Tasmania has recorded its first coronavirus case in 20 days after a man receiving health treatments in Melbourne tested postive upon his return. It comes as 202 Victorians were fined for breaching restrictions in the past 24 hours
A government department was formally alerted about worrying behaviour from hotel quarantine security guards just days before filming a bizarre video, which former Labor leader Bill Shorten has compared to an episode of The Office. WATCH THE VIDEO
Scores of dangerous car crash hot spots across Victoria are set to receive major upgrades under a $38.7 million boost to improve 92 of the state’s most hazardous roads.
Speeding, careless driving and licensing issues are among the traffic offences of foreign drivers flouting Victoria’s road rules, with police catching dangerously unaware overseas motorists behind the wheel more than 45 times a day.
Security guards are getting paid up to $2000 a week to remain on standby for hotel quarantine work and Victorian taxpayers are picking up the tab, while a picture has emerged of guards allegedly taking infected travellers outside while not practising social distancing.
As rail operators grapple with financial fallout from coronavirus restrictions, it’s been revealed a bid to expand Melbourne’s free tram zone would add a cost of almost $15 million a year and create widespread overcrowding issues.
Nurses from WA have been asked to answer an urgent call to deploy “as soon as possible” to help with the coronavirus crisis in Victoria. It comes after the state government announced it would work with the peak body for nurses to unlock supplies of vital PPE after a survey revealed a shortage.
Builders on the West Gate Tunnel project have scored a victory in their effort to tear up the contract to build the $6.8 billion project after a Supreme Court Justice ruling the battle with Transurban should go to arbitration.
In a small win for VCE students, every student will be given individual assessment on the impact of virus restrictions on their ATAR under a new plan to soften the blow to their end of year results.
Despite testing positive for coronavirus, 500 Victorians have been referred to Victoria Police for not being home when authorities knocked. It comes as 450 new cases and 11 deaths have been recorded.
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