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September 5, 2021

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...

September 5, 2021

We can do more on social housing

-OPINION PIECE

BY MICHAELA SETTLE, MEMBER FOR BUNINYONG   AT the age of 47, I was unemployed, newly separated with two young children in tow,...

September 5, 2021

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...

September 4, 2021

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...

September 3, 2021

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...

September 2, 2021

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...

September 2, 2021

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...

September 2, 2021

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...

September 2, 2021

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...

September 1, 2021

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,...

September 1, 2021

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...

August 31, 2021

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...

August 30, 2021

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...

August 29, 2021

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...

August 29, 2021

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,...

August 28, 2021

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...

August 27, 2021

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...

August 26, 2021

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...

August 26, 2021

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...

August 26, 2021

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,...

August 26, 2021

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...

August 26, 2021

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...

August 25, 2021

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...

August 24, 2021

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...