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25.01.2022 Some senior Democrats who will be serving in the Biden administration believe Morrison at times went too far in cosying up to Trump | OPINION
25.01.2022 In limbo since March, cancelled in September and resurrected weeks later, the annual Myer Christmas windows have been unveiled to the public against all COVID odds.
24.01.2022 #UPDATE Premier Dan Andrews says "strong" traces of COVID-19 have been found in sewage at Colac and could indicate an active case in Victoria's south-west. He's urging people to get tested. #coronavirus #covid19
23.01.2022 A classically trained pianist who created some of the most distinctive guitar riffs in rock history, Eddie Van Halen has died aged 65.
23.01.2022 "Such high replacement rates suggest that some people may be saving 'too much' for their retirement."
22.01.2022 Australian production company Global Creatures has scored a record-breaking number of Tony Award nominations.Nathanael Cooper reports.
22.01.2022 Up to 4000 partners of Australian citizens will no longer be forced to make a return trip out of Australia to receive their visa.
22.01.2022 North Melbourne senior coach Rhyce Shaw has taken an extended break from coaching for personal reasons and may not return to the job. --via The Age Real Footy
22.01.2022 Hotel quarantine staff in all states and territories will be tested for coronavirus weekly following Adelaide's COVID-19 outbreak. #coronavirus #covid19
22.01.2022 Victoria has recorded no new coronavirus cases for the 33rd day in a row after more than 12,000 people were tested yesterday. #coronavirus #covid19
21.01.2022 Melbourne and Sydney's housing prices are still somewhere near their 2017 levels, while values in Brisbane, Adelaide, Hobart and Canberra recorded new highs in November.
21.01.2022 Environment groups are urging the Andrews government to focus its post-pandemic stimulus spending on a green recovery.
20.01.2022 A golf course used by locals as a popular park during Melbourne’s lockdown, while golf was banned, could have a third of its fairways turned into parkland permanently, under a plan by the local Labor MP.
19.01.2022 "The political and public consensus that saw the nation rally and flatten the curve earlier this year has since evaporated. 'Lockdown' is a dirty word for politicians across Europe. Even the World Health Organisation seems to have gone cold on it." | ANALYSIS by Europe correspondent Bevan Shields.
18.01.2022 Some more good COVID-19 news. #covid19 #coronavirus #vaccine #pfizer #moderna
18.01.2022 A contentious #ABC program that scrutinised the Murray-Darling Basin Plan breached impartiality rules, according to a months-long investigation by the media watch #ABC #FourCorners https://www.theage.com.au//four-corners-cash-splash-episod
17.01.2022 I was 34, most of my friends had a partner, I just thought, ‘I’m getting older now, God, am I actually going to meet someone?’
17.01.2022 Melbourne’s cafes, pubs and most of its shops will remain empty for at least another week, despite daily case numbers falling to lowest since June.
16.01.2022 Jenny Thomas once played to a trio of currant buns that she'd paid for herself. It's just as well the Brits embraced her.
15.01.2022 Seventeen Kiwi travellers arrived in Melbourne after slipping out of Sydney on day one of the trans-Tasman travel bubble.
15.01.2022 Richmond staved off a stirring changing-of-the-guard challenge from Port Adelaide to go within touching distance of the flag after prevailing in a heart-stopping preliminary final. --- via The Age Real Footy
15.01.2022 In the 2020 federal budget, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg lays out a plausible plan which, barring new shocks, should be enough to take the Australian economy through a deep COVID-19 recession while keeping the rise in unemployment to a bearable level. | EDITORIAL
14.01.2022 Four near-empty hotels received at least $7 million since October, while two CBD hotels will act as 'hot' hotels once the reset program begins next week. #covid19 #coronavirus #hotelquarantine
14.01.2022 Dozens of people most not wearing masks or social distancing were filmed at a beach party at Half Moon Bay at Black Rock on Sunday night, before police broke up the gathering. #covid19 #coronavirus #masks #lockdown
14.01.2022 Melbourne Airport has asked the state government for the right to block housing and other developments in areas affected by flight noise, as it fights to stop a Sydney Airport-style curfew being imposed on planes flying into Tullamarine. #MelbourneAirport #flightpath #curfews #SpringSt
14.01.2022 The boss of $2.3 billion health insurer nib health insurance has renewed calls for the country to review health insurance regulations as the sector continues to struggle to hold on to younger members.
