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Disability
Sensors, 24-hour supervision: Inside a sex offender’s NDIS-funded home
Clinical experts and justice officials fear the NDIS is ill-equipped to deal with sex offenders, putting the safety of the public and support workers at risk.
Opinion
AUKUS
Japan is set to join AUKUS – it won’t be the last to do so
Japan is the world’s fourth-biggest economy, yet only the ninth-biggest defence spender. That’s changing as China’s military build-up continues.
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
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Russia-Ukraine war
Australian elite seek to divert Russia’s $9 billion in ‘dirty money’ to Ukraine
The group, including former prime ministers and business, union and military leaders, wants Australia to divert the billions it has confiscated since the invasion of Ukraine to help the war-torn nation rebuild.
Opinion
Life in the ’burbs
My suburb attracts a cult-like loyalty, despite the grit and the gangsters
Virginia Trioli hasn’t seen a gangland funeral across the road for years, but this area has always been an in-between place – a suburb of two identities, she writes.
Virginia Trioli
Journalist
The photo that has the Brethren flock all atwitter
The publication of a picture of the leader of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church has generated feverish discussion about how it came to our reporter.
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Liberal Party
Influential Liberal Kroger at centre of heated corporate coup
Michael Kroger is embroiled in a battle for control over the $52m Mayfield Childcare fuelled in part by a contentious deal three years ago.
Opinion
AFL 2024
‘That’s enough’: AFL must send Finlayson a simple message with slur penalty
What shocks about Jeremy Finlayson’s homophobic insult against Essendon is that it even sprung to his mind to use such language in 2024.
Greg Baum
Sports columnist
Secret vets, private security and a US tycoon on the line: Inside the $10m sale of Winx’s filly
The yet-to-be-named filly has had around-the-clock security outside her stall and the days before her sale were pandemonium, with buyers and sticky-beakers crowding around for a glimpse of the famous exhibit.
Exercise doesn’t just benefit your body, it also strengthens your brain
Physical activity improves cognitive and mental health in many ways. Here’s how to reap the benefits.
This pantry staple you usually throw out will make simple midweek spuds special
Squashed crisp-edged potatoes, tossed and baked to give them a subtle but important chip-shop feeling.
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Airline reviews
Virgin’s extra legroom seats are a bargain on this route
This flight to an island paradise features Virgin’s cheapest upgrade to ‘Economy X’ at just $33.
Why half the homes in this sleepy seaside town are bought with cash
Asset-rich buyers who don’t need a mortgage are arriving in droves, while others struggle against high interest rates and the cost of living.
Claire was dubious about this DIY test. It found a virus that causes cancer
The 48-year-old woman says the vaginal swab alternative to a Pap smear is “much less invasive than a COVID test up the nose”.
At its heart, Bruce Pascoe’s Black Duck is a love story of both people and Country
Bruce Pascoe and Lyn Harwood have written a deeply philosophical and personal book that is deeply respectful of Country and the need to live humbly with it.
This MP never met with Daniel Andrews. He’s already had two meetings with Jacinta Allan
Labor’s control of the crossbench is changing as progressives warn they won’t be taken for granted and those frozen out under Andrews welcome a new approach.
Australians now work well into their 60s, but problems loom as this COVID-era pool dries up
Australian men and women are now expecting to retire later than at any time since the 1970s but as the number of older workers slips, it could pose a problem for employers.
At 21, Cassie had no idea she could have a stroke. Then she had six of them
A young mother who suffered six strokes just nine days after giving birth has told an inquiry that medical staff were too busy to follow up on her pleas for help in the days before the episode.
Victoria
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.
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.
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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.
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City life
Councils put on notice as asbestos found in several parks across Melbourne
The environmental regulator has warned councils across the state to crack down on the quality of mulch being used in public spaces.
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.
AFL
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.
Analysis
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.
Politics
Trump will see nuclear subs as a ‘win-win’, US foreign policy guru predicts
A former Bush adviser says Kevin Rudd shouldn’t be too worried either: “It was off-the-cuff.”
Business
Opinion
Loyalty programs
Qantas loyalty revamp the right flight path to healing customer ‘pain point’
Vanessa Hudson has taken on the Herculean task of trying to restore the relationship with Qantas customers and staff – and reweight the division of the spoils.
Elizabeth Knight
Business columnist
World
Vatican says ‘no’ to sex changes, surrogacy and gender theory in new document
The release of a 20-page document follows fierce conservative pushback against the doctrinal office’s previous declaration on LGBT issues.
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
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Property
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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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.
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Lifestyle
How to make sure a takeaway meal is healthy: A dietitian’s guide to what to pick if you can’t quit
It might be hard to resist the lure of a take-home pizza or stir-fry, but there may be other convenient and tasty takeaway options that are better for your health.
Culture
She bagged a prized interview with Prince Andrew. Now it’s a Netflix movie
Sam McAlister, the Newsnight booker played by Billie Piper in Scoop, has a theory on why the prince agreed to do it.
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Sport
AFL’s captain’s call: Skippers won’t get right to review umpiring decisions
The AFL has made its own captain’s call on the push to allow team skippers to challenge umpiring decisions by sending them to video review.
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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.
Opinion
AFL 2024
Gather Round? More like Blather Round if you ask me
After being bombarded with missives about the charms of South Australia, we were supposed to rejoice and be grateful that they had the footy and we didn’t.
Greg Baum
Sports columnist
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.
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.
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.
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
