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Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting demanded Olympic Champion be sounded out to become Swimming Australia president.

What Rinehart wanted in return for Olympic-sized sponsorship

The billionaire’s generosity to Olympians means she is adored by athletes. But her company’s demands to install Dawn Fraser to head Olympic swimming reveals a desire for something in return.

Jacinta Allan’s Labor faces trouble as the west gets wild

Victorian Labor is facing a race against the clock to repair its standing with voters under new premier Jacinta Allan.

After a decade of golden years under Daniel Andrews, his replacement is facing a storm of problems that have trashed Labor’s vote.

Former Nine News boss accused of drunken, lecherous behaviour

Current and former staff allege Darren Wick engaged in “alcohol-fuelled grope sessions” and his drunken, lecherous behaviour was an “open secret”.

Where billionaires share a street with hostels for the homeless

Where billionaires share a street with hostels for the homeless

St Kilda is a place constantly in transition. While cash is flowing into the bayside suburb, it’s also an area that locals will fight doggedly to protect.

Can you really turn your house into a power plant?

Groups of thousands of homes fitted with solar panels and storage batteries are enabling power utilities to aggregate stored solar energy and call on it to help stabilise the power grid when needed. In return for a credit on their bills, a growing number of customers like Tony Debono from Cobains in Victoria have signed up.

Virtual power plant programs, and the growing number of retail offers being built around them, are coming at a critical moment in the energy transition.

Editorial
Editorial

Who pays for Australia’s gold standard?

Sports funding in Australia is a mess. Some sports are rolling in money, some are on the bones of their backsides. It is time to look for a better model.

Ken Wyatt in his study surrounded by “native welfare” files. Spanning a century, they show in painful detail how cruel policies affected four generations of his family.

Ken Wyatt is not known for anger. But when he read his family’s government files ...

The former minister for Indigenous Australians thought he knew everything about the heartache of his people. Then he read about the treatment of his forebears.

Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, known for Super Size Me, dies at 53

Morgan Spurlock has died at the age of 53.

Spurlock was known for his groundbreaking film Super Size Me, which chronicled the detrimental physical and psychological effects of him eating only McDonald’s food for 30 days.

Coles staff told to ‘assist’ shoppers in scanning bulky items to stem theft

Supermarkets and other retailers are stepping up efforts to use new technology to prevent rising levels of shoplifting.

‘Cam would kick this’: Captain’s moving interview after dramatic Magpie draw

Alex Pearce points to the sky after kicking the clutch goal against the Magpies.

Alex Pearce’s interview with Seven’s Abbey Holmes provided an emotional post-script to a thrilling match.

Analysis
AFL 2024

Grounds for complaint: Why Dons, Blues and Saints want fewer Marvel games

Marvel Stadium’s tenant clubs are pushing for more games at the MCG.

Tenants of the AFL-owned Docklands stadium are queuing up to ask for more games at the MCG.

Analysis
India

‘It’s almost a no-win role’: Why you won’t see an Australian as India’s $2 million coach

It’s the best-paid coaching job in world cricket, and it’s up for grabs. So why won’t an Australian coach India?

The party cannibals have gone vegan, so Albanese and Dutton are safe (for now)

We’ve progressed from the era of disposable political leaders to a new era of relatively indispensable ones.

Peter Hartcher
Peter Hartcher

Political and international editor

Traveller Letters: ‘The scenes travellers were met with was nothing short of pandemonium’

“I found the familiar passport scanning machines replaced with banks of facial recognition devices.”

Waterfront in winter – “Monument to the Discoveries” in Belem, Lisbon.

One of Europe’s hottest destinations is cooler (and crowd-free) in winter

Portugal is a revelation in (their) winter: charming, easy-going cities, swoon-worthy countryside and few tourists.

Modern Guru
Good Weekend

How can I stop my horoscope obsession?

Quitting the future-predicting now augurs a happier tomorrow, says our Modern Guru.

My income protection costs $362 a month. Is it really worth it?

Income protection insurance can be expensive, but it’s a comforting parachute to have if you’re suddenly unable to earn.

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Money contributor

The stories are timeless, even if the authors are of another time.
Opinion
Racism

I’m not cancelling my favourite books, despite my dark skin troubling their authors

I can’t cancel the stories of my childhood. Great stories can survive the sins of their writers.

Satara Uthayakumaran
Satara Uthayakumaran

Writer, ANU student

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Marlon Brando in The Godfather.
Analysis

Why ego should be a gangster’s dirty word

Instead of hiding in the shadows, gangsters are flaunting their wealth. Changes to the law may make them trip over their extravagance, right into trouble.

How a spicy midlife crisis launched The Unsatisfactory Spouses Club

When marriage trouble hit a group of Melbourne friends, they sought solace in each other.

