The Dosage https://thedosagemag.com/ Reality, unfiltered. Health, fitness, lifestyle and the stories that connect Colombo and Melbourne, explained simply. en-au https://thedosagemag.com/the-dosage-logo-square.pngThe Dosagehttps://thedosagemag.com/ Monash co-hosts conference on pathways to ending the death penalty in Asiahttps://thedosagemag.com/stories/monash-co-hosts-conference/https://thedosagemag.com/stories/monash-co-hosts-conference/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +1100NewsExperts, policymakers and advocates will meet in Malaysia on Monday 26 October to discuss legal and policy reform on capital punishment. New Working with Children Check rules: what volunteers and organisations need to knowhttps://thedosagemag.com/stories/working-children-check-rules/https://thedosagemag.com/stories/working-children-check-rules/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +1100MelbourneSince 19 October, people applying for or renewing a Victorian Working with Children Clearance must do child safety training, and organisations must log the people they engage in WWC Connect. NASA satellites show this year's El Niño looks like the giant of 1997https://thedosagemag.com/stories/nasa-satellites-show-years/https://thedosagemag.com/stories/nasa-satellites-show-years/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +1100ExplainedNASA sea-height maps suggest the 2026 El Niño rivals the strongest in the satellite record. How El Niño works, frame by frame, and what it usually means for Australia. All 20 free Women's Health Clinics now open, with Heidelberg the lasthttps://thedosagemag.com/stories/all-20-free-womens/https://thedosagemag.com/stories/all-20-free-womens/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +1100MelbourneThe Heidelberg clinic, run by Austin Health and Mercy Hospital for Women, completes Victoria's statewide network of free Women's Health Clinics. Severe storms likely in eastern Victoria on Sunday, Bureau sayshttps://thedosagemag.com/stories/severe-storms-likely-eastern/https://thedosagemag.com/stories/severe-storms-likely-eastern/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +1100MelbourneThe Bureau of Meteorology says a major thunderstorm outbreak is expected across eastern Australia on Sunday afternoon, with large hail and damaging winds possible in the north-east. Free legal help for Victorians building a home is expandinghttps://thedosagemag.com/stories/free-legal-help-victorians/https://thedosagemag.com/stories/free-legal-help-victorians/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +1100MelbourneThe Domestic Building Legal Service will help homeowners at every stage of a build, not only after formal dispute resolution has failed. Heat hits mums and babies hard, and the WHO wants countries to start counting the harmhttps://thedosagemag.com/stories/heat-hits-mums-babies/https://thedosagemag.com/stories/heat-hits-mums-babies/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +1100HealthThe first-ever global indicators for tracking how extreme heat affects pregnancy, newborns and children have been launched, after babies under one faced 389% more heatwave days in 2024 than in 1986–2005. Arden to get more than 5,400 homes and the City of Melbourne's first new public secondary school since 1910https://thedosagemag.com/stories/arden-get-more-than/https://thedosagemag.com/stories/arden-get-more-than/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +1100MelbourneDevelopers have been appointed for Arden Central next to the new Arden Station, and land has been secured for a new public secondary school. More than $36.8 million for flood levees, coastal defences and bushfire preparedness in Victoriahttps://thedosagemag.com/stories/more-than-36-8/https://thedosagemag.com/stories/more-than-36-8/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +1100MelbourneEleven Victorian projects, including coastal protection at Elwood, will share more than $36.8 million in Round Four of the Disaster Ready Fund. Fibre broadband coming to more than 19,000 Victorian homes and businesseshttps://thedosagemag.com/stories/fibre-broadband-coming-more/https://thedosagemag.com/stories/fibre-broadband-coming-more/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +1100MelbourneA $133 million nbn co and Connecting Victoria program will bring fibre to the premises in 70 towns and suburbs. New planning rules to protect Melbourne's green wedges and farmlandhttps://thedosagemag.com/stories/planning-rules-protect-melbournes/https://thedosagemag.com/stories/planning-rules-protect-melbournes/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +1100MelbourneStatewide changes taking effect in November aim to limit the loss of rural land and reduce conflicts between new homes and established farms. $139.5 million for Victoria's integrity agencies as new anti-corruption laws beginhttps://thedosagemag.com/stories/139-5-million-victorias/https://thedosagemag.com/stories/139-5-million-victorias/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +1100MelbourneIBAC can now investigate a wider range of conduct and follow public money to private subcontractors on government projects. Planning starts on two new jobs precincts in Melbourne's westhttps://thedosagemag.com/stories/planning-starts-two-jobs/https://thedosagemag.com/stories/planning-starts-two-jobs/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +1100MelbourneDevelopers will fund planning and infrastructure for two new employment precincts in Melbourne's west, including one at Ravenhall, with public consultation to come. Contract awarded to remove Anderson Street and Hudsons Road level crossingshttps://thedosagemag.com/stories/contract-awarded-remove-anderson/https://thedosagemag.com/stories/contract-awarded-remove-anderson/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +1100MelbourneConstruction starts in 2027, with a new Spotswood Station due in 2028 and the project finished in 2029, the government says. SEC Apprenticeship