Australia
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Back to square one
Metropolitan Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire are due to go back into stage 3 lock-down restrictions for six weeks, from midnight Wednesday in an effort to contain the growing momentum …
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And now for something completely new… Baklava milkshake
Who would’ve ever thought that one way to consume a baklava would be to stick in a plastic cup and drink it up with a straw..? Not many, that’s for …
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Many Melburnians could be closer to their dream suburban lifestyle. Here’s why
Melbourne has been hailed as the world’s most liveable city. But residents can testify to a more down to earth interpretation of the fancy title, knowing that – in recent …
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A step away from trials as Victorian researchers make urgent plea for funding
Victorian researchers are ready to move their lab research to trials for the development of a vaccine against COVID-19. But what they urgently need to get there, is funding. An …
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Calls for urgent action to prevent lockdowns at the towers of Yarra
As the towers in Flemington and North Melbourne has shut their residents within, the Yarra City Council is urging the government to test every resident within the 12 towers in …
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Victoria to be cut off from New South Wales following surge in new cases
From midnight on Tuesday, the borders between New South Wales and Victoria will close, according to a joint decision made between Premiers Daniel Andrews of Victoria, NSw’s Gladys Berejiklian and …
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Victoria-NSW border to shut from midnight on Tuesday
Coronavirus cases are spiking again in Victoria, as the state records another 127 new cases overnight, and another death. A man in his 90s has died in hospital overnight. From …
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John Macris’ murder trial to resume next week
The first day of the trial over the killing of notorious Sydney businessman John Macris took place at an Athens court on 1 July with the two Bulgarian brothers accused …
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Victoria: 74 new cases recorded with Premier Andrews saying lockdown ‘is not about punishment but protection’
Following the second biggest increase of COVID-19 cases recorded on Saturday since the start of the pandemic, Victorians woke up on Sunday to hear a slightly smaller yet still alarming …
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Strong police presence at locked-down public housing towers, as efforts to support residents ramp up
Around 3,000 tenants living in 9 public housing estates in the suburbs of Flemington and Kensington have been told to not leave home for whatever reason, under an order enforced …