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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.
Opinion
Interest rates
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
Senior business columnist
Exclusive
Disability
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
Anthony Albanese has announced Vice Admiral David Johnston will be the new chief of the ADF.
Opinion
Web culture
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.
Matthew Lynn
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.
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.
Review
Melbourne
Our critic had high expectations for this revamped CBD fine diner. Here’s the thing she didn’t anticipate
There are a few notable changes at the newly refurbished fine diner, but those spectacular views aren’t one of them.
Opinion
Life in the ’burbs
My suburb’s ridiculously close to the city, but always overlooked
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
Why Trump’s statement angers conservatives and gives Biden campaign a new target
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
‘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?
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.
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.
Exclusive
Liberal Party
Influential Liberal Michael Kroger at centre of heated corporate coup
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
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.
Exclusive
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.
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
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.
Business
Investor heavyweights failing to boot directors on climate commitments
Directors at companies failing to meet any climate commitment criteria received higher support in 2023 than those that met them, according to new research.
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
‘It’s a market within itself’: Why buyers chase homes in this sought-after zone
A huge crowd turned up to watch a recent battle between families trying to buy a home, and there’s not much else for sale.
Adult kids still living at home? Send them this
There’s a common pitfall in rental properties and it pays to be prepared, especially in a cost of living crisis.
Good Food
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
Chilling show means you’ll never think of Fleabag’s Hot Priest the same way
Forget the sunny setting of 1999’s The Talented Mr Ripley – this gritty new version, filmed in black and white, is as noir as it gets.
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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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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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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.
