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‘Noah deserved better’: Tragic timeline of parents’ fight to save their sick toddler
Noah loved cuddles, the swings and music, but his parents say a chaotic and under-resourced regional health system took the 19-month-old from them.
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City life
Councils put on notice as 10 parks examined for asbestos contamination
The environmental regulator has warned councils across the state to crack down on the quality of mulch being used in public spaces.
Period leave, pay rises and flexible work trials for Victoria’s public service
Thousands of government workers will get a 3 per cent pay rise, an average bonus of $1400 and women’s health leave under a new agreement, according to their union.
Man charged with murder after woman’s body found in bushland near Ballarat
Hannah McGuire, 23, has been remembered as a “bright young woman with a heart of gold” after her body was found in a burnt-out car.
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Aviation
Will Qantas’ frequent flyer changes make it easier to get a seat?
Qantas has added a third way to redeem frequent flyer points on flights. But will it make snagging a seat easier?
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Disability
How Victoria uses the NDIS to care for some of the state’s worst sex offenders
As the disability scheme wrestles with blowouts, experts say funding is needed for criminals with disabilities.
Analysis
AFL 2024
Essendon the big losers, Blues’ Houdini strikes again: Key takeouts from round four
The round of football started slowly and built to a crescendo with controversy, comebacks, scandal and a celebration of a round now embedded in the football calendar.
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Horse racing
‘It’s the perfect story’: Winx’s part-owner buys her foal for record price
Debbie Kepitis broke down in tears after paying $10 million to buy the only living foal of Australia’s greatest racehorse.
Analysis
Analysis
Ginnivan and the small attack: How the Pies survived a monumental Hawks comeback
Jack Ginnivan said after the match that there was plenty for the Hawks to be optimistic about, and explained how he would make himself a better player.
ABC and Triple J revive One Night Stand music festival
The ABC’s youth broadcaster is supporting an industry blighted by the cancellation of high-profile multi-day outings.
The Italian dish Australians love but get completely wrong
In Italy, there is no spaghetti bolognese. Instead, this dish is beloved by everyone from toddlers being tricked into eating vegetables to full-grown foodie adults.
Opinion
Public transport
As much as I’d love it, free public transport is a bad idea
Public transport should never be a money train. But asking for a full fare-free system would be driving a hard bargain.
Millie Muroi
Business Reporter
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Scams
Sextortion pushed a teen to suicide, cops traced culprits to Nigeria
Cruel messages bombarded a teenager’s phone hours before the boy took his own life. A deadly global scam that has killed multiple young men is now in Australia.
Opinion
Opinion
The Albanese government is finally awakening to the bleak nature of Israel’s fighting
Ben Saul
Challis Chair of International Law at Sydney University
Tziporah Malkah says she’s ‘the victim of revenge porn’ after alleged photo leak
The former model confirmed she has complained to NSW Police over last month’s alleged distribution of photographs.
How a New Yorker found a way to crack Britain’s premier quiz show
Brandon Blackwell took on a British cultural institution by training with a collection of 30,000 homemade flashcards the way weightlifters train with barbells.
Family pays $2.63m for Bentleigh home in sought-after school zone
The four-bedroom house had a quoted price range of $2.4 million to $2.5 million, and passed in at $2.6 million.
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Inside China
The Chinese giants that have set off alarm bells in the US
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
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Victoria
‘Like the Day of the Triffids’: How a researcher saved her friend’s life from the ‘monster’ among us
When Troy complained on Facebook about something weird in his shoulder, one of his friends who took notice was pandemic-famous epidemiologist Catherine Bennett.
Police investigate ‘terrifying’ attempted abduction of 11-year-old girl
The girl was walking home from school in Doncaster East when an unknown man in a grey Audi ordered her to get in his car.
A 1943 penny, a wok, and an uneaten McDonald’s order: The findings of the litter-picking king of Torquay
Most days at dawn, Dean Walton rises and heads to the beaches of Victoria’s surfing capital. His passion is picking up rubbish from the town’s foreshore, streets and parks.
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Victorian Parliament
‘It’s a basic issue of integrity’: Fears for state’s politically sensitive documents
The government’s plan to scrap a board that scrutinises Public Record Office Victoria has sparked concern critical records could disappear.
