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'On a knife's edge': 108 cases, two more postcodes and nine public housing towers go into lockdown
Residents in postcodes 3031 and 3051 will be subject to stay-at-home orders from 11.59pm tonight, while an immediate "hard lockdown" will also apply to nine public housing towers where there are outbreaks of infection.
- by Roy Ward
Breaking
More suburbs in lockdown as Victoria records 108 new coronavirus cases
More suburbs in Melbourne's inner-north will be placed in lockdown from midnight on Saturday after Victoria recorded 108 new coronavirus cases.
- by Ashleigh McMillan and Liam Mannix
Deputy CHO defends self-testing kits delivered in lockdown suburbs
A testing expert has also backed the Victorian government’s decision to roll out COVID-19 self-testing kits in hotspot areas, even as questions are raised about their accuracy.
- by Liam Mannix
Historic new Closing the Gap targets aim at achieving parity for all Australians
Indigenous leaders say nothing less than reaching parity with other Australians in the new Closing the Gap targets will be satisfactory.
- by Rob Harris
Opinion
Political Leadership
Scott Morrison is not going to duck this crisis
After bushfires, the pandemic and the potentially brutal economic downturn the country is facing, Scott Morrison also needs to contend with the rise of China. The Prime Minister is taking his cue from history.
- by Peter Hartcher
Analysis
Naked City
Silk and Miller: Police murder probe far from over, even after 22 years
Later attempts to review and alter statements were to tidy up loose ends. The trouble was they tried to hide the loose ends completely.
- by John Silvester
Eden-Monaro set to elect its first female MP since federation
Labor and Coalition candidates in the Eden-Monaro byelection have delivered their final pitches to voters in a race that is expected to come down to the wire.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
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From hope to hotspots: How coronavirus cases are surging in the suburbs
Only a month ago, Melbourne was ready to confidently ease more coronavirus restrictions. Now cases are surging. This map shows where the case numbers are multiplying.
- by Craig Butt, Mark Stehle and Richard Lama
Updated
AFL 2020
De Goey charged with indecent assault
Jordan De Goey has been charged with indecent assault relating to an incident that allegedly occurred in 2015, throwing an already difficult season for Collingwood into further tumult.
- by Anthony Colangelo
'Brutal': Caravan clamour off the charts as young people rush for the road
Caravan dealers have reported record winter sales, while online second-hand sales are getting snapped up in minutes.
- by Zach Hope
'They can never take away our beliefs': Beijing's endgame to quash HK dissent
From a Hong Kong jail cell, Australian-born Rebecca Louise Nunan urged her supporters to never give up hope despite Beijing's latest crackdown.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Private schools ask alumni to help pay fees for struggling families
Some of the highest-fee schools are asking ex-students to help families struggling to pay due to COVID-19.
- by Adam Carey
In Other News
AFL 2020
Dons overcome Collingwood challenge
Essendon, pipped by one ancient foe last weekend, have scored the club's most significant and satisfying victory of the season to date, surviving a belated Pies surge to win a critical game.
- by Jake Niall
Essendon trounce Pies, AFL clarify De Goey score review
The Bombers were way too good for a flat Collingwood tonight, whose week got worse than it already was.
- by Anthony Colangelo
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Coronavirus pandemic
Sutton warned of hotel quarantine risks a month before first outbreak
Victoria's Chief Health Officer was told of poor protocols and lack of protective equipment in quarantine hotels in April, but standards were not reviewed until after an outbreak a month later.
- by Paul Sakkal and Noel Towell
Five criminals among seven fined on first day of hotspot lockdown
Criminals were among those fined by police for breaching coronavirus restrictions, as police set up 15 checkpoints across Melbourne.
- by Simone Fox Koob
Loss of serenity in the suburbs could stymie airport's growth plans
Hasan Sayer lives about 5 kilometres from Melbourne Airport and lately, he’s enjoyed the rare bit of peace and quiet. It won't last.
- by Timna Jacks
Two more suburbs at risk of lockdown as COVID-19 spreads to nearby areas
Kensington and Flemington are at risk of being added to the lockdown suburbs as early as next week, as health officials get set to pore over the data this weekend.
