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Victorian Health Minister Martin Foley.
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Melbourne

Ambulance response times worst since 2015, as government announces $750m boost

In the worst response time results in several years, Ambulances are not reaching the most critically-ill patients within the target time of 15 minutes one-quarter of the time.

  • by Paul Sakkal
LEFT AND RIGHT Ambulance Paramedics Bianca Jackson and Matt MacDonald and CENTRE Director of Operational Triage Services at Ambulance Victoria’s Port Melbourne branch. STORY : encouraging the public to only call 000 in emergencies. THE AGE. PICTURE : PENNY STEPHENS. THURSDAY 6TH MAY 2021
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Paramedics, health minister plead: Stop calling 000 unless you really need to

  • by Paul Sakkal and Michael Fowler
Corrections Minister Natalie Hutchins addresses a rally on the steps of Parliament House on Thursday.
ALP

‘Omnishambles’: Supreme Court action threatens to halt Labor preselection amid gender battle

  • by Paul Sakkal and Michael Fowler
One MP said Mr Merlino “can’t sit and watch union leaders putting his colleagues under threat”.
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MP says Merlino ‘needs to make it very clear that everyone is safe’

  • by Paul Sakkal
Haileybury's Berwick campus.
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Private school admits safety errors after groundskeeper’s death

  • by Erin Pearson

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Before and after: The resurrection of a heritage home saved from demolition
Victoria

Before and after: The resurrection of a heritage home saved from demolition

It had rising damp, a missing chimney, and tiles that had reached the end of their life. A heritage overlay saved it, and now, it's magnificent.

  • by Jenny Brown
Behind the doors of a church converted into a luxe staycation
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Behind the doors of a church converted into a luxe staycation

Once termite-ridden, the church has had a new lease on life as boutique accomodation in a country town. See how it turned out.

  • by Brigid Blackney
The best properties for sale in Victoria this weekend
Victoria

The best properties for sale in Victoria this weekend

  • by Jacqui Hammerton, Mary O'Brien and Kate Nancarrow
The one figure that could show the housing market is losing steam
Auctions

The one figure that could show the housing market is losing steam

  • by Elizabeth Redman
Grant Hackett’s luxury beachfront villa snapped up in five days for $2.625m
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Grant Hackett’s luxury beachfront villa snapped up in five days for $2.625m

  • by Rachel Wells

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Aida. Opera Australia. Story by Patricia Maunder. Pub date: April 25, 2021. Mmag.
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City life

Opera premiere descends into Marx Brothers farce

After a year in hibernation, Opera Australia’s Thursday night premiere of Aida was meant to be a triumph. But there was a technical disaster instead.

  • by Stephen Brook, Samantha Hutchinson and Nick Miller
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City life

Jewish business gathering for ScoMo organised at warp speed

In eight days, the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce organised a lunch for 650 people at Crown.

  • by Stephen Brook and Samantha Hutchinson
The hotel and parking sectors want changes to fringe benefit taxes to bring life back to CBDs.
Coronavirus pandemic

Tax breaks could revitalise CBD bars and restaurants, bring workers back to cities

  • by Rob Harris
Geoffrey Roberton is stuck in quarantine.
City life

Liberals to move against four bad boys

  • by Stephen Brook and Samantha Hutchinson
Chris Lucas and Justin Hemmes
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City life

Orthodox uproar over invitation to convicted spy

  • by Stephen Brook and Samantha Hutchinson

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