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The two suburbs due to lose 15 MCGs of open space to Victoria’s Big Build
A Melbourne mayor has warned the Victorian government “you can’t just take, you have to give something back” as Big Build projects gobble up suburban parklands.
Breaking
Cybersecurity
Police investigate large-scale healthcare data breach
Australia’s National Cyber Security Coordinator has not named the company, but says federal police and government agencies are probing the hack.
Updated
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
University classes cancelled as stand-off with protesters continues
Pro-Palestine protesters are continuing to occupy a University of Melbourne building.
Chemists to lose dollar-discount option as government bows to pressure
Chemist Warehouse will be stripped of its ability to give its customers $1 off their medicines under a change the Pharmacy Guild has been pushing for years.
Updated
Crime
Murder charge dropped against 12-year-old girl
A preteen girl’s murder charge has been struck out after she was earlier accused of fatally stabbing a 37-year-old woman in Footscray.
Two of Us
Good Weekend
For decades, Vince remembered what one teacher had told him. Then they met again
Butcher and philanthropist Vince Garreffa has never forgotten what his former teacher Irene Froyland said to him when he told her he was leaving school.
On the house: Eight great aperitivo hours for free snacks while you sip
What comes complimentary could be as simple as chips and olives, or as elaborate as sourdough crackers with wagyu and bone marrow. Here’s where to find them.
Opinion
Bali
You’ll need a holiday after tackling Bali’s nightmare airport queues
Planeloads of people all ahead of you on lines, wandering bewildered or hopping from queue to shuffling queue, questioning “Am I in the right line?” Who knows?
John Borthwick
Travel writer
Opinion
AFL 2024
The stats that show why the AFL should undo Hocking’s rule changes
The AFL’s implementation of the six-six-six rule and other recent rule changes have failed to deliver on the promises of enhanced scoring and improving the game’s look. Instead we have confusion, less creativity from coaches and no meaningful benefit.
Kane Cornes
AFL columnist
Marking his territory: How Brandan Parfitt found his place in Cats midfield
After 128 AFL games, Brandan Parfitt will play in his home town Darwin for the first time on Thursday. Better yet, the occasion comes as he has re-established as a constant in the Cats’ midfield.
Analysis
Women’s Asian Cup
Victoria to miss out when Matildas chase Asian Cup glory on home soil in 2026
The buzz of the Women’s World Cup has been and gone, but another dose is coming, with official confirmation that the 2026 Women’s Asian Cup will be played in Australia.
‘Not appropriate’: Albanese criticises Labor MP over Israel comments
Senior Labor figures also distanced themselves from Senator Fatima Payman, who accused Israel of conducting a genocide in Gaza.
Opinion
Inflation
Wall Street’s interest rates party might be a bit premature
At last there’s some good news on US inflation that raises hopes of interest rate cuts. But there’s a but.
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
Opinion
Sunday Life
I gave an Airbnb home just four stars. Apparently that’s a fail
It’s bad enough that every service we use, every restaurant, plumber, grocer or app, demands praise like a needy toddler, but it has to be five stars or death.
Jo Stanley
Columnist
George Miller’s latest Mad Max instalment sends crowds wild at Cannes
During the six-minute standing ovation, star Anya Taylor-Joy directed cameras to Miller, standing next to her. Hemsworth slapped his shoulder. All three were wreathed in relieved smiles.
Macklemore leads chant for Palestine at Melbourne show
The Grammy award-winning rapper lit up the Rod Laver Arena stage in the colours of the Palestinian flag as he performed his controversial new song, Hind’s Hall.
Federal Budget 2024
Opinion
For younger Australians, this budget falls woefully short
In the lead-up to the budget, younger Australians were hopeful for real cost-of-living relief. Instead, we’ve been left with little to celebrate.
Ryan Bourke
The three-minute budget: Everything you need to know
Labor has unveiled its economic plan for the next four years and beyond. Here is a quick rundown of the essentials.
Victoria
They sold the bike to pay for their dad’s funeral. But 12 years later, it came back
It was one of those ideas families talk about but don’t often carry out. If they could make it work, it would end years of regret.
Man allegedly lured to his death after $150,000 necklace ‘burglary’
A woman accused of luring a Colombian man to his death has been granted bailed after a judge found the case against her was “relatively weak”.
Officials were told this tree was home to an endangered animal. They cut it down anyway
Conservationists are furious after they warned the government about the presence of greater gliders and Leadbeater’s possums in trees identified for removal.
Keffiyeh scarf effectively banned from floor of Victorian parliament
The development comes a week after a Greens MP was asked to leave the chamber for refusing to take off her keffiyeh scarf, commonly worn to show support for Palestine.
