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A card in the woods and a heartbreaking message to a beloved daughter
Nestled into flowers in a scorched patch of bushland is a note from Hannah McGuire’s family containing two words the women of Ballarat desperately need to hear.
Breaking
Courts
AFL great charged with child sex offences
AFL great Carl Ditterich has been charged with several child sex offences following an investigation into an alleged incident in 1985.
Former ABC and Nine political editor Chris Uhlmann joins Sky News
Chris Uhlmann will start with the Murdoch-owned network next week and is set to appear on a number of shows.
Opinion
Domestic violence
We fuss over insults to men. How about some fuss about the killing of women?
Men, imagine if women were bigger and stronger than you, and one of them picked you off literally every week. Would you find the time to talk about it?
Kate Halfpenny
Regular columnist
Opinion
Donald Trump
Why is Trump Bible bashing? Because even his religious faithful are about to be shocked
Donald Trump, who is facing 91 felony counts, is using his favourite book to guide him onto the road to redemption and back into the presidency.
Bruce Wolpe
Senior fellow at the US Studies Centre and former political staffer
Opinion
Loyalty programs
How to game Qantas’ new frequent flyer program
The airline’s new frequent flyer scheme is now open for business, so here’s how to make the most of the system.
Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Money contributor
The epic European hiking trail hardly anyone knows about
Never before have I encountered such an astonishing diversity of terrain and panoramas on one trip.
Harry and Meghan working on TV series about gardening, cooking and polo
The couple have agreed to the projects as part of a five-year $154 million deal they signed with Netflix in 2020.
Real estate tycoon sentenced to death in $19.1b fraud case
The court found Truong My Lan ran an orchestrated criminal enterprise that had serious consequences, with no possibility of the money being recovered.
Perspective
Genocide
It’s an image that haunts generations. It’s always the children that suffer the most
They are the innocents, and it is never their fight. But it is the children of conflict who always suffer the most.
Analysis
American Football
Murder, a televised chase and the Kardashians: The O.J. Simpson saga was a unique American moment
Beyond the news value of such a famous person accused of such brutal killings, what made the O.J. Simpson trial such an incredible moment in US history?
Ted Anthony
‘That could be me’: The Australian talent following in Ash Barty’s footsteps
Fast-rising Perth teenager Taylah Preston, part of Australia’s Billie Jean King Cup squad, is charging up the rankings and poised to be the nation’s next big tennis star.
Pulling power: 10 melty cheeses ranked for ooze and stretch
Ellie Studd shares the golden rules for making the perfect stretchy cheese toastie — many strings attached.
‘My Errol Flynn’: How Ethne fell in love with a dead serviceman
Diaries and love letters scribbled in cursive by soldiers at the front can be difficult to decipher. To the rescue: this 91-year-old – and others like her.
See & Do
At 28 minutes, The Sign is Bluey’s longest-ever episode. Is a movie next?
The 28-minute special, which features the possible sale of the Heelers’ house and a wedding, could be a test run for bigger things in the future.
This festival will make you laugh, cry, and maybe ask: ‘Wait, what did I just watch?’
From a Norwegian clown to Josh Thomas’ return to stand-up, this year’s MICF has got it all. Keep an eye on our ever-growing list of reviews here.
Victoria
Exclusive
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Major disruption warning ahead of planned pro-Palestine protests
The groups behind Monday’s global A15 Action protests have threatened to blockade “major choke points in the economy”, aiming to cause maximum economic impact.
Exclusive
Planning
The bonus encouraging Melbourne developers to build offices – during a housing crisis
Parkland, affordable housing and commercial office spaces earn developers bonuses to build in the CBD. The code was meant to be reviewed but it hasn’t been touched.
Updated
Missing person
Police halt new search for Samantha Murphy
Dogs were used to scour Enfield State Park and its surrounds for the remains of Samantha Murphy, with a search due to resume on Friday.
Second man charged over execution-style killing of Gavin ‘Capable’ Preston
Rabii Abram Zahabe was arrested on unrelated matters in Sydney, prompting Victoria Police homicide squad detectives to head north to charge him over Preston’s murder at a suburban cafe.
New housing development gets green light. But there is one problem
In recent decades this small marsupial has been lost in Melbourne’s sand-belt suburbs. Now, researchers fear a series of townhouses that just got the green light in Cranbourne will render it more vulnerable.
