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No new local COVID-19 cases in Victoria; traveller restrictions change

UPDATEDNo new local COVID-19 cases in Victoria; traveller restrictions change

It has been tough, tough going in the UK right now. Photo: file

DIGESTWhen keeping calm and carrying on is harder than ever

Drive-through COVID-19 testing in Victoria. Picture: BRENDAN McCARTHY

Victoria goes seven days without new locally-acquired coronavirus case

Government MP Craig Kelly said making children wear masks was akin to abuse. Picture: Getty

MP's COVID misinformation overshadowing govt's vaccine progress

When complex concepts deserve more than just cheap talk

DIGESTWhen complex concepts deserve more than just cheap talk

Janine Graham

American soldiers in Seattle in December 1918, on their way to France during the influenza pandemic. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONThe four horsemen of the pandemic

John Quiggin

And let the COVID reopenings begin ...

DIGESTAnd let the COVID reopenings begin ...

Janine Graham

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Victoria introduces new 'traffic light' system, with NSW border to reopen

PLAY BALL: Ararat Redbacks player Cody Lindsay. Picture: KLAUS NANNESTAD

Ararat Redbacks defeat Portland in first game of the season

Klaus Nannestad

Young cricket stars shine during Country Week

Young cricket stars shine during Country Week

Nic Baird

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Want to share sport results, draws or teams?

PLAY BALL: Ararat Redbacks player Cody Lindsay. Picture: KLAUS NANNESTAD

Ararat Redbacks defeat Portland in first game of the season

Australia's Pat Cummins celebrates with his teammates after dismissing Rohit Sharma. Photo: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images

OPINIONCricket rule open to exploitation

Howard Kotton

Ararat Redbacks co-captains Baydn Cosgriff and Jason Cameron. Picture: KLAUS NANNESTAD

Ararat Redbacks prepare to face Portland in season opener

Klaus Nannestad

Dan Christian of The Australian Indigenous Men's cricket team. PHOTO: Darrian Traynor (Cricket Australia via Getty Images)

LISTENHow cricket is addressing its pale, male and stale reputation

Dan Christian of The Australian Indigenous Men's cricket team. PHOTO: Darrian Traynor (Cricket Australia via Getty Images)

LISTENHow cricket is addressing its pale, male and stale reputation

Mike Wilson at his home in Armidale. Photo: Lucy Kinbacher

LISTENLivestock agent shares gutsy fight for survival to help save others in the bush

Mike Wilson at his home in Armidale. Photo: Lucy Kinbacher

LISTENLivestock agent shares gutsy fight for survival to help save others in the bush

Volunteer firefighters Jet Boone, Lise Percival and Samantha Walker gear up in the Bawley Point Rural Fire Brigade's shed. Photo: Sitthixay Ditthavong

LISTENBawley Point brigade's new recruits take fight to bushfire fears

Volunteer firefighters Jet Boone, Lise Percival and Samantha Walker gear up in the Bawley Point Rural Fire Brigade's shed. Photo: Sitthixay Ditthavong

LISTENBawley Point brigade's new recruits take fight to bushfire fears

The Golden Horizon

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International arrivals to Australia have been halved to combat a new strain of COVID-19. Picture: Shutterstock

New rules for people flying to Australia as arrival numbers cut

Katie Burgess, Elliot Williams

Picture: Shutterstock

All the border changes since Brisbane lockdown

Kim Chappell

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SPOOKY SEASON: Aradale Asylum is Australia's largest abandoned lunatic asylum. Picture: FILE

Aradale Asylum ghost tour goes virtual for Halloween

Taylor Padfield

Peter Mullan

WHAT'S ONSearing truth of My Name is Joe | Five star movie review

Keith Lofthouse

COMPELLING: Nick Nolte was nominated for an Oscar for his role in Affliction. Picture: SHUTTERSTOCK.

