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Gangsters were once linked to Brunswick, but the crime epicentre has shifted. Here’s where they’re living now
Once considered the heartland of Melbourne’s criminal world and linked to Lewis Moran and Tony Mokbel, most key gangland players have left Brunswick for the safety of high-rise buildings in the CBD.
Government considers poaching defence talent from overseas in major shift
Longstanding defence policy states that only Australian citizens, with rare exceptions, can serve in the military. That could be about to change.
It’s one of the most important medical checks you can do - and the cost is soaring
Cancer experts want free screenings for high-risk patients to detect deadly melanomas before they take hold, as people delay checks due to the rising out-of-pocket cost.
Costs down on the coast: Where to buy a beach house on a budget
Budget-conscious buyers can find holiday homes in a range of locations across Victoria at different price points – provided they know where to look.
Opinion
Summer reads
My beach town is overrun by people from Melbourne. I absolutely love it
City dwellers are the scourge of summer for beachside locals. They pinch all the good parking spots and clean out the shops of sourdough baguettes. I welcome them.
Kate Halfpenny
Regular columnist
‘You need more just a good forehand’: Why our tennis stars are struggling to make it big
Roisin Gilheany is on the path to becoming a professional tennis player. It took an almighty effort and hundreds of thousands of dollars.
How Princess Mary breathed new life into the Danish crown
Even staunch republicans concede that the soon-to-be queen has brought warmth and modernity to the royal family with her personality and charity work – and helped transform her husband from playboy to regent material.
David Soul, Starsky and Hutch star, dies at 80
The 1970s heart-throb, who co-starred as the blond half of the crime-fighting duo and also topped the music charts, has been remembered as a beloved family man.
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Recipes
Let's do lunch: 30 tear and share recipes for casual weekend catch-ups
Just add a green salad (and perhaps a cheeky glass of vino) for super relaxed, and tasty, entertaining. (Hint: the perfect salad accompaniment for all of these dishes is hiding on page two).
Magic moment: Unheralded Thompson’s shocking statement in Nadal boilover
It could well be a victory that goes down in Australian sporting folklore. But for all the hometown euphoria, concerns emerged for champion Rafael Nadal in Brisbane.
Opinion
Australian cricket
Forget the haters, it’s still Cricket Australia who owe Warner an apology
Few athletes upend and distort how a sport is played. Tiger Woods more than traversed that threshold. In time, we’ll realise David Warner also passed that test.
Darren Kane
Sports Columnist
Analysis
Test cricket
Smith reinvention can rejuvenate Australian batting
Australia’s batting has been a little stale the past six months - swapping Steve Smith for David Warner would freshen things
Opinion
Trump's America
Trump insurrection didn’t end on January 6. That’s just when it began
Three years ago, American democracy was attacked by a mob loyal to Donald Trump. The aftermath has only emboldened the Republican frontrunner who may yet win back the White House.
Bruce Wolpe
Senior fellow at the United States Studies Centre and former political staffer
Opinion
Political leadership
January’s heat can catch you out – and careless leaders often get burnt
While December is seen as Canberra’s killing season, it is often in January when the real political carnage can occur.
Nick Bryant
Journalist and author
Bosses raise the pressure as work-from-home tension reaches ‘pivotal point’
While some companies have tied office attendance to pay in a bid to get employees back in the office, it could come with unintended consequences.
In 2023 everyone flocked to Italy. Our travel experts reveal the trends for 2024
Our writers reveal where they are heading in 2024 and predict what we can expect while on the road in the year ahead.
How Melbourne Victory brought this Matildas fan favourite back home
While many Matildas are making their names in the Women’s Super League overseas, Matildas midfielder Alex Chidiac knows the best version of herself, on and off the pitch, is back in Melbourne.
Behind the headlines
Special series
I went for a walk in the footsteps of a killer – then cried at my desk
Days after the Bourke Street massacre, my editors gave me a simple, but important assignment. Among the flowers and candles, the story of a tragedy revealed itself in unexpected ways.
Special series
We gave a celeb a ‘halo’ on this magazine cover. Then came a social media pile-on
As journalists, we dish it out and we take it. We can’t and shouldn’t complain. But I’d be lying if I said this story didn’t shake me.
