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Should more ministers resign? Here's what readers are telling us

Sat, 26 Sep 2020 10:13:27 GMT

We asked readers what you think of Jenny Mikakos' decision to resign as health minister, chiefly whether you believed it was fair.

Gallery: The best photos from around the world

Sat, 26 Sep 2020 09:12:05 GMT

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

Pandemic timeline: Jenny Mikakos' brutal seven months

Sat, 26 Sep 2020 05:07:33 GMT

From memory loss and misstep, tears and Twitter, the pressure has been building on Ms Mikakos for months.

Major dump of spring snow at Victorian ski resorts but temps to climb again

Sat, 26 Sep 2020 04:52:15 GMT

More than 40 centimetres of snow fell at Mount Buller during Melbourne's coldest late spring day in almost 20 years.

Those who lived, loved and are gone: Jack Alexandrou

Sat, 26 Sep 2020 04:39:26 GMT

Armed with his aunt's instructions on how to hail a taxi, Jack Alexandrou and his mates set out to get to the Cypriot Community Club, then in Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, from Carlton, where they boarded.

Victoria records 12 new coronavirus cases, one death

Sat, 26 Sep 2020 03:27:22 GMT

Victoria has recorded 12 new coronavirus cases as Melburnians await Sunday's announcement detailing which restrictions which will be eased.

'Bitter, brutal and cruel': MPs, unions react to Mikakos' resignation

Sat, 26 Sep 2020 03:12:08 GMT

Labor MPs have expressed their sadness at the resignation of Health Minister Jenny Mikakos, but Prime Minister Scott Morrison has declined to weigh in on the situation.

Victorian Health Minister Jenny Mikakos resigns

Sat, 26 Sep 2020 02:02:01 GMT

Victorian Health Minister Jenny Mikakos has resigned following her appearance at the hotel quarantine inquiry.

Waiting for Gobbo: Should the buck stop with the cops?

Fri, 25 Sep 2020 14:05:00 GMT

At the royal commission Nicola Gobbo used the second grader's excuse: “I didn’t mean it - they made me do it - don’t pick on me."

Lawyers behind Liberals-backed curfew challenge facing impartiality questions

Fri, 25 Sep 2020 14:03:33 GMT

Two lawyers on an independent tribunal appointed by the federal government are facing questions over their involvement in a case 'match made' by the Victorian Liberal Party.

We are 'not all in this together' (barf) any longer

Fri, 25 Sep 2020 13:59:01 GMT

From the conspiracy theorists to the eternal optimists, we're all doing lockdown differently.

Potentially infectious Victorians cleared to leave isolation

Fri, 25 Sep 2020 13:55:00 GMT

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.

When was it we all began to regard dying as such a failure?

Fri, 25 Sep 2020 13:52:00 GMT

From the moment we take our first breath we begin our demise, yet we clamour in fear that life be preserved at any cost.

Battle for Bells Beach at council election

Fri, 25 Sep 2020 13:45:00 GMT

The famous Victorian surf break is at the centre of a political tussle in Torquay, where a population explosion has heightened concerns about protecting the natural landscape.

Lockdown is working, but is it exessive?

Fri, 25 Sep 2020 13:32:00 GMT

No one is in doubt that the restrictions are working; the concern is that what is imposed is excessive, and a more nuanced approach might have achieved the same outcome, with less collateral impact on physical and mental health, social connectedness and the economy.

Councillor accused of offering $5 million to be made mayor

Fri, 25 Sep 2020 13:30:00 GMT

A Bass Coast Shire councillor is the subject of a major corruption investigation over allegations he offered to spend up to $5m of his private wealth on communities in South Gippsland and Phillip Island if five other councillors agreed to support his plan to become mayor.

All ministers must be on top of their portfolios

Fri, 25 Sep 2020 12:30:00 GMT

Readers discuss the inquiry into Victoria's hotel quarantine program.

Things we didn't see coming

Fri, 25 Sep 2020 10:33:30 GMT

One thing I definitely did not see coming at the start of the year was that I would spend 14 weeks editing The Age. To be honest, I was planning to take a large slab of long-service leave and had spent several months planning a trek on foot across Europe.

The question still remains in a bureaucratic Game of Thrones

Fri, 25 Sep 2020 09:51:06 GMT

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.

Five key moments from Daniel Andrews' hotel inquiry appearance

Fri, 25 Sep 2020 09:34:16 GMT

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.