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@ursulaheger
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The…
#Breaking
: The Andrews government has confirmed it has purchased 34 million rapid antigen tests and plans to make them free for Victorians.
Health Minister Martin Foley said Victoria "stepped up" to secure the RATs amid a lack of a "national approach".
#COVID19
#springst
A man wearing rows of war medals has spent the morning cleaning up mess left behind by rioters at the Shrine of Remembrance.
Some of them had urinated on the walls of the hallowed war memorial, while broken glass and other bits of rubbish were also left behind.
#MelbourneProtest
Student protesters have taken over Melbourne Central in a planned school walkout in support of Palestine.
Crowds can be heard chanting "Free, free Palestine" as Palestinian flags are waved overhead.
Former chief Health Officer Brett Sutton has just been named 2023's Victorian of the Year, for his "significant and valuable contributions to the Victorian community".
The selection of the award recipients was made by the Trustees of the Victorian Day Council.
@VictorianCHO
#BREAKING
: From 6pm tonight, Melbourne will move to Stage 4 restrictions, including an 8pm to 5am curfew.
Victoria will enter a State of Disaster, in addition to its current State of Emergency.
#COVID19Vic
#springst
#Stage4
Short, sharp lockdowns are the best way to keep the economy healthy through this phase of the pandemic, Josh Frydenberg has conceded.
The federal treasurer made the call after months of criticising Premier Daniel Andrews for plunging Victoria into snap lockdowns in 2021.
#auspol
Daniel Andrews' plan to give police the power to arrest people who haven't even committed an offence were put to parliament today. The new laws would even give public servants the power of arbitrary detention against citizens they think might breach lockdown |
@SimoLove
#springst
"Our climate has changed" -- Dr Monique Ryan is on the verge of victory over Treasurer Josh Frydenberg as she speaks in the seat of Kooyong
#ausvotes22
#auspol2022
Today
@neighbours
wrapped up their final moments of filming on set, gathering to sing the famous theme song one final time together.
Many of Australia's most notable stars once called Ramsay Street home, but after 37 years it's finally time to say goodbye to Neighbours.
Thousands of students have ditched school to rally in Melbourne for
#schoolstrike4climate
, demanding climate action from the fed govt.
Many protest signs were critical of the govt's decision to build a gas power plant, as experts warn against fossil fuels.
#ClimateStrike
#auspol
#COVID19Vic
: Premier
@DanielAndrewsMP
says he is proud of the Victorian community for staying the course: "That's how you go from 725 cases to two cases. That's the only way... look at France, look at England, look at the entirety of the United States."
#springst
Premier Daniel Andrews has lit up over a federal govt MP's claims he staged a photo opportunity in front of a barbecue with Anthony Albanese.
Liberal MP Jason Wood claimed the pair posed in front of a barbecue that wasn't switched on in a post on social media.
#springst
#auspol
It's been a tough day out there if you're a wheelie bin in Victoria.
But one receptacle has gotten into the Halloween spirit, rolling down a road in Wallan, around 50km north of Melbourne's CBD, in an incredibly eerie fashion.
#melbourneweather
#10NewsFirst
Melbourne, you've truly outdone yourself.
Crowds stretched as far as the eye could see at the Shrine of Remembrance this morning, as tens of thousands of Melburnians gathered before sunrise to pay their respects to Australia's fallen soldiers at the Anzac Day Dawn Service.…
There are calls for Premier Dan Andrews to step down over his Commonwealth Games debacle with taxpayers now forced to foot the extraordinary costs of tearing up the 2026 Games contract |
@amberjohnston_1
"Why would you make it harder for trans Victorians?"
Premier
@DanielAndrewsMP
has told reporters Saturday's rally was "a nasty hateful event long before anyone offered up the Nazi salute."
Almost 150 trucks painted in anti-Dan messaging will hit the streets as the United Firefighters Union look to call out the Andrews government.
The trucks will act as billboards and be stationed in marginal electorates until the election on November 26.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is under pressure in his Blue-Ribbon seat of Kooyong, according to new polling. Independent challenger Monique Ryan has been buoyed by the figures. |
@pamurrell
Victorian Premier
@DanielAndrewsMP
says the people of Aston have sent a message to the Liberal Party that it cannot "offer [anything] other than your own insipid, nasty little version of bigotry" following Mary Doyle's historic victory last night l
#springst
"Melbourne's back, Victoria's back."
