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A plan to turn Sandown Racecourse into a new suburb the size of Wangaratta has stalled as a result of a new state government tax that would cost the site’s owners hundreds of millions of dollars.
High-level talks on whether to ratchet up restrictions are underway after the Holiday Inn cluster swelled to 13 cases overnight. The Premier is expected to hold a press conference at 1pm.
Unions,the opposition and an advocate for Australia's growing number of unemployed say they are unimpressed by the government's pledge to donate pay increases.
As the new year dawns,our correspondents take a look at the issues to watch around the world.
Israel's new Health Minister has denied attempting to prevent the extradition to Australia of alleged paedophile school principal Malka Leifer.
One of Australia's neighbours is poised to become the world's newest nation. But there are still a few more forks in the road on the nation's long path to peace.
Australian Dorsa Nazemi-Salman explains how she stayed positive when surrounded by violence during a 30-month stint with the Red Cross in South Sudan.
Hong Kong police have confirmed the shooting of a protester and an acid attack on reporters in violent clashes coinciding with China's National Day.
The identity of a University of Melbourne academic sentenced to 10 years'jail in Iran has been confirmed as Middle East politics specialist Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert.