The Latest Breaking News from Victoria

Lifesavers help Victorian paramedics in pandemic peak as surge workforce

Lifesavers moonlight as ambulance drivers during the peak of Victoria's COVID crisis.

ABC News · Jan 25, 2022

Nominations open for Assembly by-election

Victoria's First Peoples' Assembly is holding a by-election for a vacant position representing the state's northeast, after Natarsha Bamblett stepped down.

AAP · Jan 24, 2022

Vic hospital 'code brown' still needed

The Victorian health system is still facing intense pressure amid the Omicron wave, despite declining numbers of emergency presentations and furloughed staff.

AAP · Jan 24, 2022

Victorian killer tried to blame his victim

A Melbourne man who killed his housemate Paramjeet Singh suggested that his friends tell police the victim had stabbed himself in the neck.

AAP · Jan 24, 2022

Victorian COVID hospitalisations at 998, as 17 deaths and 11,695 new infections reported

There are 998 COVID-19 patients in Victorian hospitals, including 119 people in intensive care units, 47 of whom are on ventilators.

ABC News · Jan 23, 2022

Australia records 58 Covid deaths; Hunt says ‘hoarding’ affecting rapid test shortage – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Jan 23, 2022

Teachers, parents and the opposition cautiously welcome Victorian COVID-19 back-to-school plan

Parents and teachers alike react with excitement to the government's push for kids to return to school, but the union warns the rollout will need to be closely watched.

ABC News · Jan 23, 2022

Victorian govt finds supermarket staff

The Victorian government is helping COVID-stricken major supermarket chains plug critical workforce gaps, as staff remain off the job.

AAP · Jan 23, 2022

Students to return: The back-to-school plans for each state

Students and teachers in Victoria and NSW will be required to undergo two rapid antigen tests per week, as states prepare their back-to-school plans.

The New Daily · Jan 23, 2022

NSW and Victoria schools reopening plans focus on Covid surveillance testing but scrap contact tracing

Twice-weekly rapid tests, mandatory masks and booster shots for teachers are crucial to both states’ near-identical plans

The Guardian - AU · Jan 23, 2022