Melbourne has once again been named the nation's most liveable city by the Economist’s annual liveability index, jumping up seven places to rank third in the world.
Premier
@DanielAndrewsMP
took the opportunity to call our city "the real…
#Breaking
: Alex Agelopoulos, who invaded the pitch during an A-League Men Melbourne Derby in December last year and threw a metal bucket at Melbourne City goalkeeper Thomas Glover, has been jailed for three months.
Agelopoulos was bailed after sentencing and will appeal in the…
Melbourne has been through a turbulent two years, but Victoria's Premier is confident the state will recover and has vowed to run again in the next election. Daniel Andrews sat down for a one-on-one interview with
@pamurrell
.
#springst
Melbourne has surpassed all other Australian cities, as the nation's most livable city and the 10th in the world in the Global Livability Index for 2022.
Brisbane dropped 17 spots to the 27th best city and Adelaide also took a hit from 3rd best to now 30th.
Students have walked out of Princes Hill Secondary College to demonstrate their support for Palestine amid the Israel-Hamas conflict.
It comes half an hour before students across Melbourne are expected to congregate at Flinders Street station in protest of the government's…
Farewell to Network 10 weatherman and friend,
@MikeLarkan
. From working with schools to helping dogs find a home every Friday, you've shown us Melbourne like no one else can. Thank you for the past 25 years and good luck for what's ahead!
Foley said Victorians should expect the tests to become free and widely available soon.
“If I had to commentate endlessly on the areas in which the commonwealth hasn’t stood up and delivered national leadership ... I’d be sounding like a broken record,” Foley said.
Confusion Over
#AstraZeneca
For Under-40s: After National Cabinet, Scott Morrison said anyone under 40 can approach their GP to request an AstraZeneca vaccine. But, Vic Health Minister Martin Foley said the decision to open up AZ to under-40s was not a national cabinet decision.
"He was out of his crease, so he's out."
It was only a matter of time - Premier
@DanielAndrewsMP
has finally weighed into the Ashes controversy that shows no signs of slowing down |
#springst
#Ashes
When asked about Jonny Bairstow's stumping at the hands of Alex Carey, Andrews…
Melbourne independent federal election candidate
@zdaniel
's signs have been declared legal by the Supreme Court.
The Goldstein candidate's signs are already up across the electorate despite an election not being called, which sparked outcry from her Liberal opponent, Tim Wilson.
WA denied entry to mourning Williamstown parents to identify the body of their 20-year-old son. WA Premier, Mark McGowan remained firm on the decision, insisting the harsh rules are to protect the state |
@NatYoannidis
"I'm all good": Premier
@DanielAndrewsMP
says he's not exhausted despite spending more years in the top job than his outgoing West Australian counterpart
@MarkMcGowanMP
.
"I think he should be very, very proud of the work that he's done over a very long period of time, almost 30…
Lockdown Rules: Victorians will only be allowed to leave the home for five essential reasons.
Beyond the four traditional rules of lockdown, this time, one more has been added: Getting vaccinated.
Shopping and exercise can only be done within 5km of home.
#COVID19
#Victoria
For the first time since he was elected, a majority of polled Victorians disapprove of Premier Daniel Andrews' performance in the wake of his shock axing of the 2026 Commonwealth Games |
@pamurrell
#springst
"I wouldn’t want appalling, disgusting, and potentially criminal behaviour of a small number of people [to] detract from the amazing job so many ... have done.”
Daniel Andrews has called out "ugly extremists" at protests who issued threats to MPs, saying he won't be distracted.
Lockdown Extended: Melbourne will endure another week in lockdown as health officials fight an "absolute beast" of an outbreak.
However, regional Victoria will see restrictions lift tomorrow night.
Here's what you need to know.
#COVID19Vic
#MelbourneLockdown
"Obviously there was a sponsor - that sponsor was no more, so there was a gap."
Premier
@DanielAndrewsMP
says Visit Victoria's $15 million sponsorship deal with the Australian Diamonds is a "coup" for the state, saying taxpayers can absolutely afford it.
