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Afraid of the dark: Safety fears grow among Victorians
A week after international student Aiia Maasarwe was killed walking home from a tram stop, data shows an increase in the percentage of Victorians who do not feel safe at night.
- by Benjamin Preiss & Timna Jacks
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Afterpay accessing electoral roll data under laws designed to target terrorism, money laundering
The confidential electoral roll data of more than 16 million Australians is being used by buy-now-pay-later providers, debt collectors, marketing giants and betting agencies.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Haberdashery giant chases crashed DFO plane owner for millions in ruined stock
Spotlight has teamed up with a group of Essendon Airport DFO retailers to sue the owner of a plane that plunged into the shopping centre.
- by Tom Cowie
'Please don't expel me': Pressure over struggling students
More than 60 academics, tutors, students and parents have inundated The Age with concerns about the inadequate English skills of some international students.
- by Henrietta Cook
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Death threats, protests, lives 'permanently altered': Town reels after viral face-off
In grocery stores, coffee shops and bars, Park Hills residents closed ranks to defend the embattled students, who were recorded interacting with a Native American man in Washington.
- by Frances Stead Sellers & Kevin Williams
Commuter to fight after caught with expired myki
'Ticking time bomb': Mike Smith is taking Public Transport Victoria to court to fight a fine he says is unfair.
- by Timna Jacks
Slain Aiia laid to rest in her home town in Israel
The international student, killed in Melbourne, was given an Islamic burial ceremony
- by Gabrielle Weiniger
Beloved Melbourne bar has to find a new home
Melbourne's favourite hard rocking, sticky-floored bar is closing its doors in AC/DC Lane, but it's not the end.
- by Melissa Cunningham
Masa's murderer seeks shorter sentence
Notorious criminal Sean Christian Price killed Masa Vukotic and then raped a bookstore worker.
- by Melissa Cunningham & AAP
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Australian of the Year backs January 26, but Kennett says 'change date'
- by Paul Sakkal
Australian writer detained by secret police in China, according to witness
- by Nick McKenzie, Fergus Hunter & Kirsty Needham
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Ex-Turnbull adviser battles Abbott over roads, climate change
- by Kylar Loussikian
Politics
'You can't bully your way into a seat': PM blasts candidate punted for Mundine
The ousted Liberal candidate for Gilmore, Grant Schultz, returned fire, calling the Prime Minister's claim " false, baseless and unprovable".
- by Michael Koziol
China confirms detention of Australian blogger Yang Hengjun
- by Nick McKenzie, Fergus Hunter & Kirsty Needham
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Melbourne house prices dropped 8.4 per cent in a year, new report finds
Parts of the city recorded double-digit annual drops while prices held steady in other regions, and economists warn worse is to come.
- by Allison Worrall
Property personalities: Psychologist reveals the two types of home buyers
According to psychologist Meredith Fuller, our personalities have a profound influence on our choice of home.
- by Sophia Auld
Business
Business can be a force for good - but beware phonies, says TOMS boss
People are growing sceptical of companies that present themselves as charitable or socially conscious, according to the boss of one of the world's best-know social enterprises.
- by Patrick Hatch
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Entertainment
'It's crazy': how two Australians landed Oscar nominations
Production designer Fiona Crombie and screenwriter Tony McNamara were in London for the big announcement.
- by Garry Maddox
James Gandolfini's son set to play Tony Soprano in upcoming film
Michael Gandolfini is set to play a more youthful version of Tony Soprano, the character made famous by his father at the turn of the century.
- by Dave McNary
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How to survive a beach holiday with toddlers
Sun, surf, sand and an overtired two-year-old who's toilet training - what could possibly go wrong?
- by Laura Jackel
Pikuniku review: the sunniest subterfuge
Solve an adorably nefarious conspiracy with a group of colourful friends (and a pair of noodly legs) in this charming, hilarious and all-ages little game.
- by Tim Biggs
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Sport
Ultimate accolade: Winx named best horse in the world
Winx finally won the world's best title after two years in which she had to play second fiddle to US dirt-track hero Arrogate.
- by Chris Roots
Pouille party: Lucas takes shine to winning
Following Karolina Pliskova's peremptory dismissal of Serena Williams, hitherto anonymous Frenchman Lucas Pouille marched Open fancy Milos Raonic out of the Australian Open.
- by Greg Baum
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