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Restrictions working but I'm aware of 'profoundly challenging' isolation: Sutton
After 303 new cases on Saturday, Brett Sutton said he was aware the ban on home visits was a burden 'some people will really struggle with'.
- by Michael Fowler
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Coronavirus pandemic
Fears over quarantine breaches at Albert Park special accommodation house
Vulnerable community members have been roaming Melbourne’s inner-south east despite a COVID-19 outbreak occurring at the special accommodation facility in which they reside.
- by Paul Sakkal
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Coronavirus pandemic
New Zealand cases rise to 56 as possible Melbourne link investigated
Authorities are investigating whether the Auckland outbreak is linked to a Melbourne cold storage facility.
- by James Massola
As it happened: 303 new cases, four deaths; 90 active cases in disability accommodation homes
Four coronavirus deaths have been recorded in Victoria, on top of the 110 deaths already recorded this week alone. Australia's death toll has risen to 375.
- by Roy Ward
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'Nonsensical': Council considers ban on BBQs, backyard fires
A Melbourne council's plan to ban fire-pits and outdoor ovens is described as "nonsensical" by some residents.
- by Ashleigh McMillan
Blue heavens: Newnes rescues Carlton from defeat after final siren
Jack Newnes kicked an after-the-siren goal from the 50-metre line, on the boundary, sparking delirium for the Blues players on the field.
- by Anthony Colangelo
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Neighbour tried to save young boy trapped in blaze in Fitzroy North
A neighbour ran into a burning housing commission building in Fitzroy North in a desperate bid to try to save a young boy trapped inside.
- by Paul Sakkal and Hanna Mills Turbet
2021 St Kilda Festival in doubt due to COVID-19 concerns
The St Kilda Festival, which brings millions into the city each February, could be postponed until 2022.
- by Roy Ward
'Really heroic': Surfer defends wife from shark attack
A woman has been released from the jaws of a shark after her husband punched it in New South Wales.
- by Tom Rabe and Angus Thompson
afl 2020
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Swans youngster suspended for season, club fined for COVID-19 breach
Elijah Taylor has been banned for the rest of the AFL season with his club fined for breaching COVID-19 protocols.
- by Andrew Wu and Anthony Colangelo
Hop to it: Lions hang on by a point as Kangaroos reclaim respect
North Melbourne answered coach Rhyce Shaw's call to show some fight at Metricon Stadium on Saturday but still fell to their eighth loss in their past nine matches, this time to the Brisbane Lions.
- by Jon Pierik
Local
110 Victorians died this week. Few people were there to say goodbye
For many not directly affected by COVID-10, it may feel easy to feel disconnected from the confronting daily announcements, as the crisis is effectively hidden from public view.
- by Aisha Dow
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Coronavirus pandemic
State abandoned pandemic plan by failing to put Sutton in key role
The Andrews government ditched a key element of its own pandemic planning by not putting Brett Sutton in charge of the state’s emergency response.
- by Chip Le Grand
Analysis
Naked City
Born to be a cop: how New Zealand's laws failed Matthew Hunt
It is general duties police, not heavily armed specialists, who are at greatest risk because no one knows when a routine call will flare out of control.
- by John Silvester
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Coronavirus pandemic
'I've been unlucky': Health Minister feels the heat
'I’ve been unlucky enough to land a one-in-a-100 year global pandemic during my time as health minister.'
- by Henrietta Cook
Motorists get fees and fine freeze in stage four lockdown
Motorists in the CBD and inner suburbs will escape parking fees and fines while stage four restrictions are in place.
- by Bianca Hall
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- by Jacqui Hammerton, Kate Nancarrow and Lou Sweeney
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Buskin' blues: the pandemic plays havoc with street musos
- by Greg Callaghan
Hello, second baby. Farewell, unsolicited-advice givers
First-time mothers are inundated with advice. Not so when the next one arrives.
- by Amelia Lester
The arts inform everything: lunch with John Wood
Stage and television actor John Wood, 74, has published his autobiography.
- by Kylie Northover
Politics
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Coronavirus pandemic
National cabinet documents could remain hidden from state hotel inquiry
The Morrison government intends to assert cabinet confidentiality over meetings of national cabinet, potentially denying Victoria's hotel quarantine inquiry of documents.
- by Richard Baker and Jewel Topsfield
Australians stash $10 billion in $50 notes under the bed since February
- by Jennifer Duke and Shane Wright
Business
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icare investigation
'Provocative references': Email reveals icare's Hayne moment
The email was more telling in what it didn’t say and where the focus lay: on protecting icare’s reputation and continuing the spin that there was nothing wrong.
- by Adele Ferguson
World
US Navy carrier conducts exercises in contested South China Sea
The United States has long opposed China's expansive territorial claims in the South China Sea and has sent warships regularly through the strategic waterway.
- by Brenda Goh
US Senate intel committee sought probe of Steve Bannon
- by Del Quentin Wilber, Chris Megerian, Sarah D. Wire and Jennifer Haberkorn
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Jacinda Ardern keeps up the good fight
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Young family splashes $1,815,000 on Coburg Californian bungalow at auction
A small number of online auctions went ahead on Saturday, held in auctioneers' homes via video conference under stage 4 COVID-19 restrictions.
- by Jemimah Clegg
The home with all the right angles in this sought-after suburb
The elegant, boxy design demonstrates how things like an indoor-outdoor aesthetic become effortless when the dimensions are spot on.
- by Lou Sweeney
Life & Culture
Capturing Helen Reddy: a remarkable Australian life hits the screen
Director Unjoo Moon dramatises the life of singer Helen Reddy in I Am Woman.
- by Garry Maddox
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Blue heavens: Newnes rescues Carlton from defeat after final siren
Jack Newnes kicked an after-the-siren goal from the 50-metre line, on the boundary, sparking delirium for the Blues players on the field after they ground their way back into the game.
- by Anthony Colangelo
Opinion
AFL 2020
Burgoyne's chance to go out in Silky style
There's little point in Hawthorn persisting in playing Shaun Burgoyne over the final rounds of what should be his final season in brown and gold.
- by Jake Niall
Ryder's date with parallel universes
In a couple of parallel universes Paddy Ryder would be playing for Essendon against St Kilda on Sunday, not the other way around.
- by Daniel Cherny
Updated
Match report
Melbourne into top eight after crushing Magpies
The Demons moved into the top eight with their third-straight win while the Magpies missed the opportunity to temporarily sneak into the top four with more injury dramas and butchered ball.
- by Greg Davis
Not Gawn long: Dees skipper set for Bulldogs clash
Fresh from putting Collingwood to the sword, Simon Goodwin says the Demons are set to welcome back Max Gawn for Saturday’s clash against the Bulldogs.
- by Greg Davis
Western United stun Sydney with last-gasp goal
Western United will certainly be the form team as they gallop into the finals, downing champions Sydney with a last gasp winner from Steven Lustica.
- by Michael Lynch
Godolphin, Cummings, Zahra claim Caulfield double
On the big days it's the big players whom come to the fore, and Godolphin proved it was ready for the spring when it took the two features at Caulfield.
- by Michael Lynch
Have Your Say
Round by round ladder moves show contrasting fortunes in Adelaide
In the most turbulent and chaotic of AFL seasons, there has been one constant - Port Adelaide have held down the top spot on the ladder since the season began.
