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Naked City podcast
Journey into the criminal underworld with Australia’s most formidable crime reporter - John Silvester.
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Test your knowledge of Melbourne and Victoria with Stephen Brook’s weekly quiz.
The Hague seeks arrest warrant for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Netanyahu
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says he is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Their house values could fall 20 per cent after shock change. The push is on for a solution
Property experts say house prices in an inner Melbourne estate could drop by up to 20 per cent and insurance costs skyrocket after Melbourne Water’s revised modelling for the Maribyrnong River catchment.
Victoria’s nurses and midwives reject new pay offer in shock decision
About 3000 union members attended Monday’s meeting, where they vented their anger and rejected the pay deal with the Allan government.
Updated
Assange saga
Assange can appeal against US extradition on espionage charges, UK court rules
London’s High Court ruled that assurances it sought from the US were insufficient and that it would allow the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to appeal against his extradition on espionage charges.
Opinion
Federal budget
Page 97 of the budget kept me awake at night, and is a stain on Morrison’s legacy
A $6.5 billion funding allocation is an indictment against the Coalition’s treatment of veterans, and the backstory to it enough to make your blood boil.
Shane Wright
Senior economics correspondent
My suburb’s a sleepy paradise until SUPs and MAMILs swoop in
It’s a sleepy paradise from Monday to Friday, a blip on Nepean Highway on the way to Frankston. But my suburb is transformed on weekends.
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Rugby Australia
Ex-Qantas supremo captivated by Tarneit, spruiks government backing of precinct plan
Change of tack could signal a major development in negotiations between the consortium attempting to rescue the Melbourne Rebels and the sport’s governing body.
Struggle with making decisions? This simple mindset trick could help
We make hundreds of decisions every single day. Here’s how to make it all feel easier, according to experts.
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AFL 2024
Saints seeking shared tenancy, Essendon-style, at the MCG
St Kilda want to shift a number of home games to the MCG and, over the longer-term, have a shared tenancy between the AFL’s Marvel Stadium and the MCG – in the same manner as Essendon.
The incidents that resulted in criminal charges in the A-League
A number of events during matches involving the Macarthur Bulls are central to police claims.
Swans star looking at five-match ban; Pie de Goey in doubt for Fremantle clash
Premiership Swan Luke Parker has been sent straight to the VFL tribunal. Collingwood match winner Jordan De Goey will need to pass fitness tests this week
‘Alarming for a young kid’: What a father and son found at missing campers’ abandoned site
A burnt campsite, an Esky full of food, a handbag on the passenger seat of a car. The first people to come across Russell Hill and Carol Clay’s campsite have described the scene to a jury.
Opinion
Federal budget
Money can’t buy everything, but Treasurer can buy an inflation reduction
Richard Denniss
Executive director at The Australia Institute
Hunchback Shardlake is a fascinating protagonist in this 16th century murder mystery
Disabled actor Arthur Hughes plays an English barrister who gets to the bottom of the machinations that surround King Henry VIII.
Ramen and car repairs: What a designer on $115,000 spends in a week
In Money Diaries this week, a Melbourne-based product designer binges Bridgerton and watches The Notebook for the first time.
The surprising thing about sushi for first-time visitors to Japan
Yes, Japan is home to this delicious rice and seaweed morsel, but you might be surprised to find it’s not a dish that’s on everyone’s lips.
Victoria
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Victorian budget
Labor’s secret $75.7b war chest raises transparency fears
The Allan government has squirrelled away billions of dollars for future policy announcements while Victoria lags in deficit.
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Crime
Abuse victim sues parole board for letting paedophile priest access children
A man abused by notorious priest Michael Glennon has launched legal action believed to be the first attempt in Victoria to extend culpability for historical clerical abuse.
Exclusive
Floods
Fury after flood zoning suddenly slapped on award-winning inner-city estate
Residents are demanding answers after 900 homes at a 25-year-old Kensington estate were suddenly deemed at risk of flooding.
The Age is Victoria’s most-read masthead
The Age has retained its position as Victoria’s most-read masthead, according to the latest Total News readership figures released by Roy Morgan.
