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More than 110 people working on the state’s major transport projects are now paid more than $300,000. Emergency and serious trauma cases are increasing as electric bike and scooter riders struggle to return to a busy life post lockdown along with other Victorians. Much-loved children’s books Cat in the Hat, Harry the Dirty Dog and the Disney Princess series have been criticis...

A teenager has drowned while swimming in a lake in central Victoria at the weekend. A major poll reveals huge numbers of Victorians are turning off the state Labor and Liberal parties. A review aimed at bettering the court experience for victims of crime has ruled that their rights can be “outweighed” if it interferes with courts  running efficiently. Victorian kids aged five to 1...

Parents have an inflated view about their child’s ability to stay safe at schoolies and resist peer pressure to drink at dangerous levels, new research shows. Melbourne City Council has called on the state government to show leadership and bring more public servants back to CBD offices. More than 1000 fast charging stations for electric vehicles will be operating within five years — an...

The AFL will make a magnificent return to Melbourne with 12 men’s and women’s matches across 10 days with a new-look AFL Round 1 featuring five all-Victorian games in Melbourne. Australian's have been stockpiling their favourite Christmas treats almost a month earlier than usual, with a massive surge in puddings, pavlovas and fruit mince sales. Melbourne's world-famous sporting precinc...

Embattled federal minister Alan Tudge will stand aside pending an investigation into claims made by his former media adviser that their extramarital affair was “abusive”. A national timber pallet shortage hitting food and essential product supplies across Australia is set to escalate because of issues plaguing the timber industry in Victoria. Adoptions have plummeted to the lowest leve...

Scott Morrison will seek a third term in power without two of his most senior colleagues, with Health Minister Greg Hunt set to call it quits and former  attorney-general Christian Porter also retiring. Victoria's sixth lockdown has contributed to a 1.9 per cent hit to the national economy between July and September — the third worst quarter on record. Australia's primary school student...

Animal activists caught trespassing on Victorian farms could cop a hefty fines of almost $11,000 under new legislation. Schoolies celebrations on the Mornington Peninsula have been ruined by random attacks on teenagers.  Disney’s streaming service has been accused of bowing to Beijing by removing from its Hong Kong service an episode of The Simpsons that ridiculed Chinese censorship ove...

Top doctors say the world should want the Omicron variant to spread globally if urgent research confirms it turns the Covid virus into a more mild disease. Police moved in on the suspected burial ground of missing campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay in Victoria’s high country on Monday. Shane Warne is bruised and battered – but in the clear – after the spin king’s 300kg mot...

Leading health experts want booster jabs to be given earlier as cases of the “concerning” Omicron variant is confirmed in Australia.  A crucial search operation will begin today for the bodies of missing campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay after Jet Star Pilot Gregory Lynn was charged with their murder.   Federal Police have blocked Cyber-crooks selling access to Austral...

Melbourne's official AFL premiership party is set to be the biggest major event in Victoria in six months as fans rush to celebrate a grand old flag.  Australia will close its borders immediately to nine African nations as the world races to contain a new Covid-19 variant.... Phillip Island’s iconic little penguin colony has turned 100 years old, with the popular nature park first put o...

POLICE have put school leavers on notice ahead of what is likely to be the biggest Victorian Schoolies celebrations in history.  A new rail bridge set to soar above the Western Ring Road as part of a $10 billion Airport Link will be 4-storeys high and designed to minimise closures of the busy freeway.   Tourism operators across Victoria are calling on Melburnians to spend...

Universities will be hit with new transparency rules in a federal government bid to force them to reduce their reliance on students from China and India.  It’s been revealed One in five home buyers are paying for expensive lenders mortgage insurance just to get their foot in the door of Australia’s sizzling property market.  Almost 4000 RMIT University employees will be ...

It’s been revealed Victorian retailers are being physically abused over the state’s vaccine mandate, with some workers being struck with trolleys and boiling liquids by angry shoppers.  Power bills for the average Victorian household will fall by $100 over the next three years as electricity costs plummet to the lowest level in more than a decade.  If you’re looking to...

