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Police are bracing for big numbers at a planned anti-lockdown protest in Melbourne’s CBD  Police fear a fake COVID-19 compliance officer, accused of threatening an isolating woman with deportation if she didn’t have sex, has other victims  Babies who start tummy time from the age of four weeks sleep better and move more as they grow And A world -first study that has tracked the health and wellbein...

Leading experts are calling for rapid antigen Covid-19 testing in Victorian schools  The favourites feature, to be unveiled on Friday, will allow users to create a personalised list of commonly-visited venues  PRINCE Harry and Meghan Markle are planning to return to public life And Millennials are guilty of spending more time in the shower than any age group across the nation See omnystudio.com/li...

Teens are suffering the most stress of any age group during lockdowns  An Afghan surgeon who fled to Australia after being shot twice by terrorists is pleading with the Morrison Government to help his family trapped in Kabul.  An  industry leader has renewed calls for food delivery workers to be prioritised for vaccination  And Nuclear scientists using lasers the size of three football fields said...

Prince William and Prince Charles are reportedly locked in talks over how Prince Andrew’s alleged sexual abuse lawsuit will impact the Queen Tax deductions for work-related expenses have climbed during tax time  Sunscreens sold in Australia will be tested after US studies found they contained two cancer-causing chemicals And Australia's supermarkets have just become even cheaper to shop at See omn...

Melbourne has been plunged back into the harshest restrictions the city has endured since last year’s devastating second wave Every adult at an illegal engagement party authorities fear could become a superspreader event will be slapped with a $5000 fine Victoria's new laws allowing the names of dead rape victims to be suppressed has been criticised by victims for not hitting the mark. And AFL car...

There will be a crackdown on Illegal gatherings after street booze and dance parties, pub crawls and a planned event for 1000 people had to be shut down at the weekend, as Melbourne’s coronavirus crisis sits on a knife edge. Australian’s are being put at risk by dodgy doctors amid revelation that dozens of fakes, fraudsters and unregistered medics have been caught illegally treating patients. Vict...

Olympians and public figures have banded together to release a message in ‘solidarity’ with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Victoria’s first residential mental health centre for under 11s will be built in an effort to help children before their conditions escalate. Melburnians will be dobbed in by locals of regional towns if they’re caught breaking lockdown rules by sneaking into reg...

Victorian sex workers will finally be protected by law and given the same rights as other employees with the state government announcing it would decriminalise the industry A Scheme designed to entice people back into the city post lockdown has funnelled more than $40m back into the CBD’s recovery. Research examining hairdressers who worked while infectious with Covid in the region has demonstrate...

Weeks after a popular sunscreen was withdrawn from sale in Australia for containing the cancer causing chemical benzene, a US laboratory claims an anti-ageing cream ingredient, Octocrylene, contained in sunscreen degrades into a toxic chemical, benzophenone, a known carcinogen. Pressure is mounting on the state government to release the Mornington Peninsula from lockdown and offer it the same bene...

Encouraging news for first-home buyers with a new report declaring now is the most affordable time to buy.  Despite soaring housing prices and lockdown hurdles. Twenty million dollars in cash and assets were seized from an alleged meth-trafficking syndicate operating across Tasmania and Victoria — but police fear they haven’t got their hands on all of the money used by the syndicate. Australia mus...

A formidable alliance of tech industry heavyweights including Google, Atlassian and Afterpay has joined forces to help position Australia as the startup capital of the world within 10 years. A Melbourne IT entrepreneur has splashed out more than six million frequent flyer points to buy two items in Qantas’s inaugural Points Auction.   Graphic road deaths of native wildlife have prompted an urgent...

The state government is pushing back against Transurban’s claims for taxpayer help to meet a $3.3 billion blow out on the West Gate Tunnel. Global warming will likely break through the internationally-agreed two degree target limit by 2060 even with big cuts to greenhouse gas emissions. Australia’s three largest telcos – Telstra, Optus and TPG – each allegedly breached consumer law by making false...

Australia's first drive-through Covid vaccination clinic opens in Victoria today... in what could be the first of many new pop-up hubs to expand the state’s rollout.  Victorian students and experts say the harsh effects of lockdowns and the unpredictable nature of online learning has sparked a mental health crisis in schools.  Hackers have already been scouring the Census system for weaknesses ......

