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...
Regional lockdowns could ease soon
VICTORIA has one-hundred-and-eighty-three more cases of COVID-19 as the state announces additional support for vulnerable community members impacted by lockdowns, and points to a...
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...
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...
BT digital edition, 2 September
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,...
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...
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...
Exposure sites increase across region
THE LIST of exposure sites across the region has grown to include additional Tier 1 and Tier 2 sites. In addition to Torquay and Newcombe...
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...
BT digital edition, 26 August
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...
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...
BT digital edition, 19 August
Provenances of top notch Pinot Noirs
ON the international stage, Mornington Peninsula garners the most attention for Pinot Noir, along with Central Otago in New Zealand. The two regions are boasted...