Melbourne scientists have uncovered the genetic secrets of why some women suffer uncontrollable fat growth, raising hopes drugs may be able to overcome the chronic condition...  Victorians hoping soak up the sun over christmas might be out of luck.... An Arbitrator has confirmed Kevin Spacey must pay House of Cards producer MRC nearly $31 million after breaching his contract by violating the...

The Queen is determined to be in church on Sunday when her granddaughters Eugenie and Zara jointly christen their babies. The British press have savaged disgraced Australian Cricket Test captain Tim Paine and splashed his tears and lewd picture antics across its sports pages.  The killer of campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay may have spent all night on a desperate drive out of the High Count...

Tim Paine has sensationally quit as Australia’s Test captain… after a Herald Sun investigation revealed that he’d sent a female co-worker a graphic image and a string of lewd messages. A top City of Melbourne employee says returning to the office might suit executives, but not lower-class employees. Australians are splashing millions of dollars on pet foods and indulgent treats...

A national study into suburban parks and playgrounds has identified a wish list of ­features that meet the needs of all Aussies. Children at schools, kinder and childcare now do not have to isolate for up to two weeks after being exposed to a positive case onsite.  Victorian magistrates are calling for more annual leave, saying they face higher levels of stress, anxiety and burnout than t...

Regional Express Airlines will become a fully-fledged Golden Triangle operator from next month when it adds Brisbane-Sydney and Brisbane-Melbourne to its schedule.  Preparations for bushfire season are ramping up, with 50 aircraft to be placed in strategic spots across the state to help firefighting efforts.  Kevin Sheedy says he won’t give in to the ‘woke’ movement aft...

A man who was hit in the head by a suitcase falling from an overhead locker during an Emirates flight has been awarded $5000 after the judge rejected the airline’s attempt to duck its legal obligations.  Victoria is surging towards its 90 per cent vaccination milestone with Premier Daniel Andrews saying the state will have “very few rules” by the end of this week.  A le...

Carlton’s star defender Liam Jones has abandoned more than $1 million in future earnings after sensationally walking away from AFL because he didn’t want to get the Covid-19 vaccine. More than 170 Australians have died from coward punch assaults since 2000. Two Monash University education experts claim Sportsmanship is a discriminatory word that should be scrapped and an Acknowledgment...

More than 40 Victorian private schools have shared in more than $135 million in generous taxpayer JobKeeper funds Melbourne water users could be slugged for desalinated water next year despite storages nearing 90 per cent full. The return of Victoria’s world class major event’s industry could provide a $2.5 billion jolt to the state economy. And The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is taki...

Detectives working on the Cleo Smith case are wrapping up their investigation in Carnarvon and moving back to Perth for the next phase of the probe. People accused of sex crimes will need to show they took “active steps” to obtain consent under major new reform to be introduced in Victoria. A bizarre TikTok trend urges students to steal and vandalise school and public bathrooms shows y...

Detectives are still searching for the sleeping bag Cleo Smith was asleep in when she was allegedly snatched from a tent at the Blowholes camp site over three weeks ago. A $269 million skyscraper has been proposed for the Paris end of Collins St on the site of a series of significant buildings including the former Reserve Bank of Australia headquarters. E-scooter riders will be able to travel at a...

Further charges could be laid over the alleged abduction of Cleo Smith. Half of all Aussie teens now spend more time, or as much time, online with their friends rather than seeing them in person. An original Apple computer, hand-built by company founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak 45 years ago, sold for $400,000 at auction in the United States on Tuesday. AND Prince Harry has slammed the harmful...

Daniel Andrews has flagged that some major events next year could be open to unvaccinated Victorians. Less than one in ten fines issued for Covid related breaches over the past financial year have been paid. Australian’s are being slugged more for essential groceries with the cost of fresh fruit, oils and long-life milk having jumping during the pandemic and remaining higher ever since. FlyB...