The state government will spend $153 million to build 348 social homes for Indigenous Victorians across the state.

When it opened in 1881 the comic opera Patience was the first theatrical production in the world to be lit entirely by electricity. But the librettist, W.S. Gilbert, was no fan of scientific fashions.

A week-long police operation targeting organised crime groups and outlaw motorcycle gangs has netted 29 arrests. Almost 140 charges have been laid, including for alleged drugs and firearms offences.

Photo shows New Year's Weather: Dark grey storm clouds over a green forested area, with a rain storm on the horizon.