Follow The Age - Victoria News, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/the-age-d-victoria-news Sat, 18 Sep 2021 12:50:32 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrrOQAAVubsB5iejEQ2Mq9rY The mood at the Austin Hospital is one of trepidation. Staff are bracing for a volume of COVID-19 patients never before experienced in Australia.]]> Sat, 18 Sep 2021 11:31:15 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrrOQAAVubsB5iejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrpMvKaPE03S3ps0ohxaO6Yr ‘An old friend’ is how one onlooker described a Red Rattler train that volunteers are helping return to Melbourne’s railway lines. ]]> Sat, 18 Sep 2021 11:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrpMvKaPE03S3ps0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrpMvKaPE03S3l1cWWor9YPv More than 1000 anti-lockdown protesters flooded the streets of Melbourne's inner east on Saturday, clashing with police and clogging up intersections.]]> Sat, 18 Sep 2021 10:03:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrpMvKaPE03S3l1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrpb7ozYHQqgoOzdsCmHakzH The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.]]> Sat, 18 Sep 2021 04:52:31 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrpb7ozYHQqgoOzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrpb7ozYHQqgoMb1naedg1wr A woman in her 70s from Shepparton has become the ninth death in the state’s third wave as the number of Victorians in hospital continues to rise.]]> Sat, 18 Sep 2021 04:51:10 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrpb7ozYHQqgoMb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrpb7ozYHQqgoKCY3L745TL_ Hundreds of protesters have converged despite limits on travel in and out of Melbourne by public transport and car.]]> Sat, 18 Sep 2021 04:16:53 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrpb7ozYHQqgoKCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrqCE8wBZ_vJiuzdsCmHakzH Victoria’s hotel quarantine program had just days to prepare for the arrival of six rescue flights carrying 761 Afghans evacuated from Afghanistan’s chaotic, turbulent capital.]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 21:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrqCE8wBZ_vJiuzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrqCE8wBZ_vJiqCY3L745TL_ Readers continue to discuss Australia’s new pact with the United States and United Kingdom.]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 16:02:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrqCE8wBZ_vJiqCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrqCE8wBZ_vJiilmFkX7M1Jw The government is preparing to expand the state’s capacity to manage COVID patients, if cases rise to an unmanageable level.]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 16:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrqCE8wBZ_vJiilmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrqgmbQHNhN9vClmFkX7M1Jw Many journalists will remain on Twitter, but post less and watch more. That is a shame but it seems inevitable.]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 11:45:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrqgmbQHNhN9vClmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrqgmbQHNhN9vJVjH6qdYdAk The Andrews government intends to force visitors and staff at hospitality venues and major events to be fully vaccinated as it eyes a return of crowds to sport.]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 11:26:28 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrqgmbQHNhN9vJVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrqikBygkzSjsuzdsCmHakzH While emergency first responders; military, police, nurses, paramedics and firefighters can take solace that most of the community appreciate their efforts, prison officers are on their own.]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 09:07:54 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrqikBygkzSjsuzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrqikBygkzSjsnn9ye8UNv30 The two people who died are an 85-year-old man and an 84-year-old woman, both from Cowes.]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 09:07:32 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrqikBygkzSjsnn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrqikBygkzSjsiejEQ2Mq9rY The hearing that will determine whether former school principal Malka Leifer stands trial on sex abuse charges will continue in a closed court on Monday.]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 07:46:14 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrqikBygkzSjsiejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrqZRAP7eUgrIl1cWWor9YPv Random government inspections have found three in four Victorian construction sites breaking coronavirus safety rules, as tensions between the state government and building industry threaten to boil over.]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 06:41:45 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrqZRAP7eUgrIl1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrqZRAP7eUgrIsb1naedg1wr A project called The Neighbourhood Museum is helping keep children creative, curious, active and connected during lockdowns.]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 05:56:10 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrqZRAP7eUgrIsb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrpa7iDUXFyMA5s0ohxaO6Yr Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirmed the state had surpassed its 70 per cent first dose vaccination milestone on Friday.]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 03:44:54 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrpa7iDUXFyMA5s0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrpa7iDUXFyMA11cWWor9YPv What further changes could be made in Victoria in the short term to alleviate lockdown stress? And when can state and international borders safely reopen?]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 02:45:05 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrpa7iDUXFyMA11cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrpa7iDUXFyMA8b1naedg1wr Use our tool to view your extended bubble under the Victorian government’s new 10-kilometre travel limit on Melburnians.]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 00:01:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrpa7iDUXFyMA8b1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrrCtKlvxvrkiZs0ohxaO6Yr Readers discuss Australia’s “enhanced trilateral security partnership”, AUKUS.]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 16:02:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/UEDLTH6sZrrCtKlvxvrkiZs0ohxaO6Yr