Regional

Business
Photo: Joyce Le

The refinery that made Geelong what it is today—and bound it to risk

Story by: Anna Raimondi Joyce Le

Environment
Image: Amber O’Meara Noseda, Great Ocean Photography

Coastal community beats back seismic blasting

Story by: Theoné van der Merwe

Culture
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Judgement day: Mushroom Trial a sideshow for locals

Story by Larissa Sutherland

Projects
Darren Howe/Bendigo Advertiser

Siren call: El Nino return sparks fears of fiery future

Story by Jacob Wallace

Projects
Photo: Shutterstock

Soils ain’t soils: green ag’s field day for farmers battling costs and heat

Words by Michael Jeong

Projects
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Meltdown: health risks of a warming world worst for young, old and poor

Story by Jerome Des Preaux

Projects

Hollow promises: forest creature comforts lost due to climate change

Story by Xinyi Li

Projects
Photo: Gwen Liu

Leapfrog into a hotter future, where ponds promise chance of survival

Story by Sasha Gattermayr

Business
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Reality bites: food bank demand surges in regional Victoria

Story by Sam Irvine

Society

End of coal: the long twilight at Yallourn power station

Photo essay by Josie Hess

Politics
Image: Simon Hof

After battling bushfires, Victorian town battles bureaucracy

Words by Marilyn Tan

Roads, water are top priorities for $200m port windfall, say regions

Words by Derrick Krusche