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Mostafa Rachwani (now) and Matilda Boseley (earlier)

17, May, 2021 @3:51 AM

Sydney and Canberra shiver as cold snap hits south-east Australia

Victoria also recorded snow across the alps on Friday night and Saturday, while Perisher had its coldest May night since local records began 12 years ago

Calla Wahlquist

16, May, 2021 @2:17 AM

Victorian treasurer takes swipe at ‘elitist’ men’s only clubs as budget lifts property taxes

Tim Pallas announces plans to strip single-gender social clubs of land tax concessions traditionally afforded to charities

Matilda Boseley

15, May, 2021 @8:35 AM

A bar with no booze: ‘Anybody seeking to practise their sober pash skills should give it a try’

Australia’s first nonalcoholic bar has opened in Melbourne. So what is a bar for, if not for drinking?

Shantel Wetherall

14, May, 2021 @8:00 PM

Australian neo-Nazi Tom Sewell charged by counter-terrorism police

Police say the arrests of Sewell and another man in Melbourne followed an investigation into an alleged armed robbery

Michael McGowan

14, May, 2021 @11:18 AM

Victorian authorities blame new Covid case on South Australian hotel quarantine

The man, aged in his 30s, tested positive Tuesday morning after returning to his home in Melbourne’s north on 4 May

Melissa Davey

11, May, 2021 @6:23 AM

Competition watchdog to hold public inquiry into Crown merger with Star casino group

Exclusive: ACCC chairman Rod Sims says he will look at the impacts on competition if gambling companies are allowed to merge

Anne Davies

10, May, 2021 @1:08 AM

Victorian quarantine manager stood down over allegations of Covid infection control breach

Matiu Bush reported to have refused a coronavirus test after being onsite at a quarantine hotel, while separate report places doubt on nebuliser blame for third lockdown

Melissa Davey

05, May, 2021 @3:17 AM