Almost 90,000 people from NSW are preparing to flee to Victoria for Christmas to escape coronavirus and tough new restrictions in Sydney.
Police are investigating whether the deaths of two elderly people in a fire in Melbourne’s north were the result of a suicide pact.
A $52 million prison built to house some of Victoria’s most dangerous criminals has sat almost empty since being built.
The Boxing Day Test could be moved to Melbourne as Cricket Australia sought to find emergency alternatives for the COVID challenged Sydney Test.
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