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Prestigious tennis club to investigate missing millions
One of Australia’s best-known tennis clubs has been forced to call in external auditors in a bid to uncover how more than $2.4 million has been lost from club dining and functions operations.
Wreckage found in Mount Martha plane crash search
Police are working to remove a large part of the former military jet from the water in Mornington after the plane carrying a pilot and cameraman filming a documentary about flying crashed on Sunday.
Has Melbourne’s property market just reached a tipping point?
Several economists predict property prices to keep rising, but one has broken ranks with a warning on the outlook.
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Restaurant news
‘I’ve never had a dish like it’: The Lygon Street meal that blew Jamie Oliver away
Before he landed, Oliver’s cheffy friends gave him a list of places to hit in Melbourne. Here’s where he went, what he ordered and what he thought of each dish.
Robbie Williams fan dies after fall at Sydney concert
A woman has died after falling at a Robbie Williams concert at Allianz Stadium.
Opinion
Inside China
Chinese giants lose billions as Biden inflicts pain
The latest US tech crackdown is threatening China’s artificial intelligence capabilities, and hurting some of its biggest companies.
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
Opinion
Cricket World Cup
After best World Cup win ever, Cummins’ men join the all-time greats
By winning a World Cup in India, the hardest place to do it, Australia have now achieved something the greats of old never did.
Michael Vaughan
Updated
Carlton Blues
Carlton premiership hero Ted Hopkins dies
Hopkins came off the bench to kick four goals in the second half of the 1970 grand final as Carlton stormed to a dramatic victory. But his biggest impact on football was, arguably, made off the field.
Opinion
Tips & advice
I had a medical emergency overseas, but there was an upside to it
I wasn’t all that happy when I bit into a crouton and broke a tooth only hours into a European cruise.
Lee Tulloch
Travel columnist
Inflation a ‘crucial challenge’ for near future: RBA governor
Inflation remains a challenge, Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock says, and higher wage growth without better productivity could feed that problem.
Analysis
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Signs of Hamas at Al Shifa hospital but Israel’s command centre remains elusive
What Israel finds – or fails to find – could play a large part in its efforts to rally international support for its war against Hamas.
Josef Federman
Connor appealed his myki $277 fine and won. He’s not alone
Connor tried to top up but the machine was “a bit finicky”. “I was never ever intending to not pay it. So yeah, I ended up getting fined.”
Rough night? How to salvage your day after a bad sleep
Maybe you stayed out late, or your racing brain wouldn’t stop, or a work deadline kept you out of bed altogether. Whatever the reason, a bad night’s sleep can torpedo the next day. Here’s how sleep deprivation affects you and how to mitigate the fallout.
RecipeTin Eats’ chicken rice paper rolls – plus the secret sauce that makes everything taste amazing
Get hands-on with this light, fresh meal or snack, perfect for those hot summer days when you don’t want to crank up the oven.
Politicians, police among 200 jailed in Italy’s biggest mafia trial in 30 years
Politicians, businessmen and a former member of the Italian secret services were also convicted, after prosecutors asked for prison sentences totalling 4744 years.
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Retail
‘Extremely sorry’: The Iconic finds a further $201,000 in underpayments
The online fashion retailer, which uncovered more than $1 million in underpayments last year, has slashed jobs and is yet to turn a profit in Australia.
Which households are feeling the most financial stress?
As interest rates and the cost of living have soared, so have worries about financial stress for many households.
Victoria
‘He’s seducing you’: Japanese architect woos Melbourne with concrete
From the outside, it looks like a squat concrete bunker in the middle of Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Gardens. But its creator says this is a space where “sky, water and people become one”.
Xavier College teachers to vote on industrial action over workload
Union members at the independent Catholic school in Kew are considering 24-hour stoppages and refusing to coach weekend sport as workplace negotiations drag on.
Pair feared dead in jet crash were filming flying documentary
Pilot Stephen Gale and cameraman James Rose were working on a documentary series that planned to turn people highly skilled in different fields into novice pilots.
