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Premier backs bureaucrat's appointment to housing post

Senior bureaucrat Jeroen Weimar will lead the rollout of the Victorian housing statement, with the premier insisting she didn't make the appointment.

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$7bn cost estimate used to axe Commonwealth Games based on worst-case scenario, inquiry reveals

Commonwealth Games Australia had described the figure as a ‘gross exaggeration’, with the source of the estimate not previously known

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Victoria 2026: What to expect from the next Commonwealth Games

Organisers are busy making arrangements for the 2026 Commonwealth Games, to be held across four different cities in regional Victoria.

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Four-hub Games can work: Vic 2026 boss

Victoria 2026 bosses are confident they can make the Commonwealth Games a success despite spreading it across four different regions.

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The Loop: Morrison 'deeply sorry' for offence over disability comments, car crashes into MP Terri Butler's office, Palace releases Queen's birthday portrait

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Victoria's COVID-19 response commander Jeroen Weimar is stepping down

Victoria's COVID-19 response commander Jeroen Weimar will leave his role at the end of the month after overseeing the state's testing, tracing and vaccination schemes.

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Victoria records two new COVID-19 deaths, 465 people in hospital

The state's COVID-19 commander, Jeroen Weimar, says 2.5 million Victorians eligible for a booster vaccine dose are yet to come forward as the state records 7,104 new cases and two deaths.

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COVID updates: All the coronavirus news you need in one place — as it happened

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Central Victoria's COVID-19 situation improves but Health Authorities still hesitant

Victoria's COVID commander Jeroen Weimar has indicated a mixed outlook for the year ahead during a visit to Bendigo.

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Victoria records 34 new COVID-19 deaths, hospitalisations at 752

There are now 66,648 active cases of the virus in Victoria after 12,157 new cases were detected yesterday.

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Vic detects 'handful' son of Omicron cases

Victoria's COVID-19 Commander Jeroen Weimar says a "handful" of Omicron sub-variant cases have been detected in the state.

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Victorian COVID-19 hospitalisations at 953 as state reports 31 deaths, 12,250 new infections

Victorian COVID-19 response commander Jeroen Weimar says the COVID-19 pandemic is evolving and people need to get boosted to dramatically reduce their risk of ending up in hospital due to Omicron.

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NSW has deadliest day of pandemic; widespread flooding causes damage – as it happened

NSW records 49 Covid deaths, Victoria 31, Queensland 12 and South Australia five. This blog is now closed

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Victorian COVID-19 hospitalisations at 1,089 as state records 35 deaths and 13,507 new cases

Health authorities urge all Victorians to get the full protection offered by three vaccine doses, as the state records its highest daily COVID-19 death toll since 2020.

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Crowds march for Invasion Day protests – as it happened

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Vic to unveil back-to-school COVID plan

Victoria's back-to-school plan to shield students and teachers from the Omicron wave will be unveiled within days, as COVID-19 cases trend downwards.

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Victoria records 20 more COVID deaths as hospitalisations fall to 1,029

Of the patients in hospital, 120 are receiving intensive care, including 39 people on ventilators. There are now at least 217,505 active cases of COVID-19 across the state.

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