#springst
#Breaking
: Manchester United players have landed in Melbourne ahead of their match against Melbourne Victory this Friday. Football fans chanted as the Reds arrived at their hotel in a decorated bus ahead of their training session at AAMI Park tonight.
@10FootballAU
#MUTOUR22
Premier
@DanielAndrewsMP
: "To go from 725 cases to 41 cases in a month, that demonstrates to you that this strategy is working. The sacrifices that we are making -- all of us -- are worth something."
#COVID19Vic
#melbournelockdown2020
.
@edsheeran
's will go down in Aussie concert history books after last night's
@MCG
concert broke the record last night for most tickets sold to a single performance.
"I lost myself on the road!"
Let's hope reigning
#AusGP
champ
@Charles_Leclerc
figures out the fastest route to Albert Park by Sunday after the
@ScuderiaFerrari
driver got caught in Melbourne's trademark traffic on the way to the
@F1
this morning!
#AusGP
Is Sydney in Australia's 'Harshest Lockdown'?
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says Sydney is enduring the harshest pandemic restrictions ever seen in Australia.
Berejiklian made the claim after Sydney recorded 239 new local cases, and announced new measures for 8 high-risk LGAs.
#BREAKING
Acting Premier James Merlino says Daniel Andrews' doctors are "happy" with his recovery, saying he'll likely return to work in June.
Merlino said Andrews is "up and about" and walking longer distances after breaking ribs and sustaining spinal damage in a fall in March.
JUST IN: The Victorian Government has announced it will invest $50 million to develop a mRNA
#COVID
vaccine manufacturing hub in Melbourne.
#10NewsFirst
A Melbourne man has filmed the moment he was charged over $460 for a taxi trip home from the airport to the southeastern suburbs.
The 75km drive from Tullamarine to Berwick added up to over $468, when the passenger questioned the taxi driver he replied: "I don't know, I'm a new…
A girl from Melbourne's north who feared she would die from COVID-19 has delivered a heartfelt message to young people who think they're "invincible".
Saela, 17, was at one point the youngest person in the state to be ventilated after contracting the virus in August.
#COVID19VIC
"He's such a lost treasure."
Whadjuk-Ballardong Noongar man Sam May has paid tribute to his younger cousin Cassius Turvey ahead of a vigil in Thornbury.
May hoped Cassius could "feel the embrace" of people honouring his mark on the world.
#JusticeForCassius
#CassiusTurvey
Premier
@DanielAndrewsMP
says the latest
@RBAInfo
cash rate increase is "undeniably smashing families" as Australians deal with another interest rate hike.
"Many, many families are under enormous pressure at the moment ... This is causing an enormous amount of pain," Andrews…
"They didn't do anything wrong, they've acted in good faith"
The Andrews government will hand out around $25,000 to 560 families that put a deposit down on a Porter Davis house.
"We will treat them as if they were insured,"
@DanielAndrewsMP
said. "Porter Davis for some…
The
@RBAInfo
Governor Philip Lowe said Australian households should reduce their spending habits or pick up additional work hours to afford their increased mortgage repayments.
"If people can cut back on spending, or in some cases, find additional hours of work, that would put…
Melbourne
#earthquake
Topples Wall
The damage of this morning's Melbourne earthquake is beginning to emerge.
These videos were taken at the corner of Chapel St & Green St in Windsor.
A birthday boating excursion through Melbourne's Southbank turned sour after a group of girls were splashed with milk while passing under a bridge.
The unknown assailant filmed himself dumping an entire bottle of milk on the four girls, completely soaking their clothing,…
#BREAKING
: Karen Hayes has resigned as CEO of Guide Dogs Victoria. This follows the Guide Dog Victoria board launching an investigation into flyers of her endorsing Josh Frydenberg during the federal election.
Dan Andrews has paid tribute to Bert Newton, a man he says was "more than talent" and a "master of his craft".
"Life itself was his stage," Andrews said.
#BertNewton
After starring on
@neighbours
for 3 years,
@AndersonZima
feels grateful to be part of the
#Neighbours
family, and says the experience was more than what she ever thought it would be.
Two groups of protesters violently confronted each other outside Flinders Street Station on Sunday afternoon.
It is understood a group carrying flags with the word ‘Khalistan’ clashed with a group of people holding Indian flags.