14.01.2022 "I've had my hours cut and this gives us an opportunity to catch up on the savings we were trying to accomplish," says Vivien Wu, from Rowville. #FederalBudget #federalbudget2020
14.01.2022 Last night's budget featured billions of dollars in spending to boost the economy, including tax cuts and the establishment of the JobMaker employment subsidy for young people. So how has it been received? #budget2020 #auspol #federalbudget Josh Frydenberg
14.01.2022 'COVID-19 has hit the Australian economy hard but, as the virus is suppressed, jobs are coming back,' writes Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. 'Our tax system will play an important role in the economic recovery' | OPINION Josh Frydenberg #budget2020 #federalbudget #auspol
13.01.2022 Australia has no direct pre-purchase deal with Moderna for its mRNA vaccine, which means months of waiting before the first COVID-19 jab. #coronavirus #covid19 #vaccine
13.01.2022 #Fairhaven beach has been closed and a "dangerous animal" warning issued for Fairhaven and Moggs Creek after a whale carcass washed up. Authorities have warned the remains may have attracted sharks to the area. https://www.theage.com.au//shark-warning-issued-after-whal
12.01.2022 Schools are searching for new ways to transition kinder kids to prep after being told they cannot host them on-site under current coronavirus restrictions.
12.01.2022 Collingwood had two major objectives in the fire sale that saw Adam Treloar and Jaidyn Stephenson brutally traded. Chief AFL writer Jake Niall looks at what really happened | ANALYSIS --- via The Age Real Footy
12.01.2022 There are growing demands for the Governor to dismiss the Andrews Government but that is not how constitutional monarchy works, writes Anne Twomey | OPINION
12.01.2022 In one quarantine breach, a man opened his door to chat to his training mate down the hall while another ordered Uber Eats for others on the floor and then opened his door to "praise himself for his great efforts". #AustralianOpen #hotelquarantine #coronavirus #COVID19 #SpringSt
12.01.2022 Prime Minister Scott Morrison has cancelled a trip to Papua New Guinea as the nation's leader, James Marape, attempts to subdue a revolt against his leadership.
12.01.2022 After a day in which sponsors deserted him in droves, the former MKR judge is down, but far from out. | ANALYSIS #PeteEvans #MKR #paleo
12.01.2022 When the message from so many other parts of society seemed to be, you’re not welcome here, it was on the football field that I first saw people like me dominating and thriving. Those early role models sent a powerful signal, writes Tony Armstrong. #Crows #AFL #TonyArmstrong #Indigenous #Jamarra #JamarraUgleHagan
12.01.2022 The Victorian government has dumped a controversial proposal to extend public health detention powers from its sweeping legislation designed to tackle the #coronavirus pandemic. The measure had faced strong opposition from civil liberties groups and the parliamentary crossbench. | Exclusive
11.01.2022 'I'm so happy because I feel like there are so many times you've read a book and see the film and it's not as you imagine it, doesn't really capture it. When it's your own book, that fear is heightened tenfold.'
10.01.2022 Victoria has recorded six new cases of coronavirus and two more deaths in the past day, bringing the state's rolling 14-day case average to 10.2. More than 200 residents of Kilmore came forward for COVID testing on Tuesday, after the virus spread to the area via a traveller connected to the Chadstone outbreak.
10.01.2022 Treasurers of all persuasions have kept it secret, but they've relied on population growth to enlarge tax coffers. Unfortunately for Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, he can no longer rely on the population train to pull our economy in the right direction, writes Shane Wright. | OPINION
10.01.2022 The Australian Open could be pushed back to February 8, with players allowed out of quarantine to train for up to five hours a day in a biosecure Melbourne Park bubble.
10.01.2022 As part of The Age's #marvellousmelbourne series, we are presenting 30 photographs in 30 days to celebrate our city. When these blokes turn up for their daily coffee and a chat at Coburg's Victoria Street Mall you can bet there's more than enough side-splitting laughs and tall tales to go around. They come from the local Greek, Italian and Lebanese communities and represent Melbourne's much-cherished cultural diversity. Almost 50 per cent of Victorians were either born overse...as or have at least one parent who was born overseas. But they're quick to share the bond of mateship in one of the most liveable cities in the world. Picture: Justin McManus Read more: https://www.theage.com.au//fiery-paceman-dennis-lillee-gre #Melbourne #Melbournelife #visitvictoria
09.01.2022 The 42-year-old man arrived in Perth on November 16 after being granted approval to enter Western Australia for work purposes.
