St Kilda and other popular Melbourne beaches will shut after scores of people flocked to the bay despite coronavirus restrictions. It follows parts of The Alfred’s closure after two of the hospital’s cancer patients died after contracting COVID-19.
Public transport operators are in need of assistance as they haemorrhage money to keep trains, trams and buses running despite majority of commuters working from home. It comes as the head of Victoria’s police union called for a state of disaster to be declared to give officers more powers to deal with coronavirus.
Victoria’s magistrates’ courts are the latest victim of the coronavirus crisis, undergoing a partial shutdown in a move which could cause three-year-long delays. It comes as venues across the state fall silent, with pubs, cinemas and casinos closing in preparation for life under lockdown to begin.
A former bodybuilding champion – known as Big Zolt – has been identified as the new owner of the Frankston supplement store firebombed this week in a wave of bikie attacks, involving the Finks.
After a lengthy investigation, detectives arrested a man over the alleged rape of two teenage girls in St Kilda in 1987. But just hours later he was released from custody.
A bikie gang who’ve been busy recruiting members from other outlaw groups had their clubhouse in Cranbourne and supplements store in Frankston targeted in a series of arson attacks.
Five of Victoria’s top outdoor tourist attractions are now closed to visitors as the state’s coronavirus case total tops 150. It follows the global pandemic’s spread to the state’s regional centres, while a slight glimmer of hope is emerging from the chaos.
In horror day on our roads, two cyclists have tragically died in separate incidents across Melbourne. It comes just hours after a teenage boy, who was fighting for this life following an accident in Frankston last week, also died.
Geelong has been named as one of Geelong’s most liveable regional cities alongside Ballarat and Bendigo.
The liveability of Australia’s 21 biggest regional cities has been mapped for the first time and Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong have come in among the nation’s best.
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