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Victoria pleads for federal aid for suffering businesses May 28, 2021 – 3.55pm Share The Victorian government has requested financial aid from the federal government to help businesses through the seven-day lockdown, with a support package worth around $200 million to be announced as early as Sunday. In the meantime, the Morrison government has approved the use of 160 Australian Defence Force troops to assist with the doorknocking of people in quarantine. Victoria’s Acting Premier James Mer...

In a late alert on Friday evening, the Health Department said the details of the 20 locations had been urgently added to the state’s growing list of exposure sites and that it was working with the person’s employer to track down contacts. It comes after health authorities identified five bars and pubs as being exposure sites of significant concern when revealing a new COVID-19 case in Melbourne had caught the virus on a night out. “If you have been to those locations you have been out par...

Health authorities have urged Victorians to axe their plans before lockdown begins, with tough restrictions announced as the state battles a rapid outbreak.

RSN producer Ben Day and I were having a bit of a joke today about Rupert Legh and not quite right about the computer – or presumably computers – that spit out the random barrier draws for horses all around the country. Moroney and Legh’s horses are having a run of wide barrier draws. At Randwick on Saturday, Sound drew wide (12) and Tofane drew the carpark (15) in the Sapphire Stakes. At Caulfield, Shelby Cobra also drew the boondocks (16). “I’m not saying it’s rigged or any...

RSN927 RAY HUXLEY; ROGUE, RACONTEUR, RACING POET February 12, 2021 4:49 pm By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor  I was having a coffee this morning with that great writer and raconteur Andrew Rule. We were talking about our great mate; marvelling at the many shades of Ray Huxley. Huxley died this morning, beaten to the wire by cancer. He confronted cancer head on, without blinking, as he did with every battle, including the epics Hucca waged at the racetrack. In the early days, first as a copy boy a...