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Liz Main

July 2020

Ghost city 'is Daniel Andrews' fault'

Melbourne's Lord Mayor is convinced the city can bounce back but some business leaders blame the state government for the latest blow to the CBD.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews holds a press conference in Melbourne.

Melbourne businesses shut down again

Businesses in Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire will return to stage three restrictions, which means restaurants and cafes will return to takeaway only, beauty and personal services will shut, and so will entertainment venues and community sport. Residents will have to stay home. Follow our live coronavirus blog here.

About half of the customers who come to Darren Jackon's Wodonga coffee cart come from Victoria.

Victoria, NSW border closure separates families and businesses

Albury business owner Darren Jackson will cross the border from NSW to Victoria on Tuesday to be with his children before the border closes.

Victoria records worst day of new COVID-19 cases

Victoria has reported its worst day on record for new coronavirus cases, with 127 new cases on Monday, including 16 from locked-down public housing towers.

Lachie Neale of the All Stars is tackled by Victoria's Patrick Dangerfield

Victoria hits 66 new COVID-19 infections, zero new cases elsewhere

Victoria sends its AFL teams away while it fights the COVID-19 clusters. Follow our live coronavirus blog here.

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Dr Juliette Tobias-Webb, behavioural scientist.

Why young people have the highest infection rate

Human behaviour experts say it's simplistic to assume young people have the highest coronavirus infection rates because they're selfish.

Geoffrey Rush and his wife Jane Menelaus leave the Federal Court in Sydney after winning the defamation trial in April last year.

Daily Telegraph loses $2.9m Rush appeal

The newspaper has lost its appeal over a court ruling that it defamed Hollywood actor Geoffrey Rush.

Melbourne cafe owner Vivianne Hadla (right) and her cousin Georgina Farah (left) are only allowed to serve take away.

Return to lockdown: 'It's a massive kick in the guts'

For the second time this year, Melbourne cafe owner Vivianne Hadla has packed away her tables, cut her trading hours and resumed serving only takeaway food and coffees.

Former High Court Justice and banking royal commissioner the Hon. Kenneth Hayne QC.

Hayne says High Court failed sexual harassment victims

Former High Court judge Kenneth Hayne has apologised for the harassment allegedly perpetrated by Dyson Heydon and said it should have been acknowledged sooner.

June 2020

Fashion designer Jacqui Fernandes says customers have stopped ordering suits while they work from home.

City businesses 'decimated' by Melbourne's virus outbreak

Businesses owners in Melbourne's CBD are struggling to make ends meet while coronavirus restrictions cut off their foot traffic from office workers and tourists.

Some world leaders, such as Donald Trump, have downplayed the pandemic as they seek re-election and better economic numbers.

US hits all-time high of 40,000 cases

Australian supermarkets reinstate purchase limits on toilet paper and other essential items due to panic buying. Follow our live blog here.

Justice Dyson Heydon was held to have sexually harassed six associates by an investigation by Chief Justice Susan Kiefel.

Inside the strange world of ex-judge Dyson Heydon

Lawyers describe a brilliant man struggling to connect with others.

Justice John Dyson Heydon.

Why Heydon's accusers didn't speak out sooner

There is an entrenched power imbalance between judge and associate, which makes it fertile ground for predators.

Former president of NSW Young Lawyers, Jennifer Windsor, president of the Women Lawyers Association of NSW, Larissa Andelman, and Kate Eastman, SC.

Law's 'culture of silence' on sexual harassment exposed

Many women in the legal profession can relate to the six who alleged former High Court justice Dyson Heydon sexually harassed them, but most have stayed silent out of fear it will harm their career prospects.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews.

Governments divided over opening of the economy

The agreement to open Australia's internal borders is splintering, as Victoria Police will launch a campaign to crack down on homes and businesses suspected of breaking coronavirus restrictions.

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The site at Juukan Gorge before it was legally destroyed by Rio Tinto.

AFR readers say super funds should stay in Rio

The fortnightly poll also revealed almost half of readers believed Australia's international borders should stay closed for the rest of the year.

Family gatherings blamed for 19 new virus cases in Vic

Queensland's Health Minister has suggested the state's borders could remain shut well into next month because of a feared second wave of infections in Victoria, which reported 19 more coronavirus cases overnight.

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A health worker adjusts samples during door-to-door testing for coronavirus in Islamabad, Pakistan.

COVID-19 cases on the rise, Carnival plans to sell six ships

Another 19 virus cases have been reported in Australia. German media reporting first results of CureVac COVID-19 vaccine trial expected in 2 months. China says recent outbreak in Beijing suggest a European strain. Follow our live coronavirus blog here.

Lumachain CEO Jamila Gordon says her experience in big corporate IT is helping as she establishes her ambitious blockchain start-up.

'Let me put it to words in English you can understand'

The former chief information officer of GetSwift says she was criticised by board members when she asked questions about ASX announcements the firm wanted to make.

GetSwift chief executive Bane Hunter, right, with president Joel Macdonald.

Amazon urged GetSwift to keep deal under wraps

'Please do not release the announcement from GetSwift,' Amazon's lawyer emailed in bold. GetSwift announced the deal the next day, sending its share price rocketing 119 per cent in three days.

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