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Gaza may be far away, but the war is causing division and tearing Melbourne apart
Melbourne’s Muslim leaders say the conflict is having a more profound impact on their communities than the fallout from 9/11. Meanwhile, Jews are confronting a level of antisemitism not previously experienced in postwar Australia.
Melbourne dad sues wife’s doctor over family murder-suicide tragedy
Tom Perinovic has launched legal action against his wife’s doctor, claiming he failed to adequately treat her before she killed their three children.
Price hikes, building delays: What happens after the engineered stone ban
New silica-free products may cost 30 per cent more than engineered stone, and home builders are warning of price spikes and building delays before the ban.
The ‘brains behind’ the Notorious Crime Family – and how she built her brother’s billion-dollar empire
Infamous career criminal George Marrogi may have founded the Notorious Crime Family, but the chaos inside the drug empire after his sister’s death proved she was the brains behind the operation.
Opinion
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Remember when people argued for the ‘right to offend’?
During the debate over changes to the Racial Discrimination Act, many pundits argued in favour of the right to offend. When it comes to the scarf-wearing actors, have they changed their minds?
Jacqueline Maley
Columnist and senior journalist
A man called Jack moved into a young Hilary Mantel’s house – and her mother’s bed
He came into her world when she was a child. His arrival would be life changing.
‘We brought sexiness back into chocolate’: Willy Wonka gets a Gen Z update
Director Paul King has brought together two of the screen’s favourite leading men - Timothee Chalamet and Hugh Grant.
Opinion
Hair
When it comes to eyebrows, you never want to go the full John Howard
There comes a time in a man’s life when your barber will pause for a moment after the traditional short back and sides is done.
Doug Hendrie
Freelance writer
Analysis
Australian cricket
Hostile Australia prove how Ashes turned on Lyon’s calf
Australia’s bowling attack was twice as hostile with Nathan Lyon back; England were fortunate to draw the Ashes without him.
Friendly-fire killings of Israeli hostages may force Israel to alter Gaza strategy
Israeli soldiers fatally shot three shirtless men waving a white flag, an event being held up as an example of the military’s failure to live up to its promises to protect civilians.
Netanyahu hints hostage deal negotiations under way
Two Egyptian security sources said Israeli officials appeared more willing to work towards a ceasefire and prisoner exchange.
Booze, fighting, porn: Sydney Anglicans’ first family and its prodigal son
Days after Peter Jensen was elected Archbishop of Sydney, a diocese that frowns upon sex outside marriage, his son Dave told him his girlfriend was pregnant.
Exclusive
Hot & new
Game, set, brunch: Top Melbourne chefs ready to ace it at next month’s Australian Open
Melbourne’s king of dips is bringing back some old Bar Saracen favourites plus a brand-new Lebanese brunch menu built for days on a rooftop at the tennis.
Mr Melbourne’s home sold, the Murdochs’ old home hasn’t: 2023 in prestige property
The biggest sale of the year hit the $60 million mark and proved why its grand boulevard is considered one of Melbourne’s very best.
Opinion
Tips & advice
The most overrated (and underrated) things about staying in a hotel
Airbnb? Forget it, start looking for value in hotels. Hotel restaurants? They’ve taken the lead...
Weekend Reads
How to make the most of your time off, according to psychologists
Whether you have a day, week or month off, there are ways to ensure you’re making the most of your annual leave.
Exclusive
From top of the world to bottom of the lake: Inside the ‘fraud and bribery’ that sank $1b company
It was supposed to help clean up the world’s waterways. Instead, the one-time market darling fell apart amid allegations of bribery and mismanagement.
Victoria
Want the council to pay your rent? Set up shop in St Kilda’s Acland Street
Landlords along St Kilda’s Acland Street are offering up rent-free leases in a bid to help restore the street to its former glory.
Councillors scramble after egg thrown their way mid-meeting
Three Glen Eira councillors were splattered, with one requiring first aid to remove eggshell from his eye.
