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Investigations
From Caliphate to the classroom: How hardline group courts the young
Fringe Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir is using front groups to spread its message to young people.
The suburb where people’s income went up almost $90,000 in one year
Incomes soared in some of the best-paid parts of the country at the end of the pandemic.
‘We feel duped’: Parents thousands of dollars out of pocket after NASA trips cancelled
Up to 700 students have been affected nationally including pupils from Mentone Girls’ Secondary College and Firbank Grammar School in Melbourne.
China offers new olive branch to lure Aussie tourists
The visa deal comes as Canberra and Beijing agree to new forms of military communication to prevent Australian Defence personnel being put at risk.
Defence attempts to restrict independent inquiry into helicopter crash deaths
The Australian military has made a submission seeking to severely curtail an independent inquiry’s ability to investigate a fatal Taipan helicopter crash last year.
Opinion
Life in the ’burbs
We once poked fun at this suburb. Then we moved – and haven’t budged for 20 years
My suburb’s secret sauce is its solidity. What the younger me saw as boring and bland, I now recognise as reassuring, comfortable and privileged.
Jacquie Byron
Author
He fished a safe full of cash out of a creek. That was the easy part
A full safe is the holy grail for “magnet fishers” – but pulling a six-figure sum out of the water isn’t as simple a get-rich-quick story as it sounds.
Opinion
Discrimination
I stuck up for students even teachers called ‘satanic’. It cost me my job
It’s hard enough for us as teachers to speak out about how we’ve been treated in religious schools. For our students, it’s almost impossible.
Elise Christian
Former primary school teacher
He bashed his girlfriend to death. Then he went to get pizzas for dinner
Robert Rickerby fatally attacked his 27-year-old partner, Jessica Geddes, in their Endeavour Hills home in 2020.
Bloody steps led to discovery of ‘swollen’ Maryam Hamka, court told
A friend of a man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend said he saw blood on the stairs and the woman’s unresponsive body in the shower.
Pokies clubs are meant to use a tax break for good. This is how they spent $242m
Hundreds of millions of dollars is meant to go back to the communities that host Victorian pokies clubs, in return for a lucrative tax break.
From recruiter, to the recruited: How late-blooming McCartin is turning the heads of AFL scouts
Charlie McCartin, the late-developing middle brother of Paddy and Tom, is attracting the attention of AFL clubs while playing country footy in Lorne.
AFL Briefing
Collingwood Magpies
AFL admits key umpiring error made late in Pies’ comeback; Legend’s eye-opening take on the speccy
The AFL has admitted to a key umpiring error late in clash between the Roos and Magpie and Leigh Matthews has given his view taking a speccy.
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Melbourne Demons
‘I wasn’t under anaesthetic’: Petracca details treatment for internal injuries
The Melbourne star explained how his condition rapidly deteriorated in hospital after he’d copped a blow in the clash with Collingwood.
Loved by viewers, loathed by miners, Bojana Novakovic returns to battle
True to her Serbian name, our newest Lady Macbeth is keen to set the record straight (and prove herself wrong in the process).
These easy cauliflower fritters are your new Med-inspired meat-free meal
Plus three more home-style Mediterranean recipes to add more veg into your week.
Opinion
Tripologist
Italians drivers have a bad reputation, but it’s not (entirely) deserved
The mad, bad and dangerous Italian driver has become a cliche. The reality is very different.
Michael Gebicki
The Tripologist
Victoria
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Black Star Pastry baristas wore keffiyehs to work. The next day they were sacked
The high-end bakery known for its viral watermelon cake is facing a discrimination claim after two workers were sacked for wearing keffiyehs to a shift.
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Victoria floods
‘Overwhelmed’: Flood zone residents forced to pay up to $1200 for risk review
Residents of an award-winning inner-city estate have been told it’s up to them to make sense of complex new Maribyrnong River flood modelling data by Melbourne Water.
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Investigations
Australian agencies greenlight charity with radical links
Australian authorities have registered and given special tax status to a charity directed by a key figure within the radical Islamist group, Hizb ut-Tahrir, who has urged Muslims to send weapons to Gaza.
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Schools
A report details the state of public schools. The department wants it kept secret
The Allan government is avoiding scrutiny by hiding behind long-criticised freedom-of-information laws, the Victorian opposition says.