Exclusive
Investigations
Luxury nest of Aussie bikies accused of running a drug cartel exposed by leak
A mega-leak of property records reveals how suspected drug traffickers and other criminals call the United Arab Emirates a safe haven as the Gulf state looks the other way.
AFL 2024
Talented forward out as injury toll mounts for Blues ahead of Friday night blockbuster
Talented Carlton forward Jack Martin has injured a calf and will miss Friday night’s huge game against premiership favourites Sydney.
How the Hawks helped Bateman through the darkest point of his life
Chance Bateman is no stranger to racism in football, but it’s also where he has found a deep sense of belonging. It’s why he in honoured to have helped design Hawthorn’s Indigenous guernsey this year.
Politics
Stoush over $13.7b tax credits threatens to stall flagship budget policy
Labor will be forced into talks with the Greens over new curbs on coal and gas in a bid to salvage the $13.7 billion tax credits in its “made in Australia” budget plan, after the Coalition rubbished the new measure.
Business
Updated
World markets
ASX rises as inflation relief buoys Wall Street; Aristocrat jumps
The Australian sharemarket advanced in early trade after US inflation figures boosted hopes for rate cuts in the world’s largest economy, igniting a rally on Wall Street.
Opinion
Mergers & acquisitions
Diamonds for sale: Inside the plan to crash BHP’s $64 billion party
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
Opinion
Federal budget
Coalition slams the billionaires’ budget as miners cheer
Elizabeth Knight
Business columnist
World
Updated
Protests
Four dead in New Caledonia riots, France declares state of emergency
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the federal government was closely monitoring the situation and urged Australians to stay safe.
Opinion
I’ve seen what a Facebook news ban looks like – more Clive Palmer and Peta Credlin
Elise Thomas
Disinformation and conspiracy analyst
If the US election were held today, Trump would win
Bruce Wolpe
Senior fellow at the US Studies Centre and former political staffer
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Property
Six of our favourite luxury homes for sale right now
From an idyllic rural retreat to a modern home with in-ground trampoline, we’ve rounded up our pick of the bunch.
‘Love it out here’: What it costs to live in Melbourne’s top suburbs for wellbeing
The wellbeing factor of suburbs has been measured on indicators such as health, environment, jobs and income. But it comes at a price.
Good Food
Lifestyle
To keep or delete: What to do with photos of your ex on social media
Is keeping photos of your ex an indicator you haven’t moved on or a sign of maturity?
Culture
Portrait Rinehart doesn’t want you to see: Mogul demands gallery remove image
Australia’s richest person wants the National Gallery of Australia to remove a portrait of her from an exhibition by Archibald Prize-winning Indigenous artist Vincent Namatjira.
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AFL 2024
The stats that show why the AFL should undo Hocking’s rule changes
The AFL’s implementation of the six-six-six rule and other recent rule changes have failed to deliver on the promises of enhanced scoring and improving the game’s look. Instead we have confusion, less creativity from coaches and no meaningful benefit.
Kane Cornes
AFL columnist
Talented forward out as injury toll mounts for Blues
Talented Carlton forward Jack Martin has injured a calf and will miss Friday night’s huge game against premiership favourites Sydney.
One in 10 AFL players ignore concussion symptoms
Some AFL players admitted they did not report their concussion symptoms because they feared being left out at the selection table and missing out on contract incentives.
Marking his territory: How Brandan Parfitt found his place in Cats midfield
After 128 AFL games, Brandan Parfitt will play in his home town Darwin for the first time on Thursday. Better yet, the occasion comes as he has re-established as a constant in the Cats’ midfield.
Finals swansong? Rebels could make history in last home game
Uncertain whether they will exist in 2025, the Melbourne Rebels may be running out at AAMI Park for the last time on Friday. But they have much to play for.
Analysis
Women’s Asian Cup
Matildas’ encore on home soil cause for excitement for fans and FA alike
The buzz of the Women’s World Cup has been and gone, but another dose is coming, with official confirmation that the 2026 Women’s Asian Cup will be played in Australia.
Watch: The unremarkable Sandown race that was referred to betting investigators
This is the footage of the last 150 metres of a low-profile race at an unremarkable, barely attended Sandown meeting in the winter of 2022 that caught the stewards’ eye – and, after questioning the jockey and trainer, was referred to racing’s betting intelligence unit.
Have Your Say
The list-demographics sweet spot fuelling the high-flying Bombers in 2024
We should have seen Essendon’s uprising coming – and the reason why helps explain two other fringe Melbourne-based finals contenders not meeting external expectations.