
Mistakes in Victoria’s initial hotel quarantine program put people at risk of contracting HIV
Failures when Victoria’s hotel quarantine scheme was first set up put some returned Australians at risk of contracting blood-borne diseases like HIV,...

Vic’s $50m investment to kickstart Pfizer, Moderna-style vaccine production
The Victorian government is providing $50 million to “kickstart” domestic manufacturing of mRNA vaccine technology. It will take at least 12 months...

Victorian restrictions could be lifted with hotspot ‘ring-fencing’: WHO adviser
Continuing to lock down hotspot suburbs could be a way to reopen parts of Victoria while still containing the spread of coronavirus,...

Victoria’s towers lockdown ends, but COVID-19 concerns aren’t fading
The final Melbourne public housing tower has been released from strict coronavirus quarantine, but tenant Dima Abdu says residents will continue playing...

Three dead, one critical, after stabbing spree across Melbourne
Three people have died, including one man shot by police, with a fourth person in a critical condition after what investigators believe...

Barry Humphries dumped from Melbourne Comedy Festival honour
The Melbourne International Comedy Festival has stripped Barry Humphries’ name from the festival’s biggest award, following furore over the performer’s comments about...

New Zealand National Party ordered to pay US rapper Eminem over Lose Yourself copyright claim
New Zealand’s National Party has been ordered to pay Eminem more than $500,000, after a court ruled a song used in the...

Holidaymakers ‘feared for their lives’ in Fiji storm
Sixpeople have been killed after torrential rain and strong winds brought on by Tropical Cyclone Winston lashed the country.