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A father has accidentally ran over his daughter with their caravan at Wilsons Prom...  A pregnant mother is being remembered as loving and selfless, as homicide detectives investigate her death and her former partner remains under police guard in hospital.  A top economist insists Victoria's economy is ready to come roaring back next year.. A new survey has found more parents are picking private s...

New research has has found Baby Boomers are working well past retirement and snapping up investment properties to pay for their lifestyle.  A flood of multi-million dollar farms have hit the market in Victoria as sellers rush to cash in on record demand for rural property.  A young victim of sexual predator R. Kelly says his conviction in a US court had freed her from the burden she was carrying. ...

Southbank could be given an Aboriginal name under a proposal being considered by the City of Melbourne.  A question about Prime Minister Scott Morrison on an English test at a government high school has left parents furious and is being slammed as a political stunt.  Albert Park's iconic Black swans are being closely tracked by a team of experts from Melbourne University, as part of research that...

A key welfare worker from the salvation army has voice concerns that the homeless and vulnerable could be affected by Melbourne City Council’s mandatory jab policy for staff and visitors.  Yarra City Council is facing increasing pressure to overturn a controversial decision to charge businesses up to $5000 to convert a car space into outdoor dining areas...  Sweden’s Public Health Agency has recom...

New research has revealed young families filling Melbourne’s growth suburbs are being left high and dry when it comes to social infrastructure such as pools and libraries...  Victorian students disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic will receive extra support to complete their certificates.  Melbourne residents have the chance to roll up their sleeve and win big, as the city continues the race to vacc...

Qantas has purchased 100 energy-efficient aircraft using lower-emissions fuels as part of the airline’s push to meet its net zero target by 2050. New research has revealed getting back on campus for face-to-face learning was the main priority for international students choosing a university for next year...  As many as 1000 drones will patrol the east coast of Australia this summer, while being mo...

An inner-city Melbourne council wants to slug struggling businesses up to $5000 a year for every carpark space used for outdoor dining... in a move dubbed as greedy  Two teachers have become the first to launch joint legal action against the state government's mandatory COVID vaccines.  The first official snapshot of the nations underworld has revealed that almost almost half of all members of org...

Melbourne has officially suffered through the longest Covid-19 lockdown in the world, overtaking Buenos Aires.  A group of Victoria’s top trainers have been caught up in an alleged breach of Covid rules that threatens to disrupt Melbourne’s spring racing carnival.  Shocking revelations that kids aged as young as 11, have been recruited into ultra-violent street gangs.  And thousands of families ha...

The government has awarded a new contract for a third of the metropolitan network... One lucky Aussie will win $1 million dollars if they have received at least one dose of the COVID vaccine.... Farmers on the NSW-Victorian border fear the mice plague, which wreaked havoc during the winter months, could return in summer.  A new floating function centre with bars and stunning city views has been pr...

Free pop-up clinics are now open to help Victorians struggling with their mental health because of Covid lockdowns.  Interstate or overseas trips may feel like a far-away dream, but Victorian families are hopeful air travel will be a reality by next school holidays.  It might still be 3 months away, but Victorians are being urged to start early and look local for Christmas gifts.... And Actress Sc...

Melbourne, Monash and La Trobe have all declared compulsory double jabs for a return to face-to-face classes... after almost two years of remote learning.  The building housing Betty’s Burgers on Chapel St will be saved from the wrecking ball after being badly damaged in last week’s earthquake.  Almost half of Australia’s 2.2 million property investors are not claiming one of the most lucrative ta...

The competition watchdog is warning Australians could be stung with higher airfares if airports attempt to claw back pandemic profit losses..  Major changes to the income tax system won’t stop bracket creep but will pay down billions in debt racked up during the Covid-19 pandemic.  Startling research has revealed more than half the young Victorians who leave out-of-home care such as foster homes a...

Around 82,000 more people now dependent on JobSeeker and Youth Allowance.  Australia’s competition watchdog says Google is misusing its dominance of digital advertising... Thousands of families have been stung with childcare subsidy debts, sparking claims of hypocrisy as the federal government lets profitable businesses keep JobKeeper payments.  And Golfers can tee-off again from today but they mi...

