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Victoria's most senior Catholic has hit out at Daniel Andrews for making “harmful” comments and stirring division in the wake of Andrew Thorburn’s bombshell resignation  Melbourne's rental market has been hit with a record rent rise  Half of Victorian children have problems with anxiety, new Royal Children’s Hospital research has found And Disgraced drink-drive MP Tim Smith is claiming a $400-a-we...

Essenden is searching for its third chief executive in 40 days after the bombshell resignation of Andrew Thorburn  Three years after former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins was allegedly raped in a federal minister’s office inside Parliament House, she has returned to the capital to testify against her alleged attacker  Students as young as grade four are more than five years behind their peers in...

Average borrowers will have to pay between $148 and $296 more every month on their mortgage if the Reserve Bank lifts rates by 50 basis points as expected on Tuesday. The  sale of new petrol cars would be completely banned from 2030 in Victoria, with rebates of up to $15,000 offered to people who buy electric vehicles under a Greens push to drive up usage levels. It is the not-so-romantic side of...

PSOs would be stationed at five major Victorian hospitals in a 24/7 security role under a plan by the state opposition.  Alleged stalkers would be banned from cross-examining their victims under a proposed legal overhaul, as a student was forced to endure 10-hours of questioning from his predator teacher in a harrowing court case.  A young man has been flown to hospital with spinal injuries follow...

Worksafe Victoria is investigating Hawthorn Football Club over its treatment of First Nations players. The family of Shylah Rodden, the Melbourne woman fighting for her life after being hit by a fast-moving roller coaster carriage at the Melbourne Royal Show, is investigating possible legal action against the Show and the ride’s operator.  Young Victorian veterans are slipping through the cracks d...

Melbourne's battlers have been blown out of the city’s housing market as interest rate rises slash hundreds of thousands from homebuyers’ budgets.  Students and teachers will no longer be asked to wear masks in schools when Victorian classes resume for term four on Monday.  Organised crime suspects have been stripped of $64 million in cash and assets by Australia’s biggest police investigation.  E...

There's fears the early closure of Loy Yang A would send electricity bills soaring by 21 per cent, adding hundreds of dollars to power bills, new analysis warns.   COVID isolation could be a thing of the past with two state premiers supporting scrapping the five-day rule for positive cases ahead of national cabinet on Friday.  Alastair Clarkson and Chris Fagan are being pushed to give evidence und...

Victoria's election watchdog is investigating an alleged trick advertising ploy by Labor amid concerns it has targeted swinging voters ahead of November’s poll.  It’s been revealed six staff and students were forced to leave the University of Melbourne in 2021 as a result of a new hard-line approach to combating sexual misconduct.  Medical experts say Tens of thousands of children a year could be...

Hawthorn Football club’s review of its handling of Indigenous players has revealed Alastair Clarkson, Chris Fagan and Mark Evans were accused by a fellow Hawthorn coach of running the football department like the “Russian Mafia’’.   Labor’s proposed national anti-corruption commission will be able to examine retrospective cases, have broad scope to investigate suspected wrongdoing, but only hold p...

The father of a young woman who was flung meters into the air after being struck by a moving rollercoaster has described her injuries as “horrific”, as she remains fighting for life in intensive care.  Homes in Ramsay Street – also known as Pin Oak Court – are set to gain heritage protection, with a report finding the ­famous Neighbours filming ­location deserves to be preserved.  An inner-city co...

GENERAL practitioners fear appointment shortages will worsen as they warn an increasing number of doctors are leaving the profession. ALMOST one million less people tuned into Saturday’s premiership decider reigniting calls from channel Seven boss James Warburton to push the grand final start time into twilight or night-time. IN a forecast 17 rival clubs will dread, Geelong star Jeremy Cameron has...

ELEVEN years after the Cats won their ninth VFL/AFL premiership – and having lost five preliminary finals and a grand final since – they deservedly added a 10th at the MCG on Saturday.  VIOLENT criminals look set to score hefty sentence discounts for years to come because of crushing backlogs across Victorian courts. GREENS-LED Yarra Council has scrapped its coming council meeting because it has n...

THE office of Victorian Governor Linda Dessau has detailed the moments leading up to her flight to Canberra. In a statement on Friday, the office explained that Wednesday morning’s Qantas flight from Melbourne to Canberra was delayed after the senior official was sent to the wrong departure gate. OPTUS customers are being urged to ‘be vigilant’ and keep a close eye on their online accounts, accord...

