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Watch: Victoria to move out of lockdown, 5km limit scrapped, schools reopen, no home visits
Premier Daniel Andrews is delivering an update, announcing the 5km rule and the five reasons to leave home have been scrapped.
Breaking
Coronavirus pandemic
What are the new coronavirus restrictions for Victoria?
The 5km radius will be scrapped, but home visits will still be banned under the new rules. There will be no crowds at the footy for at least two weeks.
Opinion
Vaccination
Confused and changing advice adds to prevailing pandemic uncertainty
Hassan Vally
Associate Professor in Epidemiology at La Trobe University
Live
Tokyo Olympics
What’s on in Tokyo: Owen Wright powers into surfing semis; Fox paddles for gold, Matildas face big test
It’s a big day for Australia’s women in swimming, kayaking and football.
Typhoon Tuesday: After COVID and heat, Tokyo braces for wind and rain
Australian gold medal favourite Jessica Fox is among athletes praying the impact of Tropical Storm Nepartak will be minimal if it hits Tokyo as expected this afternoon.
Education groups warn against proposal to let public ride on school buses
Advocates argue the move would help job-hunting youth, the elderly and families on low incomes get around regional areas, but country schools fear it could put children’s safety at risk.
Analysis
Income tax
A sore point in the ranks: Inside Labor’s tax cut decision
After three terms of opposition, it might have appeared obvious Labor should dump two signature policies, but it did not come easy.
Editorial
Government grants
Strong powers needed to park pork-barrelling where it belongs
The federal Coalition’s 2019 commuter car park scheme was shoddy and shameless. Our democracy deserves better.
The Age's View
Editorial
So many films, so little time: our pick of the 10 best at MIFF this year
Our pick of what’s screening at this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival.
From The Missing to Baptiste: how our obsessed detective has changed
The 2014 thriller The Missing was a surprise success, especially for Tcheky Karyo, whose quiet detective spawned a spin-off.
Exclusive
Secrets of War
Official photo of Ben Roberts-Smith altered to hide Crusader’s cross
The former special forces soldier displayed a contentious Crusader’s cross on his uniform while on duty in Afghanistan, with the symbol later digitally removed by the Defence Department in a widely distributed photo of the decorated war veteran.
Opinion
Defence
America’s recent military history points to strategic shortcomings
Before signing up to another US-led military campaign, Australia would be well served to cast an eye to recent history and the superpower’s less-than-super record.
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
Joe Biden says US combat missions in Iraq to end this year
“America has helped Iraq,” said Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi. “Together we fight and defeated” the Islamic State.
Lockdown leaving Aboriginal tourism sector at breaking point
After a domestic surge for Indigenous tourism made up for a lack of overseas visitors, Sydney’s lockdown is threatening to curb the sector’s recovery.
One year on, MPs still can’t agree on laws to stop jailing 10-year-olds
NSW is sitting on the fence while Queensland has rejected calls to raise the age of criminal responsibility altogether.
Fixing shattered Victory tougher job than starting new club: Popovic
Tony Popovic built Western Sydney Wanderers into an Asian champion team in a couple of seasons, but he thinks rebuilding Melbourne Victory is a bigger job.
Tokyo Olympics
Opinion
Opinion
Older, slower, weaker: Olympics piles pressure on Japan’s spluttering economy
- by Liam Halligan
Local
As we celebrate gold in the pool, the pandemic worsens a dire shortage of swimming teachers
Figures show there is a shortage of 1800 instructors across the state and swim schools say they can’t find enough trained staff to meet demand for lessons.
‘Big soldier’ involved in killing of Afghan farmer, trial told
An Afghan man killed by Australian forces was a farmer and not a Taliban fighter, the former soldier’s Federal Court defamation trial has heard.
Melbourne to build inner-city battery network in green power push
The City of Melbourne project is part of efforts to accelerate emissions reductions after the council declared a climate and biodiversity emergency in 2019.
