Victoria’s COVID roadmap out of lockdown revealed by Premier Daniel Andrews

Daniel Andrews has unveiled Victoria’s “cautious” roadmap out of lockdown, with restrictions to be progressively eased as ...

Victoria records COVID cases on Friday as Melbourne celebrates end of 262 days of lockdown

At midnight on Thursday, screams, cheers, whistles and car horns rang out through Melbourne’s CBD to signify the end of the ...

Act that brought son of COVID victim to tears

Fifty people died at the aged care facility and the emotion was still raw for the son of one of the victims during this court ...
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Australian Labor government quietly acknowledges likely COVID holiday surge, but no public health measures

In a statement released on Friday, the Labor government’s Health Minister Mark Butler blandly noted “an expected festive season wave” of COVID infection and illness. Australian Health Minister Mark ...

Coronial probe into Melbourne aged care COVID outbreak resumes after years-long hiatus

An inquest examining 50 COVID-era deaths at a Melbourne aged care home has resumed after a years-long hiatus.
Gold Coast Sun

Vic killers, rapists still getting Covid-era sentence cuts years after pandemic

Fresh data, released under Freedom of Information laws, shows almost 5000 days were wiped off jail terms between July 2024 and December 2025 due to “Covid-19 disruptions”. This is despite the pandemic ...
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Covid pandemic loophole strips huge amount of time from Victorian criminals’ sentences

While law abiding Victorians were in lockdown, prisoners were having their sentences slashed. After a mammoth freedom of information battle, the full extent of Covid discounts gifted to criminals can ...