Former chief health officer Brett Sutton failed to observe procedural fairness when he shut I Cook Foods over a listeria outbreak,but owner Ian Cook won’t get any damages.
Yeah,lockdowns nearly sent us all mad. But a short,sharp mandated fortnight at home after the races and before the onslaught of Christmas chaos sounds pretty good to me.
The objectors said the makeshift beer garden had made their lives miserable and was antithetical to the pub’s branding as the “locals’ local”.
Melburnians have embraced events with enthusiasm coming out of COVID-19,despite the cost-of-living crisis,with stadiums recording their biggest year yet.
An average of eight people per day died of COVID in the week to Friday. But it’s estimated only one in 10 people are reporting positive rapid test results.
On a packed tram to the Albert Park,rumours that an emerging virus could derail the Grand Prix were the hot topic of conversation,but few seemed genuinely concerned.
Despite a fall in vacancy rates across the city,agents say the upheaval of the pandemic wreaked havoc on some of Melbourne’s main strips.
The company behind The European Hotel in St Kilda is also being investigated by Fair Work Australia over unpaid wages.
Not too long ago,cafe customers in Melbourne would get a dirty look if they ordered coffee in a disposable cup. Then came the pandemic,when BYO cups were banned.
A new report estimated between 2 and 20 per cent of people suffer long COVID. But there is no concrete data on how many Australians are affected by it,nor the most effective way to treat it.
Victorian surgical hubs announced as part of a $1.5 billion hospital blitz to clear a massive backlog of elective surgery are hamstrung by staffing shortages,as surgeons and nurses work around the clock.