Academy pilot to take its first 40 electrical apprenticeshttps://thedosagemag.com/stories/sec-apprenticeship-academy-pilot/https://thedosagemag.com/stories/sec-apprenticeship-academy-pilot/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +1100MelbourneExpressions of interest open in the coming weeks, with the first apprentices due to start early in 2027. Volunteer Mark Edmonds named 2026 Victorian Senior of the Yearhttps://thedosagemag.com/stories/volunteer-mark-edmonds-named/https://thedosagemag.com/stories/volunteer-mark-edmonds-named/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +1100MelbourneThis year's awards also honoured work supporting people with dementia, older migrants, multicultural communities and female veterans. Nearly 2,000 more registered teachers joined Victorian schools in a year, snapshot showshttps://thedosagemag.com/stories/nearly-2-000-more/https://thedosagemag.com/stories/nearly-2-000-more/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +1100MelbourneThe 2025 Victorian Teacher Workforce Snapshot projects 15,700 more teachers in the system by 2031. Preferred bidder named for Sunshine Station rebuild as Melbourne Airport Rail moves aheadhttps://thedosagemag.com/stories/preferred-bidder-named-sunshine/https://thedosagemag.com/stories/preferred-bidder-named-sunshine/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +1100MelbourneA CPB Contractors and SMEC alliance has been named preferred bidder to turn Sunshine Station into a six-platform hub, with a new Keilor East station linked to the Metro Tunnel due in 2031. New MACHA app for Victoria's Maternal and Child Health nurseshttps://thedosagemag.com/stories/macha-app-victorias-maternal/https://thedosagemag.com/stories/macha-app-victorias-maternal/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +1100MelbourneA new digital platform will help MCH nurses share information and make referrals, with a statewide rollout from March 2027. Food relief grants: refrigerated van to stock The Big Umbrella's EAT.ATMshttps://thedosagemag.com/stories/food-relief-grants-refrigerated/https://thedosagemag.com/stories/food-relief-grants-refrigerated/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +1100MelbourneThe Victorian Government has announced $9.5 million in food relief grants for 177 organisations, including a refrigerated vehicle for a network of seven 24/7 meal machines. Children’s Week starts this weekend with free events for families across Victoriahttps://thedosagemag.com/stories/childrens-week-starts-weekend/https://thedosagemag.com/stories/childrens-week-starts-weekend/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +1100MelbourneFrom cooking demonstrations in Dandenong to drumming in Geelong, 164 not-for-profit groups are running free activities from 24 October to 1 November. Victorian dairy farms bounce back after tough seasonhttps://thedosagemag.com/stories/victorian-dairy-farms-bounce/https://thedosagemag.com/stories/victorian-dairy-farms-bounce/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +1100MelbourneA new report from the 20-year-old Dairy Farm Monitor Project shows 86 of 90 participating dairy farms made positive returns in 2025–26. Sri Lanka chase down 430 to stun England in Rawalpindihttps://thedosagemag.com/stories/sl-cricket-week-2026-10-23/https://thedosagemag.com/stories/sl-cricket-week-2026-10-23/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +1100SportSri Lanka Cricket: The Week. A record-breaking night in Pakistan, new umpires in Colombo and a WBBL season starting without Chamari. The WBBL comes home: season 12 opens at Junction Oval next Thursdayhttps://thedosagemag.com/stories/wbbl12/https://thedosagemag.com/stories/wbbl12/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +1100SportRenegades v Thunder, then Stars v the reigning champions Hurricanes, in a double-header under lights on 29 October. Megan Schutt suspended for two matcheshttps://thedosagemag.com/stories/schutt/https://thedosagemag.com/stories/schutt/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +1100SportCricket Australia says a single, out-of-competition breach of its prescription-medication rules was not performance-enhancing. 100,000 more trees for Melbourne’s hotter suburbshttps://thedosagemag.com/stories/trees/https://thedosagemag.com/stories/trees/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +1100MelbourneMore than 100,000 trees will be planted in suburbs with less shade, and 10 shopping strips and streets will get a green makeover. Why your protein shake clumps, and how Melbourne science could one day fix ithttps://thedosagemag.com/stories/protein-static/https://thedosagemag.com/stories/protein-static/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +1100LifestyleRMIT researchers have shown static charge can be turned up, flipped or switched off with an electric field. Food powders are the next test. Smart glasses to be banned in every Victorian school from 2027https://thedosagemag.com/stories/smart-glasses/https://thedosagemag.com/stories/smart-glasses/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +1100MelbourneFrom term 1, phones, smart glasses and other personal devices must be switched off and stored. What it means for students, parents and volunteers. Going home to Sri Lanka? What to know about dengue and the new vaccinehttps://thedosagemag.com/stories/dengue-vaccine/https://thedosagemag.com/stories/dengue-vaccine/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +1100HealthSri Lanka has passed 100,000 dengue cases this year. For the first time, people in Australia can be vaccinated before they fly. Who it’s for, and how to plan around it. A bigger emergency department opens at the Royal Children’s in Decemberhttps://thedosagemag.com/stories/rch/https://thedosagemag.com/stories/rch/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +1100HealthTwenty more treatment spaces should let the hospital see about 13,000 more children a year. And where to go when it isn’t an emergency.