Victoria

‘The Punisher’: Why the underworld was abuzz with rumours after attempted execution
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Crime

‘The Punisher’: Why the underworld was abuzz with rumours after attempted execution

The former bikie and professional boxer has played a key role in the revival of the Brothers 4 Life gang to try to gain a slice of the lucrative market.

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Healthcare

Prolific circumcision doctor banned from performing the surgery

Dr Hershel Goldman.

The Medical Board of Australia has placed a series of conditions on the registration of Melbourne doctor Hershel Goldman.

‘Just bad luck’: Separate strains of bird flu found at Victorian egg farms

About 560,000 chickens have now been slaughtered in an effort to curb the latest avian flu outbreak.

More than 560,000 chickens have been destroyed at two farms in Victoria’s west as officials confirmed two different strains of avian influenza were detected at the properties.

Ex-AFL player Barry Cable charged with child sex abuse

Disgraced AFL legend Barry Cable.

The 80-year-old faces criminal charges that he allegedly had unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl who police say was just nine to 10 years old at the time.

Australian drug trafficking suspect hails from rich list family

The father is the epitome of the migrant success story; the son is one of the nation’s most wanted suspected criminals.

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AFL 2024

Young guns: Sam Darcy, Nick Daicos and Chad Warner.
Opinion

Who Kane Cornes would pick in the ultimate AFL super draft

Imagine a new-look AFL where all player contracts are ripped up. Would you choose a player with a proven track record, or gamble on a young star?

Kane Cornes
Kane Cornes

AFL columnist

Melbourne recruit Jack Billings.

AFL round 11 teams and tips: Demons drop recruit for clash with his former side

Melbourne have dropped recruit Jack Billings for Sunday’s fixture against St Kilda, while Essendon have recalled a star defender for his first game of 2024. Full teams and expert tips here.

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Property

Nox in the Talofa hinterland near Byron Bay sold for $12 million to animation pioneer Zareh Nalbandian.

He sold his studio to Netflix for $700m. Then he went on a $120m property spree

The Animal Logic co-founder has taken to real estate in a big way in recent years, and his $12 million Byron Bay cash buy is just his latest acquisition.

Property prices have soared out of reach for many households.

‘It’s stupid, the system is broken’: The housing crisis gets worse

Workers are feeling ‘pretty distressed’ to realise the basics of life have slipped further out of reach than even in the recent past.

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Sport

Alex Pearce points to the sky after kicking the clutch goal against the Magpies.

‘Cam would kick this’: Captain’s moving interview after dramatic Magpie draw

Alex Pearce’s interview with Seven’s Abbey Holmes provided an emotional post-script to a thrilling match.

Marvel Stadium’s tenant clubs are pushing for more games at the MCG.
Analysis
AFL 2024

Grounds for complaint: Why Dons, Blues and Saints want fewer Marvel games

Tenants of the AFL-owned Docklands stadium are queuing up to ask for more games at the MCG.

Peter Bol’s case has been raised in an anti-doping hearing involving another athlete.

Screenshot found on Peter Bol’s phone contained doping information

The Australian runner’s lawyer labelled the discovery meaningless and its airing by WADA an appalling attempt to shirk responsibility for falsely accusing his client of doping.

Ricky Ponting in discussion with  Shikhar Dhawan during his role as Delhi Capitals coach in the IPL.
Analysis
India

‘It’s almost a no-win role’: Why you won’t see an Australian as India’s $2 million coach

It’s the best-paid coaching job in world cricket, and it’s up for grabs. So why won’t an Australian coach India?

Darcy Moore makes a spoil.

Magpies count injury cost after Freo draw as Cox, Mihocek and Pendlebury face scans

Collingwood and Fremantle recorded the third draw of the season. Now the Magpies nervously await news on some key injuries.

Michael Jackson was one of the megastars who recorded We Are the World in 1985.
Draft Dreams
Draft

The 1985 smash hit inspiring footy’s next generation of stars

The Age is following three prospective AFL draftees as they bid to join the big time in November. In our second part of the series, find out how one of pop music’s biggest moments is driving a footy team.

Left: Nestory Irankunda on the run for the A-League All Stars Men against Newcastle United FC at Marvel Stadium on Friday night. Right: Caitlin Foord of Arsenal and Cortnee Vine of the A-League All Stars contest the ball during the exhibition match between A-League All Stars Women and Arsenal Women FC at Marvel Stadium.
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Friendlies

Irankunda wants Socceroos call-up; Matildas stars escape exhibition match unscathed

The Bayern Munich-bound wunderkind won’t rule out a switch of international allegiances, while Matildas stars are ready for national camp next week.

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