Updated
Tragedy
Child killed in Dandenong house fire remembered as cheeky, playful boy
A man has been taken to hospital with serious burns after attempting to save a five-year-old boy in a house fire in Melbourne’s south-east.
Trouble at the mall: Melbourne’s prize shopping strip faces lean years
The pandemic, and the changing face of shopping, has left Melbourne’s famous Bourke Street Mall facing “grim” times with rents tumbling and vacancies rising.
CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
Cricket Australia eyes Euros-style vaccine passport for Ashes summer
Cricket Australia boss Nick Hockley is hopeful players won’t have to submit to tight lockdown bubbles this summer, and has been encouraged to see fans getting back to events in the UK.
Updated
New York issues vaccine mandate for city workers to fight Delta strain
The announcements are the “opening of the floodgates” as more government entities and companies impose vaccine mandates..
Politics
Solar power tax to boost energy grid gains backing of consumer advocate
Controversial changes to allow networks to impose charges on household solar power has won the backing of a peak consumer lobby group.
Business
CSIRO ‘brews’ milk for animal-free dairy startup
The CSIRO has set its sights on helping animal-free dairy get to supermarket shelves, backing a startup that’s using fermentation technology to create an alternative.
World
‘Stop demonising China’: US-China stuck in ‘stalemate’ after talks
Chinese officials told their US counterparts they believed America was waging “a whole-of-society campaign” to bring down China during the high-level talks.
Opinion
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Property bydomain
'It's the opposite of who we are': Tradies blast stereotypes
At a time when home owners are spending a record $1 billion a month on renovations, tradies are furious that publicly they’re being castigated and devalued.
Lockdowns more detrimental to buyers than hikes in interest rates
If house hunters have been shopping around for months, the latest series of lockdowns may prove to be worse news than any rate rise.
Life & Culture
Seven blasts streaming record out of the water with Tokyo Olympics coverage
A friendly time zone and a locked-down audience are conspiring to deliver big viewer numbers for the Olympics. But the real action is on 7plus.
Sport
Opinion
Olympics
A swim for the ages and a swim for the moment
In so many ways, Ariarne Titmus’ 400 metres freestyle win in Tokyo belongs in the all-time great Australian Olympic stories.
Greg Baum
Sports columnist
‘Don’t play for their lives’: Lloyd takes aim at Blues pair
The struggling Blues have been under attack for a variety of reasons this season and now star skipper Patrick Cripps has been accused of lacking on-field desperation.
Cricket Australia eyes Euros-style vaccine passport for Ashes summer
Cricket Australia boss Nick Hockley is hopeful players won’t have to submit to tight lockdown bubbles this summer, and has been encouraged to see fans getting back to events in the UK.
Updated
AFL 2021
Perth in running to host finals after AFL asks Joondalup Resort to reserve potential hub
The AFL has told Joondalup Resort to keep all bookings reserved from the middle of August until late September.
‘Focused, determined, gritty, gutsy’: Titmus topples Ledecky in 400m freestyle showdown
Ariarne Titmus has prevailed over Katie Ledecky in an almighty 400m freestyle final as Emma McKeon and Australia’s men’s 4x100 freestyle relay team picked up bronze medals.
Opinion
Real Footy Podcast
Carlton’s ‘gigantic risk’ on Teague with coaching talent available
This week on the Real Footy podcast, Caroline Wilson, Jake Niall and Sam McClure put the coaching landscape under the microscope and examine Carlton’s next most likely move.
McKeown’s time to shine finally arrives but record-breaking rivals lie in wait
Kaylee McKeown is ready for her moment in the spotlight, but after four Olympic records in four races before Tuesday’s 100m backstroke final, she won’t have it all her own way.
Have Your Say
AFL mark of the year battle rises to another level
Shai Bolton, Jack Riewoldt, Tim O’Brien, Cody Weightman and Isaac Heeney have taken some of the stand-out marks this year but who should win the top prize?
