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Accused killer of 23-year-old Hannah McGuire faces her family in court

Accused killer of 23-year-old Hannah McGuire faces her family in court

Lachlan Young, a 21-year-old from Ballarat, has been charged with murdering McGuire, whose body was found in a burnt-out car in bushland on Friday.

The chief of America’s biggest bank is worried. That’s bad news for all of us

Jamie Dimon is one of the most powerful people in the world. His annual letter to shareholders contains an alarming scenario. Australia would not be immune.

Stephen Bartholomeusz
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From the outside, you can’t tell this house was built for a serial sex offender

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.

‘Intellect, resolve’: PM announces new head of Australian Defence Force

Vice Admiral David Johnston has been promoted to chief of the Australian Defence Force.

Anthony Albanese has announced Vice Admiral David Johnston will be the new chief of the ADF.

Google may be about to make the biggest strategy change yet

Google is weighing up charging customers to use its AI products. We should be begging it to.

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A dusting of snow on Mt Buller this morning.

Rain lashes the city as the High Country welcomes first snow of year

The SES is reporting floods in Kew East and trees down in Heathmont, Templestowe, Lyndhurst and Kinglake as the state shivers through a cold, wet morning.

LAB08:SEINFELD:BURBANK,CALIFORNIA,14MAY98 - A scene from the final epsiode of the hit television series "Seinfeld," which was telecast May 14 is shown in this publicity photograph.  Shown in a courtroom scene are (L-R) at table Phil Morris, Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander, and Michael Richards.  In gallery (L-R) Estelle Harris, Jerry Stiller, Liz Sheridan and Barney Martin.  fsp/HO-Photo by Joey Del Valle/NBC REUTERS

Remember Seinfeld’s controversial finale? Curb Your Enthusiasm just fixed it

Did comedy mastermind Larry David engineer the perfect finale? Not quite. But it was pretty, pretty, pretty good.

My suburb’s ridiculously close to the city, but always overlooked

Life in North Melbourne.

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
Virginia Trioli

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Why Trump’s statement angers conservatives and gives Biden campaign a new target

Donald Trump’s stake in his social media company Trump Media is now worth some $US4.6 billion

In releasing his video the presumptive Republican presidential nominee tried to put to rest an issue widely seen as a general election liability. It hasn’t.

Treasurer releases draft law on housing affordability promise

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has announced the release of draft legislation to introduce incentives to boost investment in the build-to-rent sector.

Jeremy Finlayson is still waiting for the AFL to finalise its investigation into the homophobic slur he has admitted making against an Essendon opponent.
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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
Greg Baum

Sports columnist

The photo that has the Brethren flock all atwitter

“Elect Vessel” of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church Bruce  Hales (left front) preaching in the United States.

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.

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.

The F-35 fighter has components made in Australia, but it is not exported from Australia to Israel in its totality.

‘A pencil is not a weapon, but it can be’: What does Australia send to Israel?

The government says Australia does not supply weaponry to Israel. Meanwhile, the Greens and human rights groups are campaigning to immediately stop military exports. So who is telling the truth?

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Victoria

Hannah McGuire, 23, was found dead in bushland near Ballarat on April 5.

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.

This MP never met with Daniel Andrews. He’s already had two meetings with Jacinta Allan

Crossbench MP David Limbrick

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.

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Liberal Party

Influential Liberal Michael Kroger at centre of heated corporate coup

Former Liberal Party president Michael Kroger.

Kroger is embroiled in a battle for control over the $52m Mayfield Childcare fuelled in part by a contentious deal three years ago.

Period leave, pay rises and flexible work trials for Victoria’s public service

Trials include a variety of flexible arrangements outside the typical five-day and eight-hour work week.

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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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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AFL

Jack Ginnivan and Brayden Maynard have a disagreement.
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.

Gather Round was a wake-up call for Essendon.
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.

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This year’s AFL captains (back row, from left) James Sicily, of Hawthorn, Callum Mills, of Sydney, Max Gawn, of Melbourne, Fremantle’s Alex Pearce, Collingwood’s Darcy Moore, Brisbane Lion Harris Andrews, Richmond’s Toby Nankervis, Oscar Allen, of West Coast, Marcus Bontempelli, of the Western Bulldogs, Carlton’s Patrick Cripps, and St Kilda’s Jack Steele. And (front row) Zach Merrett, of Essendon, GWS’s Josh Kelly, Geelong’s Patrick Dangerfield, North Melbourne’s Jy Simpkin, Connor Rozee, of Port Adelaide, and Gold Coast’s Touk Miller.

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.

Katrina Gorry had surgery on her injured ankle last week.

Gorry, Hunt in doubt for Olympics as Matildas prepare for ‘experimental’ friendly

Tony Gustavsson’s casualty ward is nearing double figures, and it remains unclear whether some first-choice starters will recover in time for Paris 2024.

Jeremy Finlayson is still waiting for the AFL to finalise its investigation into the homophobic slur he has admitted making against an Essendon opponent.
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
Greg Baum

Sports columnist

Aaron Isaia outside Beenleigh Magistrates Court

Brisbane troll fined for ‘vile’ online ref abuse during Rugby World Cup

A Brisbane man has been fined $1000 and given a 12-month good behaviour bond for abusing a Rugby World Cup match official and his family.

Debbie Kepitis bursts into tears after her $10m winning bid for Winx’s foal.

‘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.

South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas (second from left) promotes Gather Round with Zac Bailey of the Brisbane Lions (to his right) , the AFL’s Josh Mahoney and North Melbourne’s Jy Simpkin.
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
Greg Baum

Sports columnist

Jack Crisp celebrates one of his two booming goals in the decider.

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.

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