Former Liberal minister hoped accused’s hospital donation would combat ‘ugly racism’
When he was approached by Di Sanh Duong, Alan Tudge said he saw an opportunity to counter the “ugly racism” the Australian Chinese community faced as the pandemic took hold.
‘World will be horrified’: Deeming to begin defamation action against Liberal leader
The Victorian Liberal MP exiled for refusing to condemn neo-Nazis says weekend mediation talks hit a stalemate when John Pesutto refused to support her return to the party room.
Politics
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Immigration
Worst of violent offenders could be locked up again under terror-style powers
Sources say the government has sought legal advice on using preventative detention-style laws to re-detain non-citizens who served time for offences such as rape and murder.
Business
‘Change is coming’: Bunnings boss says engineered stone ban provides certainty
Bunnings managing director Mike Schneider says state and federal governments have embraced its move to stop selling the deadly material.
World
Israeli tanks surround hospital in northern Gaza, heavy fighting breaks out
Heavy fighting broke out around the Jakarta-funded Indonesian Hospital, which has housed thousands of patients and displaced people for weeks. Dozens have been wounded.
Opinion
Australia’s connected to three wars, but only one of them will be measured in decades
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
Lessons business leaders need to learn from Optus CEO’s masterclass in mediocrity
Rachael Falk
CEO of the Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre
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Property
Ivanhoe reno earns its vendors $3.621 million payday
Three buyers, who were all looking to upsize, registered to bid on the turn-key home that is hard to come back in the current market.
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Title Deeds
Millennial fashion moguls convert hoodies and bikinis into $120m+ trophy home portfolio
The White Fox owners’ latest purchase takes it to four houses in Vaucluse: one to live in and three that are expected to be demolished to create a mega-mansion.
Good Food
Lifestyle
Dyson, Bed Threads, PlayStation: Best Black Friday Deals
Black Friday sales have started early. Here are this year’s best deals.
Culture
New Aussie movie puts a twist on the classic Christmas comedy
A Savage Christmas stars newcomer Thea Raveneau as a woman returning home to discover her family is more messed up than she ever knew.
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Analysis
Cricket World Cup
Quick bowler, fast learner: Pat Cummins delivers a captaincy masterclass
Pat Cummins has proven himself a leader for all occasions and all teammates, and he’s only getting better in the job.
Updated
Carlton Blues
Carlton premiership hero Ted Hopkins dies
Hopkins came off the bench to kick four goals in the second half of the 1970 grand final as Carlton stormed to a dramatic victory. But his biggest impact on football was, arguably, made off the field.
Opinion
Cricket World Cup
After best World Cup win ever, Cummins’ men join the all-time greats
By winning a World Cup in India, the hardest place to do it, Australia have now achieved something the greats of old never did.
Michael Vaughan
‘Constant anxiety’: Palestine struggle to keep focus before Socceroos tie
Palestine’s coach says his players “are not in the right frame of mind” for World Cup qualifiers but will do their best to focus during their World Cup qualifier against Australia.
Analysis
Draft
‘Really aggressive’: Why the Bombers traded up for Nate Caddy
Clubs get few chances to change. Essendon have swooped on theirs, rounding out an attempt to be transformative with their list in one off-season by trading up to secure a dynamic power forward with Jake Stringer attributes.
Trades, twists and bolters as first round of draft stretches to 29 picks
The draft went to script until pick eight as seven bids were made and matched on academy and father-son prospects and some youngsters were shocked to get their chance so early.
Messi jersey from Socceroos match among haul tipped to fetch $15m
The world record for sporting memorabilia is expected to be threatened when a collection of shirts worn by the Argentinian icon in Qatar goes under the hammer in New York.
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Sometimes brilliant, always brave: How Australia won the World Cup
There are defining moments in every successful campaign. Australia’s began long before the first ball was bowled and ended with a Travis Head epic.