The true history of Glenroy: Guns, mansions but no flushing loo
Tales of a Chicago-style street gunfight, a shortage of sewerage and a one-legged footballer are told in a book about the would-be “Toorak of the North”.
Twelvefold surge in demand for food bank on the brink
Collingwood charity The Wellington provides more than 500 people with fresh food every week. It is facing imminent closure.
Exclusive
City life
Titanic exhibition to open in Melbourne as hunt for new artefacts continues
Expeditions to retrieve artefacts from the Titanic will go ahead despite the deadly implosion of the Titan submersible.
See & Do
10 perfect page-turners to read this summer
Head into the holidays with a bevy of the best reads.
Ted Lasso star James Lance finds fantasy in the Famous Five
The actor teams with director Nicolas Winding Refn, better known for grimy thrillers, for this adaptation of Enid Blyton’s beloved books.
Politics
Exclusive
Cost of living
Christmas ‘becoming a luxury’ as cost of living bites into festive spirit
The cost of groceries is the leading strain on the nation’s wallets, as two thirds of voters say they will be spending less this Christmas period than last year.
Business
Zoe Foster Blake buys back ownership of Go-To Skincare for $21.8 million
Blake said she was excited to “gallop” into the skincare brand’s tenth year of operations.
World
US and Britain say their navies shot down 15 attack drones over the Red Sea
Houthi rebels in Yemen have launched a series of attacks on vessels in the Red Sea, and have launched drones and missiles targeting Israel, as the Israel-Hamas war threatens to spread.
Opinion
This live-streamed defamation trial will change the way we perceive justice
Parnell Palme McGuinness
Columnist and communications adviser
Men hunt, women gather, right? No, let’s spear this myth
Julia Baird
Journalist, broadcaster, historian and author
This young minister has arrived, but other arrivals will be her burden
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
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Property
Mr Melbourne’s home sold, the Murdochs’ old home hasn’t: 2023 in prestige property
The biggest sale of the year hit the $60 million mark and proved why its grand boulevard is considered one of Melbourne’s very best.
Our 12 favourite homes for sale in Victoria right now
From an out-of-town retreat to park-front city living, we’ve rounded up the best homes on the market.
Good Food
Lifestyle
‘Hot food or cold?’, and other divisive Christmas debates
There’s no end to Noel stress for those deemed the decision-maker-in-chief.
Culture
Ted Lasso star James Lance finds fantasy in the Famous Five
The actor teams with director Nicolas Winding Refn, better known for grimy thrillers, for this adaptation of Enid Blyton’s beloved books.
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Australian cricket
Lyon in wait: Spinner one short of 500 wickets as Labuschagne sweats over scan
Marnus Labuschagne suffered a hand injury and Nathan Lyon took his 499th Test scalp as Australia dominated day three of the first Test against Pakistan in Perth.
Analysis
Australian cricket
Hostile Australia prove how Ashes turned on Lyon’s calf
Australia’s bowling attack was twice as hostile with Nathan Lyon back; England were fortunate to draw the Ashes without him.
Melbourne’s Clayton Oliver to face court over driving charge
Melbourne star Clayton Oliver will face court next month after he was charged with driving while his licence was suspended.
Exclusive
Wallabies
‘We didn’t have a plan’: Quade breaks silence on Eddie and World Cup axing
In May, Eddie Jones indicated Quade Cooper would likely go to the World Cup as the Wallabies’ first-choice No.10. In August, he was left out of the squad altogether.
Sunday sport quiz: Horse power, Davis Cup records and plenty more
Test yourself with our sports quiz, a mix of questions about the latest in world and local sport, and the big events in sporting history.
Cricket’s radio daze: When leather hitting willow was a pencil striking a desk
In the 1930s, “synthetic” cricket broadcasts brought the excitement of Ashes Tests in England into Australian homes for the first time.
A-League bucket man wins appeal to overturn jail term
The face of a violent A-League pitch invasion has had his three-month jail term overturned.
Have Your Say
‘We’re pretty impatient’: Why Test cricket is on trial this summer
With cricket’s finances so dependent on India and England tours, what of Australian Test summers like this one?
