Footy great Neale Daniher has vowed to continue his fight against the deadly motor neurone disease, teasing a fun fundraising alternative after his beloved Big Freeze fundraiser was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
A Melbourne paramedic has tested positive to coronavirus, forcing her colleagues into quarantine and sparking fears she may have spread the disease to patients. It comes as a fresh outbreak forced a Melbourne meat processing facility to close.
Gourmet pigeons who have flocked to a South Yarra woman for years will go hungry, after her neighbours got into a flap over the smell and mess they caused. Here’s how it unfolded.
Victorians who are outside with more than one other person can soon be slapped with $1652 on-the-spot fines. The strict new social distancing measure follows the state’s fourth coronavirus death.
From thoughtful messages of gratitude for health workers to the “birthday fairies” who surprised an 18-year-old, these are the tiny acts of kindness unfolding around Victoria amid the coronavirus chaos.
It was mateship, common sense and a steely resolve to survive that got Jim Kerr through World War II. Now, he believes it’s the same trinity that will see us through the coronavirus crisis.
Luxury hotels in Melbourne are preparing to be turned into state-run isolation centres, ahead of strict traveller quarantine rules that will see potential coronavirus carriers placed in lockdown on premises. It comes after beachgoers were blasted for ignoring advice to stay at home.
As Victoria grapples in the midst of a pandemic, thousands of our supermarket workers are dealing with daily abuse from customers about everything from the price of hand sanitiser to the lack of lettuce. Now they’re saying enough is enough.
A missing yacht has been found, but no trace of its skipper, who planned to sail solo from Queenscliff to Sydney but went missing, sparking a large scale land and sea search.
In a time where greed and selfishness has dominated much of the headlines, acts of kindness have seemed rare. But whether it’s helping those with bare cupboards or looking after the vulnerable, the generosity of these Victorians is proving compassion is still alive.
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