Car queues and days in isolation waiting for results will be a thing of the past.  Victoria and New South Wales’ premiers have been slammed by the peak body for small businesses ….for ignoring the National Plan to reopen Australia.   COVID-19 vaccination rates have soared a whopping 33 per cent across two of Victoria’s worst performing areas.   And expert modelling shows More than 1400 people woul...

Melbourne president Kate Roffey says the Demons have now “redeemed” themselves in the eyes of club great Norm Smith. Victorians caught at coronavirus exposure sites could avoid staying home for two weeks, with isolation rules to be overhauled as vaccination targets are reached and the state reopens.  Australia’s’ eSafety commissioner has confronted Facebook officials over leaked documents that sho...

Dozens of air purifiers with HEPA filters have been donated to schools across Melbourne by cleaning giant Kärcher. Meghan Markle has continued her fashion tour of New York City, wearing a matching suit reminiscent of outfits sported by former US First Lady Michelle Obama.  The hard-won Heart Health check capable of saving four lives every day is at risk of having its Medicare subsidy removed as te...

Melbourne and Western Bulldogs greats believe Saturday’s Grand Final is set to be a classic – and likely to spark years of on field success regardless of the result.  Victorians may not be able to get their jab at the MCG, but footy fans are still encouraged to don their team colours and get vaccinated this Grand Final day.  Border closures that extend into 2022 will push more Australian businesse...

Scott Morrison spent his first full day in Washington DC lobbying for the success of the dramatic new Australian, United Kingdom and US submarine agreement after two days of high-level leadership discussions. TV legend Denise Drysdale is in hospital with a rare nerve disorder. A potentially deadly pregnancy complication could soon be treated with a cheap tablet. A veteran fined for marching to the...

Reality stars, actors, singers and sports men and women have turned to online video app Cameo at a time when the entertainment industry has been crippled by the global pandemic.  Seven female taekwondo athletes who fled Taliban controlled Afghanistan will now call Melbourne home. Insurers are bracing for a wave of claims from the earthquake that has shaken major metro areas across Victoria, NSW, t...

Scott Morrison has defended the nuclear-powered submarine deal with the United States and Britain. The snap shutdown of construction in Victoria has begun, with everything from large worksites to home builds and renovations impacted. Victorian kids could soon gather in groups of three under a NSW-style friendship bubble. Kids aged 5 to 11 are set to be vaccinated against Covid-19 with Australia ur...

Victoria's construction industry is set for a two-week shutdown after violent protesters attacked union headquarters over mandatory vaccinations.  Older adults worried about their memory would have a blood test to diagnose if they are in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. Improving eating disorder treatments will be at the centre of an ambitious 10-year strategy to tackle the mental health c...

Victorians will still be living under tough restrictions even after 80 per cent of the state is fully vaccinated. Embattled MP Christian Porter has resigned as industry minister in the Federal government. Park Orchards in Melbourne’s northeast has topped the country as the suburb with the biggest houses per square metre. Footy bad boy Ben Cousins has used the Brownlow Medal as his stage to return...

Finally cleared to return to racing after returning a positive doping sample before the 2019 World Championships, Shayna Jack is hungrier than ever and already setting her sights on winning gold for Australia at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Victorians aged over 60 are being jailed at unprecedented rates. New Sentencing Advisory Council research has revealed the number of people in that age group given...

Online shoppers eager to receive their parcels can expect more delays and disruptions when more than 800 StarTrack workers in Victoria walk off the job. We could see a supply shortage of meat, poultry and seafood at Christmas if the state government doesn’t overturn covid-19 restrictions crippling the sector. More than one million Victorian students have lost almost 160 days of face-to-face learni...

The idea that screentime ruins social relationships has been up-ended following new research which revealed kids who spend more time on devices have more close friends. Teachers are facing burnout with increased workloads amid the ongoing demands of remote learning. Young Victorians want places for “recreational hooning”, gender-neutral public toilets and compulsory queer education in primary scho...