WHAT'S ONA brooding, broiling film with a rotten tooth at the core | Review

Keith Lofthouse

Stand-up paddle boarding on the Moyne River. Photos courtesy of Great Ocean Road Tourism.

Port Fairy (and surrounds) summer checklist

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Welcome the new year with a splash | Out & About summer 2020/21

Welcome the new year with a splash | Out & About summer 2020/21

Special publication

The mighty Murray cruise

The mighty Murray cruise

Emma Brown

Stand-up paddle boarding on the Moyne River. Photos courtesy of Great Ocean Road Tourism.

Port Fairy (and surrounds) summer checklist

Meet our pawesome pets of the Wimmera & Grampians 2020

Meet our pawesome pets of the Wimmera & Grampians 2020

Dawn Rasmussen

Garage Sale Trail kicks off

Garage Sale Trail kicks off

Homes selling sight unseen becoming mainstream

Homes selling sight unseen becoming mainstream

Homes selling sight unseen becoming mainstream

Homes selling sight unseen becoming mainstream

Experts size up the 2021 market

Experts size up the 2021 market

Experts size up the 2021 market

Experts size up the 2021 market

Enjoy this impressive rural retreat

Enjoy this impressive rural retreat

AFTER: When buying a fence, choose a style in keeping with your home. Go for subtle tones of flowers for your garden if planting against a plain white backdrop. Match the letterbox with the fencing and keep it clear of promotional pamphlets.

Kerb appeal puts your home streets ahead of the rest

Lydia Roberts

BREATH OF FRESH AIR: More people are opting to make the sea or tree change due to the slower pace and more relaxed lifestyle. Photo: Shutterstock.

Make a move to the regions today

Scamwatch: Banks won't ask you to click on the link

Scamwatch: Banks won't ask you to click on the link

NEW GROUP: EGHS leisure and lifestyle coordinator Bill Joiner with Graeme and John, members of the Patricia Hinchey Centre Mens Business Group. Mr Joiner will run the Willaura Mens Business group. Picture: CONTRIBUTED

Men's Business group launched in Willaura

HIGH-TECH FARMING : Ag Gear owner Bruce Bartlett has recently created grain loss trays to help farmers harvest. Picture: CONTRIBUTED

Ararat engineer creates high-tech gadget to help farmers harvest

Taylor Padfield

Scamwatch: Banks won't ask you to click on the link

Scamwatch: Banks won't ask you to click on the link

Mininera executives ready for season ahead

Mininera executives ready for season ahead

Cassandra Langley

CHOP FOR CHARITY: Willaura Healthcare staff member Julie Chick will be shaving her hair for the World's Greatest Shave 2021. Picture: CONTRIBUTED

Willaura Healthcare workers ready to take on World's Greatest Shave

Taylor Padfield

Gunditjmara Elder and member of the National Hate Crime Network Charmaine Clarke.

Gunditjmara Elder responds to dairy giant renaming Coon cheese

OVERFLOWS NEEDED: The Great Cumbung Swamp is one of the wetlands in the lower Lachlan River Valley which relies on overflows from Wyangala Dam. PHOTO: Supplied

Controversial dam project could end 'amazing' nature event

DAREDEVIL: After getting a taste in 2020, Andrew Wilksch is getting ready for 2021. Picture: CONTRIBUTED

Rider returns after world championship tilt

Our Aussie hero.

'Make lamb, not walls' summer lamb ad drops

From left, Shelly (Dan Bakkedahl), Bob (Josh Duhamel), Zane (James Roday), Doc (Kevin Dillon), Durfy (Dax Shepard), and Bender (Nick Swardson) in Buddy Games. Picture: Ricardo Hubbs.

REVIEWBuddy Games is a dumb comedy aimed at blokes

Cris Kennedy

There are moments that if handled more adroitly could have been deeply affecting. Picture: Rialto

REVIEWPixaresque animation lacks depth

Ron Cerabona

Gemma Arterton and Lucas Bond in Summerland. Picture: Icon Films.