A young man who was attacked by a crocodile in Far North Queensland on Friday is lucky to be alive... after a “vital” tourniquet was applied to his heavy bleeding by an army medic on scene. Victoria's energy security for this summer hangs in the balance after two separate disasters hit major power suppliers.  A new generation contraceptive pill that poses no blood clot risk and can be used by almo...

A news test that can diagnose COVID-19 within 20 minutes with the help of a smartphone camera, and detect how contagious a person is, has been developed.  Traffic lights across Melbourne are being probed in a bid to ease congestion for road users. in the biggest review of the lights since they were installed in Melbourne.  Melbourne nerds have been the losers ...after a leading Australian supplier...

Victorians under the age of 60 could soon be able to walk up and get the AstraZeneca jab at mass vaccination hubs...   High school teachers will have the opportunity to expand their teaching skills.... as part of a program to fast-track new maths or science educators by 2023.  The owner of an Australian business accused of ripping off In-N-Out Burger’s trademark has hit out at the American fast fo...

New modelling has shown Australia could reach the target 80 per cent adult vaccination rate just in time for summer... but experts have questioned whether tying too many freedoms to that milestone is realistic.  Towns across the Victoria-NSW border have taken a $1 billion tourism hit, with 10,000 jobs lost. A Melbourne woman who was brutally murdered while hiking in eastern Europe ….is being remem...

Families of sexual assault victims have won a landmark victory to speak the names of their dead loved ones... after a Herald Sun campaign forced a state government backflip.  All Australians who are fully vaccinated by December 1 would receive $300 ….under a Labor plan to fast-track the rollout and kickstart the economy.  Thousands of sleep apnoea sufferers may be at risk of respiratory illness......

Victoria’s top brass firefighters are being paid $40 million more every year than their NSW counterparts. Fire Rescue Victoria whistleblowers have hit out at the top-heavy management structure- they say is potentially sucking vital funds out of regional communities. Simple mistakes made while driving are costing Victorians their lives. New figures show almost three in four fatal crashes last year...

Insects have been touted as a ‘superfood’ and the ‘future of food’ according to a CSIRO report. Government scientists splashed out $27,000 on a “bug grub” report promoting eating insects instead of meat to cut carbon emissions and feed the growing population. Trauma from bullying is as harmful as substance abuse for both bullies and their victims, according to a new study which looked at the impac...

Medicinal cannabis users could soon legally get behind the wheel of a car under a Victorian first trial. A report by the Medicinal Cannabis and Safe Driving Working group, found a “standardised decision support tool” could allow people to safely drive while medicated. Top religious leaders have criticised a push to dump the Lord’s Prayer from being recited at the start of state parliament sessions...

Pfizer has said vaccine recipients will need a third dose of its jab, which will increase protection against Covid-19 and its Delta strain. A historic former Southbank warehouse would be transformed into a new sky high Melbourne hotel. New research has found that legalising cannabis would prompt an extra 880,000 Australians over the age of 14 to try it for the first time.   Carrying excess weight,...

The Facebook-owned photo sharing network Instagram has confirmed it is working on a youth focused version of the app with a suite of new safety features. Melbourne councils are set for windfall gains in fees and fines after the pandemic reduced their income last year. A rush to enlist in the armed forces last year during the height of the covid pandemic has now reversed. Applications are being wit...

Victoria remains the luckiest state for Lotto winners, taking out top spot for a fifth year running. Cybercrime is up and firewalls are down as it’s revealed hackers silently invade our smart devices to steal personal information every ten minutes. Life amid lockdowns has prompted more Australians to check their superannuation, and a significant number now worry they will have to stay in the workf...

Victoria’s fifth lockdown will end tomorrow with the 5km travel limit scrapped, schools returning to face-to face learning and hospitality, retailers, beauticians and gyms reopening. But under a new “Lockdown Lite” restrictions. Victorian firefighters will not be sent to help battle mass wildfires threatening homes in Canada, despite other Australian states preparing resources to assist Melbourne’...