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Despite no fatalities and a handful of cases Victorian leaders insisted on a tyrannical lockdown to cripple millions at the request of doctors, shuttering business and leaving kids on the brink - and a check of the wastewater could have avoided it all Melbourne residents facing another week of lockdown from few Covid-19 cases Victorians fear lockdown may be extended after new Indian 'Delta' variant found Lockdown decisions have been largely pushed by health officers not politicians Home-grown businesses have struggled to stay afloat from extended lockdown Rates of self-harm and suicidal thoug...

An uncle and his nephew, from the northern suburbs of Epping and Lalor, were tested together on Sunday: the uncle for his routine monthly test, the nephew because he had some symptoms, according to Health Department sources. Their results came back positive on Monday. By Tuesday several close contacts had tested positive, including “case 5”, the man contact tracers identified as the “index case” at the centre of the cluster, who moved through Melbourne for several days while infectious before getting tested. By Wednesday morning the cluster had grown to 15 and on Wednesday night, when...

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It is the Australian government that should be stepping up to support Victorians during lockdown 4.0.

Staff laid off as business unites in call for federal income support Share A chorus of business groups have called for federal income support for workers hit by another week-long extension of Melbourne’s COVID-19 lockdown, demanding an end to political point-scoring as business reels from an expected $1.4 billion hit to the local economy. “The thing we need now is bipartisan support to find a solution for the casual workforce,” CEO of Australian Venue Company Paul Waterson said. “It’s really concerning that there’s increasing potshots and inflammatory language and blame allocation...