PENNY Wong has slammed Vladimir Putin’s “unthinkable and irresponsible” threats of nuclear warfare as the Ukrainian conflict escalates.  AN experimental drug to fight aggressive brain cancer has proved so successful in the first trial on humans, medics will fast-track the second stage. CITY traders have questioned a state government pledge to carry out further consultation for the controversial se...

ALASTAIR Clarkson will vigorously defend himself against the bombshell allegations of his treatment of First Nations players and their families during his time at Hawthorn. VICTORIA’S peak business group is calling for pensioners to be able to work three days a week without losing money. VICTORIANS will no longer have to wear masks on public transport with the State Government finally scrapping th...

A SPATE of child deaths and near-misses in Victorian emergency departments in the past six months has led some of the state’s most senior paediatricians to demand an urgent investigation. AUSTRALIAN billionaire ­Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest has unveiled a radical $9.2bn plan to quit fossil fuels and decarbonise his mining empire by the end of the decade. VICTORIAN upper house MP Fiona Patten has reveal...

SHE travelled more than 1.6 billion kilometres to 117 countries during her 70-year reign. On Monday, they came to her. NEW South Wales and South Australia have scrapped their mask mandates on public transport and taxis, placing pressure on Victoria to follow suit. HEAVY snowfall swept Victoria’s high country and snowboarders and skiers soaked up the unusual spring dump on Monday. AN alliance of fe...

Ian Cook — the man at the centre of the long-running “ slug gate ” scandal — has kickstarted his  election campaign  against Premier Daniel Andrews by signing 150 volunteers and raising $50,000 in donations. Elite special forces soldiers are on high alert in London as part of the world’s biggest ever peacetime security operation to protect the Queen’s funeral. Ond quarter of children with ADHD don...

Queen Elizabeth’s state funeral on Monday will be just as she wanted in what has been more than half a century in the planning. King Charles will be formally invited to open Victoria’s Commonwealth Games with hopes he might even visit here before the 2026 event. Landlords are struggling to evict dodgy tenants and ­recoup unpaid rent due to big court backlogs and a “complicated maze” of legislation...

A massive $400m upgrade to a teaching hospital in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs would help tackle ambulance ramping and long surgery waiting lists More than 800 Victoria Police employees are off duty on WorkCover amid concerns not enough is being done to get police back on the beat. The Queensland government wants Gillon McLachlan to head the Brisbane Olympics when he finishes up at the AFL this yea...

Victoria’s embattled emergency call-taking system would be overhauled in a drastic $450m reset promised by the state opposition.  The Coral Princess has become the first cruise ship for two years to dock in Melbourne, marking a milestone in the return of the city’s tourism industry.  The royal family has kept its enemies close to control the headlines surrounding its black sheep members during pre...

A couple battling a devastating brain tumour diagnosis has slammed the Andrews Government after a senior minister said sometimes people had to “roll with the punches”. Prince Harry says his “decade of service is not determined by the uniform he wears” after he was banned from donning a military outfit at the Queen’s funeral or the events leading up to it. Wayne Carey will no longer be part of Trip...

A Melbourne woman needing urgent surgery to remove a brain tumour was forced to travel to Adelaide for an urgent pre-sergury procedure because there is nowhere in Victoria where she can have it done. Victoria’s embattled triple-0 service asked for more than $1 million in permanent funding to meet rising demand in 2020 but was knocked back in favour of a one-off payment. A mystery individual could...

A Melbourne woman needing urgent surgery to remove a brain tumour was forced to travel to Adelaide for an urgent pre-surgery procedure because there is nowhere in Victoria where she can have it done. Victoria’s embattled triple-0 service asked for more than $1 million in permanent funding to meet rising demand in 2020 but was knocked back in favour of a one-off payment. A mystery individual could...

King Charles III is planning a visit to Australia in one of his first moves as monarch. Promoters have scrapped Australian actor George ­Lazenby’s appearance at a Melbourne concert this weekend after his Perth show was deemed offensive. Jackfruit is a delicious tropical fruit often ignored because of its hard, spiky exterior. AND… Collingwood is leaving no stone unturned ahead of Saturday’s prelim...