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Prime Minister Scott Morrison will promise that a re-elected Coalition won’t raise taxes during the next parliament.  A crystal ball to predict who will suffer disabilities years before they strike has been developed by researchers hoping to prevent generations suffering poor health in old age.  White Island volcano survivor Stephanie Browitt is bravely preparing to show her face t...

Scott Morrison zeroed in on Anthony Albanese’s record on stopping the boats in their first debate of the campaign, ­causing the Labor leader to ­falter in what was otherwise an even affair.   A Melbourne council is considered locking Dogs out of playgrounds and sports ovals...in a bid to protect the public, and keep dog poo off playing fields.   The PM has declare...

Power bills are the new front in the election cost of living battle, with energy experts and the Coalition warning Labor’s $78bn transformation of the electricity grid will force up prices.  Former West Coast rookie Patrick Bines is preparing to be part of a class action against superannuation provider AMP after being denied a payout for a neck injury so bad he has required almost 20 su...

LABOR will go on the attack with a pivot to a Medicare-style campaign against Scott Morrison’s team, as the ­opposition battles to reset after a disastrous first week ­derailed by Anthony Albanese’s errors.  JOSH Frydenberg faces a fierce battle to hang on to his seat, with a shock poll revealing his independent challenger has surged to a big lead with just over a month un...

THE family of a young Victorian woman killed by a boozed driver who was using Snapchat at the wheel have laid bare their heartbreak.  BABIES are at risk of brain damage and mothers are sustaining permanent injuries because of a critical nationwide shortage of midwives.  A JUNIOR cop got into strife for speeding with a ­detained youth in the back of her divvy van after being ­orde...

Anthony Albanese is “infamous” for not properly reading his policy briefings, surrounds himself with too many inexperienced advisers and has been exposed as a political “chameleon” on the campaign trail, Labor insiders and some of his MPs claim.  Generous Victorians have dug deep to help deliver the best medical care to some of the state’s youngest patients.&nbsp...

Paris is an inspiration for a further 100km of protected bike lanes being rolled out in inner Melbourne, taking more space away from cars.  With every new word or skill Isla Hulm learnt in her first year of life, there was a worrying nag in the back of her parents’ minds.  Labor has assured the powerful nurses’ union Australians will be at the front of the queue to bolster th...

Victorian hospitality workers are pleading for an end to the “mind-boggling” vaccine rule with staff being violently abused over the mandate which epidemiologists say no longer serves any health purpose  New research has revealed students who play sports during the school day are more likely to achieve higher grades.  As travel chaos descended across airports Australia-wide a...

Victorian school kids won’t need to wear masks when they return to primary school next term, provided the latest Covid outbreak eases as predicted.  The death of a man who was waiting on an ambulance stretcher for hours at a regional Victorian hospital emergency department will be probed amid concerns the state’s medical system is buckling under the pressure of Covid-19. Victorian...

An embarrassing gaffe has marred the first full day of the election campaign for Anthony Albanese, who was forced to admit he did not know two key economic figures.  A run-down Frankston beach shack doubled its asking price at auction on the weekend to sell for a mega $5m — a sale which smashed the suburb’s house price record by $1m.  A disgraced former cop who had sex with a...

Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese have hit the road for the election campaign, with the PM setting up a six-week showdown. A record Melbourne crowd has added a touch of history to the coronation of a new Australian Grand Prix king. Victorian Transport Infrastructure Minister Jacinta Allan will meet her federal counterpart Barnaby Joyce today. Lingerie retailer Victoria’s Secret has been fo...

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc has grabbed pole position for today’s Australian Grand Prix in a spectacular qualifying session. Scott Morrison will head to Yarralumla today to ask the Governor-General for the election to be held. Victoria Police Senior Constable Bria Joyce has been remembered by her fellow officers and the Mildura community after her tragic death on duty. Melbourne’s...

