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Victoria's new cases are 'weak positives', says Brett Sutton
Victoria's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton has taken to Twitter to explain that today may in fact turn out to be a one-case, or zero-case day.
- by Mathew Dunckley
Victoria records four new COVID as it enters first post-lockdown weekend
Victoria has recorded four new COVID-19 cases, as more than 100 people connected to a childcare centre outbreak remain in isolation.
- by Ashleigh McMillan
Breaking
Company mergers
AMP receives 100 per cent takeover bid from US private equity firm
Less than two months after announcing it was exploring options to splinter the group, AMP has received a takeover bid from US private equity firm Ares.
- by Charlotte Grieve
Executive pay in state's major departments jumps, annual reports show
Analysis by The Age of the biggest departments showed the 1567 public servant 'executives' saw their average pay go from $182,735 to $206,559.
- by Clay Lucas and Henrietta Cook
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Kate couldn't shake the gnawing pain in her spine, so she turned inwards and found love
Unable to swim or visit my osteopath or rely on my usual defences or distractions, I was forced to turn inwards.
- by Kate Cole-Adams
'Gentle soul': Teen in coma after being bashed by group in broad daylight
A teenager is in hospital with severe head injuries after being bashed by a group in Melbourne's east.
- by Ashleigh McMillan
Spot the Melburnian: How months of lockdown will change our behaviour
Psychologists say Melbourne's extended lockdown could have a lasting impact on some people.
- by Chloe Booker
Live
US votes 2020
Eighty million US votes already cast; Trump postpones rally
The US election enters its final days with both candidates campaigning in crucial swing state.
- by Roy Ward
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
COVID-19 gap widens between Australia and the rest of the world
The news coming out of Europe and the United States is shocking. The graphs are startling.
- by Mike Toole
CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
Exclusive
'Lost my purpose': Young people's mental health hit hardest by pandemic: poll
Three-quarters of those aged 18 to 24 say their mental health has been impacted.
- by Jewel Topsfield
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
Local
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 because it served a 'broader purpose' of finding jobs for the unemployed.
- by Richard Baker and Tammy Mills
Opinion
Victoria Police
Deceit and cover-up are entrenched in Victoria Police culture
The “whatever it takes” mentality has polluted trial after trial.
- by Jon Faine
Exclusive
Heritage
Esme Johnston house granted permanent heritage protection
A house in Brighton that was afforded no heritage protection by the local council has been saved.
- by Jewel Topsfield
'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.
- by Timna Jacks
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
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Politics
Almost $700 million in robo-debt claims repaid by federal government
So far 402,000 people have had the money either repaid or had their debts zeroed by Services Australia, senate estimates has heard.
- by Rachel Clun
Graphic content
Racing integrity
Investigation launched after race horses continue to be slaughtered
- by Rob Harris and Latika Bourke
Analysis
China relations
An intolerant, divisive Australian image is damaging us in China
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Business
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
The world's largest economy was hit by a bus. It’s healing, but slowly.
To understand what the latest numbers on US gross domestic product are telling us, imagine you were spending the last two weeks of March in a hospital room with catastrophic injuries. Now you can move around a little bit, cut back on pain medication.
- by Neil Irwin
World
France church attack suspect had been expelled from Italy weeks ago
The revelation that Brahim Aouissaoui, the suspect, landed in late September on the tiny island south of Sicily sparked a major political row in Italy.
- by Nick Squires
What happens to Fox News if Trump loses? Rupert Murdoch is prepared
- by Sarah Ellison and Jeremy Barr
Graphic content
Extremism
'A vision of horror': France deploys military after deadly church attack
- by Bevan Shields
Opinion
It's up to people power to mend a system that Trump has trashed
Chloe Ward and Emma Shortis
Why Morrison needs to quickly fix the Liberal Party's gender imbalance
David Crowe
Chief political correspondent
A more humane, less costly solution for aged care: stay at home
Pru Goward
Former sex discrimination commissioner and MP
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Property bydomain
Regional towns where house prices shot up 30 per cent in a year
City dwellers are moving to the country in droves this year for a more relaxed lifestyle, prompted by the pandemic - and these are the most popular destinations.
- by Sue Williams
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
Life & Culture
Opinion
US election
Toppling Trump: Grab 'em by the... selfie?
"Now that I have your attention": How celebrities are using the "thirst trap vote" to try and save American democracy.
- by Samantha Selinger-Morris
Investigation
MeToo movement
Australian fashion is finally having its #MeToo moment. Why did it take so long?
- by Melissa Singer
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Sport
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
Breaking
Trading and drafting
Hawks winger Isaac Smith chooses Geelong
The triple-premiership star also had interest from Melbourne, or could have remained at Waverley.
- by Anthony Colangelo
'My own death felt preferable to anyone discovering I was gay'
Former Wallabies prop Dan Palmer was living his dream, but hiding his sexuality threatened to destroy him.
- by Dan Palmer
Analysis
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
Zverev accused of 'trying to strangle' ex-girlfriend
Olya Sharypova, who was in a relationship with the US Open runner-up until last year, said one of the alleged attacks took place just before the 2019 tournament.
- by Ben Rumsby
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
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.
