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'We didn't get any training': Explosive claims from quarantine hotel security guard
The bungled quarantine programme in Melbourne has been met by new claims of failures.
'Game over': How virus infections could explode in Australia
Expert warns it could be "game over" if the virus spreads to the wrong people in NSW.
Melbourne locals rush to buy face masks before new rule comes into place
'Lines up to 30 minutes at Spotlight in Springvale. Sewing machines almost gone.'
Masks to be mandatory in Melbourne, $200 fine for not wearing one
Face masks will be mandatory in some areas of Melbourne from Wednesday night.
'We are in the fight for our lives': Victoria's virus question experts can't answer
Victoria recorded 428 new cases on Friday - 111 more than its previous daily record.
Enormous surge: Victoria's outbreak hits new high
Victoria has recorded more than 400 new cases of coronavirus overnight.
Covid-19: Victoria 'will regret' not enforcing a stricter lockdown
Expert gives state only a 50/50 chance of eliminating Covid under current restrictions.
Covid-19 in Australia: Pub closed after five virus cases
Sydney health officials warn we are now at a "critical point" of containment.
'Biggest they've ever been': Victoria records 216 new cases, man in 90s dies
Covid-19 cases continue to rise in Victoria; virus is now in 'every part' of Melbourne.
Busted: Late-night KFC run costs group $27,000
A late-night KFC run has cost a group of "selfish" revellers a whopping $27,484.
Covid-19: Outbreaks merge to form Melbourne mega-cluster
Investigators say Al-Taqwa College cluster and public housing towers outbreak connected.
Covid-19: Where Victoria infections are rising
Increasing Covid infections among crucial sector in Melbourne has expert worried.
Virus surges in Victoria with 617 cases: What NZ needs to learn from Melbourne
An epidemiologist based in Melbourne says we need to learn from their mistakes.
Major health breach as passengers not screened on Melbourne flight
Police were able to intercept some passengers but NSW are still "chasing up" others.
Cruel Covid u-turn: How Victoria bungled its coronavirus response
Metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire returns to a six-week lockdown today. How?
Covid's comeback: Millions of Melbourne residents brace for the return of lockdown
Millions are bracing for a return to lockdown after a resurgence in Covid-19.
Covid 19: Tenth Melbourne tower block exposed to virus
Pepper-spray wielding police officers prevent people leaving their units.
Pauline Hanson axed from Channel 9 after racist rant
Aussie senator dropped after her racist rant against Melbourne residents.
Covid-19: Melbourne apartments locked down
Residents in nine public housing towers told to stay inside for at least five days.
More shocking Melbourne hotel quarantine claims
A Melbourne hotel security guard reveals guards would go on a Maccas run on their breaks.
Melbourne quarantine hotel guards had sex with isolated guests, reports
"There's been some closer mingling than we'd have liked of these guards in the workplace."
Covid-19: Plan to 'ring-fence' parts of Melbourne
Outbreak worsens: Proposal to 'ring-fence' people in Melbourne's worst-affected suburbs.
Meth teacher raped 15-year-old student in classroom 'pod'
She claims a 'brain snap' led to offending that left her victim sleeping with a knife.
Why Covid-19 is soaring in Australian state
Melbourne mayors tell PM Scott Morrison containment measures are failing.
Woman charged over murder of Kiwi man in Melbourne
The body of Zane Meyer was found in a Melbourne paddock.
Covid flight fury: Passengers on infected flier's plane slam Air NZ
'Shocked and disappointing': Passenger on Flight NZ124 tells.
'They've just gapped it': Isolation duo fled after Mongrel Mob funeral
Gang funeral attendees alleged to have provided fake addresses to authorities.
Teen stabbed to death, six arrested in Melbourne
A 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death outside a shopping centre in Melbourne's west.
Heartwarming moment as White Island survivor welcomed home
A woman who survived the White Island eruption has been reunited with her family.
Worries after Australian virus cluster grows
Clusters in Australia could put a future transtasman bubble at risk
Melbourne horror crash: Mortgage broker's criminal past
Police detailed a string of past incidents.
Melbourne freeway tragedy: Porsche driver's 'abhorrent' three-minute video
New details of the video showing police dying on a Melbourne freeway have been revealed.
Mum posts chilling Facebook post before being murdered in Melbourne home
A mother posted a chilling Facebook post before her death in Melbourne.