Border Force has identified 77 Victorians in the freight industry helping to get illegal drugs into Australia, including bikies. Melbourne is on the cards to host its fourth Presidents Cup tournament in 2028. Municipal monitors appointed to three of Victoria's most dysfunctional councils on Friday. The Australian Grand Prix roared back to life with a record Friday crowd. For updates and breaking n...

The state government has been forced to admit work on a back-up to Victoria’s flawed triple-0 computer system is yet to get underway. Anthony Albanese’s pushing for the election to be held on May 14. VCAT rules parents don’t always have the right to know the identity of their child’s bully. World-first study finds food-based skincare can cause life threatening food allergie...

Police want the troubled Love Machine nightclub closed after compiling a dossier of violence and licensing issues at the Prahran hotspot. The Andrews government’s support for plan to add more numbers to a lotto draw has been slammed. State agencies are likely to decide their own vaccination rules for staff. Auditor-general finds two taxpayer-funded advertisement campaigns breached state laws...

Warnings that nursing homes will close if operators are forced to chip in for a long-awaited pay rise for carers, many already losing money. A Victorian mum who has pleaded guilty to infanticide will be sentenced on Thursday in the Supreme Court. Arrests made and cars confiscated over an illegal hoon race in Truganina. Eddie McGuire wants the AFL to put microchips into footballs. For updates and b...

Victoria’s facing an unprecedented policing crisis without the addition of 1500 new frontline officers over the next four years. PM Scott Morrison has backed calls to wind back isolation rules for close contacts. It’s taking longer for babies to smile because people around them are wearing masks. Australian Grand Prix Corporation is being sued over its last minute cancellation of the 2...

Victoria Police has begun profiling stalkers in an Australian-first trial aimed at preventing serious violence and homicides. Scientists trawling through tens of thousands of old breast cancer samples have been able to save hundreds of Victorian women from having to face the horror disease again.  An extra 40,000 surgeries will be carried out by March next year before scaling up to 240,000 op...

Three new mental health hubs worth $54 million to help babies, preschoolers and primary school aged children will be established amid rising warnings about kids in despair.  Public service workers are set to continue working from home two days a week, with the government delaying a decision on when workers must return to the office full time.  Melbourne bikie Toby Mitchell is out of the...

Devastated families have paid tribute to their lost loved ones who died in a chopper crash north of Melbourne that has been deemed one of the worst in Victoria’s history.  Thousands of teenage boys have walked away from their local footy clubs in the two years since Covid struck. The crisis-plagued West Gate Tunnel project faces further delays amid a fresh industrial dispute over contam...

The cricket grounds around Australia where Shane Warne played to rock star status became shrines to his memory on Wednesday as fans mourned his death and remembered his exploits.  Victims of Victoria’s crisis-addled triple-0 system have lashed out amid revelations more than $15 million has been spent on reviews into the service since the Andrews Government came to power.  Nine news...

Voters will be showered with $11bn in petrol discounts, tax refunds and cash payments in the Morrison government's last-ditch effort to ease cost of living pressures and revive its election chances. There are growing calls from industry leaders to scrap isolation rules for household contacts, with locked down opposition leader Matthew Guy using his son’s fresh Covid diagnosis to push for cha...

Cyber attacks on critical infrastructure by malicious states aided by “murky” criminal groups are the top concern for Australia’s most secretive intelligence agency. A cut to fuel excise will provide hip-pocket relief at the petrol pump within days, with Australia’s consumer watchdog primed to ensure service stations pass on the savings to motorists.  Queen Victoria Ma...

A Coalition government would ditch expensive desalination water orders that drive up household bills unless Melbourne storages drop below 60 per cent full.  An elderly woman has been unmasked as one of the alleged masterminds in a major family-run drug trafficking racket.  Federal data shows about half of the nation’s migrant intake last year were reunited families, with the great...

Student and graduate mental health workers are being dispatched to frontline services across the country in an unprecedented move to cope with a rising tide of youth anxiety and psychiatric issues.  There’s fears Victoria is on the cusp of a “lost” generation, as kids struggle to recover from Covid lockdowns and are left reeling by world events, with some now too anxious to...