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Frank Chung is a senior journalist at news.com.au covering topics including local and international breaking news, politics, culture, media and technology. In his previous role as finance editor he wrote about economics, retail, industrial relations, small business, consumer affairs and real estate.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos AUGUST 5, 2020 : The city of Melbourne is on a knife edge after a record 725 coronavirus infections.With stage 4 lockdown now in place for 6 weeks it is vital not only for the state of Victoria , but the country of Australia that the infection numbers drastically decrease.A lady waits at a tram stop. Picture : NCA NewsWire / Ian Currie

Sign Melbourne is finally getting it

If you need a sign that Melburnians are finally starting to take the pandemic seriously, this is it. And honestly, it couldn’t come sooner.

Coronavirus

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 28: A resident of Epping Gardens Aged Care Facility is taken away in a ambulance on July 28, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Victoria has recorded 532 new cases of coronavirus and six more deaths, yesterday making it the worst day of the pandemic. Metropolitan Melbourne and the Mitchell shire remain in lockdown due to the rise in COVID-19 cases through community transmissions, with people permitted to leave home only for exercise, work, to buy essential items, or to access childcare and healthcare and individuals are required Face coverings or be subject to a $200 fine. Lockdown measures are in place until August 19. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)

Dan Andrews blasted over ‘failed policies’

Herald Sun columnist Andrew Bolt has torn into the Andrews government for “imposing more of the same policies that failed last time, at a catastrophic cost”.

Coronavirus

Packed crowds just before Melbourne curfew

Australian Idol star Anthony Callea has slammed footage of tightly packed crowds at St Kilda yesterday, hours before Melbourne’s curfew came into effect.

Retail

All the ‘racist’ names being cancelled

So much has happened, it can be hard to keep track of all the casualties of the Great Racism Purge of 2020. Here are some of the ones we’ve lost.

Small Business

Thai Rock restaurant owners Stephanie and David Boyd. Picture: Nine

‘We are not to blame’: Thai Rock owners

The owners of a Thai restaurant chain linked to more than 100 coronavirus cases in NSW say they are victims of the outbreak.

Social Media

Diana Lasu, 19 has been identified as the second girl at the centre of Queensland’s latest coronavirus scare. Ms Lasu travelled with Ms Muranga from Melbourne via Sydney, arriving in Brisbane on July 21 - Photo Twitter

Qld virus teen reveals vile racist abuse

Diana Lasu, a woman linked to Queensland’s virus breach, has revealed the torrent of vile abuse she’s received on social media.

Health Problems

Eve Black stripper photos for story. Picture: Chase Strippers

Eve Black revealed as topless waitress

Coronavirus conspiracy theorist Eve Black, who laughed her way through a police checkpoint and was later arrested, has been revealed as a topless waitress.

Health & Safety