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‘Serious threat’: intel report says Qantas targeted by organised crime groups

A classified federal law enforcement intelligence operation code-named Project Brunello has determined that a ‘significant’ number of Qantas staff are linked to criminality.

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The cartel of Australian Mr Bigs responsible for $1.5b drug imports

The cartel of Australian Mr Bigs responsible for $1.5b drug imports

Nine men drawn from Australian bikie gangs, Asian triads and Middle Eastern crime syndicates make up what criminal intelligence authorities have called the ‘Aussie Cartel’.

COVID-19 CRISIS

Delta spread key to lockdown call as state’s vaccine supply doubled

Delta spread key to lockdown call as state’s vaccine supply doubled

Victoria’s top public health advisers will over the next few days make a crucial judgement call on whether it is likely that the Delta variant is spreading undetected in the state.

Train line among Victoria’s new exposure sites as list grows

A key train line to and from Melbourne’s north has been added to the long list of Victorian exposure sites overnight after a passenger infected with COVID travelled between Merlynston Station and the CBD last week.

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AFL 2021

Four Points: Dreams realised on Perth’s biggest stage

The incredible scene set at Optus Stadium for the Dreamtime blockbuster between Richmond and Essendon.

It is an event bigger than the game itself, and one that has gained a hold in the imagination of the football-following public. It was the whole event, not just the contest, that drew people to the game.

Michael Gleeson
Michael Gleeson

Sports columnist

Leaked WhatsApp messages show Coalition infighting over ‘low’ tactics

Index image for home page of Ali Cupper, Wendy Lovell and Stephanie Ryan

Members of the Coalition’s two parties trade barbs about strategy of purchasing website domains bearing the names of political opponents.

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ABC versus the government is a song that remains the same

Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

Tensions between the government and the ABC have again boiled over, despite the PM’s intention to steer clear of the controversies his predecessors delighted in stoking.

Stephen Brook
Stephen Brook

CBD columnist

Four Corners pushes to air QAnon episode within weeks

ABC managing director David Anderson will return to Canberra today to face questions over his decision to delay an episode that explores PM Scott Morrison’s ties to a QAnon supporter.

The Google Classroom application is widely used in Victorian schools.
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Security concern over remote learning after threatening strangers breach online classrooms

Incidents included one in which an abusive stranger entered an online Google Classroom session and tried to engage in what was described as concerning sexual behaviour.

‘Organised chaos’: How two parents are guiding their six kids through a fourth lockdown

Darren and Tess Falconer with their six kids, Eric, Nic, Jorjia, Liam, Patrick and Chris.

Mum Tess Falconer, from Hoppers Crossing, says there are days she feels like crying, but she enjoys the extra time to talk with her children, while dad Darren admires his six kids’ resilience in the face of lockdown 4.0.

Meghan and Harry name new baby girl after the Queen and Princess Diana

The Queen with Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry, Prince Harry and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.

The couple named the baby Lilibet ‘Lili’ as a tribute to her great-grandmother, the Queen.

Just you wait - Hamilton thrilled with move to Melbourne

Jason Arrow and the Australian Hamilton cast at the performance premiere in Sydney.

Jason Arrow, who plays the title role in Hamilton, says moving to Her Majesty’s Theatre will create a more intimate show for Melbourne audiences.

MasterChef recap: Oh my cod, this fishy elimination is totally off the scale

The fin-ish line is in sight for a MasterChef favourite, as fish king Josh Niland sets a tricky three-course Murray cod challenge.

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CORONAVIRUS CRISIS

Regan (Millicent Simmonds), Marcus (Noah Jupe) and Evelyn (Emily Blunt) brave the unknown in A Quiet Place Part II.
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How Melbourne became A Quiet Place and now I’m stuck in it

I saw A Quiet Place II a week and a half ago, and the next morning I was plunged into my very own real-life horror movie.

Danny Katz
Danny Katz

Columnist

Shivrani Choudhary was confined to home after her Wollert business was visited by an infected delivery driver.

‘Killing me mentally’: Melbourne’s psychic struggles in lockdown 4.0

It’s the futility and fear. For all the familiarity of Lockdown 4.0 – mandated masks; daily press conferences; panic buying of toilet paper – the psychological impact is different. We’ve done the right thing and still, all is not well.

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Think tank director Emma Dawson hopes to win preselection and cause an upset in the seat of Melbourne.
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Labor’s grassroots push to reclaim federal seat of Melbourne from Greens

A group of prominent Labor members have united to back think tank director Emma Dawson for preselection in the seat held by Greens leader Adam Bandt.

Ben Roberts-Smith's parents pledge support on eve of defamation trial

Former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith.

