'Crying for days'as frustration with travel agents grows
Coronavirus pandemic

'Crying for days'as frustration with travel agents grows

Melbourne midwife Jacqueline Vella is devastated after losing thousands of dollars on a cancelled family holiday,but she and many other grounded travellers have nowhere to turn after the peak travel industry body last month suspended its complaints handling panel for months.

  • byDavid Estcourt andGoya Dmytryshchak

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Sign up to sex abuse redress scheme or lose funding,government warns
Child abuse

Sign up to sex abuse redress scheme or lose funding,government warns

Victorian private schools,religious entities and other organisations who don't sign up to a redress scheme for child sex abuse survivors may lose funding,the state government has warned.

  • byGoya Dmytryshchak
Casual staff dumped from cultural institutions
Coronavirus pandemic

Casual staff dumped from cultural institutions

Around 160 casual staff employed at the NGV were told on Friday they would no longer be employed.

  • byAshleigh McMillan andGoya Dmytryshchak
'Unfair':Flight Centre draws fire over $300 charge for COVID cancellations
Coronavirus pandemic

'Unfair':Flight Centre draws fire over $300 charge for COVID cancellations

A Victorian family whose dream holiday to the US was cancelled because of coronavirus has accused Flight Centre of"robbery"for refusing to refund the full cost of a Disneyland pass.

  • byDavid Estcourt andGoya Dmytryshchak
Nine people in Melbourne hotel isolation test COVID-19 positive in one day
Coronavirus pandemic

Nine people in Melbourne hotel isolation test COVID-19 positive in one day

The Health Minister revealed an additional 17 people tested positive for the virus on Friday.

  • byAshleigh McMillan,Marissa Calligeros andGoya Dmytryshchak
Bunnings is'packed'despite coronavirus warnings
Coronavirus pandemic

Bunnings is'packed'despite coronavirus warnings

Bunnings is full of shoppers and so lacking in social distancing some staff are afraid to attend,according to one worker.

  • byGoya Dmytryshchak
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Motorcylist dies after allegedly taking off from police
Victoria Police

Motorcylist dies after allegedly taking off from police

A motorcyclist has died at Mildura in in Victoria's north-west after allegedly taking off from police on Saturday night.

  • byGoya Dmytryshchak
Woman missing from Fitzroy nursing home
Missing person

Woman missing from Fitzroy nursing home

Police are appealing for help to find a woman missing from a Melbourne nursing home on Saturday.

  • byGoya Dmytryshchak
Torquay lifesavers dealt blow amid coronavirus crisis
Crime

Torquay lifesavers dealt blow amid coronavirus crisis

Volunteer lifesavers patrolling one of Victoria's busiest beaches have been dealt a blow with graffiti vandals targeting their club.

  • byGoya Dmytryshchak
Coronavirus pandemic gives rise to acts of kindness
Coronavirus pandemic

Coronavirus pandemic gives rise to acts of kindness

Neighbourhood buddy systems are being set up for people in self isolation across Melbourne as the the coronavirus pandemic brings out the best in human nature.

  • byGoya Dmytryshchak
Coronavirus pandemic:Geelong Grammar School to close all campuses
Coronavirus pandemic

Coronavirus pandemic:Geelong Grammar School to close all campuses

Geelong Grammar School on Saturday announced it would close four campuses on Wednesday as a precaution against the coronavirus pandemic.

  • byGoya Dmytryshchak