The Melbourne Football Club has released the following statement in response to racist social media posts directed at one of its players following Monday night’s game at Optus Stadium. 📝: mfcde.es/2VFa1tn

... speaking of bravery.

Seems like everyone is being scammed right now. Reckon I’ve had 6 scam texts today. But none asked for $1500.

This is what 20 minutes of bolts looks like. What's called stacking. Incredible! #Colorado #co #cowx

An undersea earthquake of magnitude 6.8 has occurred at 7:33 AM AEST on Monday 23 August 2021 near South Sandwich Islands Region. THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO THE AUSTRALIAN MAINLAND, ISLANDS OR TERRITORIES.

Statement on the Doherty Institute modelling: The Doherty Institute understands how extremely challenging lockdown restrictions are for everyone.

With optimal public health measures (and no lockdowns), this can be significantly reduced to 2,737 infections and 13 deaths. We’ve learned from watching countries that have removed all restrictions that there is no ‘freedom day’.

Little Queenscliff, showing the country how it’s done. 👏 #Vaxxed

This eagle tracking really is something

Today I watched a maskless anti-vaxxer with ‘freedom fighter’ on her shirt and Aussie flag taped to her hat walk into a full Ocean Grove Direct Chemist Outlet and not check in - and be served without a single staff member/pharmacist questioning her on lack of either mask or QR.

No crowds at Geelong Cup for second year running.

Job going in a very cute bookshop in a very cute seaside town (and no I’m not biased at all).

Fiji demanding more than talk from ScoMo on climate change.

Now, that’s real commitment to getting the population vaxxed! #Fiji #COVID19 #VAX

Vale Greg Mitchell. A kind, clever and funny man. A skilled & caring surgeon. A man of many talents. A lover of car doors that closed with ‘a proper thud’. A champion of #BCNA and pioneer. A man who saved the lives of many cancer patients, including mine. geelongadvertiser.com.au/news/geelong/g…

Big and important job for racing integrity commissioner Sean Carroll in getting this review into a dark side of the industry right. Spotlight on sex assaults, harassment, hazing in Vic’s racing industry - across all codes - has been a long time coming. heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/…

A long read on Victoria’s worsening Covid situation from me, in light of recent deaths, hospitalisations & nursing home outbreaks. Vic Department of Health’s response (included) is interesting. Is ‘living with Covid’ now killing too many Victorians? heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/…

Allan government’s ‘official silence’ on Vic’s deadly Covid wave ‘must end’ heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/…

Kids, 8, with long Covid, as Vic hurtles towards a sick leave gen heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/…

Covid is again sweeping through Victorian nursing homes, with hundreds more residents and workers hit than in other states. It comes as hospitalisations soar 30 per cent in a week. See the list of outbreaks. > bit.ly/4dGwxW4