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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Nova Peris quits republican movement over Gaza split with co-chair Craig Foster
The Olympic champion and former Labor senator says it is untenable to continue to work with Craig Foster.
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Missing campers trial
Camper’s widow tells murder trial of affair ultimatum, a husband’s vow and radio silence
Russell Hill’s wife packed a bag for her husband’s camping trip and never saw him again. She has told a jury about their marriage and his affair.
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Immigration
Murder accused released from immigration detention a month ago
The 29-year-old was freed into the community after the Administrative Appeals Tribunal decided he was “now a low risk of reoffending”.
The Australian city that is a world leader in quality of life. And it’s not Melbourne or Sydney
An international comparison of 1000 cities shows Melbourne ahead of Sydney as the place to be. But one city has a much better quality of life than either.
This private school has banned water bottles from classrooms. Here are the results
Ballarat Clarendon College is trialling the removal of water bottles from some classrooms, and says it has improved results so far.
Opinion
Telecommunications
Why Telstra needs to sack 10 per cent of its workforce
The good news for chief executive Vicki Brady is that the mobile division continues to motor on nicely. She needs this motor to purr like a kitten.
Elizabeth Knight
Business columnist
Opinion
Supermarkets
Supermarket self-checkouts must die. And no, I don’t wish to print a receipt
Supermarkets’ faith in customers’ ability to negotiate the self-checkout appears to be fading faster than a BBQ chicken after six hours in the bain-marie.
Michelle Cazzulino
Writer
Determined, tone-deaf and glib: Rebel Wilson tells her own story
Wilson is a talented actor, but she can’t replicate that talent in her memoir.
Review
Footscray
This humble Footscray market eatery serves the South American version of a halal snack pack
I was full about five seconds after starting but kept diving back in, writes Dani Valent.
‘Big Ange’ is back home, but a long way from when he started. It’s been a ride like no other in Australian sport
Ange Postecoglou reflected on how much his life has changed as his face gazed down at him from the MCG scoreboard screen and 300 business folk hung on his every word.
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AFL 2024
First-class cricketer and son of an ex-Dockers gun to debut for Magpies as De Goey out with ‘fresh injury’
Collingwood have introduced two players with sporting pedigrees to make their debut on Friday night with Jordan De Goey to miss against Fremantle.
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WA courts
‘It’s time they admit they got it wrong’: Reynolds fronts court ahead of peace talks
WA Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds is in court in Perth as Brittany Higgins and her partner are expected to beam in from France for mediation in their defamation row.
Australia’s most far-flung and freakishly scenic archipelago
I’ve been advised to “duel to the death” for a window seat on this “cinematic” flight to this little-known Australian territory.
Opinion
Flu season
I know pseudo remedies won’t cure my winter cold. But they make me feel special
We’re currently experiencing a unique hell of virus soup, and despite knowing what we need to do to get better, following doctor’s orders feel painfully pedestrian.
Wendy Syfret
Freelance writer
Victoria
From Pratt to Fox to Dalidakis: Who gets time with Jacinta Allan
The first full release of three months of MPs’ diaries reveals familiar names meeting Spring Street figures, including Anthony Pratt, Lindsay Fox’s family and unionists.
My suburb’s a sleepy paradise until the 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.
Their house values could fall 20% after shock change. The push is on for a fix
Property experts say house prices in an inner Melbourne estate could drop by up to 20 per cent after revised modelling for the Maribyrnong River catchment.
No more ATAR? The Melbourne schools testing a new measure of year 12 achievement
Critical thinking, collaboration and communication are being measured to provide a rounded view of a student’s skills.
‘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.
AFL 2024
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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.
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
Politics
Looking for longer: Job ads disappear, applicants rise as interest rates bite
More people are fighting to fill fewer vacant positions in a further sign the job market is slowing thanks to higher interest rates.
Business
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Telecommunications
‘A national disgrace’: Union lashes Telstra plan to cut 2800 jobs
The telco has announced cuts to 9 per cent of its workforce, labelling it a necessary cull to improve productivity.
World
The Hague is seeking arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Hamas leaders. What happens next?
Will Netanyahu, Hamas leaders be arrested? Once an arrest warrant has been issued, an individual risks arrest if they travel to an ICC signatory state.
Opinion
When Taiwan changed leader, Beijing sent its own guests, uninvited
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
Page 97 of the budget kept me awake at night, and is a stain on Morrison’s legacy
Shane Wright
Senior economics correspondent
In defence of Gina Rinehart: I hate my Archibald portrait too
Antoinette Lattouf
Broadcaster, columnist and author
Money can’t buy everything, but Treasurer can buy an inflation reduction
Richard Denniss
Executive director at The Australia Institute
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Property
‘Spun us out’: Carnegie vendors’ stylish reno earns $3.75m auction payday
The sellers paid $1.65m for the Californian bungalow in late 2020 and their renovation attracted five bidders, all locals, at auction.
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
Do you really need an iron supplement? Here’s what the science says
There are plenty of reasons you may have low iron. Here’s how to turn that around, according to experts.
Culture
This writer won a prestigious book prize, then took a break. She’s returned with another winner
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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The booming kick set to be top pick in the mid-season draft
Meet Jasper Scaife, the forward with a famous work ethic whose WAFL coach thinks has such a booming kick he could be a punter in the NFL if he doesn’t make it in Australian rules footy. Plus, check out the list of players who will undertake medical testing at clubs’ request ahead of next week’s mid-season draft.
‘I haven’t got too many close friends in that team’: Carey opens up on Ashes abuse
At times in England, following his stumping of Jonny Bairstow, Alex Carey was reluctant to venture out in public. With limited contacts among the England team, he became an overnight Ashes villain; a role he’s learned to live with.
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AFL 2024
First-class cricketer and son of an ex-Dockers gun to debut for Magpies as De Goey out with ‘fresh injury’
Collingwood have introduced two players with sporting pedigrees to make their debut on Friday night with Jordan De Goey to miss against Fremantle.
Updated
AFL 2024
Thomas to be barred from football if fresh charges are proven
Sacked North Melbourne footballer Tarryn Thomas was charged by police on Tuesday for alleged harassment and breaching a court order.
Sam Kerr finally ruled out of Olympics – five months after knee injury
The Matildas had been bizarrely reluctant to speak definitively about her chances – until Tuesday, when coach Tony Gustavsson unveiled his squad for their upcoming friendlies against China.
Catley’s Gunners will be main event at Marvel Stadium. Next step for women’s football: the MCG
Women’s football powerhouse Arsenal will have the prime-time slot of a global football double-header at Marvel Stadium. While that’s a positive step, star defender - and Matildas captain - Steph Catley still dreams of the day she’ll get to play on the MCG.
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ICC Men’s World Cup
Fraser-McGurk, Short eye World Cup warm-up games amid IPL crunch
Young IPL sensation Jake Fraser-McGurk and Big Bash League dominator Matt Short will have the chance to showcase their skills in a pair of World Cup warm-up games as part of a threadbare Australian squad.
Have Your Say
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.