Franco Cozzo, the beloved Foot-a-scray and Bruns-a-wick figure, has passed away at the age of 87.
His family confirmed the furniture legend's passing on social media a short time ago, stating "he was surrounded by his loving wife and family."
Born in Ramacca, Italy in 1936,…
Victorian health officials have warned Omicron case numbers could double every two to three days, as hundreds of clubgoers are isolating over a potential exposure.
@VictorianCHO
said as the variant replaces Delta as the dominant strain, case numbers are set to climb.
#COVID19
#BREAKING
: Novak Djokovic has been ordered to leave his detention hotel by the Judge presiding over his case, and be taken to a location where he can watch the hearing.
#springst
Roger Federer has pledged to donate from his own pocket to help Australians affected by the bushfires. The world number 3 also shared that he nearly cancelled his Australian Open trip |
@GeorgieALove
#BREAKING
: Victorian Premier
@DanielAndrewsMP
has returned today and is giving an update: "I want to thank Kath and the kids, I want to thank all my medical team, I want to thank every Victorian who's sent me cards and notes and best wishes."
#DanAndrews
#Breaking
: The Australian Diamonds have found a new sponsor after Visit Victoria signed a $15 million partnership deal, just weeks after mining magnate Gina Rinehart pulled her sponsorship pledge.
#springst
Dashcam vision has captured the carnage of a single pothole, with at least 25 vehicles forced to stop over on the side of the road, unable to drive home.
A queue of cars had to wait to be towed from the area overnight from the Frankston Freeway in Seaford.
Kingston Councillor…
It’s the final day of filming for
@neighbours
and
@Tim_Kano
says he is going to miss the people the most. Kano has played Leo Tanaka on the show since 2016.
#neighbours
Fresh research has shown 51% of Australians would vote No in Australia's upcoming referendum on a Voice to Parliament.
The result marks a significant drop in support for the Voice, with Yes votes polling above 60% just months ago.
When asked about the Voice at a press…
2021 was a year when Daniel Andrews fought with state and federal counterparts, criticised the vaccine rollout and claimed NSW was the PM's favourite child.
With 2022 almost here, we took a look back at some of the fiercest barbs he traded with politicians.
#auspol
#springst
Premier
@DanielAndrewsMP
says laws "should be applied equally" after new data revealed minority groups were overrepresented in COVID fines issued during the first year of the pandemic.
People of African and Middle Eastern appearance were four times more likely to receive fines…
#BREAKING
The dramatic arrest of Eve Black has been carried out at Carlton, with police being forced to smash her car windows after she refused to speak with them. The 28-year-old filmed herself refusing to co-operate at the police checkpoint when stopped last week.
A brawl erupted at a Gloria Jeans in Broadmeadows yesterday afternoon -- believed to have started after a drink was thrown. Two men were taken to hospital with minor injuries and police are investigating.
VIEWS |
@ALeighMP
: In 1960, my father and other Melbourne University students arranged an unauthorised street march protesting the White Australia Policy. Like today's protesters, they were ahead of their time.
Critics called them "too old, too slow". Now, Geelong is having the last laugh.
Fresh off their premiership victory,
@GeelongCats
stars including Joel Selwood and Patrick Dangerfield rocked up to Mad Monday sporting grey locks, aged clothes and walking frames.
#AFLGrandFinal
ICU nurse unit manager Michelle Spence became emotional at today's press conference, describing COVID patients dying without family by their side.
#COVID19Vic
#Breaking
: Armed riot police have fired rubber bullets and capsicum spray to disperse an angry mob who held an hours-long protest against vaccine mandates at Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance.
#COVID19VIC
#MelbourneProtests
AUS OPEN MANDATES COVID VACCINE
The Australian Open has confirmed that all players looking to compete in the tournament will need to be fully vaccinated.
The COVID vaccination status of world number one Novak Djokovic remains unknown.
Tennis boss Craig Tiley has thrown his support behind Novak Djokovic returning to play in January's Australian Open.
It's up to the federal government to decide whether he is allowed back in the country to play for his 10th AO title.
Today is the last day of filming for
#Neighbours
and 10 News First caught up with
@takayahonda
to ask how he is feeling on the last day on set after 6 years of playing Doctor David Tanaka.