Police have called in dogs capable of tracking electronic devices as they resume their search for Lucinda Miller, who disappeared three years ago after travelling to eastern Victoria.

Police are appealing to the public for help in locating a man who left to pick up supplies while camping with his wife in Gippsland.

Hundreds of rapid-response fire vehicles are off the road ahead of bushfire season, prompting fears local brigades will have to pick up the slack.

Advocacy group Climate Integrity has accused the gas industry of using "distorted research", produced by the accounting firm EY, to influence the Australian government's Future Gas Strategy.

In regional Victoria, potholes are not being fixed and major rural road projects have stalled, despite the loss of life from accidents.  

Victoria could have its own Sydney rock oyster industry after a trial at Lakes Entrance yielded positive results.

Parents of children with disability can miss out on social support, but a Victorian physiotherapist hopes to change that.