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Vics launch $1.5bn elective surgery plan

The Victorian government has unveiled a $1.5 billion plan to address growing elective surgery waitlists, boosting non-urgent surgery capacity by a quarter.

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Victoria daily news update: premier catches Covid, smoke in the city and money for freight terminals

Monday: Daniel Andrews in isolation for seven days, with James Merlino acting Victorian premier

The Guardian - AU

More than 8000 COVID reinfections in Vic

More than 8000 COVID-19 reinfections have been recorded in Victoria since the start of the pandemic, the state government says.

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Matthew Guy drops plan to scrap Victorian mental health levy on big businesses

Opposition now says levy will remain in place under a Guy government as James Merlino claims Coalition ‘spooked’ by SA election

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Vic mulls school testing scheme extension

Victorian authorities are weighing up if the state's rapid antigen testing scheme for students and staff will be extended beyond four weeks.

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Victorian COVID hospitalisations at 873 as state records eight further deaths and 10,053 new cases

Victoria records another 10,053 cases of COVID-19, a number which is expected to rise as schools return. But Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton says he believes the state has reached its peak of hospitalisations.

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CMO says Omicron subvariant ‘not cause for concern’ – as it happened

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NSW and Victoria schools reopening plans focus on Covid surveillance testing but scrap contact tracing

Twice-weekly rapid tests, mandatory masks and booster shots for teachers are crucial to both states’ near-identical plans

The Guardian - AU

Victoria's four-week back-to-school COVID plan includes free RATs, masks and replacement teachers. Here's what it will look like

Students and staff will be given free RATs to self-test as part of the government's four-week back-to-school strategy.

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NSW and Victoria reveal back-to-school plans – as it happened

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Australia records 77 deaths on deadliest day of pandemic; national medical stockpile activated – as it happened

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