The Age - Victoria News

Government-funded chaplaincy organisation will offer services to Malka Leifer

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 12:30:00 GMT

The organisation’s involvement has caused ruptures in Melbourne’s Jewish community, with some members suggesting the group should not support the alleged paedophile.

The obliteration of all who inhabit our planet

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 11:30:00 GMT

Readers discuss the article on the Holocaust - “From a tragic past to a better future” - by MPs Josh Frydenberg and Josh Burns.

Put safety first around water

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 10:45:30 GMT

This summer, and during the past six months, the number of drownings has reached record levels.

‘Hidden dangers’: Murray remains nation’s deadliest river

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 08:30:00 GMT

The river claims the lives of about two Victorians on average each year; a 35-year-old man became the latest drowning victim on Tuesday while swimming near Cobram.

Animal rights group raise concerns over Grampians dingo plan

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 08:26:00 GMT

A proposal to reintroduce dingoes into the Grampians has divided public opinion, with an animal rights group warning the native predators would be at risk of being poisoned or shot.

Woman viewed compensation as ‘hush money’ for 1985 rape, court told

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 07:21:26 GMT

A woman abducted off a Melbourne street and raped 35 years ago told a friend police didn’t want to prioritise her case and that she considered compensation she later received as “hush money”, a court has heard.

Alleged paedophile Malka Leifer set to face court on Thursday

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 06:21:28 GMT

Former Elsternwick school principal Malka Leifer is expected to face a Melbourne court on Thursday after her extradition from Israel.

Calls for police to return to Melbourne as COVID response triggers station closures

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 05:48:09 GMT

Victorian police union secretary Wayne Gatt said police could be better used fighting crime now that cases of coronavirus had plummeted.

‘A different kind of student’: Preps primed to start school

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 04:29:00 GMT

This year’s foundation students will be more adaptable and have ‘heightened awareness’ after living through Victoria’s second wave of COVID-19, a veteran principal says.

From the Archives, 1968: Rowdy pop singers escorted from plane in Essendon

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 01:48:48 GMT

Nineteen pop singers, including English group The Who, were escorted by police from an Ansett-ANA aircraft after it landed at Essendon from Adelaide after a series of incidents mid-flight.

Victorian man drowns in Murray River

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 22:02:44 GMT

The man was found by police divers after friends reported him missing on Tuesday afternoon.

Victoria records 21 days without any locally acquired coronavirus cases

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 21:10:58 GMT

Victoria has reached 21 consecutive days without a new locally acquired COVID-19 case, but two new cases have emerged in hotel quarantine.

Changing the guard? Inside the battle for prize Liberal seat of Menzies

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 12:47:00 GMT

A former special forces captain’s bid to unseat veteran MP is on a knife-edge in a contest that will test Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s authority.

Time to enhance, not diminish our honours

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 11:00:00 GMT

Age readers have their say on Margaret Court’s Australia Day award.

Flexibility and six types of milk: how to make returning office workers feel welcome

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 10:37:52 GMT

After almost a year working from home, employees of digital marketing agency TAG Direct returned to a fully stocked pantry and new, more flexible office hours.

No parade, but visitors take time to reflect on Australia Day

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:57:07 GMT

A small, multicultural crowd gathered at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne to witness the fly-past of the RAAF Roulettes and the army’s 21-gun salute.

Malka Leifer could face Melbourne court as early as this week

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 05:34:42 GMT

The accused paedophile and former school principal is expected to spend at least two weeks in quarantine in custody after her arrival in Australia.

Ivanhoe siblings missing from train station found safe

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 03:30:18 GMT

A pair of young siblings missing for almost 24 hours after disappearing near a train station in Melbourne’s north-east have been found safe, police say.

A lesson in the history of invasion from Victoria’s first massacre beach

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 02:39:07 GMT

The Gunditjmara hold a smoking ceremony at the Convincing Ground to remember the first massacre of Aboriginal people by Europeans in Victoria.

‘The winds have changed’: Hundreds turn out for Invasion Day dawn services ahead of CBD rally

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 23:09:38 GMT

Speakers at Invasion Day dawn services believe the ‘winds have changed’ when it comes to no longer recognising Australia Day on January 26.