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A calm leader in a public health storm, but Sutton leaves with some regrets
The chief health officer who advised Australia’s most severe and bitterly contested COVID-19 response leaves Victoria’s health system better placed to confront the next pandemic.
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Healthcare
‘It nearly crushed me’: Sutton reflects on COVID response
Sutton says there were things he would change about the way the response unfolded as he announced he was stepping down.
Exclusive
Lehrmann trial
Reynolds claims Gallagher confirmed early knowledge of Higgins rape claim
Finance Minister Katy Gallagher has come under pressure over claims she misled parliament.
‘Sloppy’ Australia still control World Test Championship final
Australia remain strong favourites to win the World Test Championship final despite an indifferent day of cricket leaving the door ajar for India.
Dixon, Butters star as Power surge to make it 10 straight
Port Adelaide stretched their remarkable club record winning streak into double digits with a hard-earned victory against the Western Bulldogs on Friday night.
How Postecoglou’s worst season changed a 14-year-old’s life
The incoming Tottenham Hotspur manager has won trophies everywhere he’s gone - except in 2009.
Doctor referred to prosecutors after slicing open wife’s throat
Peter Spencer claimed he intervened to prevent his wife from choking. But by the time he called for help three hours later, ambulance paramedics arrived to find her dead.
Stabbed toddlers stable after French Alps attack as Macron hails ‘backpack hero’
As two toddlers recover from the stabbing in the French Alps, President Emmanuel Macron met on Friday with emergency responders, including a hero known only as ‘Henri’.
Preston Market traders urge compromise amid closure fears
Preston Market traders have staged a rally and written an open letter to the government urging a resolution to the long-running planning dispute.
‘Full-time farmhand in my mid-60s’: Rachel Ward’s new, earthly passion
From modelling and acting to screenwriting, directing and raising a family, now The Thorn Birds star is digging a new passion: regenerative farming.
‘We have to act now’: States, feds unite to cut feral horse numbers in Alps
Environment ministers led by Tanya Plibersek have announced they would revive the Alps Ministerial Council, which last met under then-environment minister Peter Garrett in 2010.
Just in time for the long weekend – Rising, footy tipping and our new quiz
Whether your passion is footy, the arts or tackling a challenging quiz, there’s a bit happening around town and here at The Age.
Opinion
LIV Golf Series
Greg Norman: the great white piece of bait
LIV Golf brought in “the Shark” to do a job. He did it so well he’s now redundant. But don’t expect a crowdfunding campaign for him any time soon.
Greg Baum
Sports columnist
What’s next in Trump’s legal battle and White House bid
Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign is far from over. As the New York case showed, criminal charges have previously been a boon to his fundraising.
The disturbing history of how the US influenced the Nazis
The drama Transatlantic and the documentary series The US And The Holocaust take very different approaches to reveal America’s mixed response to the rise of Nazi Germany.
On schools, Michael Chaney says we need to look beyond money
The business leader and chairman of the National School Resourcing Board explains why no government will stop funding private schools, and why he doesn’t fear a recession.
Doesn’t pay to be rude: Karen’s Diner restaurants close as owner goes bust
The owner of the Karen’s Diner restaurants, famous for staff being deliberately rude to customers, has gone under two years after the cheeky concept was born.
Series
Pets
Cracking the canine code
We find out what’s behind common pet problems and what you can do about them.
WEEKEND READS
Opinion
For 17 days I believed I was going to die. Someone had read the scan incorrectly
I discovered I don’t have the will to live that I thought I did. Yes, I love life – but as a healthy person.
Wendy Squires
Exclusive
Artist breaks silence on controversial Ben Roberts-Smith portrait
There are growing calls for the Australian War Memorial to remove or amend its Roberts-Smith display, and now the artist behind two major works has weighed in.
Victoria
The snow must go on: Machines pumping ahead of ski season opening weekend
Victoria’s alpine resorts still have high hopes, despite lower snowfall than last year’s opening weekend dumps.
‘Gutless, evil’: Father slams men over lethal GHB dose killing
The father of a man who ingested a lethal amount of GHB at gunpoint has blasted two men who admit fault in his death.
Remains salvaged of luxury boat destroyed in fire
Divers and a private contractor have recovered the remains of the luxury boat that caught fire three kilometres off the St Kilda shore last month.
