Victorian drivers will soon be able to carry their licence on a mobile phone, in a move that follows the lead of several other states. It comes after 15,000 Ballarat residents downloaded their licences to the Service Victoria or myVicRoads app as part of a six-month trial. Minister for Roads Melissa Horne announced on Saturday … Read more
The future of a company that owns high-end steakhouse Botswana Butchery and Asian restaurant chain White & Wong is uncertain, after an external administrator was appointed. New Zealand company Good Group announced its restaurants in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra were in voluntary administration. BDO Australia, appointed as administrators, said Botswana Butchery restaurants were tradings as … Read more
A Victorian man is on a mission to find his missing dog, after the pooch escaped while in the care of an animal transport company near Tullamarine Airport in Melbourne. The five-year-old Jack Russell terrier named Milo was headed to the United Kingdom on March 18 with his owner, Jason Whatnall, but escaped while in … Read more
Family and friends of an Australian woman killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza have said the 43-year-old should be remembered as a selfless person. Lalzawmi “Zomi” Frankcom was working for not-for-profit World Central Kitchen (WCK) when she and six other foreign nationals were killed in a vehicle hit in an airstrike. WCK said despite … Read more
The worst is yet to come for an already soggy Sydney, as drizzle from a cold front moving across the state on Tuesday develops into a downpour within days. A separate weather pattern brewing off the east coast is expected to lash the coastal regions of NSW as it moves from the state’s northeast to … Read more
A firefighter has adopted a puppy that was trapped under debris and burned in a Melbourne factory blaze and has given her a very fitting name. Two people died when the fire broke out at the building in Sunshine North in February, and it took three hours for crews to extinguish it. “It was a … Read more
Prominent youth outreach worker Les Twentyman will be remembered with a state memorial service, the Victorian government has confirmed. Twentyman died aged 76 with tributes describing him as one of “Melbourne’s big characters” and a devoted servant to people in need. His death was announced in a statement from the Les Twentyman Foundation on Saturday. … Read more
The organisers of a new music festival set to tour Australia’s east coast later this year have said it will go ahead with “alterations”. Rumours about the possible cancellation of Pandemonium Rocks — a new rock festival featuring acts including Blondie, Alice Cooper and Wheatus — began to circulate last week after a number of … Read more
Gaming giant Crown has changed its ways enough after a series of scandals to keep operating its Melbourne casino. The Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission on Tuesday announced it was satisfied Crown is suitable to continue holding a casino licence. A Victorian royal commission, headed by former Federal Court judge Ray Finkelstein QC, in … Read more
More pet owners are being forced to surrender their animals to secure a rental as competition for housing in Victoria intensifies. Despite changes to the state’s laws in 2020 giving tenants the right to own an animal, Melbourne’s Lost Dogs’ Home has revealed the number of pets surrendered due to “moving/no pets allowed” has jumped … Read more