Council ordered to hand over records, test parks as more potential asbestos found
Victoria’s environmental regulator has slapped notices on a local council to hand over records and bring in experts to test more parks.
AFL
How a man of Steele and alien invasion helped the Saints turn on the Tigers
Seb Ross says skipper Jack Steele was the catalyst for his team’s second-half turnaround against Richmond, but coach Ross Lyon had another, albeit tongue-in-cheek, explanation.
The circuit-breaker that helped Crisp; How Docker explained dissent free kick
Jack Crisp believes his stint as a Collingwood backbencher was the circuit-breaker he needed to rediscover his form, while Fremantle’s Jordan Clark claims he was admonishing himself rather than the umpire when he was penalised for dissent.
Politics
Supermarket prices under pressure in new grocery code
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the government would reform competition rules for supermarkets to drive down prices and address claims of market manipulation.
Business
Analysis
Casinos
Four ways the cards could fall for Star Sydney
Star Sydney’s current and former executives are about to be hauled before Adam Bell, SC, for a second time in 18 months – and the stakes are high.
World
Trump says he raised $75 million at fundraiser with 45-minute speech
The event, Donald Trump’s biggest fundraiser yet, is a much-needed boost as he struggles to keep pace with Joe Biden’s ability to whip up funds.
Opinion
This is how cancel culture ends. Thank you, JK Rowling
Parnell Palme McGuinness
Columnist and communications adviser
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Property
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Title Deeds
Liam Hemsworth plots $14.6 million designer digs with pool and sauna
The house won’t be nearly visible from space like his big brother Chris’s place, but including land cost it will set him back more than $20 million.
First home buyer nabs Richmond terrace for $1.135m, ‘less than what it was worth’
Both the buyer and the underbidder expected the two-bedroom house in a sought-after location to sell for even more.
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Lifestyle
‘I married my first crush when I was 22’: Matt Shirvington on finding love so young
The Sunrise host and former athlete met his now-wife, Jessie, when they were both in year 12.
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Family
Forget siblings, the best family relationship is cousins
Richard Glover
Broadcaster and columnist
Culture
Puppeteering and tiny tombstones? This festival has it all
From lurid family histories to Excel-lent stand-up, this year’s comedy festival is in full swing. Keep an eye on our ever-growing list of reviews here.
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AFL 2024
Essendon the big losers, Blues’ Houdini strikes again: Key takeouts from round four
The round of football started slowly and built to a crescendo with controversy, comebacks, scandal and a celebration of a round now embedded in the football calendar.
Updated
Horse racing
‘It’s the perfect story’: Winx’s part-owner buys her foal for record $10 million
Debbie Kepitis outbid American tycoon John Stewart to secure the only surviving foal from Australia’s champion racehorse, which will now be prepared for racing by Winx’s trainer Chris Waller.
The circuit-breaker that helped Crisp; How Docker explained dissent free kick
Jack Crisp believes his stint as a Collingwood backbencher was the circuit-breaker he needed to rediscover his form, while Fremantle’s Jordan Clark claims he was admonishing himself rather than the umpire when he was penalised for dissent.
Analysis
AFL 2024
Ginnivan and the small attack: How the Pies survived a Hawks comeback
The Magpies used all of their guile to survive Hawthorn’s stunningly unlikely and spirited surge, winning by just five points. Jack Ginnivan said there was plenty to be optimistic about, and explained how he would make himself a better player.
Finlayson apologises for homophobic slur, Koch compares case to Clarkson fine
Finlayson apologised on Sunday for the slur he made in Friday night’s game, and is now waiting for the AFL to finalise its investigation of the matter. But his chairman knows where he thinks it stands in comparison to the matter that saw Alastair Clarkson fined.
Dettori rides six straight winners and punter collects $200,000 for $2 bet
The veteran jockey booted home six winners at the famous Santa Anita track.
How a man of Steele and alien invasion helped Saints turn on Tigers
Seb Ross says skipper Jack Steele was the catalyst for his team’s second-half turnaround against Richmond, but coach Ross Lyon had another, albeit tongue-in-cheek, explanation.
Have Your Say
Priced out: In ‘footy country’, you’ll struggle to watch a game on TV at the pub
This, we are regularly assured by AFL ads, was not just a country footy town – we were in footy country. That’s true, unless the game you wanted to watch in Stawell happened to be on pay TV.
Michael Gleeson
Sports columnist
