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Blacked-out emails show dispute over security company's role
The redacted emails reveal an argument because Unified was not a preferred tenderer. But some wanted the company in place because it served a 'broader purpose' of finding jobs for the unemployed.
- by Richard Baker and Tammy Mills
Executive pay in state's major departments jumps, annual reports show
Analysis by The Age of the eight biggest departments showed the 1567 public servants now considered 'executives' saw their average go from $182,735 to $206,559.
- by Clay Lucas and Henrietta Cook
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Crime
Woman decapitated as three killed in terror attack in French city of Nice
There are also unconfirmed reports of a second incident, in the French city of Avignon. Police in Saudi Arabia also said on Thursday that a man had been arrested after trying to attack a person outside the French consulate in Jeddah.
- by Bevan Shields
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Public transport
'Didn't spray the train': Pandemic cleaners cut corners while paying off officials, IBAC told
Transclean's boss admitted the cleaning on Metro's trains was deficient one month after the city went into its first lockdown in March in intercepted phone conversations played to the hearings on Thursday.
- by Timna Jacks
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'Lost my purpose': Young people's mental health disproportionately affected by pandemic: poll
Three-quarters of those aged 18 to 24 say their mental health has been impacted.
- by Jewel Topsfield
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Racing integrity
Investigation launched after race horses continue to be slaughtered
A dozen identified former racehorses or recently retired breeding mares were killed at one knackery this year, footage has shown.
- by Rob Harris and Latika Bourke
When can I take off my mask? Your COVID dining questions answered
Melburnians are adjusting to new rules for eateries. Here what you should, and shouldn't, do.
- by Chris Moir
Businesses warned to stick to COVID safety rules
Concerns were raised that some businesses were flouting COVIDSafe rules.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey, Rachael Dexter and Anna Prytz
A new look leads the list in lockdown lifting spend-up
A splurge by Melburnians has produced one of the biggest spending spikes since March.
- by Craig Butt
CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
As it happened: Victoria records three new cases; COVIDSafe app leads to two virus cases
There were no new deaths on Thursday and one additional 'mystery case' has been confirmed. The COVIDSafe app helped uncover two COVID-19 cases, senate estimates has heard.
- by Rachael Dexter and Craig Butt
Graduations are go but green light comes too late for many
Schools are free to hold graduation ceremonies this term, but many have already locked in virtual plans.
- by Adam Carey and Louise Blair-West
Local
Police legal costs blow out to $60m - more than it spends on choppers
The figure represents a 400 per cent increase in legal costs incurred by the force since 2015, when Graham Ashton was first appointed chief commissioner.
- by Cameron Houston and Chris Vedelago
Sally Capp on track to retain the keys to Town Hall
More than 60,000 votes have been counted and there is less than a week to go until results are declared.
- by Bianca Hall and Rachel Eddie
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Environmental protection
Supreme court halts controversial roadworks for three weeks
ASupreme Court hearing was told Djab Wurrung traditional owners believed the removal of culturally-significant trees would contravene the Aboriginal Heritage Act and human rights laws.
- by Miki Perkins
Boy in wheelchair unsupervised before fatal fall, workplace regulator alleges
A seven-year-old boy in a wheelchair was allegedly left unsupervised on a poorly constructed ramp at his school when he fell and suffered a fatal head injury.
- by Adam Cooper
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LGBT
Push to move Pride out of Perth as Zempilas apologises for 'radio banter gone wrong'
Perth's LGBTQ community is protesting the city's new Lord Mayor and calling for the Pride festival to move to the City of Vincent after Basil Zempilas' transgender comments.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola, Nathan Hondros and Fran Rimrod
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China relations
An intolerant, divisive Australian image is damaging us in China
"The cameras in Beijing will form an opinion of us which is very different I think of the way we would want ourselves to be portrayed."
- by Eryk Bagshaw
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Political expenses
'Humiliating': Holgate says she hasn't been told to stand down from Australia Post
- by Lisa Visentin
Business
Tupperware's profits soar in the pandemic, even without the parties
Decades after its glory days, Tupperware is suddenly an 'it brand' again. This time around it's not social gatherings, but social distancing fuelling its sales.
- by Matt Ott
World
China's treatment of Uighurs 'biggest threat to religious freedom': Pompeo
In a scorching speech delivered in Jakarta on Thursday the US Secretary of State says there is no counter-terrorism justification for the crackdown on faith followers.
- by James Massola
Opinion
A more humane, less costly solution for aged care: stay at home
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Revealed: Australia's richest property tycoons – and where they live
Almost a quarter of Australia's richest 200 people built their fortune through property, and now they live in mansions on large blocks with water views.
- by Elizabeth Redman
Smart Buys: Victoria’s best homes for sale right now from $485,000
Here are Domain’s expert picks of the top properties for sale in primo locations across Victoria. Better yet, they're all under $1.5 million.
- by Larissa Dubecki
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The Queen had Thatcher on her knees: Gillian Anderson joins The Crown
The fourth season of The Crown explores the uneasy relationship between two powerful women.
- by Michael Idato
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Deano and the Vics: the inside story of a tumultuous relationship
The late Dean Jones had an up-and-down relationship with Victoria throughout his career and it stayed that way to the end.
- by Greg Baum
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AFL 2020
Richardson sacking raises questions of Bombers
Essendon's decision to sack Dan Richardson raises searching questions for chairman Paul Brasher's review of the club about other senior positions and direction.
- by Michael Gleeson
Boom all-rounder Green in named Australian squad
As Cameron Green was named in Australia's one-day international and Twenty20 squad for the series against India, several big names could be rested.
- by Andrew Wu
Crows and Saints sweat on compensation, Broad set to stay a Tiger
Adelaide and St Kilda are sweating on what the AFL's secret free agency compensation formula delivers for them in a bid to land Crows midfielder Brad Crouch as early as Friday.
- by Daniel Cherny
'Code killer': FFA report paints bleak picture for future of Socceroos
Australian soccer's governing body is pushing for major reform after a report detailed the scale of the player pathways problem, revealing Australia offers just a third of the opportunities of the game England.
- by Dominic Bossi
Son of champion trainer out to join list of Derby winners
England-born Ballarat trainer Matt Cumani, the son of Luca Cumani, is looking to write his own piece of history, with Hit The Shot in Saturday's time-honoured Victoria Derby.
- by Damien Ractliffe
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NRL 2020
Storm CEO Donaghy resigns to return to Queensland
The Melbourne Storm's respected chief executive Dave Donaghy resigned on Thursday.
- by Roy Ward
Have Your Say
When racegoers flocked to Flemington after the Cup dodged a pandemic
The 159-year-old Melbourne Cup has prevailed through two World Wars and seen off at least one other public health crisis.
