People wind back plans as epidemiologists warn big night could become a super-spreader eventFollow our Covid live blog for the latest updatesVaccine rollout tracker; cases and data trackerOfficially the new year parties in Australia’s largest cities wi…
Australia and England ring the changes for Ashes Boxing Day Test
Scott Boland becomes only the second Indigenous men’s cap for the hosts, while Jonny Bairstow and Zak Crawley are among four changes for the touristsAustralia and England have rung the changes for the Boxing Day Test, with Scott Boland set to become ju…
‘Exhilarating’ experiment: Australian students send bacteria into space to brew yoghurt
Home-brewed yoghurt on International Space Station may be just a small leap for a group of budding scientistsGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesAustralian high school students …
Melbourne-based edtech startup Vivi raises $20M to accelerate overseas expansion in race to reach 1M classrooms
Australian edtech startup Vivi has raised $20 million from education investor Quad Partners, funds that it intends to use to improve its platform, upgrade its operational infrastructure and hire more sales and marketing teams in the Americas, Europe and Asia. This latest round sees Vivi reach $24.3 in total capital over five years, after it […]
Four children, aged one to 10, die in Melbourne house fire
Firefighters describe feeling ‘helpless’ after battling blaze that left two girls and two boys dead in Melbourne suburb of WerribeeFollow our live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingFour children have died i…
Airwallex raises $100M at a $5.5B valuation to expand its business banking and payments platform globally
E-commerce and other online businesses are becoming increasingly global in their operations and customer bases, and a startup called Airwallex — which has built a banking solution that addresses the opportunity to provide cross-border financial services — has been seeing a massive surge of activity. To capitalize further on that opportunity, today the company is […]
Bert Newton, an instant hit who became Australia’s most enduring TV personality, dies aged 83
Obituary: Television host whose mild manner and mellifluous voice entertained the country’s audiences for 60 years is dead Once the youngest radio announcer in Melbourne, Bert Newton evolved to become the most enduring media personality in the country….
Voices from Australia’s Covid frontline: the shop owner and the customer
A children’s book seller and a mother of two have developed a strong sense of community during Melbourne’s long stretches in lockdownFollow our Covid live blog for the latest updatesNSW and Vic restrictions; Vic hotspotsVaccine rollout and rates tracke…
Malka Leifer ordered to stand trial in Melbourne on child sex abuse charges
Former principal of ultra-Orthodox Adass Israel School has pleaded not guilty to 70 chargesFormer ultra-Orthodox school principal Malka Leifer has been ordered to stand trial on 70 child sexual abuse charges.Leifer, 55, pleaded not guilty to the charge…
Melbourne police break up anti-lockdown protest with non-lethal rounds and teargas
Third day of demonstrations ends in a standoff between officers and protesters at the city’s war memorialGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingPolice in Melbourne have again fired non-lethal rounds and teargas at anti-Covid lockdown prot…