Three people have died in separate tragedies on Victorian beaches, and five others were taken to hospital after the water rescues on Wednesday afternoon.
What we learned today, Thursday 14 January
With that, weâll be closing the blog for today. Hereâs a recap of the dayâs big news stories:
Melbourneâs north. Victoria police say the womanâs husband, and the father of the three children â aged seven, five and three â is assisting with the investigation but people should not presume culpability on that basis because âthat would be grossly unfairâ. When asked if the deaths had been a murder-suicide, Victoriaâs acting deputy police commissioner,
Robert Hill, said: âThat could possibly be relevant.â
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Organisers of the Invasion Day rally in Melbourne have told participants to wear a mask at all times and stay in groups of no more than 100, 10 metres apart, to comply with Covid-safe rules.
Mrs Bungey dead after mosquito bit her lip
A CURIOUS case is reported from up the line at Cheltenham.
Mrs Henry Bungey, aged 33 years, was bitten on the lip by a mosquito, from which septic poisoning set in.
Seven days of severe suffering followed; specialists were consulted, but they afforded no relief, the patient eventually dying in an unconscious state.
IT is rumoured that among the visitors to Frankston on Xmas Day was the international cricketer, Mr Warren Bardsley, who recently made the huge score of 265 for New South Wales against South Australia.
He also played finely in the Test just concluded at Melbourne.