Clay Lucas
Brisbane Times
Melbourne, FL, United States
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Eleven a day dying in aged care homes while many families shun the sector
There have been 1572 COVID-related deaths in nursing homes within the first five months of this year. → Read More
Election 2022: The Battle for Chisholm, Melbourne’s knife-edge seat
Syndal Baptist Church’s senior pastor says Scott Morrison put his phone away and was focused on the service, but joked he would “cop it in the neck” from his parishioners of opposing political stripes come Sunday. → Read More
Far-right protester charged by counter-terror police amid talk of killing Daniel Andrews
Some neo-Nazi figures are seeking not only to attend rallies, but to organise, recruit and radicalise other protesters. → Read More
Fitzroy North school that flouted lockdown rules hit by COVID outbreak
A school that has flouted remote learning rules has been hit by a big COVID outbreak, as Victoria’s Premier warns reopening schools would cause cases to surge. → Read More
Single-site policy for aged care workers reinstated
Residents at four aged care homes in Melbourne were confined to their rooms on Monday after the federal government allowed staff to once again work across multiple sites. → Read More
‘It’s a no-brainer’: Experts call for quarantine sites to be moved out of cities
Epidemiologist Adrian Esterman says regional areas are better suited to quarantine and accuses the federal government of abdicating responsibility for quarantine. → Read More
Questions over hotel quarantine as calls made for national protocols
States have reacted nervously to two more cases of the virus breaking out of hotel quarantine, and critics are calling for more alternatives to be explored. → Read More
Scathing report exposes failures by Andrews, ministers and public servants
Proceeding with the hotel quarantine program was a decision made entirely without forward planning – despite a decade of warnings that a pandemic would one day hit Australia. → Read More
'Devastation and despair': Quarantine failures blamed for 768 deaths
Lawyers assisting Victoria's hotel quarantine inquiry blame a multitude of failures in the government program for hundreds of deaths, and say the three most senior public servants involved failed to “properly discharge their obligations". → Read More
Andrews says modelling shows COVID-19 surge if lockdown ends early
New figures show COVID-19 surge if lockdown ends early, says Andrews → Read More
What's my line? Route dispute could delay airport rail by five years
An airport rail line won't start construction for at least half a decade, despite promises from both sides of government it will proceed. → Read More
Free flu shots for children to be offered from May
Children aged between six months and five years will be eligible for free flu shots from May under a plan launched by the state government to fight the illness. → Read More
'If we do nothing, the market will die': Fury at heritage ruling
A war is brewing over the Queen Victoria Market between Melbourne City Council and the Andrews government. → Read More
Heritage refusal may scupper Queen Victoria Market plans
Melbourne City Council has branded as ''baffling'' a decision by Heritage Victoria to reject its market redevelopment proposals. → Read More
Engineer fined $480,000 over Mount Waverley building site pit collapse
A structural engineer and his company have been convicted and fined a combined $480,000 for work failings that contributed to a dangerous land collapse at a Mount Waverley building site. → Read More
Report upholds four allegations against Doyle, including breast grab
The independent probe found that on each occasion of sexual misconduct Mr Doyle had ‘‘consumed substantial amounts of red wine’’. → Read More
City councillors to get report summary of Robert Doyle allegations
A summary of the 'outcomes' of an investigation into sexual harassment allegations made against former lord mayor Robert Doyle is expected to be handed to Melbourne City councillors on Tuesday. → Read More
Arron Won't: Race to be lord mayor wide open after deputy dips out
High-profile names, including philanthropist and businesswoman Susan Alberti, PR professional Ann Peacock and deputy lord mayor Arron Wood have pulled out. → Read More
Environmental impact of North East Link toll road revealed
Groundwater beneath the Yarra River may be affected, and creeks turned into drains, by construction of the $16.5 billion North East Link toll road. → Read More
Design Week a chance to imagine how we want to see Melbourne change
This year's Design Week will bring a new focus to housing, urban design and landscape architecture, as more people focus on problems facing our cities. → Read More