Howzat: Australian singing legend Daryl Braithwaite makes ‘difficult’ call on live gigs

Australian music great Daryl Braithwaite, who turned The Horses into an unofficial Aussie anthem and topped the charts with Sherbet, has made a shock call about performing live gigs.

The conditions in which teachers and support staff work, and the pay they receive has caused readers to react.

Some top VCE performers from right across Melbourne remain open to out-of-zone students. Here’s where to find them.

The former umpire’s lawyer had argued that the charges should be dropped due to loopholes in the wording of the law. But the magistrate disagreed.

From green-and-gold classroom watch parties and ghost-town offices to packed pubs and watch sites, Melbourne is grinding to a halt this Friday for the Socceroos’ midday showdown.

Documents exposing the inner workings of the AFL and its integrity unit in the league’s probe of the Luke Sayers explicit-picture scandal could be kept under wraps as the court battle between husband and wife unfolds.

The interaction between the Liberal MPs is now the subject of an investigation by Victoria Police

Crime scenes remain in place at a McDonald’s carpark and outside a Melton ambulance station.

The royal commission on antisemitism will focus on university campuses, after offices were vandalised and buildings taken over by pro-Palestinian activists two years ago.

The state of the Victorian economy has readers lamenting the government’s actions.

Manipulating the sex offenders registry has allowed predators to infiltrate local communities, businesses and the gig economy to find new victims who don’t know who is in their midst until it’s too late.

“This is yet another example of brutal and deadly violence committed by a man against his former partner because she has left him and is pursuing a life without him,” a court has heard.

The Victorian labour hire cop has refused to renew the licence for Women in Construction after it was revealed it was run by men with criminal records.

Melbourne psychologist Scott Barnett has been suspended from practising after he was found to have acted inappropriately towards five vulnerable female patients.

Hundreds of fines were issued during a three-week operation targeting e-bike riders – with a particular focus on food delivery riders.

Having bought land earmarked for more than 2000 new homes, Australian data centre giant NextDC is heading to the outskirts of Geelong.

The state’s two-strikes regime will bring in new offences for drivers to help stamp out bad behaviour in the industry.

Questions need to be answered on how $1.5 billion in forestry funding was used.

When Hepburn Shire Council demolished the town’s last community-run cinema, resident cinephiles refused to admit defeat.

Punters at a popular inner-north watering hole were left stunned last week after health protection officers showed up and issued warnings to the publican.

Readers are appalled by legal moves by the Catholic Church’s Christian Brothers order that will leave it with no money to pay victims of its clerical abuse.

With no huge yard and no nuclear family, I fear I’ll never live up to animal shelters’ ideals for the perfect dog owner.

The Victorian government has rejected Kids Helpline’s plea for funding to meet rising demand from the state’s children, despite the federal, NSW, Queensland and Western Australian governments already contributing to the life-saving service.

Body-worn camera footage shows Senior Constable Aaron Bowen deploying his Taser nine times in 46 seconds when arresting a man at a Warragul home in May 2024.

The first Victoria Police officer charged over deployment of a taser has been found guilty of assault after a shocking incident captured on body-cam.

A chance meeting at a winery put Matt Froude on an unusual career path where he spends half the year in Japan brewing the rice wine.

A chance meeting at a winery put Matt Froude on an unusual career path where he spends half the year in Japan brewing the rice wine.

Amid concerns about the once-iconic shopping strip’s future, the question of who uses the street and how remains unanswered and unclear.

Amid concerns about the once-iconic shopping strip’s future, the question of who uses the street and how remains unanswered and unclear.

A gallery famous for its star-studded launch party and bearing the name of one of Australia’s highest-profile celebrity portrait artists has surprisingly closed.