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Doctor banned for using patient for ‘sexual gratification’
A former men’s health doctor who propositioned a patient on the gay dating app Grindr and used sexualised language and inappropriate examinations during a check-up has lost his medical licence for six years.
How ‘fitspo’ trend does more harm than good
Young women’s pursuit of the “muscly-but-not-too-muscly” body spruiked by fitness influencers could be as unhealthy as the desire to be stick-thin, new research reveals.
Testing pop-up opens in Keilor as cluster source investigated
A coronavirus testing clinic has opened in Keilor as investigations into the source of an outbreak in the area continue. It comes as the state of emergency was extended for another three weeks.
How technology will change Melbourne dining
Technology that allows diners to order from the table via a phone app is set to become “the new normal” at Victorian cafes and restaurants in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. See what other changes are in store.
Why Melbourne Airport is set for takeoff — with Virgin
As new polling reveals the majority of Victorians are interested in travelling again, Melbourne Airport is gearing up to resume flights and lobbying to become home to the beleaguered Virgin Australia.
The ‘silent tragedy’ more deadly than cancer
It kills more young Victorians than cancer, drugs or car accidents. This is the “silent tragedy” that took the lives of hundreds of people in just one year.
Holocaust descendant confronts neo-Nazi over swastika
When the grandson of Holocaust survivors came across a man wearing a swastika armband in a suburban Melbourne park, he had to speak his mind.
Big change coming to Woolies self-serve check-outs
An unsettling change is on the way for Woolworths shoppers, with the supermarket rolling out another measure to deter thieves at self-serve check-outs.
![James Webster, 30, [far right], the owner of the German Shorthaired Pointer Reggie won the right to keep their puppy on the rooftop terraced apartment. James with his housemates John Knowles and Tali Eades. A court this month found in favour of four tenants who had been refused permission from their landlord to keep a German Shorthaired Pointer in their three-level city apartment, with a rooftop terrace. The landlord initially objected to the puppy. Picture: Alex Coppel.](https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/96420d2bf21b70027d0bbe0319245e4d?width=650)
Court clears hound for high-life
A Richmond landlord had a bone to pick with a trio of tenants, banning their German Shorthair Pointer puppy from the inner-city apartment, but the ban was overturned in one of the first tests of Victoria’s new rental pet laws.
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