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Shannon DeeryState Politics Editor

Shannon Deery is the Herald Sun’s state political editor. He joined the paper in 2007 and covered courts and crime before joining the politics team in 2020.

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Coronavirus

Avalon Airport empty carpark. Picture: Alison Wynd

Andrews tight-lipped on Avalon Airport quarantine plan

Daniel Andrews has flagged Avalon Airport as a potential site for a quarantine facility but won’t reveal if he has met with Lindsay Fox over the plans.

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MELBOURNE , AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY 16, 2021 : Covid-19 positive people arrive at The Pullman Hotel in Albert Park, after being evacuated from the Holiday Inn in the CBD due to water damage. Picture : NCA NewsWire / Ian Currie

Positive travellers wearing garbage bags for privacy not PPE

Returned travellers infected with coronavirus are wearing garbage bags on their heads to conceal their identity as they move hotels. It comes as alternative quarantine arrangements are explored.

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Salinas, California, USA - June 30, 2015: Seasonal farm workers pick and package strawberries. istock image

Struggling farmers told to pay up for foreign workers

Victorian farmers will be charged $2000 for every foreign worker they hire, despite a chronic seasonal worker shortage threatening their crops.

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MELBOURNE,AUSTRALIA-NewsWire Photos 22 JANUARY, 2021 Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews press conference outside Treasury Place regarding latest COVID-19 update. Picture : NCA NewsWire / Ian Currie

Ministers spent millions in COVID inquiry legal defence

The Andrews government spent a whopping $2m more in legal fees at the hotel quarantine inquiry than the cost of the inquiry itself.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JANUARY 28, 2021: People out and about in Melbourne's Docklands. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

Victoria records another day of no local virus cases

The state’s COVID-free run continues, with no new local cases recorded overnight. It comes as Victorians stuck in NSW are at last able to cross the border.

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A man walks past the Stamford Plaza Hotel, used as an isolation hotel from returned travellers from overseas as part of measures against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Melbourne on July 22, 2020. - An inquiry into how the virus spread in Melbourne heard this week that many cases were likely linked to infection control breaches at hotels used to quarantine residents returning from overseas, with Australia reporting 501 new cases on July 22. (Photo by William WEST / AFP)

Hotel quarantine staff paid $78m to do nothing

Taxpayers forked out to pay Victorian hotel quarantine staff while the program was suspended during the deadly second wave, it can be revealed.

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GENERIC: Ambulance, Geelong, Ambulance Victoria, Paramedic, Emergency Services. Picture: Stephen Harman

Big boost on way for embattled ambulances

Victoria’s rural and regional ambulance service has been given a $14.8m cash injection in a move that’s hoped to ease ever mounting case loads.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 23: A man is seen wearing a face mask on November 23, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. COVID-19 restrictions have relaxed further in Victoria as the state continues to record no new coronavirus cases. From Monday, Victorians no longer need to wear masks when outside at all times, with people only required to wear masks when indoors and on public transport, or in places outside where social distancing is not possible. Under the relaxed rules, people will also be allowed to have up to 15 people in their home each day while public gatherings of up to 50 people are permitted outdoors. Capacity limits for cafes, bars and restaurants, along with gyms, indoor sporting venues, cinemas and indoor entertainment along with community venues have also increased. (Photo by Daniel Pockett/Getty Images)

State of emergency to continue, NSW travel opens up

Victoria’s state of emergency will be extended for a 12th time. It comes as the last NSW red zone is set to turn orange, allowing all Victorians to return home.

Education

A student in uniform distracted holding using and watching a mobile phone during a lesson at high school. Books, tablets and pencil cases all visible on the desk and work space.

Masks on in the classroom, school says

An inner city high school is making its students wear masks in the classroom, despite the education department saying it isn’t mandatory.

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Anti-Corona restriction / Freedom Day protesters and Proud Boys rally in support of Australia Day. Picture: Jake Nowakowski

Inside Melbourne’s maskless Australia Day protest

More than 100 people — including a dozen in ‘Proud Boys’ shirts — gathered for a maskless, self-described ‘People’s Australia Day Parade’.

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