VICTORIA has recorded 55 new COVD-19 cases and eight deaths overnight, taking the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 683.

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SUNDAY’S announcement by Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews will see local pubs remain shut for the foreseeable future.

REGIONAL Victorians will face restrictions for the next three months under the State Government’s regional roadmap released Sunday.

COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on the Southern Grampians Shire economy over the past six months, according to latest data from analytics consulting firm, Taylor Fry.

REGIONAL Victoria may not see much change to current restrictions if a leaked roadmap document proves correct. The Herald Sun published a leaked roadmap out of lockdown on Thursday, which claimed regional Victoria would only see two changes from September 14. It said regional Victorians could be allowed to meet in groups of up to […]

LOCAL friends, Rosie Robertson, Alex Petersen and Nikki Satchell will be taking on Act for Peace’s ‘Ration Challenge’ this September to raise funds to help Syrian refugees based in Jordan. Rosie said the challenge provided participants with some of the basic foods refugees survived on. “We will be living on the same rations as a […]

AS an increasingly high amount of healthcare workers test positive to COVID-19, Western District Health Service (WDHS) has moved to implement a mask fit testing program to protect frontline staff.

REGIONAL Victoria may see restrictions ease faster than metropolitan Melbourne, as premier, Daniel Andrews confirmed two separate roadmaps out of lockdown would be announced on Sunday.

THE State Government will be able to extend its state of emergency for another six months, after the controversial amendment was narrowly passed through the parliament’s upper house on Wednesday morning.