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Shared success in the face of challenge

“After twenty-eight years of being in business and in the industry for thirty-five odd years, I thought I had seen everything,” said Chris Packer,...

64 new cases, call for more jabs

VICTORIA'S health minister says a lack of supply is continuing to hold back the vaccination program, as the state deals with a fresh cluster...

Cell death at Ballarat police station

A WOMAN has died in custody at Ballarat police station just before she was due to appear in court. Victoria Police says the 50-year-old was...

79 new cases, vaccines opened up to kids

VICTORIA has recorded seventy-nine new locally acquired COVID-19 cases, sixty of which could have been infectious in the community. Health Minister Martin Foley on Friday...

Relief headed for COVID-battered Shepp

EMERGENCY relief is headed to COVID-battered Shepparton, as it struggles with thousands of people isolating. Eighteen of the state's 80 new infections on Thursday are...

Full digital edition, 26 August

Paine responds to Langer reports

AUSTRALIAN test captain Tim Paine has defended head coach Justin Langer amid reports of player unrest and dressing room leaks. Reports of tension within the...

Essendon swingman calls time on career

VETERAN Essendon swingman Cale Hooker has announced his retirement. The much-loved Bomber, who has played 219 games during a career that’s spanned over a decade,...

Have the Bulldogs cost themselves a premiership?

THE Western Bulldogs were sitting pretty at the top of the ladder after round twenty and on the brink of securing a double chance...

Celtic continue to thrill under Ange

ANGE Postecoglou has Celtic firing after another dazzling display in Scottish Premiership recently. Celtic thrashed 10-man St Mirren 6-0 at Celtic Park – their sixth...

Push to get year 12s vacced before exams

VICTORIA will push for all year 12 students to be vaccinated for COVID-19 by the time they start sitting their exams in October. The state...

Victoria to open up COVID-19 vaccines to all aged above 16

EVERY Victorian aged sixteen and above will be able to book a COVID-19 vaccine from Wednesday, 25 August as the state records fifty new...

Only 16 of latest 71 COVID-19 cases isolating

ONLY sixteen of Victoria's seventy-one latest COVID-19 cases were isolating while infectious, and the sources of twenty-two infections are a mystery. Premier Daniel Andrews has...

65 new COVID-19 cases as police and protesters clash

VICTORIA has recorded sixty-five new locally acquired COVID-19 cases from just over forty-four thousand tests for the virus conducted on Saturday. Health officials say 26,149...

Regional Victoria to return to lockdown

THE entire state of Victoria will be in lockdown from 1pm as authorities scramble to contain a rapidly growing cluster of COVID-19 centred on...

Victoria records 61 new COVID-19 cases

VICTORIA has recorded sixty-one new locally acquired COVID-19 cases, forty-eight of them linked to known outbreaks. Health officials say an additional 16 local cases have also...

Shepparton outbreak grows to 12 cases, weekend community sport called off

A CORONAVIRUS outbreak in the Victorian town of Shepparton has grown again to twelve cases, with a decision on whether regional Victoria will be...

Victoria records 55 COVID-19 cases, new restrictions not ruled out

VICTORIA is facing its biggest battle since the state's second wave, having recorded fifty-five new local COVID-19 cases, thirty of which have been in...

57 new COVID-19 cases, most linked

VICTORIA has recorded fifty-seven new locally acquired coronavirus cases - the state's highest daily tally since the second wave - on its two-hundredth day...

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Full digital edition, 19 August

All Blacks thrash Wallabies in record win

THE All Blacks trashed the Wallabies 57-22 at Eden Park on Saturday night to seal their nineteenth straight Bledisloe Cup triumph. New Zealand recorded their...

Can the Bombers do damage in finals?

ESSENDON is peaking at the right time of the year and a win over Collingwood in round twenty-three will see them playing finals. Andrew McGrath,...

AFL in Tassie: Relocate or start new?

COLIN Carter, the author of the Carter Report into the viability of an AFL team in Tasmania, admits he would be disappointed if an...