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Vic testing system recovers as cases fall

Wait times to get a PCR test for COVID-19 and receive its result have plummeted since Victoria's system was overwhelmed amid the Omicron wave.

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Victoria's COVID hospitalisations at 687 as state records 41 deaths and 7,810 new cases

Victoria's 41 COVID-19 deaths is the highest daily increase since September 2020. The daily tolls include a number of recent deaths reported to health authorities and not all deaths may have occurred the previous day.

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Nudists could be forced to cover up at Victoria's Sunnyside North Beach

Naturists at a secluded Mornington Peninsula beach say anti-social behaviour uncovered by a council report should not threaten the area's special "clothing-optional" status.

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Victoria reports 41 Covid deaths, Qld 21 and NSW 18; anti-vaxxers protest in Canberra – as it happened

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Victorian funeral homes 'planning for the worst' as COVID throws up more challenges

Hit by COVID delays, a lack of staff and, in some cases, a shortage of coffins, leaders in Victoria's funeral industry remain nervous about what is to come.

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‘Yelling out for help’: the atrocious conditions inside Australia’s aged care homes

Residents confined to their rooms, buzzers ignored and staff completely overwhelmed. Desperate staff speak up about what happened as Omicron swept through

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Rapid tests are helping schools monitor COVID cases after the first week back in class

Schools in NSW and Victoria resumed for Term 1 this week. Although thousands of children tested positive for COVID-19, it was a small proportion overall.

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Most Test stars get Shield hit before tour

Cricket Australia has confirmed a new fixture for domestic cricket, with some states to finish the Sheffield Shield season having played just seven matches.

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Turning to tourists to protect the pristine bush of East Gippsland

In a remote and untouched part of Victoria's East Gippsland, a plan is being hatched to protect forests by offering trails that link some of Australia's most significant national parks.

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Curious Kids: can black holes become white holes?

Can black holes become white holes? – Remy, age 9, Wangaratta, Victoria

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Elective surgery to ramp up in Victoria

Victoria's falling COVID-19 hospital rate has prompted authorities to give the green light for non-urgent elective surgery to resume from next week.

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Victoria records 36 new COVID-19 deaths as government sets date for some elective surgery to resume

Some elective surgery will resume in Victoria from Monday, the Health Minister says, as the state records 11,240 new COVID-19 cases and 36 deaths.

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Eighty-four coronavirus deaths recorded; Morrison backs slow reopening for WA – as it happened

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NSW backtracks on making vaccine boosters mandatory for health workers

Exclusive: Decision puts state at odds with counterparts in Victoria and South Australia who have already mandated a third jab

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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.

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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.

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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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