More train, tram trips to boost to Melbourne network
Scores of extra services will be added to Melbourne’s public transport timetable to allow the network to facilitate social distancing as the coronavirus crisis continues.
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Anger grows as Premier stands firm on lockdown blame
Despite a growing public backlash over a return to lockdown in Melbourne, Premier Daniel Andrews is refusing to back down over his comments blaming Victorians for the new restrictions. Now some are calling for him to resign.
Two locked-down towers still coronavirus free
COVID-19 may be in just 30 of more than 1100 public housing tower homes that remain in hard lockdown, with two entire towers believed to be coronavirus free despite the extreme measures.
Dire post-lockdown future for CBD businesses
About 15 per cent of businesses in inner-city Melbourne have indicated they may be forced to close down permanently due to the pandemic, as the city and its surrounds prepares to enter another round of lockdown.
Victorian Labor appoints new state secretary
Victorian Labor has announced a new state secretary, with former premier Steve Bracks and former cabinet minister Jenny Macklin agreeing to a senior government bureaucrat taking over the top job.
Truganina school in lockdown, QLD warns against crossing border
All students and staff at Al-Taqwa College in Truganina, outside Melbourne’s lockdown suburbs, have been placed into quarantine after the school was linked to 23 cases in a week. It comes as Queensland Police warn Victorians against trying to cross the state border.
Senior bureaucrats axed from the hotel quarantine task force
Senior government bureaucrats will be removed from Victoria’s hotel quarantine task force as the program undergoes a complete overhaul in the wake of revelations security guards contributed to outbreaks. It comes as links between a third Melbourne quarantine hotel and a cluster of cases are probed.
Infectious man allowed to leave Melbourne hotel quarantine
Victoria’s bungled hotel quarantine debacle has deepened – a man who tested positive to coronavirus a few days into isolation was allowed to travel to Sydney 10 days later, despite potentially still showing signs of infection.
How coronavirus will change Tullamarine forever
Travellers would be able to walk from their cars to the plane with almost no physical contact under a hi-tech vision for Melbourne Airport’s future through post-coronavirus travel and beyond.
Unions prepare for legal fight with Labor
An alliance of some of the state’s biggest unions have confirmed they are weighing up legal action against Labor as the fallout over the party’s branch stacking scandal continues.
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