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A father’s grief, an army’s silence: New chopper crash theory emerges
It took only a few seconds for the Taipan to pitch up then plunge into the sea, killing all four on board. The quest for the truth has taken months.
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Resolve Political Monitor
The major concerns behind the Albanese government’s worst poll result
Australians have cut their support for the federal government as they feel the financial damage from rising prices and higher interest rates, according to the Resolve Political Monitor.
Linda Reynolds responds to Brittany Higgins’ apology
MP Linda Reynolds has vowed to continue with a suit against Brittany Higgins if Higgins continues to claim there was a political cover-up over her rape.
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Road safety
Tradies rushed to break into a toppled school bus. What they saw inside shocked them
A string of distress calls. A scared girl gripping a man’s ankle. A bus driver and a convoy of tradies about to become heroes. This was Exford Road on May 16, the day their lives were forever entwined.
Cladding fire at high-rise building blamed for top architecture firm’s liquidation
The architects behind some of Melbourne’s most prominent buildings say the Lacrosse tower fire in Docklands sent them broke.
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AFL 2024
Can Cats maintain ground control without Major Tom?
The unbeaten Geelong must face the AFL’s best forward pairing without the best defender in the game; Collingwood recapture the chaos of 2023; footy’s bravest act may need to be flipped on its head.
Greene cops one week ban for flying hit on Blue
The penalty will provoke fierce debate with the Giants’ weighing an appeal.
Hawks win their first of season; Swans scorch the Suns in Sydney
North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson said the opposition was “tougher and harder” when the game was on the line after the Hawks defeated the winless Kangaroos.
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Oral health
‘The new tattoos’: How ancient tooth bling is back in vogue
Teeth are essential to everyday life – and they carry our secrets long after we’re gone. What do they know? (And what makes a “perfect” smile?)
Australian teen sensation beats world’s fastest woman in Diamond League triumph
Torrie Lewis has made another stunning sprint breakthrough by beating the world 100-metre champ and powering to victory in the 200 metres at the season’s opening Diamond League meeting.
‘Baggy jeans, a classic shirt and an oversized jacket’: Pallavi Sharda’s daily style
The actor, who supports up-and-coming Indian designers, enjoys playing with styles from different eras.
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Crime
Underage offenders will soon be fitted with ankle bracelets. But do they work?
Victoria is due to join Queensland, the UK, US and New Zealand in trialling ankle bracelets on young offenders, but a report says the move could create more harm than good.
Everyone feared this festival would implode, but there’s Alice Cooper waving a boa constrictor on stage
Despite the rough lead-up and dropping half of its acts, Pandemonium music festival didn’t live up to its name.
Ten great things you can do for free in New York
A billionaire’s playground, New York City is one of the most expensive cities in the world. Which is why it’s surprising there are so many free things to do.
This mesmerising work of non-fiction that will inspire awe and make you weep
James Bradley explores humanity’s past, present and possible futures through the lens of the world’s oceans in his new book Deep Water: The World in the Ocean.
Victoria
‘Who can we be tomorrow?’ Changing our gruesome, racist place names
Murderers Flat, Lubra Creek and Massacre Bay: Victoria is scattered with monuments and place names with violent or offensive origins.
Bogans and artisans had to get along in the Eltham of old. The new one is a lot like everywhere else...kind of
Twenty kilometres from Melbourne’s city centre, and now home to almost 19,000 people, contemporary Eltham has changed dramatically.
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Australia votes
Zahid Safi was warned about the Liberals. Now, he is a candidate
After arriving in Australia, the Afghan-born former refugee was told the Liberals were anti-immigrant. A decade on, he wants to be the party’s first Muslim MP in Canberra.
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Planning
Residents furious as high-rise gets green light to tower over bay
A contentious high-rise apartment building, part of Frankston’s “Great Wall” overlooking Port Phillip Bay, has been approved.
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Victorian budget
Dozens of school upgrades could miss out in budget ‘bloodbath’
Labor committed $850 million to upgrade at least 89 schools in 2022, but more than half failed to secure funding to put shovels in the ground in last year’s state budget.
