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Beneath the city: Inside Victoria’s largest, most expensive road
Deep underneath our north-eastern suburbs, two mega-machines are embarking on an ambitious project to shape Melbourne’s future.
Coordinating chaos: Counter-terror drill as emergency services prepare for worst
In a large-scale counter-terrorism exercise, Victoria’s emergency services have tested how they would respond to a major attack.
Bet your house on it: The issues Dutton wants as election battlegrounds
The opposition leader seems utterly sure of his power to drive Albanese out of office. Too sure, perhaps.
Interior designer’s Clifton Hill townhouse fetches $1.4m at auction
The Design Files previously featured the colourful, mid-century refresh of the three-bedroom, inner north home.
Pro-Palestine protesters crash Labor state conference
About 200 pro-Palestine protesters chanted slogans as they lashed the Labor Party and the prime minister for their stance on Gaza.
‘Part of this conspiracy’: The Australian journalist at the centre of the Trump trial
The criminal trial of former president Donald Trump has heard much about Australian journalist Dylan Howard’s role in perfecting the dark art of “catch and kill”.
Live
AFL 2024
‘Gave him a little push’: De Goey on Pies’ frantic finish; Giants, Dogs do battle
Follow along for all the major moments and post game reactions as round 10 reaches its Saturday games in the AFL.
Latest live posts
LoadingParker facing extended Swans exile after hospitalising VFL opponent
Luke Parker is facing an even longer stint out of the AFL after a brutal collision in a VFL game that is likely to attract a multi-week suspension.
Opinion
Darwin
To those saying no to an NT team in the AFL, your arguments are a crock
It’s only fair that there will be an NT team in the AFL some day soon. And when you look at the reasons why, it adds up.
Greg Baum
Sports columnist
‘I think that’s dangerous’: The moment the new CSIRO boss decided to hit back at Peter Dutton
Doug Hilton didn’t back off when he felt the leader of the opposition had crossed a line.
Opinion
Federal budget
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
‘For all the other non-grandparents out there: you are not alone’
The pain of childlessness is well documented. But it can hit all over again when friends gush about their grandchildren.
Love sushi rolls? Try onigiri, the lunchtime upgrade that’s sweeping Melbourne
Japan’s “soul food” is creeping onto cafe menus and into convenience store fridges in Melbourne — and these rice balls have a few bonuses that our beloved handrolls don’t.
This cruise ship can go where other ships cannot
As Antarctica becomes crowded with ships, the Le Commandant Charcot can push through pack ice and into regions of seas typically only reached by military or scientific vessels.
Modern Guru
Good Weekend
Shouldn’t my adult children be paying their way when we all go out?
Discuss who’s paying before you go anywhere, writes our Modern Guru. This way, everyone can avoid bill shock.
Cheap and clever, this new crime series throws you in the deep end
Tapping into contemporary concerns, After the Flood makes a welcome change.
They changed attitudes around the world. Now Back to Back tackles the 9 to 5
Next month in Venice, the 37-year-old theatre troupe will pick up its latest international gong. But first comes a new play about workplace dynamics.
Opinion
Financial literacy
Could grandparents be our biggest financial influencers?
Teaching the younger generation how to be frugal with their cash can be valuable wisdom for grandparents to impart, but it’s become more difficult to do.
Bec Wilson
Money contributor
WEEKEND READS
The ‘new Tinder’ – or something more? Why run clubs are gaining pace
A great way to keep fit and make friends. A panacea for loneliness. A modern-day church. And fun, so fun. No wonder run clubs have exploded post-pandemic.
Two of Us
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.
Victoria
Inside the secret place saving women
It is hidden behind a high fence and protected by 16 security cameras. This place of safety is where women escaping violence get the chance for a new life.
Broken love pact at centre of missing campers’ long-time affair
A Supreme Court jury has been taken inside the long-term affair between Russell Hill and Carol Clay before they were allegedly murdered together on a camping trip.
More warnings but no action against Melbourne Uni’s Gaza sit-in
Frustrated Jewish students and community leaders have called on the University of Melbourne to make good on its promise to end the occupation of a campus building by pro-Palestinian protesters.
The virus soup that’s making so many Victorians sick
Xavier complained of a headache. Within hours, he was having seizures. The five-year-old is one of the rising number of Victorians falling victim to the flu, COVID or RSV.
