A man who was blamed for the COVID-19 outbreak at the Holiday Inn, which sparked Victoria’s snap five-day lockdown, has responded to a damning report which reveals he wasn’t behind the outbreak. A confidential government report, obtained by The Australian, claims poor swabbing practices, which saw a woman with the virus swabbed in a hallway, were […]

A 33-year-old man has been arrested over an on-field incident at a football match in Melbourne’s north west that left a teenager in hospital. The 16-year-old was playing in the thirds game at John Pascoe Fawkner Reserve in Oak Park on Saturday when he was allegedly punched in the face. The Essendon and Districts League […]

A father-of-five who was killed outside a pool hall in Melbourne’s west earlier this year may have been an innocent victim in a feud between rival bikie gangs. Police are today calling for anyone with information on the shooting outside Ravenhall’s All Star Lounge on February 27 to come forward. They have today released CCTV […]

A senior Andrews government bureaucrat who was working for the state’s COVID-19 quarantine infection prevention and control body has been stood down. It comes after The Australian reported general manager of COVID-19 Quarantine Victoria’s Infection Prevention and Control, Matiu Bush, had been reported to authorities twice since March. In one instance, the bureaucrat reportedly defied […]

New gas connections could be banned in Victoria to help the state meet its emission reduction goals. Almost half of the nation’s total residential gas consumption is used solely to heat Victorian homes. The City of Yarra is the first council to introduce a moratorium, as part of its “climate emergency” plan. City of Yarra […]

Image: John-Paul Drake / Instagram A South Australian supermarket chain has a new tactic to catch shoplifters. Drake’s Supermarkets director, John-Paul Drake, is posting videos shaming shoplifters on Instagram.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by jp drake (@shake.and.drake)