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Airport rail is back on track, but premier says it won’t be built any faster
Building works on the rail line to Melbourne Airport are at least four years away despite the owners agreeing to a station above ground.
Millions use parental tracking apps but this psychologist isn’t sold
Children who know their parents are watching from afar can withdraw, and the parents can become obsessive, say experts.
Opinion
Sharemarket
Why Wall Street’s record run should have us worried
There is a real disconnect between what is happening on Wall Street and what is happening in the world’s biggest economy.
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
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Industrial relations
Do you earn enough? Your income, your suburb and how it compares nationally
Is your job what you want to do, are you earning enough for the hours you work, or is it time to consider a new role or even profession?
‘It went gangbusters’: Tuscan-style Hawthorn East home fetches $5.05m
Five families attracted to the location competed for the four-bedroom residence with manicured gardens and luxury finishes.
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Media & marketing
Pedestrian boss to depart as group slashes staff and titles
The Nine-owned youth publisher, will be split in half and will exit its licensing deals to publish third-party brands including Refinery29, Vice, Gizmodo and Lifehacker.
World records tumble on eve of Olympics, including one that stood since 1987
Olympic hopeful Jess Hull smashed her own Oceania record in the 1500m, but it was beaten by a world-record run.
Analysis
AFL 2024
Big-moment Bomber must keep playing; Swans stumbles change flag race
This week in key takeouts: examining whether the Pies trust their depth players, another false dawn for Suns and a selection squeeze at Essendon.
Peter Ryan and Andrew Wu
Opinion
Carlton Blues
Don’t feel Blue: When an upset is upsetting ... and when it is not
In Four Points this week: A Brownlow favourite should be out of contention and the Tigers become the frontrunners for top pick in the draft.
Michael Gleeson
Sports columnist
This former cordial factory is now Collingwood’s hottest new restaurant and basement bar
Med-inspired restaurant Orlo (and its basement bar) has some top cooking talent behind it.
Inside Dubai’s ridiculously over-the-top new resort
Over-the-top opulence? Check. And the buffet has to be seen to be believed. Just don’t mention the dolphins.
Age-gap romantic comedies are back. Here’s why that’s good, and bad
Older women have been dating younger men on-screen for decades. What do these movies tend to have in common?
Millions use parental tracking apps but this psychologist isn’t sold
Children who know their parents are watching from afar can withdraw, and the parents can become obsessive, say experts.
‘Should contemplate a Dutton prime ministership with dread,’ Turnbull says
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has given a scathing assessment of Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, his former Liberal party colleague.
Opinion
Income tax
Yes, we need tax reform, but it offers no easy answers
Surely if we could end the crazy business of bracket creep, we’d pay less tax? Well, yes – but no.
Ross Gittins
Economics Editor
Community’s grief for children killed in Sydney ‘domestic homicide’
The 29-year-old mother remains in hospital in a stable condition, while the 28-year-old father who allegedly deliberately lit the house on fire and dragged his burning children back inside is in an induced coma.
The darkness that drove one of Hollywood’s brightest stars
A luminous beauty and an incredibly powerful performer, but mental illness was the engine that drove her, a new documentary reveals.
Margot Robbie expecting first child, reports suggest
The 34-year-old actress and producer was photographed in Lake Como with husband Tom Ackerley, wearing a midriff crop top that showed off what appeared to be a baby bump.
Victoria
Push for all-girls school to go co-ed as enrolments dwindle
Mentone, Canterbury, Melbourne, Pascoe Vale and Matthew Flinders girls’ colleges have all recorded a decline in enrolments since 2018.
Melbourne uni vowed not to spy on students. Now it’s using tracking data to punish them
Human rights experts have raised concerns over the University of Melbourne’s use of tracking technology to identify students staging a pro-Palestinian sit-in on campus.
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Victorian budget
Melbourne Water borrowed money from the state government – to pay a state government bill
Melbourne Water had to borrow from the state to pay a bigger-than-expected land tax bill in a cash merry-go-round.
Copenhagen, not Docklands: Nick Reece wants to be lord mayor for real – here’s how
The former deputy mayor has confirmed he will run for the city’s top job at the coming elections, saying he’ll insist new growth suburbs are about putting “people first, not developer profit”.
‘Everyone loves chocolate’: Cocoa fiends flock to chocolate festival
Chocoholics headed to Abbotsford Convent to give thanks for chocolate.