The parents of former SAS solider Ben Roberts-Smith have said they are proud of their son after arriving in Sydney to attend his defamation trial set to begin on Monday against The Age and Sydney Morning Herald.

Wild wintry weather to batter, soak and freeze south-eastern Australia

An Antarctic blast will see more snow dumped on the Australian alps this coming week. Perisher’s resort opened a week early on Friday.

The first big cold front of winter will whip up dust, dump hail and snow, and send the mercury tumbling before developing into a rain band.

Why Melbourne? The answer to lockdowns isn’t in demographic differences to Sydney

Commentators have raised the theory that Sydney’s congestion leads people to stick to their localities within the city.

The idea that behavioural differences between the cities explain COVID transmission is seductive, but doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.

The lockdown diaries: Melburnians share their experiences

Lockdown 4.0 has inspired one of our diarists to revisit an old favourite; BMX Bandits

Five Melburnians are keeping us up to date on how they’re spending their  lockdown; FaceTiming grandma, fending off nightmares and finding comfort in BMX Bandits.

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AFL 2021

Nic Naitanui and Max Gawn.
Opinion

Comebacks, new blood and Demons galore in All-Australian mid-year team

While Richmond have long personified the cliche of champion team, Melbourne appear more propelled by star power. In my mid-year All-Australian team for 2021, the Demons have six of the 22.

Jake Niall
Jake Niall

Chief football writer, The Age

As it happened: Dogs brush aside Freo, Blues season close to done

As it happened: Dogs brush aside Freo, Blues season close to done

It’s potentially all over for the season for Carlton. Going into the bye, having played 12 games, they’ve only won four. In tonight’s other game, the Bulldogs bounced back from their loss against Melbourne by brushing aside Fremantle.

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Business

Vehicles queue for petrol in North Carolina following the decision by Colonial Pipeline to shut its infrastructure following a ransomware attack.

‘Millions impacted’: Industry super group faces ransomware attack lawsuit

IFM has been hit with a class action that alleges millions of consumers, from large businesses to regular motorists, paid higher prices for fuel when the pipeline was closed following a ransomware attack.

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These are the only 11 neighbourhoods where house prices aren't rising

These are the only 11 neighbourhoods where house prices aren't rising

The handful of neighbourhoods escaping soaring house prices have been revealed, with fewer than a dozen areas recording price falls in recent months.

Home sells online for $2.619m in Melbourne's lockdown auction market

Home sells online for $2.619m in Melbourne's lockdown auction market

The home was one of several that sold for more than $1 million despite buyers not being able to attend on-street auctions due to COVID-19 restrictions.

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The incredible scene set at Optus Stadium for the Dreamtime blockbuster between Richmond and Essendon.
Opinion
AFL 2021

Four Points: Dreams realised on Perth’s biggest stage

At Optus Stadium on Saturday night was an event bigger than the game itself, and one that has gained a solid foothold in the imagination of the football-following public. It was the whole event, not just the contest, that drew people to the game.

Michael Gleeson
Michael Gleeson

Sports columnist

Bulldogs spearhead Aaron Naughton celebrates a goal against the Dockers at Optus Stadium.

Bontempelli and Macrae lead the way as Dogs outclass bruised Dockers

The Western Bulldogs remain within touching distance of the ladder-leading Demons after a gritty win over Fremantle in Perth on Sunday night, to improve their win-loss record to 10-2.

Last year’s grand final at the Gabba

‘Hopeless’: Cochrane swipes at Vic government, says grand final move on cards

Suns chairman says it’s “almost probable” the grand final will have to be played away from the MCG due to Victoria’s handling of COVID-19, but Martin Pakula has “absolute confidence” the decider will be back in Melbourne.

Harry Edwards of the Eagles wins the ball over his namesake, Harry McKay of the Blues during their clash at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

Undermanned Eagles outwork Carlton

Carlton’s season of a thousand cuts has reached its all but fatal bleed after the Blues were out-hustled by a severely undermanned but gritty West Coast at the SCG on Sunday.

Melbourne Victory’s Lleyton Brooks (centre) scores late in a thrilling finish.

Brooks’ last-gasp leveller may spare Victory the spoon

Lleyton Brooks came off the bench to rescue a point for Victory, and possibly spare the club a first wooden spoon.

The Melbourne Grand Prix was cancelled last year at late notice and has been postponed this year to November.

September deadline for Melbourne grand prix call

Australian GP bosses say they do not have to start building infrastructure at Albert Park for Formula One until September and are hopeful the three months of breathing space will work in their favour.

Geelong players will have to choose between home lockdown or hotel quarantine.

Cats’ choice: home lockdown or hotel quarantine

Geelong’s players and staff will have to decide whether to put their entire families into home lockdown or quarantine in hotels without them before Thursday’s trip to Adelaide.

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