decisions made by local organisations.

The shire council prepares for an expected influx of tourists with its Autumn Festival starting on March 26.

The Bendigo United Climate Challenge Alliance is rating local political candidates on their environmental position and policies.

Regional tourism groups hope a new round of travel vouchers will bring visitors flooding back to the country, but some fear the scheme's structure could see local businesses miss out. 

With the new first-class carriage Acheron renovated and lovingly restored over the past five years, historic steam train travel has just got even better.