AFL
Opinion
Why Hardwick and the Suns should just leave Dustin Martin alone
Dustin Martin’s seven-year mega contract at Richmond expires this year, and since 2022, if not earlier, Gold Coast have been mooted as the logical destination for Dusty if he wanted out. But does he?
Jake Niall
Chief football writer, The Age
‘It’s hard being Toby’: Kingsley goes in to bat for Greene
GWS coach Adam Kingsley has leant on the “Toby tax” sentiment in defending Toby Greene as his captain faces scrutiny over high contact on Carlton’s Jordan Boyd.
Politics
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Immigration
Why this Coalition senator is calling for empathy in the immigration debate
A Queensland Liberal senator is urging a rethink from all sides of politics, saying the proposed legislation would have “real-world consequences” for vulnerable people.
Business
Legal fight over Trump Media’s ownership adds to its woes
For weeks, two former Apprentice contestants have been fighting with Trump Media, the parent company of Truth Social, over their roughly 8 per cent stake in the company.
World
How to destroy a $15 million tank for $770
The emergence of cheap drones, not dissimilar to commercially available models, has been exploited to great effect in Ukraine. The tank’s place as a war-winner may be over.
Opinion
The best thing about the Lehrmann judgment is its slowness in a time of dangerous speed
Jacqueline Maley
Columnist and senior journalist
After a week of mass-murder and terror, we must take a look in the mirror
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
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Property
Ex-Good Guys boss who made $17m tree-change sells $6m city bolthole
When Essendon director Andrew Muir sold his Toorak house for $28m+ he bought a Flinders spread and a Carlton terrace. Now he’s offloaded the pied-à-terre.
‘If I won lottery, I would never leave’: Melbourne’s most tightly held suburbs
Families bought in years ago, and loved the neighbourhood so much they stayed - sometimes for decades.
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Lifestyle
Can you really hypnotise yourself? And if so, should you?
Self-hypnosis apps are becoming increasingly popular for managing stress and anxiety. But are they actually safe to use?
Culture
‘If I ever have to talk in front of more than four people, I get nervous’: Kristen Wiig
Bridesmaids made her the golden girl of American comedy. But in the decade since, the actor’s career has been far from the typical Hollywood trajectory.
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AFL 2024
Can Cats maintain ground control without Major Tom?
The unbeaten Geelong must face the AFL’s best forward pairing without the best defender in the game; Collingwood recapture the chaos of 2023; footy’s bravest act may need to be flipped on its head.
Double blow for Giants as Greene, Hogan banned
The Giants could be without two star forwards on Anzac Day with Toby Greene and Jesse Hogan both offered bans.
Australian teen sensation beats world’s fastest woman in Diamond League triumph
Torrie Lewis has made another stunning sprint breakthrough by beating the world 100-metre champ and powering to victory in the 200 metres at the season’s opening Diamond League meeting.
125 runs in six overs: Head, Fraser-McGurk star in IPL run-fest
Travis Head and Jake Fraser-McGurk provided the fireworks for Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals as an Indian Premier League trend towards batting hyperdrive gathered still more momentum.
Hawks win their first of season; Swans scorch the Suns in Sydney
North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson said the opposition was “tougher and harder” when the game was on the line after the Hawks defeated the winless Kangaroos.
Aussie swimmers respond as US doping boss blasts ‘egregious’ drugs scandal
Australian breaststroker Zac Stubblety-Cook lost his world record last year to a Chinese swimmer who tested positive to a banned substance before the Tokyo Olympics.
Opinion
AFL 2024
Why Hardwick and the Suns should just leave Dustin Martin alone
Dustin Martin’s seven-year mega contract at Richmond expires this year, and since 2022, if not earlier, Gold Coast have been mooted as the logical destination for Dusty if he wanted out. But does he?
Jake Niall
Chief football writer, The Age
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Why Hardwick and the Suns should just leave Dustin Martin alone
Dustin Martin’s seven-year mega contract at Richmond expires this year, and since 2022, if not earlier, Gold Coast have been mooted as the logical destination for Dusty if he wanted out. But does he?
Jake Niall
Chief football writer, The Age
