Emile Pavlich

23 hours ago | abc.net.au | Emile Pavlich |Rebecca R. Norman |Shannon Schubert

An open water channel in central Victoria has become a wildlife graveyard. A wildlife carer says a kangaroo-proof fence could protect other wildlife from drowning in the waterway. A local MP and a researcher want wildlife to be better considered during infrastructure and housing development planning. Wildlife rescuers are calling on authorities to build a kangaroo-proof fence around a central Victoria waterway to stop animals from drowning.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Emile Pavlich |Shannon Schubert

Richard De Leon is neatly dressed as he exits the tent he calls home. He has set up camp on "Virginia Hill" — a fenced-off site once home to a notorious public housing estate, now littered with shopping trolleys, concrete blocks, and broken glass. "I've been here maybe a month or more," Mr De Leon said. He chose the site because it was quiet, and he was usually on his own. "I don't want to go with others with the tent," he said.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Emile Pavlich |Rebecca R. Norman |Fiona Parker

A heritage-listed former prison in Central Victoria will become a Montessori secondary school. The organisation behind the purchase says scores of students are expected to attend in the first 18 months of operation. Fees at the school's other campus amount to almost $8,000 a year. A former prison and art studio in Central Victoria will be transformed into a Montessori secondary school amid growing demand for alternative education in the region.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Anna McGuinness |Emile Pavlich |Shannon Schubert

An inquest hears Victoria's prison disability support service has hundreds of inmates on a waiting list. Clinton Austin was an NDIS participant but did not get the support he was entitled to before he died. Crucial medical evidence about Mr Austin's cause of death in custody has been delayed until August. A coronial inquest has heard a First Nations prisoner with a cognitive impairment fell through "a gap" in disability support services before his death.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Anna McGuinness |Emile Pavlich

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article includes the name and image of someone who has died (used with the permission of his family). Clinton Austin was struggling to breathe, vomiting and sweating through his clothes before he died in custody at a central Victorian prison. He was told by a doctor he had gastro. A few hours later he was found slumped over in his cell.