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    Victorian health minister Jenny Mikakos quits job and parliament. The free blog at is covering it here:

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  2. 5 hours ago

    "Out on flatlands shone fields of gold. Crops of canola are a glad sight any time, but right now the mere right to travel to see them shining has the ability to send the mood soaring."

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  3. 5 hours ago

    Breaking: Health Minister has resigned.

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  4. 5 hours ago

    Telstra this week delivered peak download speeds of 4.2 gigabits per second (Gbps), four times faster than the fastest NBN plan available to homes, using 5G technology.

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  5. 6 hours ago

    Victoria records 12 new coronavirus cases, one death overnight. The 14-day average is 23.6.

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  6. 6 hours ago

    Survival rates for sudden cardiac arrests have remained stagnant for years, hovering at about 12 per cent. This year, Victorian survival rates fell to just 6.1 per cent.

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  7. 7 hours ago

    On the cover of today's : and Ben Winspear's theatrical Tasmanian reboot. Pick up a copy in today's The Age or read it online here:

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  8. 7 hours ago

    GPs are urging the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services to consult with them before coronavirus patients are released from isolation and into the community.

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  9. 8 hours ago

    The medieval church cloisters in the small Dutch city of Maastricht are an unlikely setting for Chinese Communist Party influence, writes China correspondent

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  10. 8 hours ago

    The front page of the Saturday Age for September 26, 2020. Read more news online here:

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  11. 15 hours ago

    After shutting its gates in early August because of the second wave of COVID-19, the Royal Botanic Gardens will reopen on Saturday.

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    19 hours ago

    Once, it was unthinkable for a sportsman to miss a match to be at his child's birth. Now it's almost certain that he'll be bedside instead of pitchside, writes .

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  13. 17 hours ago

    On a hectic day, the decision to put private security guards in hotel quarantine seemed to emerge from nowhere. The inquiry has narrowed that decision down to a series of texts and six minutes of nothing.

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  14. 17 hours ago

    The author of a disastrous decision to put private security on the front line of Victoria's infection control in the middle of a pandemic will remain anonymous.

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  15. 17 hours ago

    Unlike the last day of kinder, 'lost' lasts are quieter; moments when I didn’t realise it was the last time. It just happened, then it never happened again | OPINION

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  16. 18 hours ago

    Rescuers say the noise is the worst part. When whales are stranded on a beach, they keep calling to one another. Others will come in from safe water and join their dying pod. | EXPLAINER

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  17. 18 hours ago

    Police are responding to an apparent stabbing attack near the former Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, the magazine attacked by terrorists during a deadly wave of assaults five years ago.

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  18. 18 hours ago

    After a parade of senior ministers at the hotel quarantine inquiry this week, it was finally the Premier's turn in the hot seat. Here's what he said.

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    18 hours ago

    As Darren Berry punched Dean Jones's number into his phone almost a decade ago, he was unsure what reception he would get from the man who took him under his wing as a youngster. But he is forever grateful he made the call.

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  20. 19 hours ago

    Who knows how the decision was made to use private security for Victoria's quarantine system? No one, including the Premier.

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