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An MP has been forced to issue a statement backing down from a claim that a snap five-day lockdown was ‘not about the virus’.

Government news sites are being affected by the Facebook news ban.(Facebook) Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the timing of Facebooks ban came as the social giant saw the passage of the proposed code through the House of Representatives yesterday - but the government had no warning. The bill is yet to go through the Senate.  "Facebook is in no doubt that were committed to the code, but also we would like to see them here in Australia," Mr Frydenberg said.   Queensland Healths page has been ...

From left, state Reps. Jim Hoops, R-Napolean; Dick Stein, R-Norwalk; Michael O’Brien, D-Warren; and Michael J. Skindell, D-Lakewood. COLUMBUS — The Ohio General Assembly keeps taking swing after swing in an attempt to knock out House Bill 6, a billion-dollar nuclear energy bill passed more than a year ago that led to what federal prosecutors have called the largest corruption scandal in state history. The latest attempt comes from state Reps. Jim Hoops, R-Napolean, and Dick Stein, R-Norwalk...

We can have confidence in safety of the vaccines We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss February 18, 2021 — 10.30pm Normal text size Credit:Illustration: Matt Golding To submit a letter to The Age, email letters@theage.com.au. Please include your home address and telephone number. COVID-19 We can have confidence in safety of the vaccines A relatively large number of people are concerned about potential side effects of the COVID-19 vaccines. Commo...

Victoria’s sacrifice appears to have been for nothing We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss February 17, 2021 — 10.00pm Save Normal text size The Age, email letters@theage.com.au. Please include your home address and telephone number. LOCKDOWN ENDS It will be no comfort to the thousands of businesses and millions of Victorians who can now pick up the pieces, after Daniel Andrews’ latest “snap” lockdown (“Victoriaâ...

For some, gruelling days Dismiss Normal text size Credit:Illustration: Matt Golding To submit a letter to The Age, email letters@theage.com.au. Please include your home address and telephone number. For some, gruelling days Why, when imposing a sudden lockdown, does the Victorian government turn a blind eye to the lessons learned from past lockdowns about the debilitating effects of isolation? Five days is a short time for those of us who are physically and mentally robust, but for others, it i...

Four hours after arriving at the second hotel, he said, he was contacted by staff who said, after consultation with infectious disease experts at Alfred hospital, that the use of the nebuliser was not permitted in the hotel. They instead provided him with a spacer, which he said “helped a lot”. On Wednesday, Victorian authorities said it was believed a small number of hotel quarantine workers and former guests who were staying on the same floor breathed in aerosolised particles of the virus...

Randy Frederickson, a retired science teacher, is the only candidate to have filed for a special election to fill a vacant seat on the Willmar School Board. The election is April 13.

A former head of Victoria’s gambling watchdog says the agency regulating Crown may have lost focus on policing the casino, and Premier Daniel Andrews flagged reform to the agency.

Many of us have made the same mistakes as Eddie McGuire We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss February 10, 2021 — 10.00pm Normal text size The Age, email letters@theage.com.au. Please include your home address and telephone number. McGUIRE RESIGNATION The way Eddie McGuire reacted to the Collingwood racism review report should have been an “ah-ha” moment to Australia. Because this is the way we have been handling racism for years. McGuire wa...