Win for ‘slug gate’ owner after judge finds business shutdown invalid

Win for ‘slug gate’ owner after judge finds business shutdown invalid

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.

  • byErin Pearson

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I never thought I’d say this,but I’m ready for another lockdown

I never thought I’d say this,but I’m ready for another lockdown

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.

  • byKate Halfpenny
‘Beer barn’:Pub wins battle with residents to make COVID beer garden permanent

‘Beer barn’:Pub wins battle with residents to make COVID beer garden permanent

The objectors said the makeshift beer garden had made their lives miserable and was antithetical to the pub’s branding as the “locals’ local”.

  • byTom Cowie
Stadiums rock:Record year for music,sports as audiences ‘live in the now’
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Stadiums rock:Record year for music,sports as audiences ‘live in the now’

Melburnians have embraced events with enthusiasm coming out of COVID-19,despite the cost-of-living crisis,with stadiums recording their biggest year yet.

  • byCara Waters
Victoria will no longer count self-reported cases of COVID-19

Victoria will no longer count self-reported cases of COVID-19

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.

  • byBianca Hall
Book extract:On a perfect autumn day,Brett Sutton sat on the couch in tears. It was his first big call

Book extract:On a perfect autumn day,Brett Sutton sat on the couch in tears. It was his first big call

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.

  • byAisha Dow andMelissa Cunningham
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The Melbourne shopping strip where one in four stores is empty

The Melbourne shopping strip where one in four stores is empty

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.

  • byMillie Muroi
He spent $6m on his restaurant through COVID. Now he owes money for unpaid wages
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He spent $6m on his restaurant through COVID. Now he owes money for unpaid wages

The company behind The European Hotel in St Kilda is also being investigated by Fair Work Australia over unpaid wages.

  • byStephen Brook
How Melbourne coffee drinkers went flat on reusable cups

How Melbourne coffee drinkers went flat on reusable cups

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.

  • byCara Waters
Long COVID database and more clinics needed to close a ‘diagnosis and treatment gulf’

Long COVID database and more clinics needed to close a ‘diagnosis and treatment gulf’

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.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
‘Huge tail of suffering’ due to operating theatre staffing crisis

‘Huge tail of suffering’ due to operating theatre staffing crisis

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.

  • byMelissa Cunningham