Australian state of Victoria pulls out of hosting 2026 Commonwealth Games over costs concerns
Updated: 4:45pm (AEST)Melbourne, AustraliaReuters Australia’s state of Victoria will not host the 2026 Commonwealth Games due to projected cost overruns, placing the future of the quadrennial multi-sport gathering in doubt. Victoria state Premier Dan Andrews said the cost of the Games, which were to have been held in four regional hubs, could blow out to […]
27th May – Sight’s Christian History Walk, Melbourne
Join Sight’s editor David Adams for two hour walk around Melbourne’s CBD looking at some of the city’s rich Christian heritage…
Australians take stock of flood damage amid warnings of more rain
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Thousands of Australians on Monday returned to homes and businesses to assess flood damage even as evacuation warnings remained in inland regions of the southeast and authorities warned of more rain ahead which could trigger renewed flooding. Major flood warnings are in place across many regions despite little rainfall over the weekend with […]
Flood waters swamp Melbourne as heavy rains slam three Australian states
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Thousands of people across Australia’s south-east were asked to evacuate their homes on Friday, including some in Melbourne’s west, after two days of incessant rains triggered flash flooding and fast-moving waters burst river banks. Large parts of Victoria state, southern New South Wales and the northern regions of the island state of Tasmania […]
Essay: Love All – Djokovic’s courts and the fickle privilege of the spotlight
MEREDITH WRIGHT, of Baptist World Aid Australia, says the case of Novak Djokovic has shone a renewed light on those held in Australian immigration detention…
Melbourne reopens as world’s most locked-down city eases pandemic restrictions
Melbourne, AustraliaReuters Melbourne residents flocked to the city’s pubs, restaurants and hair salons in the early hours of Friday after the world’s most locked-down city emerged from its latest spate of restrictions designed to combat the spread of COVID-19. Australia’s second-largest city has so far endured 262 days, or nearly nine months, of restrictions during […]
Updated: Magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes near Melbourne, tremors felt across south-east Australia
Last update 7am, 24th September (AEDT)Sydney/Melbourne Reuters An earthquake with a 5.9 magnitude struck near Melbourne in Australia on Wednesday, Geoscience Australia said, causing damage to buildings in the country’s second largest city and sending tremors throughout neighbouring states. The quake’s epicentre was near the rural town of Mansfield in the state of Victoria, about […]
Protest erupts in Melbourne after virus worries shut down construction sites
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Hundreds demonstrated in locked-down Melbourne on Tuesday after authorities shut down construction sites in the city for two weeks saying the frequent movement of workers was spreading the coronavirus into regional areas. The decision to halt building activities comes after an anti-vaccine mandate protest in the city turned violent on Monday. The Victorian […]
Australia pandemic panel backs reopening plans amid Delta surge
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia can proceed with its reopening plans when the country reaches 70 to 80 per cent vaccination levels, the government’s pandemic modelling adviser said, even as some states hinted they may not ease border curbs if Sydney fails to control its Delta outbreak. The Melbourne-based Doherty Institute said the country’s focus must shift […]
Police arrest hundreds of protesters as Australia reports record COVID-19 cases
Melbourne, AustraliaReuters Australian police arrested hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters in Melbourne and Sydney on Saturday and seven officers were hospitalised as a result of clashes, as the country saw its highest ever single-day rise in COVID-19 cases. Mounted police used pepper spray in Melbourne to break up crowds of more than 4,000 surging toward police […]