AFL
Opinion
A new force is emerging in the AFL. It’s bad news for the Bombers and Saints
The Suns, with their riches of young talent and growing superstars, are on the brink of a meteoric rise. This is a warning to all: prepare yourselves, for the Suns are ready to unleash a new era of dominance in the AFL.
Kane Cornes
AFL columnist
Flemington boss quits as Saints hunt for new CEO
Former Fremantle CEO Steve Rosich is free to explore new roles after announcing he is leaving his senior post at the VRC. The news comes as St Kilda continue to search for a replacement chief executive officer for Simon Lethlean.
Politics
Warning made-in-Australia ‘manufacturing fetishism’ will make Australia poorer
While companies welcomed the budget boost promised to keep green tech in Australia, economist Saul Eslake says it will weaken the economy.
Business
Generative AI moves from cloud into physical world
Questions asked on ChatGPT or AI-generated video made on Synthesys are transforming companies such as data centre operator NextDC and property giant Goodman Group.
Opinion
US Votes 2024
‘RAGING!’ Trump pounces as Biden gets some bad news
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
Opinion
Activist shareholders
Qantas baggage haunts under-pressure Goyder at Woodside
Elizabeth Knight
Business columnist
World
Updated
American Football
O.J. Simpson, fallen NFL hero acquitted of murder in ‘trial of the century,’ dies aged 76
Simpson earned fame, fortune and adulation through football and show business, but his legacy was forever changed by the June 1994 knife slayings of his ex-wife.
Opinion
Albanese has a new slogan. Just don’t play a drinking game with it
David Crowe
Chief political correspondent
Why we shouldn’t put the Spotlight on sex work
Jenna Price
Columnist and academic
China has spooked the West in the war that may never end
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
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Property
Analysis
Renting
Victoria’s new tax is driving landlords out. But is that a bad thing?
It has become easy for landlords and real estate agents to point to the recently expanded land tax as a reason for spiking rents. But it’s more complicated.
Summer is choosing between eating and paying rent. Right now she’s homeless
Tenants report being evicted with nowhere else to go as Melbourne’s rental crisis deepens and queues form for available properties.
Good Food
Lifestyle
Rihanna wants a breast lift after babies. Could it start a movement?
More mothers are choosing the procedure to mark the end of their breastfeeding years. Some experts warn the trend fuels unrealistic expectations about body image.
Culture
Exclusive
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
‘It’s appalling’: Hugo Weaving on the backlash to pro-Palestine protests in Australia
The acclaimed actor has just finished performing his latest play in Ireland, where he says conversations about Gaza and Israel are much more “sane” than in Australia.
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Breaking
Courts
AFL great Carl Ditterich charged with child sex offences
AFL great Carl Ditterich has been charged with several child sex offences following an investigation into an alleged incident in 1985.
Lion taunts Melbourne forward with ‘crybaby face’ in spiteful exchange
Two years after being left in tears by a sledge from Lion Dayne Zorko, Melbourne’s Harrison Petty has been targeted with a ‘crybaby’ gesture by another Lion.
Smith hangs tough to keep Masters dream alive, DeChambeau leads after opening round
Former British Open champion Cameron Smith was “absolutely chuffed” to have ground out a first-round 71 after spending almost a week battling food poisoning.
‘That could be me’: The Australian talent following in Ash Barty’s footsteps
Fast-rising Perth teenager Taylah Preston, part of Australia’s Billie Jean King Cup squad, is charging up the rankings and poised to be the nation’s next big tennis star.
Tim Cahill vs Australia: Why Socceroos great is blocking the road to Paris
Cahill has quietly ascended to the key role of technical director in Qatar, effectively putting him in control of the development systems of one of Australia’s direct competitors.
Flemington boss quits as Saints hunt for new CEO
Former Fremantle CEO Steve Rosich is free to explore new roles after announcing he is leaving his senior post at the VRC. The news comes as St Kilda continue to search for a replacement chief executive officer for Simon Lethlean.
Opinion
AFL 2024
A new force is emerging in the AFL. It’s bad news for the Bombers and Saints
The Suns, with their riches of young talent and growing superstars, are on the brink of a meteoric rise. This is a warning to all: prepare yourselves, for the Suns are ready to unleash a new era of dominance in the AFL.
Kane Cornes
AFL columnist
Have Your Say
What’s a gold medal worth? Cash for medals in historic Olympics move
Olympic gold just got a lot more lucrative for track and field athletes in Paris.
