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Former V/Line chief executive James Pinder (left) and Transclean boss George Haritos captured meeting in Williamstown on August 19, when Mr Haritos allegedly handed Mr Pinder $10,000 in cash.
Public transport

Transclean boss told to make up chemical name for cleaning trains, IBAC told

A Metro manager accused of pocketing cash from cleaning contractor Transclean told the contractor's boss to make up the name of a cleaning chemical he would use during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • by Timna Jacks
Zlate Cvetanovski leaves the Court of Appeal on Friday after having his drug convictions quashed.
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Informer 3838

Mokbel trafficker's conviction quashed in wake of Gobbo scandal

  • by Chris Vedelago and Tammy Mills
NAB House, the 29-level Sydney office tower, has a five-star NABERS energy rating.
Coronavirus Pandemic Live

NAB directs staff back to office after months of remote working

  • by Charlotte Grieve
A police officer and Life guard seen through the fence of the Fitzroy pool following a reported drowning there today.
Melbourne

Swimmer dies at Fitzroy pool

  • by Erin Pearson
The 15-year-old boy is in a coma in hospital after being bashed by up to 15 youths.
Crime

'Gentle soul': Teen in coma after being bashed by group in broad daylight

  • by Ashleigh McMillan
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Politics

Queensland's borders remain shut.
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic

Why I don't want to travel north when I'm allowed

Planning holidays up north? No, I don’t feel like spending my discretionary income in states that exploited the sufferings of my own for political gain.

  • by Michelle Griffin
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Public service

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
The Rydges on Swanston hotel was guarded by Unified Security.
Coronavirus pandemic

Blacked-out emails show dispute over security company's role

  • by Richard Baker and Tammy Mills
Lord mayor Sally Capp is in a strong position to reclaim the keys to town hall.
Council election

Sally Capp on track to retain the keys to Melbourne Town Hall

  • by Bianca Hall and Rachel Eddie
Linda Lin in her Crocs play centre in Ringwood, closed for 196 of the last 212 days.
Coronavirus pandemic

Let the children play, say long-closed centres with no reopening date

  • by Clay Lucas

Crime & Courts

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Education

Classical singer Sidra Nissen and ballet dancer Charlotte Deany have both had to improvise to prepare for their VCE performance exams.
Education

VCE performance students hit on ways to sing to an audience in caged city

  • by Adam Carey
Education

Graduations are go but green light comes too late for many students

  • by Adam Carey and Louise Blair-West
Education

'We've been away for so long': Cheers and fears as year 8 to 10 students return to class

  • by Adam Carey

Health

Second year uni student Max Hayward says the lockdown has had an impact on his mental wellbeing.
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Ipsos poll

'Lost my purpose': Young people's mental health disproportionately affected by pandemic: poll

  • by Jewel Topsfield
Coronavirus pandemic

Psychologists stretched to limit as virus drives spike in referrals

  • by Henrietta Cook
Coronavirus pandemic

Ten graphs that show the rise and fall of Victoria's COVID-19 second wave

  • by Craig Butt

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