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Victorian COVID-19 commander Jeroen Weimar says the state is on track with its strategy.

UPDATEDTeacher tests positive with COVID-19 to end state's 'doughnut day'

Callum Godde and Benita Kolovos
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TIME TO CASH IN: Many of Corinella Farm Group's 49 farms are grain growing operations.

SE property among portfolio tipped to make $350m

Chris McLennan
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CRASH: A car has crashed into a motel room at Goldfields Motel, Stawell. Picture: TALLIS MILES

Car crashes into motel room at Stawell

Tallis Miles

Peter Bol will run for a gold medal tonight. Picture: Getty

LIVETokyo Olympics day 12: Super Bol eyes gold as Opals crushed by USA

Caden Helmers

HIGH HITS: Heath Hemley who owns Hemley's Smash Repairs said drivers are at risk every direction out of Stawell. Picture: TALLIS MILES

Good season theory behind kangaroo mayhem this year

Alison Foletta

JAB: Vaccination rates in the Wimmera are remaining steady. Picture: FILE

Grampians on par in nation's vaccine race

Alex Blain

Back to zero: Victoria goes without a new COVID-19 case

UPDATEDTeacher tests positive with COVID-19 to end state's 'doughnut day'

Callum Godde and Benita Kolovos
35m ago

SE property among portfolio tipped to make $350m

Chris McLennan
1hr ago

First Constable Harley Trickey of Victoria Police doing his Shakira style dance moves in Yarrawonga.

WATCHCop's 'Shakira hips' go viral online and make drivers grin

UPDATEDTeacher tests positive with COVID-19 to end state's 'doughnut day'

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DIGESTAustralia pushed to breaking point

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Lieutenant General John Frewen. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Drive-in vaccinations need more detail

NSW records 233 COVID-19 cases, two deaths including man in his 20s

Grampians on par in nation's vaccine race

Alex Blain

Back to zero: Victoria goes without a new COVID-19 case

Treasury modelling released on Tuesday puts the cost of Australia-wide lockdown at $3.2 billion per week. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONPaying Australians $300 to get fully vaccinated would be value for money

Peter Martin

The government has been warned vaccines may plateau at 70 per cent, and is being urged to consider incentives. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Calls for incentives as vaccine plateau predicted

Finn McHugh

SNEAK IN: Rohan Connolly predicts the West Coast Eagles will creep into the top eight. Photo: Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images

Who will claim the final spots in the AFL's top eight?

Rohan Connolly

Patty Mills will suit up for the Brooklyn Nets after the Olympics. Picture: AAP

Patty's $16m move to an NBA title favourite

Chris Dutton

Riders in the equestrian jumping in Tokyo think a sumo statue might be spooking horses.

Horses might be spooked by sumo statue

Jake Seiner

Who will claim the final spots in the AFL's top eight?

PASS: Jade Ralph looks for options down the court. Pictures: CASSANDRA LANGLEY

Tough day for Swifts against some of league's best | Photos

Alex Blain, Cassandra Langley, Tallis Miles

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Illness has forced Matthew Glaetzer out of the Olympics track cycling men's sprint event.

Cyclists qualify at back of sprint field

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Cyclists qualify at back of sprint field

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LIVETokyo Olympics day 12: Super Bol eyes gold as Opals crushed by USA

Australia have bowed out of the Olympics basketball tournament with a 79-55 defeat to the USA.

Opals exit Tokyo Games after USA mismatch

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Opals exit Tokyo Games after USA mismatch

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Sister Brigid and Anjali Sharma one of the teenagers who brought the duty of care case against the Environment Minister. Picture: Supplied

LISTENEight kids and a nun walk into court, and it's no joke for rural Aussies

Brumby Bar & Grill co-owner Patricia Borthwick-Higgs has had to reduce the number of patrons in the pub because she doesn't have the staff to serve them. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENJobs abound in snow country, so why isn't anyone applying?

Anna Winter, team leader, run the court-mandated drug diversion program in Tasmania's North-West. Picture: Brodie Weeding

LISTENWhy is everyone in this courtroom so happy?

SEE YA: The movement of people from city to country has seen regional houses snapped up and pressure to quickly build more estates.

Thousands are still abandoning the cities for the country

Review to shed light on strained regional telecommunications network

SUPPORTED: Maree and Lisa are feeling safe and stable living in Salvation Army accommodation after escaping abuse and violence into homelessness. Pictures: Adam Trafford

'The whole system is blocked up': Wait times for crisis housing blow out

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Footy great takes on new challenge, growing back his hair!

Family matters: How seeking legal advice can help you

Online offices: Tips for managing a remote workforce

Footy great takes on new challenge, growing back his hair!

How to train your body for injury prevention

5 Time-saving habits every small business owner should know

Demand for regional housing has increased since the pandemic struck. Photo: Sylvia Liber

People are leaving capital cities at record rates, but where are they going?

