September 8, 2020 — 11.01pm Superannuation funds shower us with heart-warming ads. Whether it’s at the footy, on the TV or over the radio, smiling adults and catchy jingles sell the promise of financial security. However, what really matters when choosing a super fund? Cash. IOOF chief executive Renato Mota: ‘Size matters. It’s about delivering …
Race 1: 1:25PM TAB HANDICAP (1550 METRES) 2. Cadenabbia is very well bred and should handle a soft track on his breeding and trials prior to asolid debut second at Kensington two weeks ago. Had his chance there but held the rest easily andcan only be improved. He’s the horse with the upside and chance …
We have made our live blog of the coronavirus pandemic free for all readers. Please consider supporting our journalism with a subscription. Summary Victoria has recorded 55 new COVID-19 cases, indicating the state’s daily figures are now firmly in the double digits after the Premier unveiled the road map to recovery. Sadly, eight more Victorians …
The inquiry into Victoria’s COVID-19 quarantine hotels scandal has heard poor cleaning efforts and lack of infection-control training increased the risk of the virus escaping into the community. But the leader of the Health Department team sent in to control the most damaging outbreak at Rydges on Swanston in May would not agree on Tuesday …
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said the state was too “swamped” by the first wave of the pandemic to consider contact-tracing technology it is now embracing to help contain further outbreaks. Mr Andrews confirmed reports in The Age that Silicon Valley tech giant Salesforce was providing a new data management system to bring Victoria’s contact-tracing methods …
A woman has told a Sydney court she thought she was just meeting a man for coffee after connecting on a dating app, when he took her to his apartment and sexually assaulted her. French father-of-two David Gabrieli presented himself as an “outdoorsy” doctor on the dating app and website RSVP, and had texted and …
The Aidan O’Brien-trained Anthony Van Dyck is the first ever Epsom Derby winner to be entered for the Melbourne Cup – and he heads the weights for not just Australia’s greatest race but the other leg of the big spring double, the Caulfield Cup. In both races he has been given 58.5 kilos, while last …
As Victorians, we need to stay positive and optimistic about the future, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t question some of the decisions that are being made to manage the coronavirus pandemic. Forest regrowth in East Gippsland after the summer fires.Credit:Joe Armao Too many of the decisions being made by city-based politicians and bureaucrats fail …
Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Shalom House is the toughest – and most successful – drug rehabilitation centre on the planet if you believe its founder, Peter Lyndon-James. The program is tough. Conditions are tough. Lyndon-James is tough. So what if you’re a drug addict desperate for help, but you can’t afford …
Salvaldor Dali would have been just as proud of his design for the Chupa Chups wrapping paper as he would be to see The Persistence of Memory hanging at MoMA, according to ad man Adam Ferrier. In 1969 the Spanish surrealist was having coffee with a friend, Chupa Chups founder Enric Bernat, who a decade …