Category: MELBOURNE

Day One Crowd of 17,922 at Australian Open

The total crowd at Melbourne Park on the first day of the Australian Open hit 17,922, including day and night sessions in three divided zones. It was well down on the 64,387 fans that crammed onto the grounds on the opening day of last year’s championship but way more than any other grand slam held…


Free Electric Vehicle Charging Switched On in Regional Victoria

Drivers can recharge their electric vehicles for free in regional Victoria after the first of a national network of no-fee charging stations were switched on. The first in a planned national network of free electric vehicle charging stations have been switched on with the support of major car makers and local councils. Motorists can now…


Melbourne Tip Fire Brought Under Control by Nearly 40 Firefighters

Suburbs in Melbourne’s west are on smoke alert because of a fire in a recycling centre. The blaze started before 6am on January 25 and is now under control, according to Fire Rescue Victoria. A pile of waste material caught fire and it took about 40 firefighters to bring it under control. Smoke from the…


Melbourne Workers Set to Return to City Offices

Melbourne workers are expected to return to city offices in droves on January 18, with new research showing most feel safe and ready after being home-bound for nine months. Private workplaces in Victoria are able to return to 50 percent capacity from Monday, with public service offices permitted to ramp up to 25 percent. “Our…


Victoria Eases Border Rules

The New South Wales (NSW) government thinks its first local coronavirus case in three days is linked to a bottle shop cluster as Victoria downgrades some border restrictions. One new local case of coronavirus has been recorded in Sydney as Victoria looks to drastically reduce its “red zone” designations on the NSW and Queensland capitals….


Murder-Suicide Probed in Vic Home Deaths

Murder-suicide is among several lines of inquiry being followed by police after a mother and her three children were found dead in a Melbourne home. A 42-year-old woman, her two daughters, aged seven and five, and her three-year-old son, were found dead inside their Tullamarine home about 12.20pm on January 14. Multiple media outlets have…


Mum and Three Children Found Dead in Melbourne Home

A mother and three children have been found dead in a home in Melbourne’s northwest. Police were met at the home in Burgess Street, Tullamarine by paramedics and a man believed to be the husband and father of those found inside the property. Assistant Commissioner Robert Hill said officers cannot afford to make assumptions in…


Melbourne Braces for Hottest Day in a Year

Melbourne is set to break records on Monday with experts predicting temperatures of 38C while the northwest of Victoria remains on alert for bushfires. Melburnians are set to swelter through the city’s hottest day in more than a year while the northwest of the state is on high alert for bushfires. The temperature is set to…


MCG, Chadstone Virus Case Sparks Test Push

Tens of thousands of cricket fans and Boxing Day shoppers are being asked to get tested and self-isolate, following Victoria’s first mystery COVID-19 case in more than two months. Health authorities are scrambling to find the source, with a man in his 30s catching the virus after attending the sales at Chadstone Shopping Centre on…


Vic Quarantine Hotels Pass Strict Tests for the Australian Open

Government officials have promised disgruntled owners that any residential locations used to quarantine hundreds of Australian Open players will be as safe as houses against COVID-19. The Westin Melbourne in Collins Street has been identified as one of the hotels slated to host the world’s premier players and their entourages for the mandatory 14-day quarantine…