Kellie Lazzaro

Mar 6, 2025 | abc.net.au | Kellie Lazzaro |Gillian Aeria |Andrew Kelso

Thousands of people have been left stranded in the tiny Victorian town of Donald after the Esoteric Festival was called off at the 11th hour. At least 8,000 tickets were sold for the annual "doof" event, which brings in an estimated $15 million to the community and is its main annual source of income.

Jan 29, 2025 | abc.net.au | Julia Bergin |Tyrone Dalton |Kellie Lazzaro

New emergency warnings have been issued for out-of-control bushfires spreading in multiple directions in the Grampians/Gariwerd National Park. About 100 residents in the towns of Mooralla, Woohlpooer, Glenisla and Rocklands have been told to leave immediately this morning after fires flared along the park's western edge, 18 kilometres north-east of Cavendish. Incident controller Peter West said the Balwyn Road fire increased in size to 7,000 hectares overnight, even in mild conditions.

Jan 23, 2025 | rnz.co.nz | Kellie Lazzaro |Alexander Darling |Laura Mayers

By Kellie Lazzaro, Alexander Darling, and Laura MayersPolice are searching for the vandals who removed the heads from two statues of Australian prime ministers and damaged 18 others in Ballarat early on Thursday morning. Twenty of the bronze busts, which line the famed Prime Ministers Avenue, were damaged in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens on Wendouree Parade sometime between 2am and 5am.

Jan 23, 2025 | abc.net.au | Kellie Lazzaro |Alexander Darling

Police are searching for the vandals who removed the heads from two statues of Australian prime ministers and damaged 18 others in Ballarat early on Thursday morning. Twenty of the bronze busts, which line the famed Prime Ministers Avenue, were damaged in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens on Wendouree Parade sometime between 2am and 5am. The busts of former Labor leaders Paul Keating and Kevin Rudd are believed to have been decapitated and stolen in the vandalism spree.

Oct 3, 2024 | abc.net.au | Kellie Lazzaro |William Howard

A student pilot has walked away uninjured after a runway accident in a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Roulette plane at a Victorian air base. The incident involving a PC-21 plane occurred at RAAF Base East Sale on Thursday. A RAAF spokesperson said the pilot was making a "low-speed runway excursion" when the crash occurred. The student pilot was taken to the base medical centre for assessment as a precaution.