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'Families were panicking': Women, children caught up in multiple MCG fights
A witness has described how one verbal argument between a Magpies fan and a Blues fan turned bloody in the Carlton members bay in the dying minutes of the close match.
- by Rachael Dexter
'We pronounce it with the Australianism in it': Taylor won't follow suit on Fantasia
Fan-tay-sha or Fanta-sia? His fellow Channel Seven commentators may have changed to the Italian pronunciation, but Brian Taylor isn't likely to join them.
- by Rachael Dexter
Bullets, baits, killer robots: feral felines in the firing line
With many of our native animal species facing extinction, authorities are undertaking a massive cat cull to preserve what’s left of our wildlife.
- by Jessica Camille Aguirre
A mysterious account in China seems to have an inside track on trade talks
For many China observers, one question has popped up since a pair of President Donald Trump's tweets roiled Chinese stocks this week: Who or what is Taoran Notes?
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Opinion
Motherhood
Motherhood makes you fully understand what your mum sacrificed for you
Love and blatant bribery … that's the exact advice my mother gave me for raising my children.
- by Kathy Lette
Why these women decided to 'divorce' their mothers
Mother’s Day can be a painful reminder of ruined relationships. These daughters reveal why they divorced their mums.
- by Marina Kamenev
'Move! You're not supposed to be on the freeway'
Police had to rescue an elderly man after he drove his mobility scooter along a freeway in Melbourne's south-east.
- by Matilda Boseley
How the pyjama king and his mum built an empire
Peter Alexander gave his mother, Julette, her first paid job when she was 50. Together they built a thriving company.
- by Susan Horsburgh
'We really hurt': Blues learning the hard way
Carlton had plenty to sing about, but moments after a defeat was not the time to discuss it, Brendon Bolton said.
- by Peter Ryan
Featured
Federal election
Opinion
Australia votes
Comment: A chance to re-elect the greatest political campaigner of his generation
- by Christine Forster
Opinion & Perspectives
Melbourne
Man faces court over hit-run death of elderly volunteer
- by Joe Hinchliffe, Zach Hope, Rachel Eddie and Simone Fox Koob
Victoria
Tony Mokbel 'offered to become informer against corrupt cops'
- by Erin Pearson and Chris Vedelago
National
Investigation
Crime
$1800-a-week rent and a Merc in the garage: Fraudster strikes again
- by Kate McClymont
Driver hit cyclist before reversing over him in fatal hit-and-run crash: police
- by Jacob Saulwick and Laura Chung
AFL
Dominant Crows outlast late Power surge in Showdown
With the Crows ahead by 44 points early in the fourth quarter, the Port Adelaide fought back, slamming five unanswered goals to slice the deficit to 12 points.
- by Steve Barrett
Saints slump to third straight defeat in error-riddled game
A third consecutive defeat, this time at home against defending premiers West Coast, has the Saints struggling for credibility again.
- by Martin Blake
Politics
Exclusive
Australia votes
Labor challenges Coalition to back its competing plan for tax cuts should Bill Shorten win
Labor calls on Coalition to back its income tax plan to ensure passage before the start of the new financial year.
- by Shane Wright and David Crowe
World
Property bydomain
This suburb had one of Melbourne's biggest house price booms. Now things are cooling
Prices soared in this area as developers and investors flocked to large land parcels but what goes up, must come down.
- by Melissa Heagney
No bidders for Brunswick house priced $110,000 below 2017 valuation
Even the prospect of getting a bargain wasn't enough to make potential buyers put their hands up at this auction.
- by Jim Malo
Business
News Corp gives struggling Foxtel a $300 million lifeline
News Corp has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into Foxtel to cover expiring debt without financial support from the pay-TV platform's joint owner Telstra.
- by Jennifer Duke
'It's a decision people don't like': ACCC chief's phone has not stopped ringing
- by Sarah Danckert, Jennifer Duke and Clancy Yeates
Small business
Entertainment
Festival of the frock unravels as big names a no-show
With so many big ragtrade names absent, can Australia Fashion Week survive?
- by Andrew Hornery
How the axe fell, at last, on The Footy Show
The death of the show was long, slow and very public. But the end still took everyone a little by surprise.
- by Karl Quinn
Lifestyle
Smarter living
Too gay: the reason why this year's Met Gala failed
The machismo-oozing men of Hollywood were never going embrace camp's queerness.
- by Benjamen Judd
Google Maps' AR navigation makes walking directions foolproof
Augmented reality means you might never again be confused about which way you should be walking on an unfamiliar road.
- by Tim Biggs
Food bygoodfood
Travel bytraveller
Cars bydrive
Sport
Storm 64 Eels 10
Match report
Storm dismember woeful Eels
A Craig Bellamy spray has mystical powers and the inept Eels paid a huge price as they were embarrassed by Melbourne at Suncorp Stadium.
- by Phil Lutton
Victory's Troisi ruled out of 'Big Blue' A-League semi-final
Kevin Muscat insists Melbourne's gruelling travel schedule hasn't detracted from his preparation and wouldn't affect their performance.
