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COVID-19 restrictions saved hundreds of lives says health official

AUTHORITIES have praised Victorians for saving hundreds of lives and potentially preventing tens of thousands of COVID-19 cases, ahead of the lifting of Melbourne's...

Full digital edition, 21 October

MBH digital edition, 21 October

Dogs delist duo

THE Western Bulldogs have farewelled Ben Cavarra and Will Hayes after both were not offered contracts for 2022. The club announced the news late last...

Exum waived by Rockets

AUSTRALIAN Boomers guard Dante Exum is an NBA free agent after being waived by the Houston Rockets. Exum, 26, had recently signed a $20 million...

Dons float options for key piece

ESSENDON list manager Adrian Dodoro believes 2020 top ten draft pick Zach Reid could one day make a “pretty good forward,” despite being drafted...

Aloisi ready for Western United challenge

IF John Aloisi's tenure at Western United proves a success he won't be considering it third-time lucky, but the result of making the most...

Authorities firm on hospitality vax mandate

VICTORIAN authorities are standing by a mandate for hospitality workers to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 before Melbourne's pubs, cafes and restaurants reopen, despite...

New departures for river cruises released

Get onboard with PS Emmylou special limited Koondrook & Barmah expeditions.

‘Typo’ in Vic rules vexes entertainment

MELBOURNE entertainment venues won't be able to open to fully vaccinated patrons indoors when lockdown ends, because a COVID-19 rule change contained a "typo". When...

Grants to support businesses trading outdoors

BUSINESSES and councils can apply for a share in a fifty-four-and-a-half million dollar fund to move towards outdoor trading as Victoria emerges from its...

Victoria ends lockdown five days early

VICTORIA will end its sixth long-running lockdown five days earlier than planned, as the state races to its seventy per cent fully vaccinated target. Premier...

Ron Iddles in Rochester

IF you are like good cop Ron Iddles, and you want the truth, come and see his real story in real life at Iddles...

COVID-positive 15yo among seven deaths

A COVID-positive teenage girl with other health conditions has become the youngest Victorian to die during the current outbreak. The state’s COVID-19 commander Jeroen Weimar...

Town by town snapshot – Dunolly

Dunolly is approximately 110.3 square kilometre and has many parks covering nearly 20.2 per cent of total area. The population in 2011 was 908 people...

The regional hotspots on the radar

Property prices in regional Australia may have skyrocketed in the past eighteen months, but that doesn't mean there aren't any investment opportunities left to...

Border restrictions with NSW to relax

FULLY vaccinated people from NSW will be allowed to enter Victoria without quarantining from next week. The southern state recorded 2179 new COVID-19 cases and...

Full digital edition, 14 October

MBH digital edition, 14 October

$500m fund to help homebuyers

THE State Government is launching a new program aimed at helping people buy their first home. Running to $500 million, the Victorian Homebuyer Fund will...

REIV elects new president

Melbourne real estate agent Adam Docking has been elected as the new president of the Real Estate Institute of Victoria for 2021-22. Mr Docking, who...

Ashes series given green light

THE England and Wales Cricket Board has given “conditional” approval for the Ashes series to go ahead as scheduled. The conditions of the tour -...

Who will top Essendon’s 2020 draft haul?

It was a bleak picture for Essendon during last year’s trade period. Few were predicting the success that would come in 2021 after finishing 13th...

O’Brien feared his career was over

TIM O’Brien admits he feared his AFL career was coming to an end before joining the Western Bulldogs as an unrestricted free agent. The 27-year-old...