Victorian lockdown

The Victorian government has announced a 7-day state wide, circuit breaker lockdown from midnight on Thursday, in an effort to curb the growing coronavirus outbreak.

Hairdressers in Melbourne have been allowed to throw open their doors and start catching up with 12 weeks’ worth of cancelled appointments.

Whether families actually save anything at all depends on where they live and what childcare provider they use, writes Kate Noble.

I know it’s 2020 but I’ve lost track of what day, week, month or season it is. It feels like we’ve been in lockdown for a year.

Business owners have welcomed a decision by the Victorian government to walk back a plan to force beauty and cosmetics services businesses to remain closed.

One of the most notable signs of a city in hibernation has been the absence of kids. The cutting away of red tape on playgrounds is the hope we all need.

We collected answers to some common questions and asked three experts to reflect on Victoria’s new rules, writes Liam Petterson and Sunanda Creag.

The word ‘unprecedented’ gets thrown around a lot in 2020. But when it comes to aged care we can’t say we didn’t see this coming.

As child-care centres close in Melbourne, the focus needs to be on what governments can do to cushion the impact on working parents.

Victoria has recorded 723 positive COVID-19 tests and, tragically, another 13 deaths, including ten connected to the aged care sector.

In Victoria, the reality is that unless the most marginalised people have a seat at the table, no policy maker can truly understand the issues.