The Andrews Government has been criticised for its “lazy, sloppy” robocall service to check if businesses have a COVID-safe plan in place. Business Victoria has made more than 100,000 automated calls, but many business owners who received the call hung up because they thought it was a scam. Small business owner, Lisa, told Neil Mitchell […]

Production of the world’s most promising potential COVID-19 vaccine will begin in Melbourne on Monday, fuelling hopes that the leading drug candidate is nearing approval for human use. The first Melbourne-made doses of the drug developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University will be ready in two months. The results of phase three human trials of […]

Votes continue to be counted across the US, with Joe Biden edging ahead, but the presidential race still too close to definitively call. Democrat Joe Biden says he has “no doubt” he will be victorious, but he has urged the American public to remain calm. “Stay calm. The process is working. The count is being […]

The CEO of the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council says they will conduct weekly reviews of their ban on camping on the foreshore, after a huge outcry from local businesses and long-term campers. It was confirmed yesterday camping was declared off-limits until February. CEO John Baker said he appreciated the “urgency” of making the call. “We […]

A senior Liberal MP has announced he is taking leave to focus on his mental health, in a move Neil Mitchell says is brave and positive to do in the public eye. Benambra MP Bill Tilley said in a statement he would be taking indefinite leave, as the events of 2020 including the bushfires have […]

Victoria has reached a week without a new coronavirus case or death. The state has today recorded no new COVID-19 cases and no deaths for the seventh consecutive day. There are now just 15 active cases of the virus statewide. Two Victorians in hospital with COVID-19. Neither of them is in intensive care. Another 18,671 […]