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The head of the Victorian meat workers’ union has requested unvaccinated staff be allowed to continue working despite the state’s impending mandate if they take a rapid antigen test every day.

Avalon Airport site firming for cabin-style quarantine We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement The Age has learned that the federal government prefers Avalon because it would like to keep open the option of expanding the pet facility in Mickleham, the only one of its kind in Australia, onto neighbouring land. The federal Agriculture Department has voiced concerns that a village-style facility on its land would derail e...

Advertisement Melbourne’s second safe-injecting room on Flinders Street is likely to be modelled on Sydney’s smaller, discreet facility and, along with measures to win over local traders, will include community health services. Lord mayor Sally Capp gave her qualified support to the proposed facility, which would be near Flinders Street Station and the entrance to Degraves Street, saying medically supervised injecting rooms saved lives. The former Yooralla building on Flinders Street....

“Importantly, what the Victorian government is saying is this is not coming to replace hotel quarantine. This would be there to supplement hotel quarantine. So they see it very much as these two things coming together. “We’ll keep working together with the Victorian government and when we’re in a position to say more we will.” However, Mr Pallas contradicted Mr Morrison and said one of the issues the state and federal governments were working through was whether Victori...

Treasurer defends multibillion-dollar property tax grab and promises path back to surplus as he prepares to unveil more support for people worst hit by lockdowns.

Advertisement Business groups are calling for all Melbourne office employees to be allowed to return to the workplace within weeks, safety permitting, to help revive the city’s economy. The call comes after Premier Daniel Andrews announced on Tuesday that 75 per cent of public and private sector staff could get back to their desks from next Monday, accelerating the return-to-work plan after Victoria recorded its 27th day without a local case of COVID-19. While up to 50 per cent of office work...

Clay Lucas | The Sydney Morning Herald Clay Lucas Clay Lucas is a senior reporter for The Age. Clay has worked at The Age since 2005, covering urban affairs, transport, state politics, local government and workplace relations for The Age and Sunday Age.