Victoria
Accused murderer laughs in court over Hampton East death
Harrison Hilton-Taylor, 27, has been charged with murdering 46-year-old Spiros Filidis in Melbourne’s south-east this week.
Australian family reveals Japan plane crash terror
An Australian teenager has described how her family managed to escape from a plane after it burst into flames on the runway.
Exclusive
Property development
The Melbourne suburbs where scores of homes are sitting empty
New government data shows where the most vacant homes sit. And when The Age came knocking, no one was home.
Updated
Crime
Williamstown ice-creamery burnt after alleged organised crime attacks on nearby shop
A suspicious fire has engulfed a Williamstown business just metres from another gelateria that a notorious crime gang is suspected of repeatedly firebombing last year.
Opinion
Byelection
The ‘cursed’ Melbourne seat set to challenge Albanese and Dutton
As one insider observed, “If we can’t get close in seats like Dunkley, where the hell are we meant to win?”
Annika Smethurst
State Political Editor
See & Do
Traced your family history? Here’s how to make other people care
To capture the attention of a wider readership, a family history involving ordinary folk, like travel writing, needs to be very well written indeed.
From moon landings to lions dancing, what you’re looking forward to in 2024
We asked some familiar faces and voices to share their culture hit lists for the new year.
Politics
The missing middle that could help fix the housing crisis
Experts who work in Australia’s emerging co-operative housing industry argue it should be harnessed by governments.
Business
Just a billion dollars doesn’t cut it on this exclusive Florida island
The merely affluent are being displaced by the fabulously wealthy able to spend $US100 million for a mansion on an island off the coast of Miami.
World
Houthis defy international warnings, launch first ‘drone boat’ attack
The detonation of an unmanned vessel in the Red Sea did not damage any ships, but marked a significant escalation in their Gaza-related harassment campaign.
Opinion
New laws bring in the new year, but do they punish or better us?
Malcolm Knox
Journalist, author and columnist
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Property
Why 2024 is the year of the home renovation
For anyone looking to renovate a home this year, the message is clear: do it sooner rather than later.
The reasons why Melbourne’s property price growth could lag behind other capitals
Property prices have rebounded strongly, hitting new peaks in some areas, but signs have emerged of a market slowdown. What’s in store for prices this year?
Good Food
Lifestyle
Help! Why does my cat love my partner more than me?
Do some cats just hate women? Or am I doing something very wrong?
Culture
Analysis
Comedy
A decade ago, Ricky Gervais told me something that might explain his incendiary new show
His comments give an insight into his “take no prisoners” comedic approach in Armageddon. And for Netflix, it’s good for business.
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Sport
How Melbourne Victory brought this Matildas fan favourite back home
While many Matildas are making their names in the Women’s Super League overseas, Matildas midfielder Alex Chidiac knows the best version of herself, on and off the pitch, is back in Melbourne.
Analysis
Test cricket
Smith reinvention can rejuvenate Australian batting
Australia’s batting has been a little stale the past six months - swapping Steve Smith for David Warner would freshen things
BBL player hit in the head while batting at training and taken to hospital
Melbourne Stars wicketkeeper Sam Harper has been taken to hospital after being hit in the head while batting in the MCG nets.
‘Wicked’ and dizzyingly expensive: The guide to making an Australian tennis champion
Teenager Roisin Gilheany is on the path to becoming a professional tennis player. To get to where she is now took an almighty effort and hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Smith puts hand up to replace Warner as Test opener
Steve Smith has made the surprising admission that he’d be “pretty keen” to open the batting for Australia if selectors asked him.
How Josh Giddey has overcome boos, new defensive tactics
Josh Giddey has enjoyed a bright start to 2024 on the court as he deals with new defensive tactics, three-point pressure and an ongoing police investigation.
Updated
Australian cricket
Hazlewood’s stunning over sets up centre stage for Warner farewell
David Warner appears destined to bow out of Test cricket a winner after Josh Hazlewood’s triple strike against Pakistan.
Have Your Say
Djokovic has already forgotten his loss to de Minaur. We’d do well to do the same
You don’t need to read between the lines to understand the United Cup was too early in the month for Novak Djokovic to get bloody for the first time in 2024.
