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Melb United thrash Breakers by 35 in NBL

Melbourne United have put up the highest score of the NBL season in a 108-73 blowout win over the New Zealand Breakers at home.

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Coalition and Labor respond to China laser incident; 32 Covid deaths in Australia – As it happened

All the day’s news as it unfolded

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Victoria's $580m purpose-built COVID quarantine facility in Mickleham opens as border rules lift

Melbourne's $580 million purpose-built quarantine facility is getting ready to welcome its first quarantine patients next week, but with COVID-19 case numbers on the decline, it is only anticipating up to 10 guests on day one.

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Fair skies ahead for new budget airline Bonza despite industry turbulence, say analysts

A respected aviation expert says the company's proven business model and regional tourist destinations will change the way Australians travel.

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Afghan refugees Zia and Baqir share a common past, but the paths they walk are vastly different

Ziaullah Zia arrived in Australia from Afghanistan after the fall of Kabul. Baqir Alidad arrived by boat a decade ago. While the pair share a similar past, Australia has offered one man security, while the other is left in "limbo".

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Rebels lament 'weak' Super Rugby start

Battling a mounting injury toll, the Melbourne Rebels are seeking answers fast after kicking off their Super Rugby season with a 23-5 loss to the Reds.

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Wilson's statement as Reds grind by Rebels

The Queensland Reds have kicked off their Super Rugby Pacific season with a grinding 23-5 defeat of the Melbourne Rebels at Suncorp Stadium.

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Scott wins Melbourne-Warrnambool Classic

As Cameron Scott scored the biggest win of his road cycling career at the Melbourne to Warrnambool, new star Sarah Gigante has put her comeback on hold again.

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Finals-chasing Glory stun Victory in ALW

Perth Glory's A-League Women finals hopes are well and truly alive with a brilliant 2-0 win over reigning champions Melbourne Victory.

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Walsh inspires Warriors' trial win

Reece Walsh showed his class in a 30-18 trial win for the Warriors over Melbourne as both teams tested new combinations for round one of the NRL season.

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Victoria records 20 Covid deaths, NSW 12 and Qld 10 – as it happened

Western Australia premier says he will spend week in hotel quarantine to avoid perceptions he will benefit from timing of border reopening; SA election campaign officially begins. This blog is now closed

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Artist's empty shopfront photos show how COVID lockdowns devastated Melbourne's retail sector

With each COVID-19 lockdown, artist Callum Morton noticed more and more empty shopfronts bearing 'for lease' signs across Melbourne, so he began to document them.

ABC News

Leading the charge: road-testing Australia’s EV stations on a 2,800km round trip

A trip from Sydney to Melbourne and back revealed a series of pleasures and pitfalls of Australia’s electrified open roads

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Eddie Betts's protege Waylon Davey sets out on ever-more-popular footy path via Melbourne private school

Waylon Davey comes from football family royalty in the Northern Territory, but as the teenager treks the private school path to the AFL, he and his family know there are plenty of challenges ahead.

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Inside abandoned supermarket with food still on shelves where 'only ghosts shop'

Old tills, shopping trolleys and food items including Kellogg's cereal and pots of jam still line the aisles of the IGA supermarket in Melbourne, Australia

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Mum's credibility tested in kidnap case

The credibility of descriptions given by a Melbourne mum whose children were allegedly kidnapped last year is set to be tested in court.

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Storm's Nikorima firming for round one

Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy has indicated Jayden Nikorima will feature in his round one team at either hooker or five-eighth.

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‘We’re letting these people die’: a family’s anguish for Melbourne grandmother lost to Covid in aged care

Merilyn Saunders, who loved sport, music and, above all, her family, spent her final two years almost entirely in isolation

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Severe cork sidelines Dees defender Petty

Melbourne defender Harrison Petty will be sidelined for up to six weeks after undergoing surgery to release bleeding in a calf.

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The John Curtin Hotel is a home for Melbourne's musicians, activists and unionists. Shutting it down is a loss for our cultural heritage

News the prominent live music venue The John Curtin Hotel is up for sale, with the current lease expiring at the end of this year, has been met with grief and outrage by the Melbourne music community.

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Rebels' Gordon to embrace Suncorp return

Melbourne Rebels No.10 Carter Gordon hopes his former Queensland Reds teammates try to unsettle him in Saturday's Super Rugby Pacific opener.

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Manhunt underway over Melbourne woman grab

A young woman was followed and grabbed from behind after taking a bus in Melbourne's north last month, sparking a hunt for two men.

ABC News

Millions follow ex-NBA basketball star Zhou Qi on his NBL journey with South East Melbourne Phoenix

How do you grow engagement in a new NBL franchise from the thousands to the millions? Recruiting a superstar from China certainly doesn't hurt.

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From sleeping in the stairs to four showers a day, desperate public housing residents try to escape Melbourne's summer heat

With no air conditioning in most apartments, residents in Melbourne's public housing towers are angry the state government is continuing to lock them out of cooled common rooms.

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Chinese medicine Lianhua Qingwen makes its way into community for COVID-19 treatment despite Australian ban

Demand for a traditional medicine used to treat COVID-19 symptoms is surging, with the illegal Lianhua Qingwen capsules making their way into Australia's Chinese community and onto supermarket shelves.

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