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Meghan Markle has revealed how Prince Harry “cradled her” when she told him she was on the verge of suicide when she was five months’ pregnant with their baby son Archie. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex dropped a number of bombshells that have plunged the Royal Family into crisis. A mum accused of flinging her husband from a moving car told a friend she never meant to hurt him after he was left fig...

The Opposition Leader says big businesses would be named and shamed over pay gaps between men and women under a federal labor government....and it would be easier for the Fair Work Commission to order wage increases in female-dominated sectors..   Some relief for pensioners and those on social security benefits... payments are set tp increase from next week...  An Australian academic who spent mor...

Late night revelers are ignoring COVID-safe directions.... as they freely mingle and bump up against each other on crowded dancefloors statewide.  The Health Minister says LOCAL GPs will be recruited to ramp up the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination program...with more than 1200 clinics to give the jab to elderly and at-risk Australians from March 22.  A Melbourne Academic who was held for more than 80...

Nearly 3000 rideshare drivers and driving instructors may have been illegally driving with a criminal record for years after a massive bungle by the agency in charge of commercial ­passenger vehicles.  Aussie rock sensation The Rubens performed pop-up shows in Melbourne overnight....as a tribute to music legend Michael Gudinski....  Detectives investigating the disappearance of High Country Camper...

The parents of a women who alleged she was raped by the Attorney General Christian Porter back in 1988.... say they would support an inquiry that would shed light on the circumstances surrounding her death...  There’s fears the Reserve bank of Australia might have to raise the interest rates earlier than forecast.. There are calls for a new model of health...with Dieticians saying the emphasis sho...

Attorney-General Christian Porter has categorically denied allegations that he raped a teenage woman back in 1988.   A potential break through in the fight against COVID-19....Australian researchers have identified a class of drugs that could potentially prevent or reverse heart damage in coronavirus patients.   Australian of the Year Grace Tame has slammed the PM’s handling of the alleged rape of...

An overhaul of Victoria’s broken mental health system, with see thousands of workers recruited...amid fears it will take years to roll out the vital reforms..  Tributes are flowing for Michael Gudinski...remembered as the Godfather of Australian music and a force of nature..  A Federal Minister accused of rape is likely to identify himself tomorrow after calling in a top defamation lawyer over the...

There’s been some Harrowing findings from a a Royal Commission report into the age care....with revelations Elderly Australians are starving, dying in pain and suffering assaults in neglectful nursing homes. New laws being introduced in Victoria will mean Karen Ristevski will be saved from the indignity of having her killer husband buried by her side...  Worrying new data has revealed teenagers ar...

Melbourne scientists believe they are on the verge of developing blood and saliva tests able to help prevent significant long-term brain damage in Australian rules footballers.  As Victorians spend more time at home disturbing neighbours are becoming more apparent sparking suburban spats. No adverse reactions have been reported of the nearly 1000 COVID vaccinations given at Melbourne Airport’s mak...

Victorian road projects are recording major cost blowouts as the Andrews Government battles to reign in growing expenses of labour and materials.  Major events organisers are rallying together to bring Melbourne and regional Victoria back to ‘business as usual’ by September.  Australia’s travel bubble with New Zealand is again under threat with a snap lockdown called for Auckland after a person wi...

Photos of then-teammates Leigh Osborne and Alex Sexton painted with black faces at a Wacky Wednesday end-of-season event in 2013 start fresh footy racism storm.  Criminals are posing as police officers to scam victims out of tens of thousands of dollars in a sophisticated new fraud.  Melbourne’s booming property market is set to host its busiest auction weekend since the COVID-19 pandemic began. T...

In a breast cancer breakthrough, patients given a cheap and common beta-blocker at the time of diagnosis have been shown to be almost twice as likely to be alive five years later.  Australian news will be back on Facebook on Friday. The restoration of news to users’ feeds was confirmed by Josh Frydenberg on Thursday.  Relaxed mask rules and bigger gatherings at home and outdoors are set to return...

Where you live has a huge influence on your life expectancy - with a staggering 28 year difference across Melbourne suburbs. Thousands of commuter car parks promised by the Morrison government at the last election will not even be under construction before voters go to the polls again.  Melbourne's population will come close to going backwards this year due to lack of overseas migration, says a ne...