Exclusive
Healthcare
Why Daniela faces a two-year wait for sperm and eggs
In a bid to help hundreds of patients wanting to start a family, a campaign is under way to encourage Victorians to donate their sperm and eggs.
AFL 2024
Collingwood have a recruiting zone the size of Italy. It’s yet to produce a single player
The AFL shocked recruiters last month when it told them they needed to draft more Indigenous players to fix declining numbers in the league, sparking a much-needed conversation on how to reverse a worrying trend.
AFL Briefing
Blues not pointing finger at fitness boss; Lyon lauds Indigenous ‘fight’
Michael Voss says injury-ravaged Carlton will solve their woes together, as a spate of soft-tissue injuries jeopardise their flag tilt.
Politics
Chalmers’ budget is suffering from tobacco withdrawal
Big tobacco excise boosts the budget bottom line. But fewer smokers, more vapers and a black market are killing the tax cash.
Business
Remaking BHP: the chairman and the $64 billion deal
Ken MacKenzie likely has just over two years left as BHP’s chair. A mega-deal with Anglo American would shape the legacy he leaves at the Big Australian.
World
Trucks are rolling across a new pier into Gaza. But some fear it’s a diversion from the real crisis
The $480m US-built pier has been welcomed by aid groups, but there is a fear it may be diverting attention from the surging humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Opinion
Albanese has a vision splendid. Can Dutton the wrecker spoil it?
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
By resisting exposure, Gina Rinehart painted a portrait of the ‘Streisand effect’
Jacqueline Maley
Columnist and senior journalist
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Property
The Melbourne suburbs where you should have bought a house
Nearly 100 suburbs that were affordable to home buyers in 2022 are no longer within reach. Here’s what slipped away, and where to look instead.
Entrepreneur splashes near $100m on Toorak house, Portsea beach house
Grant Rule sold his company, bought the second-most expensive home in Toorak and added a holiday home on the beachfront.
Good Food
Lifestyle
Exclusive
Mental health
How we process emotions during sleep may change our mental health
New insights into REM sleep and our emotions may change the way we treat mental health.
Opinion
Pets
What’s a good death? For Maggie we chose a sunny day and roast chicken
Kate Halfpenny
Regular columnist
Culture
Masterpiece of disaster? Megalopolis and the art of the self-funded passion project
Bold new films from The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola and Kevin Costner show there are still mavericks in American cinema, but can they pull it off?
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AFL 2024
AFL 2024 round 10 LIVE updates: ‘Gave him a little push’: De Goey on Pies’ frantic finish; Giants, Dogs do battle
Follow along for all the major moments and post game reactions as round 10 reaches its Saturday games in the AFL.
Analysis
AFL 2024
Carlton’s season is on the brink, and the next month could decide it
The casualties are mounting at the Blues, but their next four games could well be season-defining.
Jake Niall
Opinion
AFL 2024
To those saying no to an NT team in the AFL, your arguments are a crock
It’s only fair that there will be an NT team in the AFL some day soon. And when you look at the reasons why, it adds up.
Greg Baum
Sports columnist
At the crossroads, Richmond’s next decision could sink or save the Tigers
Richmond president John O’Rourke says he is not daunted by the job ahead as he leads the club’s attempt to get back on the right track.
Analysis
EPL
This was no ‘mea culpa’ from Ange. If anything, he doubled down
To read Ange Postecoglou’s latest comments as an admission of defeat would be to take away the incorrect reading. And it wouldn’t be the first time that’s happened this season.
Collingwood have a recruiting zone the size of Italy. It’s yet to produce a single player
The AFL shocked recruiters last month when it told them they needed to draft more Indigenous players to fix declining numbers in the league, sparking a much-needed conversation on how to reverse a worrying trend.
Updated
PGA Championship
‘I was shaking for an hour’: World No.1 golfer Scheffler detained by police at PGA Championship
Louisville police have charged the Masters champion with a variety of offences, which required the golfer to start his warm-up in a jail cell before the second round.
Have Your Say
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 changes have failed to deliver on the promises of enhanced scoring and improving the game’s look. Instead, we have confusion.
Kane Cornes
AFL columnist
