Seven new high-risk coronavirus exposure sites have been identified in Melbourne as Victorians begin their first day of a snap five-day lockdown.

Victorians are already seeking support in higher numbers since the state’s third lockdown started on Saturday.

One of Melbourne’s most disadvantaged high schools has dumped the Victorian curriculum and is letting students study what they like from year 8 onwards.

It comes as a number of health sources told The Age and Sydney Morning Herald that they were concerned that the re-booted hotel quarantine program lacked sufficient health expertise.

Michael Rodrigues acknowledges the price of a night out is “something that we as a city and a state have to really think about”.

Extra contact tracers were brought in to help track down those who had travelled into the state on Tuesday, after the growing cluster sent all of Victoria into a five-day lockdown.

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A necropsy on the four-metre animal will determine if and how it played a role in the disappearance of Andrew Heard, after it was deemed ‘highly likely’ a crocodile was involved.

The men were swept off rocks while fishing on Friday night, in the same spot where three other men died in January.

The Premier stood by his comments on the use of a nebuliser at hotel quarantine but ducked detailed questions about the situation.

Clients who dealt with Sydney real estate agent Karl Howard had given him praise and thanks for his service before he was arrested and charged with attacking a woman with a samurai sword.

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As thousands of Melburnians quit the city for new lives in regional Victoria, they might want to think about what they are leaving behind, and what awaits.

An injured woman and man, believed to have known each other, were found outside the burning Toowoomba home just after midnight on Saturday morning.

The highest rainfalls on Saturday were in the Hunter region, with showery conditions expected to persist for the week ahead.

There has been a single new locally-acquired case reported on the first day of a five-day lockdown in Victoria.

But two people who had recently returned from overseas and were staying in hotel quarantine were discovered to have the virus.

The experienced 69-year-old fisherman’s damaged dinghy had led wildlife officers to believe it was ‘highly likely’ a crocodile was involved in his disappearance.

After a year as a responsible and constructive Opposition Leader helping the Morrison government manage the pandemic, Anthony Albanese was almost invisible and desperately needed a battle.

The figures show national drinking and assault rates have dropped. Put simply, fewer rounds in the pub means fewer rounds in the car park.

Victoria’s public health team is under pressure to explain why contact tracers took too long to get in touch with people exposed to the rampant British variant.

The number of prisoners in custody in Victoria has flatlined, raising questions about the state government’s $1.8 billion jail building and refurbishment program.

Three men were swept into the sea at the popular rock fishing spot known as Hill 60 on Friday evening, the same location where three men drowned three weeks ago.

There has been a new locally-acquired case reported on the first day of a five-day lockdown in Victoria, as seven new high-risk coronavirus exposure sites were identified by health authorities overnight.

Secret report reveals the toxins include a “gender bending” chemical that causes female sea snails to grow male sex organs.

The end of the lockout laws signals a new chapter for what was once Australia’s most notorious party precinct.

Experts warn mental health initiatives at schools must be paired with long-term strategies and links to health professionals.

Victorian health officials have privately conceded to other states that contact tracers took too long to get in touch with people exposed in Melbourne’s new coronavirus outbreak.

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AMA Victoria had been calling for the release of a ventilation audit for the airport Holiday Inn, which they now suspect does not exist.

Victorians face restrictions on their movement and businesses will have to close their doors as the state grapples with the outbreak.

Acting Premier Steven Miles says the Melbourne virus cluster linked to hotel quarantine shows the need for a national, regional quarantine system.

Those on drug charges also outnumbered those on theft counts for the first time since at least 2008, ABS data shows, amid a heightened focus on the state’s youth justice system.

Some south-east Queensland tourism operators have enjoyed a bumper summer, but are too nervous to celebrate.

Anyone who may have been in contact with the diseased bat has been urged to seek medical help, after three other bats were found in Brisbane and Cairns.

A teenage boy who bludgeoned his partner to death with a rock and wheeled her body to hospital inside a bin in the Pilbara town of Newman will spend a minimum of three years and four months behind bars.

Friday’s palindrome date, coupled with Valentine’s Day on Sunday, has spurred a rush of weddings, with Brisbane’s marriage registry booked solid for three days straight.

A returned traveller blamed for spreading coronavirus through the Holiday Inn says he was repeatedly given permission to use the medical device.

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A previous NSW Health announcement that would have sent anyone who was in Victoria in the past two weeks into lockdown has been walked back.

Harry Little is on trial in the NSW District Court accused of dangerous driving after he crashed his police car into Gai Vieira’s car at Cronulla in 2018.

Michelle Petersen, 48, and her daughter Bella, 15, had been at the baptism of her eight-year-old son Rua just hours before being killed by Teancum Vernon Petersen-Crofts, 21, three years ago.

One couple, three wedding dates lost to lockdowns and a last-minute scramble to rearrange it all.

The 69-year-old was reported missing by his wife on Thursday night when she could not contact him via radio.

Harbour sludge to be dug up for new tunnel contains alarming levels of toxins.