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Foster carers leaving system as cost of living, low allowance bites
Victorian foster carers receive the lowest base payment of any state in Australia, with the sector losing nearly twice as many carers as it recruits.
Gippsland towns on alert as flood warnings issued
Already waterlogged parts of eastern Victoria are expected to record more rain through the weekend.
Drones, AI to be used to counter China
Defence Minister Richard Marles said the Chinese navy’s unsafe use of sonar pulses against Australian divers highlighted the importance of the AUKUS pact.
Young couple nabs $1.35 million Kingsville home in post-auction deal
The three-bedroom home’s ceiling sprung a small leak during the downpour on Saturday morning, but it didn’t deter the eventual buyers.
Mounting garbage, sticky floors: Tower residents filthy over cleaning decline
Since long-term demolition plans emerged, residents at a public housing tower in Collingwood are adamant that cleaning and maintenance have declined dramatically.
How building thousands of homes in Melbourne will tilt the seats of power
The politics of planning is now front of mind for Victoria’s main parties, as the number of renters rise and homeowners shrink.
Fran planned to retire on a never-ending cruise. Now she is couch-surfing
Marketed as “the cruise that never ends”, Miray Cruises’ Life at Sea voyage will never set sail. And passengers are still out hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Bitcoin to bust: World’s biggest Ponzi scheme could cause more heartache for Australians
Thousands of Australians will be under scrutiny as liquidators look to claw back money “won” in the Ponzi scheme that burned more than $2 billion in investment.
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Parenting
I track my daughters with an app. Good parenting or weird?
Is surveilling our children healthy for them or us? I am starting to doubt it.
Kerri Sackville
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‘Jon Rahm would change everything’: Is Norman about to land biggest LIV signing?
The reigning US Masters champion has consistently said he wouldn’t join the breakaway Saudi league. But current LIV stars know how big his defection would be.
Lee clings to Australian Open lead as crazy finish awaits
The Australian Open is organised chaos. Heading into Sunday’s final round, there are 24 players within six shots of the lead in the men’s event, and anybody could win.
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Tilly season: Gustavsson’s plan to blood young Matildas a gift for rampant Canada
The trip to Canada felt like an ideal time to experiment for Australia, but Tony Gustavsson would have learnt little from Saturday’s humiliation.
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Australia backs COP28 renewables push as King urges end to climate ‘experiment’
The Albanese government has joined more than 100 countries at the COP28 climate conference to push for an acceleration in the use of renewables.
Want to help your kids achieve their potential? This expert has some advice
As thousands of Australian students await their high school certificate results, bestselling psychologist Adam Grant shares some wisdom about finding meaning – and making a buck.
Hold on to your pants, the year’s hottest accessory comes at a cost
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AFLW GRAND FINAL
Why the Roos are hoping history does not repeat in the AFLW grand final
North Melbourne will have to overcome a foe they have never beaten, having lost all four clashes with the Lions in their AFLW history.
The veteran, the gun forward and the MVP: The players who can crack open the AFLW grand final
If the preliminary finals were anything to go by, Sunday’s grand final between North Melbourne and the Brisbane Lions will be epic.
Victoria
A teachers’ bus, and other novel ways to fill jobs at country schools
As the teacher shortage forces more schools to access the finite bucket of Education Department financial incentives, rural schools are reaching for more creative methods to ensure they have sufficient staff.
A ‘couple of drinks’ is not OK: Police stunned by drink-driving surge
Authorities want to dispel common myths about drink-driving, with nearly a quarter of the state’s road deaths related to impaired drivers and a surge in offenders.
Toddler killed by car in driveway in Melbourne’s north
Police said it was an example of how a “split-second action could have terrible ramifications for a community”.
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Infrastructure
Suburban Rail Loop focus of probe into politicisation of public service
The ombudsman’s report will reveal the findings of a two-year investigation into the influx of political operatives into senior public service ranks and the centralisation of decision-making within then-premier Daniel Andrews’ private office.
‘We own you’: Taunts, dwindling enrolments and scholarship fears as private schools merge
Angry parents at Shelford Girls’ Grammar say the school’s merger with Caulfield Grammar has become a takeover as their kids are taunted.
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Chaos and a whiff of Hunger Games: Lehrmann case shines light on young political staffers
In the febrile pre-election atmosphere of March 2019, the paths of two young Liberal staffers converged in a fateful way.
Business
NAB boss says rates nearing peak ahead of Reserve Bank decision
National Australia Bank chief executive Ross McEwan said rate hikes were slowing the economy as intended but that there could be one more next year.
World
Israel appears to shrug off US warnings to protect civilians
By the evening, Gaza health officials said Israeli air strikes had killed 184 people, wounded at least 589 others and hit more than 20 houses.
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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
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The Melbourne suburbs where home buyers get the most bang for their buck
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From trendy inner-city pads to sleek coastal getaways, these are some of the best homes on the market in Victoria right now.
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The Brotox explosion: Are men becoming less comfortable ageing?
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Why the Roos are hoping history does not repeat in the AFLW grand final
North Melbourne will have to overcome a foe they have never beaten, having lost all four clashes with the Lions in their AFLW history.
Min Woo Lee clings to Australian Open lead as crazy finish awaits
The Australian Open is organised chaos. Heading into Sunday’s final round, there are 24 players within six shots of the lead in the men’s event, and anybody could win.
Starc fears open door to ‘Wild Thing’ being unleashed on Pakistan
David Warner and Mitchell Marsh will hold their Test places when the squad is announced on Sunday, with express bowler Lance Morris preparing as cover for Mitchell Starc.
Canada 5-0 Matildas
Matildas
Tilly season: Gustavsson’s plan to blood young Matildas a gift for rampant Canada
The trip to Canada felt like an ideal time to experiment for Australia, but Tony Gustavsson would have learnt little from Saturday’s humiliation.
Why Marsh and Green are split on whether they can play in same Test team
Australian selectors are all but certain to go with one of the two all-rounders at No.6 when they name the squad on Sunday for the first Test against Pakistan. But could they both play in the same team?
Seven World Cup-winning Australians look to cash in big at IPL auction
Pat Cummins is among a group of Australia’s World Cup champions seeking to make a splash at this month’s Indian Premier League “mini auction”.
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Australian cricket
The full Maxi: Cup hero opens up on Test dream, staying loyal, and that golf cart incident
In an exclusive interview, Glenn Maxwell explains why he’s spurned further T20 riches and is desperate to wear the baggy green again. He also opens up on his freak golf course accident.
Have Your Say
The AFL draft has become farcical and needs major surgery
The mechanism for distributing players is unnecessarily complicated and failing to fulfil its basic mission. It is neither fair nor a system that genuinely equalises as it once did.
Jake Niall
Chief football writer, The Age