- by Michael Fowler, Noel Towell and Craig Butt
Exclusive
Coronavirus pandemic
'You hear screaming at night': Plea to find homes for hotel homeless
Anxiety levels are high in motels across the state, where thousands of homeless people being put up are waiting on a state government lifeline.
- by Bianca Hall
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'They can never take away our beliefs': Beijing's endgame to quash HK dissent
From a Hong Kong jail cell, Australian-born Rebecca Louise Nunan urged her supporters to never give up hope despite Beijing's latest crackdown.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
How a German media company brought Australia’s greatest magazine empire to its knees
For decades, the ACP magazine empire soared as it helped teach Australians to cook, dress, talk royalty, flirt and supercharge our sex lives. Then came the internet, new owners – and a startling freefall.
- by Tim Elliott
Politics
Exclusive
Coronavirus pandemic
Multibillion-dollar plan to help businesses survive or close
The Morrison government is working on a business survival package to help firms facing bankruptcy and deliver a boost to the economy into 2021.
- by Shane Wright
Backbench MPs support modest increase in JobSeeker base rate
- by Shane Wright and Jennifer Duke
Business
'Dealing with the weirdness': Telstra braces for the new normal
With its strategic review yet to play out, Telstra's rapid-fire response to the pandemic has allowed it to hold the line on service but there's more heavy lifting ahead.
- by Supratim Adhikari
World
'Crisis is settling in': New PM part of Macron move to reboot France
Jean Castex - the sixth French PM in 10 years - has earned the nickname "Monsieur déconfinement" for his work easing the country out of lockdown.
- by Bevan Shields
Opinion
So blatant, so needy: Why is James Packer not embarrassed by Sydney's new casino tower?
Elizabeth Farrelly
Columnist, author, architecture critic and essayist
Victoria may make NSW feel smug, but the state should be worried
Raina MacIntyre
Head of the Biosecurity Research Program at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Medicine.
Facebook and Google must move away from the zero-sum game
Peter Lewis
Former journalist, public campaigner and director of the Centre for Responsible Technology.
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Kensington sellers scrape in ahead of fresh lockdown
One buyer threw down the gauntlet. They would pay a certain sum, and they wouldn't be going to the Saturday auction in the escalating pandemic.
- by Jim Malo
The husband who gave his wife a house for a birthday present
'I thought we couldn't afford it,' she said, putting the grand home designed by a famous architect out of her mind. But a surprise was in store.
- by Jenny Brown
Life & Culture
Opinion
Life after Lockdown
After months in lockdown, have we forgotten how to party?
Invited to my first big bash since lockdown ended, I dug out my favourite stilettos. But my attempt to totter about on high heels resembled a toddler taking to the ice.
- by Kathy Lette
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AFL 2020
De Goey charged with indecent assault
Collingwood's Jordan De Goey has been charged with indecent assault, relating to an incident that allegedly occurred in 2015.
- by Anthony Colangelo
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AFL 2020
AFL 2020 Live Updates: Gold Coast Suns respond well to Geelong Cats fast start, Matt Rowell injures shoulder
Geelong host Gold Coast at Kardinia Park in the twilight game as Gary Ablett plays his 350th game and Cats captain Joel Selwood brings up game No.300.
- by Ronny Lerner
Suns star Rowell in injury scare against Cats
Emerging superstar Matt Rowell has left the field against Geelong on Saturday with what could be a serious shoulder injury.
- by Jon Pierik
Updated
Match report
West Coast find winning edge over Sydney Swans
Sydney threw down the gauntlet to West Coast in the first half of Saturday's clash, but class prevailed as the Eagles climbed out of a rut with a 34-point win.
- by Damien Ractliffe
McKellar's journey to Wallabies coach-in-waiting
The Brumbies coach couldn't crack the big time as a player but he may yet as a coach.
- by Georgina Robinson
Tackle call on Essendon's Snelling wrong: AFL
The AFL has admitted that the free kick paid against Bomber Will Snelling for a dangerous tackle - which led to goal to Collingwood's Callum Brown in the final quarter - was a mistake.
- by Jake Niall
Hamilton makes a statement as F1 gets back on track
Lewis Hamilton, wearing a "Black Lives Matter" helmet in a black Mercedes with "End Racism" written on it, set the pace as Formula One resumed in Austria.
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