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He is the Geelong boy who built a Toorak palace on grit and gourmet burgers. But when lockdowns silenced the city, Chris Lucas found his voice, trading the dining room for the war room to challenge a premier.

Readers give their views on the change of leadership of the Liberal Party.

The Epworth chief executive has warned that patient safety is being put at risk by confidentiality laws surrounding doctors under investigation by the health watchdog.

The former premier and his wife have filed their defence to defamation proceedings launched by Ryan Meuleman, who was injured in a 2013 collision.

The teachers’ union says members will stay home from 1600 government schools next month without concessions from the state government on pay.

In bayside suburbs some homes are being listed without a “for sale” sign outside, or a sign without photographs, because of a spate of break-ins. 

Pound for pound, people from a Jewish background have done more to drive progress in modern Australia than any other minority.