The Moomba parade has been cancelled due to forecast severe heat,as drama engulfs a camping arts festival in regional Victoria that is proceeding despite an extreme fire warning.
International headlines are focused on Gaza,but another humanitarian crisis looms with Pakistan’s threatened deportation of 1.7 million people to Afghanistan.
A young boy and girl are among five people who died after a car crashed into a busy pub in Daylesford,north-west of Melbourne. A witness described the scene as horrific.
Ian Wilkinson,who was one of four elderly people hospitalised after attending a lunch in Victoria’s south-east in July,left the Austin Hospital on Friday.
One man died and five people were injured in Friday night’s crash. Police said the driver involved,a 26-year-old man,remains in hospital under police guard,but they do not believe the incident is terror related.
Thousands turned out to Melbourne’s public viewing sites hours in advance of the semi-final. Some latecomers to Federation Square decided to push their way in.
The broadcaster’s exit from the ABC has forced an internal reckoning. Now other ABC journalists are sharing their experiences of racism and demanding change.
Joking about religion or politics has always been sensitive in India. But under the current government,comics risk jail time for offending the wrong people.