A landmark concussion court action is being prepared, claiming dozens of AFL players suffering severe illnesses linked to head knocks have been dudded out of compensation.  More than 1.2 million unemployed Australians will lose $100 a fortnight from their welfare payments from the end of March. Facebook has agreed to lift its ban on Australian news, after striking an 11th-hour deal with the federa...

Crown is facing a royal commission probe and could be stripped of its Victorian casino licence as advertising magnate Harold Mitchell became the latest casualty in the scandal.  More women have come forward to make complaints about the former federal government staffer who allegedly raped a colleague in Parliament House.  A second shipment of at least 80,000 Pfizer doses is expected to arrive in A...

It’s been revealed tens of thousands of residents and businesses across middle Melbourne suburbs will be impacted by construction of a mega Suburban Rail Loop...linking Cheltenham in Melbourne’s southeast... to Box Hill in the east  The use of masks on public transport has begun to drop.... despite public health safety rules...with more than one in 10 tram and train passengers wearing their masks...

Members at one of AFL’s biggest club, will be forced to enter a ballot to score a seat at matches in Victoria this season due to reduced crowd capacity in the wake of the corona virus pandemic.   A women who says she was sexually assaulted by a colleague in Parliament House is seeking criminal charges against her alleged rapist.  The former head of Australia’s competition watchdog says Facebook co...

Australians have expressed their outrage against Facebook, after the social media giant wiped essential health and emergency information in what the prime minster is calling an act of bullying against the federal government...  The Lawyer of sacked channel 7 star Andrew O’Keefe has indicated the ex- game show host will plead guilty to assaulting his partner, if the charge is not dismissed under me...

A new outdoor quarantine facility is set to be built in Victoria, to deal with the “wildly infectious” UK strain of COVID-19. Police believe Olympic Medalist Scott Miller was the ringleader in a $2.2m ice syndicate, which supplied drugs inside candles. A woman who alleges she was raped by a colleague at Parliament house, has thanked the Prime Minister for his apology over his government’s handling...

It's been revealed more than half of Victorians are not ready for the COVID-19 vaccine according to a survey.  Students at a top Victorian University have been encouraged to embrace group nudity on a camp to be held in March, amid reports of a campus culture encourage nudity, drinking and sex.  Three men have been arrested, after a group of anti-lockdown protesters rallied in Melbourne today.  And...

Australia’s vaccine rollout is due to begin in a week, with the first jabs against COVID-19 expected next Monday.  80,000 doses of the highly effective Pfizer vaccine is expected to arrive from Europe within days and then will need to pass all necessary tests. Primary school kids should ditch digital and return to using chalk and slates to help develop the brain, fine and gross motor skills accord...

Victoria’s contact tracing system has been exposed by a series of new bungles after COVID19 crept out of hotel quarantine again. The Western Highway is Victoria’s most dangerous major road, with 27 people losing their lives in tragic crashes over the last five years. An app to allow ­alleged criminals to remotely report in while on bail is being developed as well as a website for more crimes to be...

Victoria has been plunged into its third lockdown lasting at least five days as greater Melbourne is declared a coronavirus hot spot.   The Australian Open tennis, racing and AFLW matches will go on without fans as Melbourne is plunged into a third coronavirus lockdown. The snap lockdown has caused spooked shoppers into loading up on grocery essentials as supermarket chains reassured customers the...

One of the world’s most ground-breaking cancer treatments will be produced in Melbourne following the remarkable success of genetic-engineering technology in saving Australian cancer patients. Victorian health authorities are having issues tracking down potential COVID-19 contacts during this week’s hotel quarantine outbreak, putting other states on high alert. For the first time, would-be parents...

Victorian authorities fear coronavirus may be circulating in the community after the Holiday Inn outbreak jumped to 8 cases. The secrets of why COVID-19 is life-threatening for some people and mild for others has been revealed by Melbourne scientists. Australia risks crippling fuel shortages should international supply chains be interrupted as the closure of the Altona refinery shrinks the nation’...