NSW’s daily tally of COVID infections has topped Victoria’s for the second time in less than a week, as it tackles a worrying jump in locally acquired cases. NSW confirmed 13 more cases on Tuesday – six in returned travellers and seven from community transmission. Victoria, meanwhile also remained stubbornly …
Victoria has had one more coronavirus death as Melbourne’s new case average continues to fall. There were 12 new cases, while Melbourne’s 14-day average fell again on Saturday to 23.6. It is only 0.8 in regional Victoria. The death takes the state toll to 782 and the national figure to …
Victoria Police officers without masks have been captured on camera hugging a citizen for a series of selfies in a public place and ignoring mandated social distancing rules, but police say they cannot investigate. Images provided to The New Daily show three officers taking selfies with a woman in a …
The lack of an independent body with powers to investigate Victoria Police misconduct is fostering a culture ‘‘of acting with impunity’’, legal advocates warn. It comes after the state’s anti-corruption watchdog announced it would investigate Sunday’s violent arrest of a mentally ill man at Epping. But the Police Accountability Project …
Multiple people have been arrested by police during violent scuffles at anti-lockdown protests in Melbourne. Many of the protesters were not wearing masks. Some chanted “freedom”, while others shouted insults at the assembled media. Officers were punched by one man at the city’s Shrine of Remembrance on Saturday before being …