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Is it time to rethink vaccine mandates for dining, fitness and events? We asked 5 experts

The requirement to show proof of two doses of a COVID vaccine to do things such as eat out, go to the pub and visit sporting events is still in place across parts of the country including Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia.

The Conversation

How to turn Melbourne into Los Angeles circa 10,000BC? New TV series La Brea does just that

Filmed in up to 13 locations across Melbourne, international sci-fi mystery series La Brea is returning to Victoria to film season two this year.

The New Daily

Veronica Gorrie takes out top prize at Victorian Premier's Literary Awards with powerful memoir Black and Blue

Gunaikurnai writer Veronica Gorrie has won two awards including to top gong at the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, for her searing memoir Black and Blue.

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'Canberra artists have a lot to say': Playwright wins top Victorian award

The awards were announced in Melbourne on Thursday evening.

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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 Police officers killed in Eastern Freeway truck crash honoured at state memorial service

Almost two years after their deaths, Constables Glen Humphris and Joshua Prestney, Senior Constable Kevin King and Leading Senior Constable Lynette Taylor are remembered in a memorial service.

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Vic has 114k teens due for COVID booster

There are now 114,000 Victorian 16- and 17-year-olds eligible for a COVID-19 booster shot after the age group were given the third vaccine dose green light.

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

Look back at how today unfolded in our live blog.

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Albanese demands Colbeck ‘resign today’ as nation records 82 Covid deaths – as it happened

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Victoria announces facility to make rapid Covid tests as Australian hospital numbers fall

Rapid test manufacturing announcement comes as Australia records 69 Covid deaths including a child under 10 in Queensland

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Vic lockdown protest accused goes to trial

A Melbourne woman accused of inciting protests during Victoria's COVID-19 lockdowns will stand trial in the County Court.

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Victorian man Ryan Dean Harder charged with commissioning arson, assaulting police during fire at Old Parliament House

A 40-year-old man allegedly involved in protests which saw the doors of Old Parliament House set alight was arrested on his way into Canberra, and charged with assaulting and resisting police, and commissioning arson.

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Mildura resident shares her ongoing struggle with Ross River virus amid new Victorian cases

With new warnings of Ross River virus in parts of western and central Victoria, Kerrie O'Sullivan says she had scarcely thought about the disease before it changed her life.

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Victoria to trial mandatory life jackets at Victorian rock fishing danger spots

The two-year trial may lead to the measure becoming permanent, with the Fisheries Authority saying none of the 21 people who died over the past two years were wearing life jackets.

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Vic to manufacture 50m rapid tests a year

The Victorian government has announced an investment in two companies that will manufacture 50 million rapid antigen tests annually.

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Victoria records 25 more COVID-19 deaths, hospitalisations at 768

Premier Daniel Andrews announces a deal that will see a Victorian manufacturer produce rapid antigen tests for the local market, but a date for the resumption of elective surgery is yet to be confirmed.

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Ombudsman launches housing complaint probe

The Victorian Ombudsman has launched an investigation into the handling of complaints from some of the state's poorest tenants.

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No Victorian elective surgery restart date

Victoria's nurses union is railing against non-urgent elective surgery restarting next week, but Premier Daniel Andrews says a decision still has not been made.

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Nation records 69 Covid deaths as hospital numbers fall – as it happened

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Potential expansion of Victoria's mandatory third COVID-19 vaccine dose stokes a political divide

While some experts say mandatory third COVID-19 doses are justified to curb Omicron's spread, Victoria's opposition has made it clear it won't be backing any further expansion of mandatory vaccination.

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COVID reveals Aust hospitals struggle

Victoria is spending the least on its public hospitals while South Australia's ambulance wait times have blown out, a new productivity report has revealed.

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Vic cops face charges on wrongful warrants

Multiple Victoria Police officers are being investigated for allegedly lying in affidavits to get search warrants on 12 properties

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Victorian COVID-19 hospitalisations at 851 as state records 34 more COVID deaths

Victoria records 11,311 new COVID-19 infections as the government defends the continued cancellation of elective surgery across the state.

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Vic awaits ATAGI before vax mandate call

Victoria won't make a decision on expanding COVID-19 vaccine mandates until a national advisory panel declares if a third dose is needed to be fully vaccinated.

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