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...
We can do more on social housing
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BY MICHAELA SETTLE, MEMBER FOR BUNINYONG AT the age of 47, I was unemployed, newly separated with two young children in tow,...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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...