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'Breathtaking incompetence': Call for Premier to sack Health Minister
The Health Workers Union has demanded the sacking of Jenny Mikakos – who is due to front the hotel quarantine inquiry today – saying locked-down Victorians are paying the price for her incompetence.
- by Marissa Calligeros
New laws to help companies trade out of bankruptcy
The new regime promises a flat fee for companies that call in advisers to trade their way out of trouble, as experts predict a wave of insolvencies from shutdowns enforced due to COVID.
- by David Crowe
Johnson & Johnson begins giant study of one-dose COVID-19 shot
Hopes are high that answers about at least one of several candidates being tested in the US could come by year's end, maybe sooner.
- by Linda Johnson
Plan to shake up transport fares to drive commuters away from packed trains
Peak-hour tram and bus fares would be slashed and off-peak travel heavily discounted under a proposed overhaul of public transport ticketing that is designed to entice people away from crowded trains.
- by Timna Jacks and Danielle Collis
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Coronavirus pandemic
15 minutes to diagnosis: the quick COVID test that could 'change the game'
A Melbourne doctor is in talks with the state government about rolling out nasal swab tests that can identify the coronavirus within 15 minutes.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey and Noel Towell
Opinion
Australian recession
'Reverse Bank' has to quickly rediscover the gear stick
When a real crisis is upon us, the RBA is invariably late to the party, writes former prime minister Paul Keating.
- by Paul Keating
Safe for NSW to open up to regional Victoria, experts say
Two leading epidemiologists say it is time to allow residents of regional Victoria to travel interstate.
- by Benjamin Preiss and Emma Anvari
Sanders sounds alarm on a Trump ‘nightmare scenario’
Trump, who has consistently trailed Biden in polls, has spent months trying to sow doubt about election voting.
- by Sydney Ember
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Tragedy
'Broke my heart': Search for missing teen ends in tragedy
A 14-year-old boy missing for more than 30 hours in bushland east of Melbourne has been found dead.
- by Simone Fox Koob, Rachael Dexter and Paul Sakkal
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'Winning the battle': Premier signals more restrictions could be lifted on Sunday
- by Rachael Dexter, Noel Towell, Sumeyya Ilanbey and Michael Fowler
Ministers claim they were in the dark as hotel quarantine program went wrong
Senior Andrews government ministers have admitted they had little or no knowledge of key decisions about the ill-fated hotel quarantine program until after they were made.
- by Noel Towell and Tammy Mills
Sweden considers new restrictions as COVID-19 cases rise
"The downwards trend is broken. We can only hope this is a blip, that the spread starts decreasing," the health boss said.
- by Richard Orange
Local
Five young men died from rare synthetic drug cocktail, coroner told
The drugs caused the men to act bizarrely with one falling from a CBD balcony and another suffering a heart attack after running into windows and walls.
- by Erin Pearson
380 pilot whales dead, 30 still stuck after strandings on Tasmanian coast
Earlier, wildlife authorities identified an additional 200 whales offshore - all of which were dead. The finding pushed the total number of whales stranded to 460.
- by Laura Chung and Mary Ward
Naked City podcast: The death of a neo-Nazi crime boss
Towering, intelligent, fast-talking and cunning, Phillip Grant Wilson was a force to be reckoned with, until the Nazi enthusiast met his match in police.
- by John Silvester
MasterChef judge Jock Zonfrillo sues for defamation
Celebrity chef is suing The Australian over an article and Facebook post that he says accuse him of dishonesty.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
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Education
Private schools call for overseas student return amid 'existential challenges'
Principals representing some of Victoria's most expensive private schools have written to the government to plead for urgent return of international students.
- by Madeleine Heffernan and Adam Carey
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SA revokes exemptions for Power players' Vic families
- by Scott Spits
Opinion
All-Australian side: Bont supplants Pendles, no Fyfe
In a shortened season, Bontempelli overtook Pendlebury to be skipper of my team of the year.
- by Jake Niall
Leon Davis says Collingwood must confront the truth about their past
Former Magpie Leon Davis says the club's review into the environment that existed at the club between 2005-2014 must be part of a bigger reckoning that confronts the truth of the past
- by Peter Ryan
Politics
'Dramatic change': Ex-NBN co-exec says 5G is behind government NBN upgrade
A former NBN Co executive has argued that NBN Co's upgrade plans are designed to fight against the growth of 5G wireless services.
- by Zoe Samios and Lisa Visentin
Business
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Telecommunications
NBN fibre upgrade a defence against looming 5G assault
NBN Co's $3.5 billion fibre upgrade plan is designed to make Telstra and the other telcos reconsider their ambitions ahead of next year's 5G spectrum auctions.
- by Supratim Adhikari
World
Mourners pay respects to Ruth Bader Ginsburg at US Supreme Court
Hundreds of people lined up outside the court for a chance to pay their respects to the pioneering women's rights advocate, who died on Friday at the age of 87.
- by Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung
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Is it getting harder or easier to save up for your first house in Melbourne?
New research reveals how long first-home buyers in Melbourne have to save to get on the property ladder compared to this time last year.
- by Melissa Heagney
Smart Buys: Victoria’s best properties for sale right now
Domain’s expert picks of the top properties for sale in primo locations across Victoria. Better yet, they are all under $1 million.
- by Sue Green
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Give yourself the perfect spring pedicure at home
Follow this step-by-step (no pun intended) guide to give yourself a safe pedicure. And, yes, these instructions can also be followed by the manliest of readers.
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Ben Brown told to look for a new home
Ben Brown's career at North Melbourne is all but over, with the club telling him to look for a new home after contract negotiations fell apart.
- by Sam McClure
SA revokes exemptions for Power players' Vic families
Eleven people from Victoria who are family of Port players were wrongly given permission to enter SA ahead of qualifying final against Geelong.
- by Scott Spits
Opinion
AFL 2020
Bont supplants Pendles, Max gone in this team
In a shortened season, Bontempelli overtook Pendlebury to be skipper of my team of the year, writes Jake Niall.
- by Jake Niall
Davis: Pies must confront truth about their past
Former Pie says review into environment that existed at club between 2005-14 must be part of bigger reckoning that confronts truth of the past.
- by Peter Ryan
FFA, Nike find a fix for Matildas away kit own goal
Australia's soccer bosses and Nike on Wednesday promised fans that replicas of the national team's away shirt would be available in women's sizes next year.
Pair freed after questioning in Tour doping probe
Two people questioned in a Tour de France doping probe around the team of former runner-up Nairo Quintana have been released without charge.
Petracca crowned Dees' best and fairest
Christian Petracca's breakout season at Melbourne has been rewarded with a maiden best and fairest crown.
- by Daniel Cherny
Have Your Say
What's wrong with Collingwood? Buckley knows
Nathan Buckley's words were, as ever, measured and precise. The Magpies hadn't performed the basics well enough and had been cleaned out at the centre bounces.