Melbourne Airport accused of greed in rail link stoush
The state government expects the airport rail line will be delayed by four years because of a stalemate with airport operators.
AFL 2024
Opinion
‘Showed a lot of cracks’: The competition in season 2024 is closer than you think
This week on the Real Footy podcast, Mathew Stokes joins Michael Gleeson and Jake Niall to discuss what this round taught us about how even the competition is.
Staff writers
Analysis
The killer stat that shows Harley Reid really is the new Dusty
All the hype about Harley Reid was justified. Well, most of it anyway. The teenage phenomenon is the AFL’s No.1 tackle-buster.
Politics
Updated
CCP influence
Meet Xi’s new No.1 enemy: The man at the heart of the US-China superpower battle
Taiwan’s new president Lai Ching-te has demanded Beijing stop threatening the island.
Business
Eat, sleep, move: How Rio keeps its miners happy in the remote Pilbara
A million meals, 75,000 flight passengers: just another month in WA for the country’s largest iron ore producer.
World
Updated
Air accident
Iranian president, foreign minister killed in helicopter crash
State TV gave no immediate cause for the crash in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province.
Opinion
Why Labor’s budget is not enough to reverse its slump
David Crowe
Chief political correspondent
I attended the Sea Power Conference. On behalf of Australia, I was embarrassed
George Brandis
Former high commissioner to the UK and federal attorney-general
Israel isn’t just losing the PR war – Hamas is winning
Parnell Palme McGuinness
Columnist and communications adviser
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Property
Sandra lived the Great Australian Dream. Then she found something better
The social worker and her family moved to the suburbs to buy a four-bedroom house with a backyard, front yard and all the trimmings. Then they sold up.
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.
Good Food
Lifestyle
Opinion
Real life
What do King Charles and Margot Robbie have in common? They’re both avid kidulters
It’s easy to assume that toys speak only to kids and that once puberty hits, we stop needing their comfort. But that assumption would be wrong.
Shona Hendley
Writer
Culture
Eleven years ago, she won NSW’s most prestigious book prize. She just did it again
Ali Cobby Eckermann always wanted to be a writer. Now she’s received the highest accolade in the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards for the second time.
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AFL 2024
Saints seeking shared tenancy, Essendon-style, at the MCG
St Kilda want to shift a number of home games to the MCG and, over the longer-term, have a shared tenancy between the AFL’s Marvel Stadium and the MCG – in the same manner as Essendon.
Analysis
AFL 2024
The killer stat that shows Harley Reid really is the new Dusty
All the hype about Harley Reid was justified. Well, most of it anyway. The teenage phenomenon is the AFL’s No.1 tackle-buster, and in just nine games, he’s already made a start on a hall-of-fame highlights reel.
Analysis
Ange Postecoglou
‘Big Ange’ and the political football: Postecoglou’s place in sporting code wars
Ange Postecoglou arrives back in Melbourne in the middle of the AFL season. Steeped in two codes, how should he negotiate the “No Sherrin” rule?
Exclusive
Rugby Australia
Rebels could drop Rugby Australia lawsuit threat if it backs plan to save club
The change of tack could signal a major development in the negotiations between the consortium attempting to rescue the Melbourne Rebels and the sport’s governing body.
Parker bump sent straight to tribunal; Liberatore eyes return from concussion battle
Premiership Swan Luke Parker has been sent straight to the VFL tribunal. Meanwhile, Tom Liberatore is eyeing a return from his concussion scare but Jordan De Goey is racing to prove his fitness.
Footy’s shades of grey: How small decisions can decide big games
There were a number of contentious decisions by the umpires when games were on the line in round 10, and Luke Beveridge has made a masterstroke move at the Bulldogs.
Opinion
Real Footy Podcast
‘Showed a lot of cracks’: The competition in season 2024 is closer than you think
This week on the Real Footy podcast, Mathew Stokes joins Michael Gleeson and Jake Niall to discuss what this round taught us about how even the competition is, St Kilda’s struggles and the Bombers’ top four bona fides.
Staff writers
Have Your Say
Footy’s great science experiment: Why Saints’ woes are not Max King’s fault
Max and Ben King might be identical twins, but the teams they play for look to be heading in opposite directions.