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A spectator holds up the Indigenous flag as Ash Barty wins her third-round match at the Australian Open in January.

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A ‘Black Parliament’? Victorian government discusses Indigenous voice

The state government is considering enshrining power for Victorian Traditional Owners in decision-making processes as part of its nation-leading treaty negotiations with First Peoples.

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by Paul Sakkal and Jack Latimore

A restaurant on Exhibition Street, in Melbourne CBD prepares to welcome customers.

Updated

Coronavirus pandemic

Victoria’s road back from restrictions: Your questions answered

by Ashleigh McMillan, Claudia Forsberg, Erin Pearson and Cassandra Morgan

Exciting time: Arjun Kumar Singh, wife Anindya Singh and son Akshaz will long on to an online Australian citizenship ceremony on Friday.

Immigration

City of Melbourne to say (a virtual) ‘welcome to Australia’

by Carolyn Webb

A deserted Bourke Street Mall during Melbourne’s 6th lockdown.

Updated

Coronavirus pandemic

Thursday night curfew confusion clarified: Hospitality workers allowed out

by Simone Fox Koob and Rachel Eddie

World War I

‘It’s a big thing to us’: World War I medal lost in 1958 returns to family

by Carolyn Webb

Property bydomain

National

The looming home loan change sellers and buyers are trying to beat

From November 1, rules about getting a mortgage are set to change. Affected buyers and sellers are trying to get ready and be thousands of dollars better off.

Just now
by Elizabeth Redman

Selling

Richmond midfielder Josh Caddy lists his swanky pad in the same 'burb

The dual-premiership AFL player, who has owned the property since April 2018, designed the residence from scratch with his older brother.

by James Robinson

National

'It's about doing everything to be at net zero': Movement to power smart homes

by Tawar Razaghi

Victoria

The best properties for sale in Victoria right now

by Effie Mann and Mary O'Brien

National

The $60,000 safety net for our housing affordability crisis

by Elizabeth Redman

Transport

Electric scooters are becoming a common sight on the streets of Melbourne.

Public transport

E-scooters cluttering footpaths, challenging vision impaired

by Timna Jacks

Public transport

‘Unconscionable’: Councils fear government rail loop land grab

by Timna Jacks

Public transport

Union claims pregnant Metro worker forced to take wage cut

by Timna Jacks

The V/Line rail system has been largely shut down for more than a week, with about 300 drivers isolating over several days.

Coronavirus pandemic

How the V/Line outbreak unfolded and what it means for the rail system

by Timna Jacks

Crime & Courts

Courts

Justice Department pleads guilty over youth detention attacks on guards

by Adam Cooper

Courts

Former Christian college teacher pleads guilty to child sex offences

by Simone Fox Koob

The Rydges on Swanston, used in Victoria’s hotel quarantine system.

Courts

Health Department faces court over hotel quarantine workplace charges

by Adam Cooper and Tammy Mills

Malka Leifer has pleaded not guilty to child abuse charges and is awaiting trial.

Courts

Malka Leifer’s lawyers consider seeking report on fitness for trial, court told

by Adam Cooper

Local council

Local council

Suspicious ballots could force council by-election

by Rachel Eddie

The anti-vaccination movement draws people from a wide range of backgrounds.

Coronavirus pandemic

‘Byron Bay-type lifestylists’ blamed for low vax rates in inner-city Melbourne

by Chloe Booker and Cara Waters

Screengrab of Chief Health Officer Professor Brett Sutton speaking at the Inquiry into the closure of I Cook Foods Pty Ltd.

Victorian Parliament

Sutton tells I Cook Foods inquiry listeria samples a ‘very close match’

by Paul Sakkal

The offending slug, which the caterer claims was planted in his kitchen as part of a targeted attack.

Local council

‘I did not plant the slug’: Council hits back at I Cook Foods owner in shutdown inquiry

by Paul Sakkal

Peer support worker Jimmy Rose (right) chats to his friend, Greg, outside Melbourne’s new vaccine centre dedicated to the city’s homeless and disadvantaged.

Coronavirus pandemic

‘I tell them, it didn’t kill me’: Vaccination hub for homeless opens

by Chloe Booker and Craig Butt

City life

Lockdown comes to an end at Melbourne’s Captain Melville pub on Friday.

Opinion

Coronavirus pandemic

We’ll hate you, Sydney, post-lockdown: you never felt Melbourne’s pain, you shrugged yours off, you did it better

We did it longer and harder in Melbourne. Just because it’s over, it doesn’t mean our resentment is.

by Kate Halfpenny

General manager Craig Dodd at the construction site for the Alba Thermal Springs & Spa on the Mornington Peninsula.

City life

Tapping into ‘thermal bathing-led recovery’ as more hot springs spring up

A $90 million hot springs development is set to open on the Mornington Peninsula next year, directly across the road from the existing Peninsula Hot Springs.