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In-demand coach Alastair Clarkson has expressed his regret about this week’s “embarrassing” circumstances as multiple clubs vie for his services. By Scott Spits via
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Most Victorian government agencies will miss their reporting deadline and table their annual financial reviews after November’s state election | #SpringSt
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Progressive Anglicans say they are “devastated” by a historic split in their church triggered by intractable divisions over same-sex marriage |
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The public nature of Essendon's pursuit of Alastair Clarkson may be unedifying for some but Ben Rutten is not the first - and won’t be the last - coach to deal with such manoeuvring
JON PIERIK reports: theage.com.au/sport/afl/rutt
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Who are these mythical beings with a big pile of cash in the bank? With 10 per cent of households holding almost half of the country’s wealth, it is far from the lived reality of most Australians | OPINION
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We spend billions on new roads to cut a few minutes off travel times, but won’t fund enough childcare so willing workers can be employed | OPINION
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Wayne Carey and Alastair Clarkson have had their differences over the years, but North Melbourne’s greatest player and former “Clarko” teammate writes why the former Hawks coach would command instant respect at Arden Street | OPINION
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A Melbourne secondary school is refusing to screen a year 12 student’s film about same-sex attraction because it is not in line with Catholic values |
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BREAKING | The NRL grand final will remain in Sydney after fraught negotiations between the NSW government and Australian Rugby League Commission
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Updated: Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin has slammed Essendon for disrespecting Ben Rutten as AFL coaches reached out to support the besieged Bombers mentor
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Doctors warn patients have been deteriorating in new “holding areas” outside emergency departments. Patients expect better too, but this is the state of overcrowded hospitals at the moment, many people being treated in "tents", waiting rooms or corridors:
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COMMENT: Wayne Carey and Alastair Clarkson have had their differences over the years, but North Melbourne’s greatest player and former “Clarko” teammate tells why he would command instant respect at Arden Street
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Chris Bowen begins talks on emissions cuts for 215 biggest polluters |
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Essendon veteran Michael Hurley has announced his retirement, and will play a farewell game against the Tigers on Saturday night
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Dr Belinda Hibble said offload areas “risk concentrating resources at the front door”. She said it would be better to increase staff on wards in order to free up beds to move patients from clogged emergency departments. |
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Many players spoke of the significance of this season being the first with all 18 clubs but expressed their wishes for a longer season where each side played the other. |
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Curtis Stone's guilty pleasure is a taco and his favourite piece of kitchen wisdom is that "simplicity is your best friend." So where does he like to eat when he's in Melbourne?
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If your mind's starting to wander towards some warming weekend recipes, might have what you're after. And this includes a cake that wasn't, but really should have been, one of his most popular this winter
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Fast-forward three decades and Ismael Cruz Cordova’s childhood dream, mocked by his peers and dismissed by his elders, has brought him into the centre of the frame of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
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Prices are falling faster at the top end of the property market, with new data revealing more expensive homes are faring worst as drops in value accelerate and spread.
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Australia’s competition watchdog has argued Qantas’s proposed acquisition of Alliance Aviation Services is likely to substantially lessen competition for air transport services in remote and regional areas
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It has been 30 years since Melbourne-based quintet Morgana’s groundbreaking formation, and about 20 years since it split. But the hard-hitting sound is ripe for a comeback.
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#BREAKING: Australia's unemployment rate has fallen to a fresh 48-year low of 3.4 per cent, but there may be early signs of weakness in the jobs market. | theage.com.au/national/austr
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In-demand coach Alastair Clarkson is “moving quickly to a decision” on his future as North Melbourne and Essendon pursue him. |
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The heartwarming highs and nose-crinkling lows you may have forgotten in the years since you last climbed down from the rickety top bunk. | via
The Matthew Guy who Victorians had decided by a near-record margin they didn’t want as premier in 2018 was back on display last week: aggressive, dismissive, and eventually angry. Meanwhile, his staff were fleeing as if a fire had broken out. | OPINION ...
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BeReal triggers users to post a daily spontaneous snapshot of their life. A recent backlash against Instagram’s disastrous updates to catapulted the platform into exponential growth. |
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The Suburban Rail Loop to connect Melbourne’s suburbs is expected to cost more than double the government’s initial estimate for the entire project, according to a new report. |
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Every time Scott Morrison assumed another ministry, the process was very simple: his staff sent a single sentence to the governor-general, who signed it and sent it back. | #auspol
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A police constable was about to wheel a woman into a Melbourne morgue’s freezing chamber on a steel trolley used for corpses when he saw one of her eyes flicker. Then her cheek muscles twitched. “Am I dead?” she asked. #throwbackthursday
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After visiting Kyiv, Andrew Forrest has put his vast resources and networks to good use in a bid to save Ukraine’s record harvest and help feed an increasingly starving world. | EXCLUSIVE
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Mayors representing inner-ring Melburnians want the state government to boost social connectivity but in the outer suburbs social dislocation is in focus. | EXCLUSIVE
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A leading figure in the international response to the pandemic has described repeated use of lockdowns during the first two years of the COVID crisis as a failure of narrative and policy. | EXCLUSIVE by Chip Le Grand
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There is more to Scott Morrison’s secret ministries than mere “weirdness″. This goes to the heart of proper governance in Australia. | Chris Wallace | OPINION
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