09.01.2022 'The good of this nation requires an effective transition. Let's just deal with it,' retiring US Representative Paul Mitchell said. #TrumpVirus #covid19 #coronavirus #USVotes
09.01.2022 A rundown of what was supposed to lift under the third step on the government's road map out of coronavirus lockdown, and the likely outcome.
08.01.2022 Tired of stirring your cuppa with the chewed end of a Biro? Wondering about that great cutlery drawer in the sky where all those missing forks went to die? These researchers wanted answers to one of the great office mysteries: Where did all the teaspoons go?
08.01.2022 In a world beset by fake positivity, my favourites are foul-mouthed parrots, like the five African greys who recently had to be removed from public view at a British zoo for abusing visitors, writes Frank Robson. Good Weekend Magazine
07.01.2022 The Indonesian holiday island of Bali is already struggling with a huge drop in tourism because of the pandemic. This could destroy it. #covid19 #coronavirus #tourism #bali
06.01.2022 The communities were preparing to celebrate South Australia's decision to drop border restrictions affecting Victoria on December 1. Now apprehension returns. #covid19 #cornavirus #borderclosures
06.01.2022 #LIVE Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and Transport infrastructure minister Jacinta Allan are making an announcement.
05.01.2022 Another double doughnut day - Victoria has now gone 20 consecutive days without a new coronavirus case. #coronavirus #covid19
05.01.2022 The Oscar-nominated actor who formerly went by the name Ellen Page has announced that he is transgender and will go by the name Elliot, writing how "remarkable" it feels to be his "authentic self". #UmbrellaAcademy
04.01.2022 Time to get back into Melbourne's cultural life again. #covid19 #coronavirus #museums #culture
04.01.2022 As Dolly Parton tells it, her first-ever car accident in October 2013 was minor, but left her bruised and sore enough to seek medical advice at Vanderbilt University Medical Centre. That's where she met Naji Abumrad, a physician and professor of surgery. #coronavirus #covid19
04.01.2022 Locals who may not have known each other’s names are now cooking dinner together every Saturday night on Zoom.
04.01.2022 "In lockdown 2.0, we've stopped noticing what we've gained, and become much more aware of what we miss, while also finding it harder and harder to articulate. "And then I realised why. I was searching the wrong language." | OPINION
03.01.2022 Australia’s first significant COVID-19 outbreak since the disease ravaged Victoria has exposed the nation’s patchwork border policies. #covid19 #coronavirus #borders #federation
03.01.2022 Sunday's AFLW practice match between Adelaide and Greater Western Sydney was called off early after a collision that led to Giants player Brid Stack being taken to hospital --- via The Age Real Footy
03.01.2022 Victoria is trialling a new wholesale market to allow households and businesses to buy and sell the electricity from their rooftop solar, batteries, electric cars and small appliances.
02.01.2022 At a time when the pursuit of rock 'n' roll stardom was taking itself a bit too seriously and disco was dominating the charts, Eddie Van Halen came along, grinning from ear to ear and ripping out guitar solos like he was having the time of his life. Vale Eddie. #RIPEVH #EddieVanHalenRIP
02.01.2022 #UPDATE At least two people are on the run after a major high-speed crash that brought outbound traffic on the Monash Freeway to a grinding halt. #MonashFreeway
02.01.2022 Landlords are leaving thousands of residential properties empty across metro Melbourne as property prices defied predictions of double-digit falls and notched gains in November.
02.01.2022 Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt said the federal government supported the severe lockdown in South Australia, but disputed the assertion that support was in contrast to the rhetoric towards the Victorian government during that state's second-wave lockdown. #coronavirus #covid19
02.01.2022 People affected by the unlawful "robo-debt" scheme are upset and angry at a settlement their law firm reached with the federal government. #auspol #robodebt
01.01.2022 Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass says the government could be perceived to be undermining the work of her office.
01.01.2022 A coronavirus cluster, suspected to have started in hotel quarantine, has seen borders snap shut around South Australia as the state, which had enjoyed months free of the virus, was suddenly declared a hotspot. #covid19 #coronavirus #bordercontrol
01.01.2022 Victorian Premier Dan Andrews is due to provide his daily update on the coronavirus pandemic. The state recorded six new cases overnight and two deaths from COVID-19. You can follow out live and free coverage here: ... https://www.theage.com.au//coronavirus-updates-live-donald See more