AFL 2024
AFL Briefing
Petracca in hospital with appendicitis; Collingwood’s heavy injury cost from prime-time defeat
Melbourne star Christian Petracca’s recent run of bad luck has continued with the 28-year-old admitted to hospital on Saturday night with appendicitis.
Analysis
Easy Pies, raging Dons: How handling of Merrett, Daicos showed contrasting mindsets
The space – and lack of close-up attention – permitted to Zach Merrett was the complete reverse of how the Bombers dealt with the similarly destructive powers of Collingwood superstar Nick Daicos.
Politics
Sex toys, taxidermy and Pauline Hanson: Inside Shorten’s rogue campaign
The NDIS minister is using unusual tactics in a bid to save $1 billion – and they’re starting to catch the attention of his Cabinet colleagues.
Business
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Casinos
The high-stakes legal battle raging between Stake.com billionaires and former crypto bro
The fight is being played out in the US and could spill over into Australian courts amid allegations of stolen bitcoin, lies, and fraud.
World
How Anthony Albanese helped Keir Starmer win his way to Downing Street
Political gurus worldwide often look to the US to live out a West Wing-style fantasy, but UK watchers say it is Australia that really sets the tone in Westminster.
Opinion
Middle East tensions
Iran’s new president promises bold reform – under the watchful eye of Khamenei
Amin Saikal
Professor of Middle Eastern, Central Asian and Islamic Studies
Opinion
Australia will lose if Payman’s identity politics triumphs
Parnell Palme McGuinness
Columnist and communications adviser
Shame, humility and tennis balls: Going to the dog park is like church, but better
Charlotte Mortlock
Journalist and political advisor
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Property
‘Fighting a losing battle’: Melbourne suburbs where rents have soared
Tenants are searching far and wide for their next home as rents in several suburbs spiralled 20 per cent or more in a year.
This home passed in at $1.27 million. The sole bidder paid an extra $45,000 to buy it
The renovated Victorian-style property passed in at auction before selling to a downsizer from a neighbouring suburb.
Good Food
Lifestyle
‘I was mobbed at shopping centres’: How Daniel MacPherson coped with fame
The former Neighbours star shares how he dealt with landing the high-profile gig so young.
Culture
Welcome to Netflixland: the streamer’s plan to dominate Disney
Don’t think of it like Disneyland, says the Netflix boss, but it does look like the first step to a full-scale challenge
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Analysis
AFL 2024
Big-moment Bomber must keep playing; Swans stumbles change flag race
This week in key takeouts: examining whether the Pies trust their depth players, opportunity for change at Carlton, another false dawn for Suns and a selection squeeze at Essendon.
Peter Ryan and Andrew Wu
‘Playing in fear’: Why rankings points mean everything in tennis
Making the top-100 is the Holy Grail for many tennis players because it is considered the threshold to tour legitimacy, and the gateway to grand slam main draws and enormous prizemoney.
‘He can go all the way’: How Demon can rewrite his Wimbledon history
Alex de Minaur’s extraordinary breakout year has convinced conquered countryman Alexei Popyrin that his Davis Cup teammate can win this year’s Wimbledon title.
Opinion
AFL 2024
Don’t feel Blue: When an upset is upsetting ... and when it is not
In Four Points this week: when to worry after a shock defeat, and when to stay calm; a Brownlow favourite should be out of contention; Jack Lukosius embodies the Suns’ road woes; and the Tigers become the frontrunners for the top pick in the draft.
Michael Gleeson
Sports columnist
World records tumble on eve of Olympics, including one that stood since 1987
The women’s high jump world record stood at 2.09 metres for 37 years until it was broken at the weekend at the same meet where Australian runner Jess Hull set a blistering pace of her own only to be up against a rival who also set a new world record.
‘I can’t stop crying’: Hamilton overjoyed at drought-breaking Silverstone win
Pent-up emotion spilled from the British driver as he recorded his first grand prix win in 945 days.
‘He’s not playing next week’: Are Heeney’s Brownlow hopes over?
Isaac Heeney’s Brownlow Medal hopes hang in the balance after a high fend that left his opponent with a bloodied nose, capping off a dirty day for Sydney as they suffered a second straight shock loss, this week to St Kilda.
Have Your Say
Global warning: Test cricket may shrink to six teams within four years
Test cricket may be played by as few as six countries within a few years without greater equalisation measures by its richest boards – India, England and Australia.
