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The Latest Breaking News from Victoria

Batten Down The Hatches, Another Big Storm Is Ripping Across Victoria This Arvo

Don't take risks on treacherous roads...

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Vic's 39 COVID deaths a 'significant loss'

Victoria has reported 39 more deaths in people with COVID-19, the highest daily toll since the second wave in 2020.

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Victorian hospitalisations at 988 as state records 39 further deaths and 12,755 new cases

It is the highest number of deaths reported in a daily update during the current wave, and the biggest daily increase since 59 deaths were reported on September 4 in 2020.

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At least 98 deaths on nation’s deadliest day – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Stunning images capture bizarre and unique storm as sky lights up PURPLE

Amateur photographer Annette Kelly has captured her best lightning photographs yet on a beach in Victoria, Australia and says she was 'doing the high five and happy dance'

Daily Mirror

Higher cost of fossil fuels drives wholesale power prices up despite falling market share

Aemo report shows renewable energy accounted for record share of generation as NEM emissions fell to lowest quarterly total on record

The Guardian - AU

Thunderstorm cluster approaches Melbourne as thousands of Victorians remain without power

More wild weather is lashing Victoria today, with showers and thunderstorms expected across large parts of the state.

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Test all students and staff twice a week, or only close contacts? States have different school plans – here's what they mean

Schools will open for term one across Australia next week – except in Queensland which has delayed the start of the school year.

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Daniel Andrews hopeful Australia will redefine fully vaccinated as three doses of Covid jab

Victoria premier speaks ahead of national cabinet as state records 15 deaths from Covid, NSW reports 29 and Queensland 15

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Vic cases and hospitalisations stabilise

Victoria's premier says COVID-19 case numbers and hospitalisations are stabilising, as the state expands its child vaccine program ahead of school returning.

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Victorian COVID-19 hospitalisations at 1,057 as state records 15 deaths

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says a mandatory third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine could be introduced into the state's vaccinated economy, pending ATAGI advice.

ABC News

Wild Victoria storms forecast into weekend

A Melbourne home has been set on fire by lightning during storms that cut power to thousands of people, with more wild weather forecast for Victoria.

AAP

No decision on ‘fully vaccinated’ definition as at least 72 Covid deaths recorded – as it happened

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More thunderstorms, rain, flash floods expected as Victorians urged to take shelter from wild weather

Parts of Victoria, including Melbourne, are in for a rough night with thunderstorms and showers expected to lash the state.

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Victoria's Omicron COVID-19 wave looks to have peaked, but what happens next?

Victoria's COVID-19 rollercoaster looks to be in a welcome descent, but experts are warning the end of summer holidays is likely to lead to another uptick in cases.

The Guardian - AU

‘Moral distress clings to you’: the mood has changed for health providers – and it’s unsettling

The alert in Victoria has brought a newly urgent daily reckoning: in the chain of decisions, did the one I took help or harm someone?

AAP

Vic doctor banned for fake vaxx exemptions

A doctor who gave out 149 fake vaccination exemptions and altered a letter from Victoria's deputy chief health officer has been banned from practising.

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Victorian farmers turning to automated shearing in answer to worker shortage

Kilmore sheep grazier Kevin Butler is turning to technology to help tackle the shearer worker shortage, and to save his back.

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Vic COVID death toll highest since 2020

Victoria has posted 13,507 new COVID-19 cases and 35 deaths - the highest toll since 2020's second wave.

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Victorian COVID-19 hospitalisations at 1,089 as state records 35 deaths and 13,507 new cases

Health authorities urge all Victorians to get the full protection offered by three vaccine doses, as the state records its highest daily COVID-19 death toll since 2020.

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COVID updates: Get up to speed on all the coronavirus news from across Australia — as it happened

Keep up to date with all the COVID-19 news from across Australia.

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Crowds march for Invasion Day protests – as it happened

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Makeshift screens, censored films and ASIO: how the Melbourne International Film Festival began 70 years ago

On the Australia Day weekend in 1952, a group of die-hard film buffs put on a film festival. They had selected the leafy hills of Olinda in Victoria’s Dandenong Ranges for the event. They expected 80 people – but more than 600 turned up!

The Independent UK

Belly Mujinga’s inquest to take place this summer, coroner confirms

The 47-year-old was allegedly spat at while working at London’s Victoria railway station at the start of the pandemic.

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LGBTQIA+ People Have Signed An Open Letter Calling On Vic Police To Back TF Out Of Melb Pride

LGBTQIA+ peoples in Victoria have signed an open letter calling on Victorian Police to back out of participating in next month's Midsumma Pride March in St Kilda.

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