Exclusive
Renewables
Power move: Andrews government seizes control of renewable energy planning
Electricity grid controller AEMO will hand over planning responsibility to a government agency, amid mounting anger in regional communities forced to accept the massive power lines needed for Victoria’s ambitious wind and solar agenda.
Short lunch breaks, remote study: Catholic schools unveil radical timetable experiment
Educators say the changes will push students to be more independent before they graduate – but not all parents are pleased, saying their children are being treated like “guinea pigs”.
AFL 2023
Opinion
The type of coach Richmond should hire
Richmond’s is an established program that needs re-energising rather than revolution, and is made for a first-time coach who’s done his dues and who aspires to be the next Damien Hardwick.
Jake Niall
Chief football writer, The Age
Saints squeak home at SCG as Buddy moves to fourth on all-time goalkickers list
Lance Franklin turned back the clock on Thursday night - but St Kilda held their mettle in the moments that really mattered to win by 14 points.
Politics
Not the only wrong call on interest rates: PM lashes RBA
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has taken a swipe at Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe’s pandemic-era promise to keep interest rates low.
Business
Opinion
GDP
Can the RBA quash inflation without crashing the economy? It’s becoming unclear
The big squeeze on consumer spending is happening and growth is slowing. So why are interest rates rising?
Ross Gittins
Economics Editor
World
Fire and (melting) ice: Record temperatures in Asia, wildfire smoke cloaks US
Scientists say the warning bells on climate change are at a deafening pitch as temperature records are being broken in Asia and North America is choked by smoke.
Opinion
The Morrison bus porkbarrelled its way to the polls. Where were the roadblocks?
David Crowe
Chief political correspondent
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Property
The suburbs most vulnerable to mortgage and cost-of-living stress
There’s a growing divide between households in inner and outer city suburbs, which experts say has been exacerbated by the work-from-home revolution.
The cash rate has reached a ‘tipping point’ for the property market. Now what?
Experts previously warned that a cash rate of 4 per cent or more could trigger a wave of distressed sales.
Good Food
Lifestyle
As fashion revisits the 1950s, it’s OK to be a boomer
Australian label Zimmermann is returning to the carefree era of Elvis and Happy Days.
Culture
Welcome to the exhibition that’s the opposite of Melbourne black
Pierre Bonnard: Designed by India Mahdavi at the NGV is a jewel box of an exhibition that has been more than five years in the making.
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‘Sloppy’ Australia still control World Test Championship final
Australia remain strong favourites to win the World Test Championship final despite an indifferent day of cricket leaving the door ajar for India.
World Test Championship final 2023 as it happened: Australia to bat for victory after Green’s match-turning catch
Australia are well ahead in the contest but India rode their luck on day three as Pat Cummins’ side eyes a match-winning lead that could sew up the world title.
Novak Djokovic advances to French Open final after Carlos Alcaraz cramps up
World number one Alcaraz had just levelled the contest when disaster struck as he limped to his bench holding his right leg at 1-1 in the third set.
Dixon, Butters star as Power surge to make it 10 straight
Port Adelaide stretched their remarkable club record winning streak into double digits with a hard-earned victory against the Western Bulldogs on Friday night.
‘The civil test’: Beveridge hopes AFL will turn focus to intent, not punish accidents
Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge wants the match review panel to use “the civil test” and decide on punishing tackles by whether a player was intending to hurt the other player.
Analysis
The Ashes
Behind the scenes of Bazball, England’s Ashes game changer
It is the revolutionary method that has lifted England from 2021-22 Ashes flunks to genuine contenders.
AFL Briefing
AFL 2023
Butler handed one-match ban for Blakey tackle; Shots fired at Pies after Goodwin’s Grundy call
St Kilda forward Dan Butler is facing a week on the sidelines for his tackle on Nick Blakey. Meanwhile, Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin has fired a pointed barb at Collingwood ahead of Brodie Grundy’s first game against his former team.
Have Your Say
The type of coach Richmond should hire
Richmond’s is an established program that needs re-energising rather than revolution, and is made for a first-time coach who’s done his dues and who aspires to be the next Damien Hardwick.
Jake Niall
Chief football writer, The Age
