COVID-19
Victoria records 55 new infections
Daily coronavirus infections in Victoria have increased again after falling for four straight days with 55 new cases recorded overnight. ...
Prisoner warns COVID-19 ‘criminals’ to obey rules
A prisoner jailed over a high-speed crash while high on drugs has urged young Victorians to obey lockdown orders or ...
Shorten‘s swipe at PM over Vic comments
Former Labor leader Bill Shorten has taken a swipe at Scott Morrison over his reaction to Victoria’s roadmap out of ...
What Victorians are loading up on at Aldi
EXCLUSIVE: Melbourne’s CBD, Frankston and Ballarat are obsessed with paw paw ointment while St Kilda’s hipsters are indulging in salmon ...
The menace hiding in plain sight
A new study from online mental health organisation ReachOut shows young people across the country are less likely to identify ...
‘It’s tough’: Business group slams Dan
Victoria’s business boss has slammed Premier Daniel Andrews for refusing to allow businesses in Melbourne to trade as normal for ...
Hundreds quarantined from Qld hospital
Hundreds of staff at a busy hospital west of Brisbane are in quarantine, awaiting COVID-19 results after positive cases worked ...
How Vic’s restrictions could ease quicker
Victoria’s tough lockdown restrictions could be eased quicker if case numbers dramatically changed, the Premier says. Powered by WPeMatico
‘Woeful’: Why Vic won’t escape lockdown
Epidemiologist Peter Collignon has slammed the Victorian government’s road map to end the state’s harsh lockdown as “unattainable”, especially within ...
Victoria records 63 new coronavirus cases and five deaths with Daniel Andrews to reveal path out of lockdown
The figures came as the Victorian premier prepares to tell Victorians how and when he will remove the many restrictions ...
Weeks after the Beirut blast, Lebanese Civil War survivors in Australia remain retraumatised
The initial shock of the Beirut port explosion may be subsiding, but many Lebanese Australians who fled the country during ...
Coronavirus exposure at NSW medical centre as Sydney gym cluster grows
A Sydney medical centre has been exposed to COVID-19, while the NSW premier has asked her Queensland counterpart to rethink ...
Coronavirus found in South Australian wastewater as state reports first case in 12 days
Wastewater testing at two South Australian treatment plants has returned evidence of COVID-19 but authorities say it doesn’t prove community ...
Dozens arrested in Melbourne and NSW as hundreds protest coronavirus lockdowns across Australia
Victoria Police arrested more than a dozen people at an anti-lockdown protest in Melbourne as similar rallies took place across ...
How to beat expensive COVID-19 spending habits
Booze, gambling and food delivery services have become expensive habits for Australians since COVID-19 hit hard in March, but breaking ...
Victorians brace for more pain ahead of road map reveal
Melbourne is set to remain in hard lockdown for weeks to come. Powered by WPeMatico
63 new cases, five deaths amid alarming virus find
This coronavirus article is unlocked and free to read in the interest of community health and safety. Get full digital ...
Coronavirus Q&A: All your questions answered
Why are the figures still so high, we were supposed to be in single figures? Powered by WPeMatico
How virtual cellar doors are getting wineries through downturn
When Cathy Phelan decided to pack away her ballet shoes after a lengthy career, including dancing with The Australian Ballet, ...
‘This is the last gasp of the virus’: Another 76 coronavirus cases, 11 deaths recorded in Victoria
The new figures come as Victorian Police brace for planned anti-lockdown protests in Melbourne. Powered by WPeMatico
Couple slugged $13k after trip cancelled
Emails from Australia’s largest travel retailer have revealed a big-shot cruise operator “would not be able to stay afloat” if ...
Cop offered $1000 to cross border
A man has been charged for allegedly attempting to bribe a police officer to let him cross the NSW-Victoria border. ...
Victorian bikie at centre of border scandal slams government
The Victorian bikie at the centre of a coronavirus border scandal has slammed authorities for falsely accusing him of being ...
76 new cases, 11 deaths as Victoria works on border solution
Victoria has recorded 76 new cases of coronavirus and 11 deaths overnight. Powered by WPeMatico
Police patrol city, compile watch list ahead of lockdown protest
Police are out in force as they brace for a scheduled anti-lockdown protest near key Melbourne landmarks. Powered by WPeMatico
Melbourne’s public housing lockdown was an ‘assault on human dignity’, says the UN’s former housing expert
Human rights expert writes 15-page letter to the Victorian government pointing to a multitude of human rights violations committed during ...
Victoria records another 59 coronavirus deaths and 81 new cases
Victoria has recorded another 59 coronavirus deaths, including 50 people in aged care who passed away between July and August. ...
Nepal police use water cannon to stop religious rally amid COVID-19 surge
Police in Nepal used tear gas and a water cannon on to break up a religious rally that defied a ...
Joe Biden talks of ‘defeating hate’ as he tours Kenosha after meeting the family of Jacob Blake
Joe Biden has spoken out against hate during a visit to Kenosha, where he met with the family of a ...
Facebook will ban new political advertising the week before the US election
Facebook also started limiting its widely-used Messenger service to only allow users to forward missives to no more than five ...
