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Victoria won't fast track easing despite 14 days of no new cases or deaths
Premier Daniel Andrews said he'd love to announce today that restrictions were lifted but it would not be safe. He told Victorians to stay tuned for an announcement next Sunday, November 22.
- by Roy Ward
Updated
Coronavirus pandemic
'Double doughnut fortnight': Victoria records 14 straight days with no new COVID cases, no further deaths
Victoria has reached the extraordinary milestone of no new COVID-19 cases and no further deaths in the wake of its catastrophic second wave.
- by Henrietta Cook, Craig Butt and Marissa Calligeros
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Public transport
Station redesigns drove multibillion-dollar Metro Tunnel blowout
Confidential government reports reveal Metro Tunnel's builders warned government that design changes at two CBD stations were driving a massive cost hike.
- by Timna Jacks
Investigation
Secrets of War
Ten SAS soldiers face fresh war crimes investigation
The Prime Minister has warned of 'brutal truths' to be aired in a war crimes report due to be released next week, as he appoints a special investigator to try to bring special forces soldiers to justice.
- by Nick McKenzie, Chris Masters and Anthony Galloway
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Opinion
Workplace culture
'I spoke out to stand up for myself': Ghosts of the past come back to haunt PM
Rachael Miller's lodging of two formal complaints means the behaviour of two ministers is now Scott Morrison's problem. There is no statute of limitation on personal hurt.
- by David Crowe
GOP senator: 'I will step in' if Biden doesn't start receiving intel briefings
Incoming presidents typically have access to intelligence during the transition, so they can be prepared to deal with any national security threats on day one.
- by Deirdre Shesgreen and Matthew Brown
'They forgot the Golden Goose': Trump fuels talk he'll launch a Fox News rival
Shares in Rupert Murdoch's Fox Corp tumbled with speculation ramping up that President Donald Trump might back or launch a rival news service after he leaves office.
- by Christopher Palmeri
Analysis
Trading and drafting
Collingwood has ripped off the Band-Aid and exposed some very raw wounds. Ouch
Collingwood's fire sale can be likened to a bad debt that accumulated interest.
- by Jake Niall
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China relations
'Unacceptable': Australia intervenes on fate of stranded sailors
'This isn't just a trade issue, it is an issue about respect,' Trade Minister Simon Birmingham said.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
US ELECTION 2020
Official behind US misinformation debunker site tells associates he expects to be fired: sources
- by Christopher Bing and Joseph Menn
Biden moves forward as top Democrats blast Republican post-election 'shenanigans'
"The Republicans should stop their shenanigans about an election that President Trump has already lost," Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said.
- by Susan Cornwell, Doina Chiacu and Simon Lewis
Analysis
America's patchwork election system could learn from Australia
America’s decentralised voting system is a patchwork quilt of complex rules and regulations underscored by partisan politics.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Local
Climate change has already arrived, scientists warn in major new report
Australia is already experiencing global warming and the future holds more extreme fire seasons.
- by Miki Perkins
Investigation
IBAC
Andrews 'waxed lyrical' about Woodman's donations to Labor
Secret phone taps have further embroiled the Premier in the Casey land scandal.
- by Royce Millar
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Coronavirus pandemic
Health Department boss Kym Peake resigns
Ms Peake, the bureaucrat in charge of one of the key departments involved in quarantining program, faced months of pressure over her role.
- by Paul Sakkal and Noel Towell
Victoria plugs in record number of renewable energy generators
Record number of renewable energy generators connected to the grid or begun in Victoria in past year.
- by Miki Perkins
Swinburne University staff condemn leadership over 'excessive' cuts to courses, jobs
Swinburne University will scrap or scale back degrees in disciplines such as science, engineering, economics and business and cut scores of jobs next month.
- by Adam Carey
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US government announces COVID-19 vaccine agreement with pharmacies
Officials say initial supplies will be limited and distributed to states for them to allocate to priority groups.
- by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
Video of dead man in hospital bathroom highlights COVID-19 crisis in Italy's south
The unidentified man was a suspected coronavirus sufferer who had been waiting for a test, as patients in Naples were given oxygen and placed on drips through their car windows.
- by Ciro De Luca, Crispian Balmer and Angelo Amante
Politics
Consider hiking rent assistance before JobSeeker: Employer group
A major employer group wants higher rent assistance to be considered before the dole is hiked over concerns the JobSeeker rate is discouraging people getting back to work.
- by Jennifer Duke
Business
Emirates posts $5.2 billion loss after virus sunk air travel
The owner of the world's largest long-haul carrier slumped to its first loss in more than 30 years after the coronavirus pandemic reduced demand for air travel to a trickle.
- by Layan Odeh
Wall Street scuffles as worsening pandemic slows its rally
- by Stan Choe and Damian J. Troise
World
Islamic State group claims attack at Saudi WWI ceremony
The terror group said in a posting on its propaganda network agency that it primarily targeted the French consul attending the event.
- by Sarah El Deeb
Opinion
Joe Biden may be the best thing that ever happened for Brexit
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This symbol of the past must also reflect our present and future
James Lesh and Kali Myers
With Biden taking charge, is an end to the Trump trade wars in sight?
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Wealthy city slickers push up prices in sea and tree-change hotspots
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- by Kate Burke
'One of the biggest pressure cookers': Tradies spill what goes on behind the scenes
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Trading and drafting
AFL trade period: A club-by-club guide to league's big swap meet
Collingwood and the Western Bulldogs made headlines at the end of a dramatic trade period while Essendon head to the draft with three top 10 picks. Each club's trade period assessed.
- by Peter Ryan and Daniel Cherny
Scott on fire before rain halts round, Woods and Casey set Masters pace
Englishman Paul Casey and five-time champion Tiger Woods stole the headlines on a rain-affected opening day at Augusta with 2013 champion Adam Scott lurking.
Analysis
Trading and drafting
Pies rip off the Band-Aid, expose very raw wounds
Collingwood's fire sale can be likened to a bad debt that accumulated interest and compound interest until it could no longer be carried and had to be repaid, all at once.
- by Jake Niall
AusCycling poach Netball Australia CEO to lead cycling's new beginning
Netball Australia chief executive Marne Fechner will leave her role at the end of the year after decades as an administrator in the sport to become AusCycling's inaugural chief executive officer in February 2021.
- by Anthony Colangelo
Josh Addo-Carr set to remain at Melbourne Storm in 2021
Josh Addo-Carr has vowed to honour an agreement to join Wests Tigers in 2021 if he is released from the Melbourne Storm. But it appears he is staying put.
- by Michael Chammas and Christian Nicolussi
Geelong pay high price for Cameron
The Giants' decision to match Geelong's offer to free agent Jeremy Cameron has paid off after the Cats reluctantly handed over three first round picks to secure him.
- by Peter Ryan
Updated
AFL 2020
'Toughest day in footy': Buckley tweets on Pies trading three players
Jaidyn Stephenson said he was 'hurt' at his exit from Collingwood and claims Nathan Buckley told him to pursue a trade as aggressively as he wanted.
- by Daniel Cherny
Have Your Say
'One of the greatest fire sales in the history of the AFL'
Michael Gleeson, Peter Ryan and Jake Niall look at fire sale at Pies, in particular Treloar's trade to the Bulldogs and Stephenson's move to North.
