A regional Victorian hay manufacturer has been slugged with a $400,000 fine after a worker died on the job near Bendigo.

On Monday, the Victoria County Commissioner’s Court followed suit behind other area dignitaries and officials by announcing ...

County Court chief judge Peter Kidd, whose legal career has spanned the George Pell case, Tony Mokbel’s drug trials and the Silk-Miller police murders, has told colleagues he is quitting the role.