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Hind opens up on exposure site drama

NICK Hind has spoken publicly for the first time since attending a COVID exposure site that kept him out of Essendon’s elimination final against...

Unseeded American bundles Barty out of US Open

WORLD number one Ash Barty has fallen in her quest for back-to-back grand slams, losing to American Shelby Rogers in the third round of...

Dogs win could come at injury cost

SATURDAY night’s Semi Final between the Brisbane Lions and Western Bulldogs exceeded every possible expectation, with Luke Beveridge’s men the eventual victors by a...

Victoria records 246 new COVID-19 cases

A SEVENTEEN-year-old on a ventilator is among the one hundred and ten Victorians in hospital with coronavirus. The state has recorded 246 new COVID-19 cases, including...

Guy returns as leader of Victorian Libs

MATTHEW Guy is again the leader of the Victorian Liberals, after toppling Michael O'Brien in a leadership coup. MPs voted 20 to 11 for a...

Cash for renters as state records 246 cases

Victorians struggling to pay rent because of multiple coronavirus lockdowns will be eligible for a one-off fifteen-hundred-dollar grant. The State Government announced the grant on...

Pyrenees Art Exhibition rescheduled

DUE to COVID restrictions in place in June, the organising committee of the fifteenth Annual Community Bank Beaufort Pyrenees Art Exhibition were obliged to...

Despite local exposure site regional lockdowns could ease soon

VICTORIA has one-hundred and eighty-three new cases of COVID-19 as the state announces additional support for vulnerable community members impacted by lockdowns, and points...

We can do more on social housing

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Meet the 2021 WestVic Academy of Sport athlete awardees

Archie Caldow: Athletics Archie has been a WestVic Member for the past two years. The beginning of 2021 was busy for him as he progressed...

Creatives offered free career jumpstart

FREE career support is being offered to artists and creatives thanks to a collaboration between eight councils in regional Victoria. Creative Ballarat is among those...

Govts announce $2.3b in Vic business aid

VICTORIAN businesses struggling amid extended COVID lockdowns will share in more than two-point-three billion dollars of Government support as the state records one hundred and...

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Vic man in his 60s dies with COVID-19

A MAN in his sixties has become the latest death from Victoria's Delta coronavirus outbreak, Premier Daniel Andrews says. It brings the fatality toll from the...

Time between Vic AZ COVID vaccines halved

THE interval between doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has been halved from twelve to six weeks in Victoria, as the state records one-hundred-and-seventy-six...

Optus Stadium could host Grand Final

PERTH’S Optus Stadium will host the 2021 AFL Grand Final if the MCG is unable to. AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan has announced that Western Australia...

What Essendon needs for 2022 and beyond

WITH Essendon’s season in the books, club great Tim Watson has given his thoughts on what they need to improve on in 2022. The Bombers...

Bulldogs back after thumping Bombers

SEN host Garry Lyon says the Western Bulldogs are back in the “hunt” after their convincing forty-nine-point thumping of Essendon on Sunday. Leaving the Bombers...

Cat’s complaints and the trade that could cost them

WHILE the Cats were smashed by Port Adelaide in last Friday night’s qualifying final, continuing their recent poor record in the first week of...

Regional lockdown could lift next week, playgrounds back

REGIONAL Victoria could leave lockdown next week, aside from Greater Shepparton, with significant restrictions still in place. The controversial ban on playgrounds will be lifted,...

No deal means Berisha off to Europe

THE A-League's record goalscorer, Besart Berisha, is set to quit Australia and head back to Europe to find a new club. Berisha left Western United...

Victoria to announce path to COVID freedom

VICTORIAN authorities will release a "detailed plan" out of lockdown, including coronavirus case targets that must be met before restrictions are eased. Premier Daniel Andrews...

Vic COVID outbreak may have ‘plateaued’

IT is hoped Victoria's latest coronavirus outbreak has plateaued, but those counting on a localised roadmap out of lockdown will be disappointed. The state recorded...

Vic lockdown extended, 92 new local cases

VICTORIA will remain in lockdown as the state records ninety-two new locally acquired COVID-19 cases, including more than thirty not yet linked to existing...