Politics
Victoria
Melbourne's 'hot' hotel still guarded by private security despite outbreaks
Dozens of COVID-positive travellers at a CBD hotel remain under private guard, despite an inquiry being launched into whether private security firms may have allowed the virus to escape.
- by Clay Lucas
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Coronavirus pandemic
Flights diverted away from Melbourne as Premier orders hotels inquiry
Hundreds of international travellers scheduled to return to Melbourne to undergo a compulsory two-week hotel lockdown will be diverted away from Victoria.
- by Clay Lucas
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Education
Private school funding grows 15 times faster than state school funding
Funding for students at Catholic and independent schools in Victoria has grown almost 15 times faster than for state schools in the past decade, analysis shows.
- by Adam Carey
The Faceless Man
Unions threaten to challenge Victorian Labor takeover in court
The Victorian CFMEU and a coalition of other unions have joined forces to challenge the federal ALP's intervention in the party's Victorian branch.
- by Nick Bonyhady
Coronavirus pandemic
Flinders Street Station staff not told about cleaner's coronavirus infection
Metro Trains staff are angry that it took more than a week for bosses to tell them a contract cleaner who worked at the station had been infected.
- by Clay Lucas
Coronavirus pandemic
'Hot hotel': COVID-19 patients moved to CBD building
Returned travellers who test positive for COVID-19 during their mandatory 14-day stay in Melbourne hotels are being moved via ambulance to a CBD facility.
- by Clay Lucas
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ALP
Victorian Labor unions fight for their right to party influence
Union leaders will meet Premier Daniel Andrews next week for crunch talks amid the fallout of the branch stacking scandal.
- by Noel Towell and Sumeyya Ilanbey
City life
'Iconic': Residents seek heritage listing for Fitzroy high-rise housing estate
The group behind the push says the cultural importance of the Atherton Gardens towers and surrounding estate is undeniable.
- by Bianca Hall
Coronavirus pandemic
Quarantine hotels to get more health workers as new virus cases emerge
The move follows outbreaks at two hotels – the Stamford Plaza in Little Collins Street and the Rydges on Swanston in Carlton – that have grown to 33 people, most of them security guards.
- by Clay Lucas and Chloe Booker
Cladding crisis
Cladding removal scheme sped up to help keep tradies 'on the tools'
In a bid to create more work for Victorian builders, the Andrews government will accelerate removal of flammable cladding from apartments across the state.
- by Clay Lucas
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Adem Somyurek
ALP looks for new state boss to lead branch clean-out
Scandal has scuttled Adem Somyurek's plan to install a trusted factional operative as Victorian state secretary.
- by Chip Le Grand and Samantha Hutchinson