REVIEWSummerland's good acting lifts a predictable story

Ron Cerabona

Carey Mulligan in Promising Young Woman. Picture: Roadshow

REVIEWCaustic film captures the zeitgeist

Cris Kennedy

YOUR SAY | Keep Original Route Supporters chairman speaks out

COMMENTYOUR SAY | Keep Original Route Supporters chairman speaks out

Niel Marriot, Keep Original Route Supporters
2hrs ago

The current works at Dobie have been halted as protesters again fight the project in court.

YOUR SAY | We need to see the wood from the trees on controversial highway project

David Leviston

PLAN: Access to rivers would change. Picture: SHUTTERSTOCK

HAVE YOUR SAY'Allowing camping in licensed water frontages makes no sense' | Comment

David Jochinke, VFF President

VR technology is helping aged care residents to improve their mental health. Photo: Supplied.

From reminiscing to a night at the opera: Can VR boost mental health in aged care?

Rugby league legend Uncle Lionel Morgan in his playing days (left) and with the painting by Jandamarra Cadd. Photos: Lionel Morgan and Anglicare Queensland.

NRL legend in the frame again thanks to Aboriginal artist

SEVEN PURLERS: Di Shanahan, Janny Lane, Caralynn Hoft, Peta Goodwin, Sue Juniper, Tracy Skippings and Sally Wylie.

Not a nanna-second to lose

Hazel Bradley

Hotel Grand Chancellor has been shut after six people tested positive to the UK coronavirus strain

Vic workplaces to return, mask rules eased

2hrs ago

A teenager is fighting for life after falling from a Sydney clifftop while trying to evade police.

Teens pursued by cops jump off Glebe cliff

7m ago

Health Minister Brad Hazzard says relocating NSW hotel quarantine would pose too many problems.

Quarantine in regions not feasible: NSW

10m ago

Dr Nicola Spurrier: South Australia wants to take no chances.

Four from Brisbane hotel linked to SA

15m ago

A community group from Craig Kelly's Sydney electorate is plotting to run a candidate against him.

NSW group plots plan to oust Craig Kelly

Rebecca Gredley
19m ago

An elderly man brought ashore unconscious at Rye was one of three Victorians to drown on Wednesday.

Three drown in horror day on Vic coastline

Gus McCubbing
21m ago

THREATENED SPECIES: Biodiversity groups seek to protect the remaining platypus colony in the Wimmera. Picture CONTRIBUTED

Victorian platypus now listed as threatened species

Alex Dalziel
30m ago

There's room for improvement, NSW Minister Victor Dominello says of the state's QR scanning system.

QR code take-up must improve: NSW govt

Angelo Risso
31m ago

FULLY ELECTRIC: Toyota Australia has converted a LandCruiser ute to full electric power for a trial in a WA underground mine.

Oh what a feeling as Toyota trials electric LandCruiser ute

Vernon Graham
1hr ago

Brumby numbers in the Kosciuszko National Park have dropped from 19,000 to 14,000 in the past year. Picture: Karleen Minney

Minister lashes NSW report on brumby population

Andrew Brown

SNAPSHOT: An overview of how many cattle were sold in Victoria last week during the weaner sale series.

Victorian breeders sell $65 million worth of weaner cattle

Bryce Eishold

BEEING HELPFUL: An Australian native, hardenburgia is heaven for bees and is one of many great flowering food sources you can plant for attracting honey bees into your garden. Photo: Shutterstock.

Pick of the posies: flowers that bees love

Hannah Moloney

True happiness is something that involves a fixed connection between head and heart. It's different for everyone. Photo: Shutterstock

ADVICEDeciding to be happy is the start of the journey

Gary Bentley

The Pinkie campaign cleverly leveraged the superego's social influence. Images: Shutterstock.

Use psychology if you want to influence public behaviour

Sam Hollier