Victoria

• Minister Jeanette Powell outlines strategy for Victoria's Aboriginal community at PAEC hearings

  The Victorian Government says it is close to appointing the state's first commissioner for aboriginal children and young people.

• Police increase reward for information about cold case murder in 1983

  A $500,000 reward is being offered for information relating to the shooting death of a Melbourne man 30 years ago today.

• New specialist police squad to target hoon driving in Dandenong, Casey, Cardinia

  Victoria Police are launching a new squad to crack down on hoon drivers in Melbourne's south-eastern suburbs.