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People are leaving capital cities at record rates, but where are they going?

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Data firm CoreLogic said that regional price growth was 'normalising'. Photo: Sylvia Liber

Key regions still outpacing city price growth, but signs point to slowdown

Regional property prices have been rising rapidly since the onset of the pandemic. Photo: Sylvia Liber

Most Australians still believe property the best investment, survey finds

Jack Needham

Regional NSW residents could be set to score discounts on stays in Byron Bay as Covid restrictions prevent Sydney and Melbourne residents from travelling. Photo: Supplied

'Byron like it was in the '80s': How regional travellers can benefit from city lockdowns

Jack Needham

Sundry sheds and lovely gardens with the appeal of mountain views

Dawn Rasmussen

GET VERIFICATION: Scamwatch is urging people to be on the lookout for fake online listings for shipping containers.

Scamwatch: $136,518 in losses to shipping container scams within a week

REMEMBER: If an investment opportunity is too good to be true, it probably is.

Scamwatch: Romance baiting scams are on the rise

CELEBRATION: Stawell Uniting Church's Dorothy Brumby and Kathleen Rickard have compiled research on the organ for it's 100th anniversary. Picture: CASSANDRA LANGLEY

A century of music from the organ

Cassandra Langley

Scamwatch: $136,518 in losses to shipping container scams within a week

Matt 'Fenndog' Fennell set for epic and inspiring walk

Information wanted: Timboon's Ethel McLean, 84 is missing.

Police continue search for missing 84-year-old woman

Andrew Thomson, Jackson Graham

NSW Chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant.

COVID detected in Hunter sewage

GET UP TO DATEQueensland braces for more cases with lockdowns the 'only option' for dealing with Delta

WATCHCop's 'Shakira hips' go viral online and make drivers grin

Online gaming can play a big part in many families so a group of teens have developed a guide to help young gamers and their parents. Picture: Parilov via Shutterstock.

Teens release handbook to help others navigate gaming world

Orphaned wombat joey Woodrow (left) looked every bit a puppy as he interacted with kangaroos during a leash-guided walk at Pumpkin's Patch Kangaroo Sanctuary. Source: Kym Haywood, Pumpkin's Patch Kangaroo Sanctuary

WATCHWombat 'puppy' goes for a walk on leash in kangaroo enclosure

Shivé Prema

A sulfur crested cockatoo beaks open a red bin in order to find a weekly treat.

WATCHWatch these cockatoos learning how to open bin lids

Emma Horn

Gold medalist Ariarne Titmus was among the Olympians who arrived in Darwin this morning. Picture: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images

Planeload of Olympians touch down in Top End

Sarah Matthews

COMING SOON: A look inside the new centre. Picture: Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District

Check out Wollongong's mass vaccination hub

Natalie Croxon

MORE HELP: 80,000 new packages are on the way. Photo: Shutterstock

Government announces 80,000 new home care packages

Eileen Wood

Yuck factor a barrier to bowel cancer screening

Rev. Bill Crews shares his rules for living a better life.

Bill Crews: Twelves rules for living a better life

Samara Ross

Sharon has to be out of her rental in days, but there's nowhere to go

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An apartment building in the southwest Sydney suburb of Campbelltown has been locked down.

Latest snapshot of the coronavirus impact

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Want to win Thursday's $60m Powerball? This probably won't help at all

A fly-in, fly-out miner who worked at the Cloudbreak mine has returned a very weak positive result.

Mine worker tests positive to virus in WA

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Lawyers say a government agreement allowing logging of forest in northeastern NSW is invalid.

NSW forestry agreement under challenge

Hannah Ryan
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Ian Turner completed one final Iraq deployment after initially being refused medical clearance.

PTSD soldier healthy to deploy: commander

Tiffanie Turnbull
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DIGESTAustralia pushed to breaking point

Janine Graham
1hr ago

The government says anti-vaxxers on social media are putting Indigenous people off getting jabbed.

Indigenous jab rate blamed on anti-vaxxers

Georgie Moore
1hr ago

DISAPPOINTED: The committee said the three-day event would return next year. File photo

Elmore Field Days cancelled due to coronavirus uncertainty

Rebecca Nadge
2hrs ago

IN DEMAND: The top-priced ram was lot 20 from Glendonald Merino Stud, which sold for $9750.

Move online no barrier for annual sale

Rebecca Nadge

Mixed reports of rainfall for Victoria in July

Jonathan Pollock, BoM climatologist

Screaming meditation is an active style of meditation for stress relief. Picture: Shutterstock.

Shake it off with screaming meditation

Amy Cooper

Chassis dyno. The output at the wheels is what really matters. Photo: Shutterstock.

Is torque meaningless, or does it actually mean everything?

Sam Hollier

WASTE NOT WANT NOT: Composting your food scraps is the most eco-friendly way of disposing of them. Photo: Shutterstock