Housing plan ‘pressures inner city and fringe, spares middle Melbourne’
Infrastructure targets and plans for green space and community buildings are also needed, say experts.
AFL 2024
Swans coach says nine-goal Amartey’s benching a prearranged rotation
John Longmire insists the decision to take Joel Amartey from the ground against Adelaide on Saturday was part of a wellbeing plan.
Analysis
The votes are in, the winner decided. Footy’s best decade is...
A dozen experts voted on the decade they thought was the pinnacle beginning with the 1970s, through to today.
Politics
Analysis
China relations
Cheng Lei wanted to do her job. A Chinese embassy official had other ideas
Even in Canberra’s Parliament House, Australia’s monument to democracy, Cheng Lei cannot avoid being hassled by the Chinese government.
Business
CBA targets rivals as chase for business banking crown heats up
While NAB is the big fish in business banking, Vacy-Lyle says CBA is also keen to cut Macquarie down to size, by sharpening its focus on the real estate market.
World
Graphic content
Animal rights
Animal-loving Brits outraged after officer uses police car to knock down runaway cow
The officer has been removed from frontline duties after footage of the incident was shared on social media in a country world-renowned for its love of animals.
Analysis
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Netanyahu claims he didn’t know about plan to pause fighting
Isabel Kershner
Opinion
UK election
Brexit will dominate UK election. Not this one, but the next
George Brandis
Former high commissioner to the UK and federal attorney-general
Opinion
Yes, pandas are adorable. But they can’t hide national differences
Matthew Knott
National correspondent
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Property
Family tops price range with one bid to buy Bentleigh East house for $3.43 million
The auctioneer said the buyers, who used an advocate, had planned to blow all the other bidders away in an effort to secure the keys for the home.
Is it still worth owning a holiday home on the Mornington Peninsula?
Property prices have come off the boil, but the cost of owning a second home has skyrocketed, with increased land tax driving up costs.
Good Food
Lifestyle
Princess Catherine’s comeback channels Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady
The Princess of Wales has kept her royal touch while recovering from cancer, wearing an outfit to Trooping the Colour that was packed with meaning.
Culture
At this unusual show, the crowd itself is part of the performance
Last night at St Paul’s Cathedral, Shouse: Communitas showed that when we all sing together, remarkable things happen.
Traveller
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Sport
From recruiter, to the recruited: How late-blooming McCartin is turning the heads of AFL scouts
Charlie McCartin, the late-developing middle brother of Paddy and Tom, is attracting the attention of AFL clubs while playing country footy in Lorne.
Analysis
AFL 2024
He beat Daicos, then was dragged: Clarko’s sub call and other key takeouts from round 14
Will Phillips is a maligned top-five draft pick who is uncontracted beyond this year and effectively fighting for his career.
Updated
AFL 2024
‘I wasn’t under anaesthetic’: Petracca details treatment for internal injuries
The Melbourne star explained how his condition rapidly deteriorated in hospital after he’d copped a blow to the body in his team’s King’s Birthday clash with Collingwood.
AFL Briefing
AFL 2024
AFL admits key umpiring error made late in Pies’ comeback; Legend’s eye-opening take on the speccy
The AFL has admitted to a key umpiring error late in clash between the Roos and Magpies, while Leigh Matthews thinks leaping knee-first into a marking contest could be legislated out of the game.
Tennis power couple warm up for Wimbledon by both winning grasscourt titles on same day
Alex de Minaur shot to the highest world ranking of his career after his win in the Netherlands, and hours later his girlfriend, Brit Katie Boulter, won the Nottingham title, also on grass.
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US Open
The agonising moment on final hole when McIlroy lost the US Open
The Northern Irishman bogeyed his last hole by missing a par putt from about four feet. It handed the lead to Bryson DeChambeau, who sealed victory minutes later.
How Australia’s swimmers compare to the rest of the world ahead of Olympics
Is the Australian swimming team heading to Paris as good as is being advertised? Here’s a look at the early numbers.
Have Your Say
Ignore their ladder positions, here’s why the Roos and Pies just played out the best game of 2024
The most compelling thing from Sunday’s game was that North Melbourne, of all teams, got nine goals up on last year’s premiers and did it in a thrilling, authoritative fashion.
