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Hospitals
Why Australia’s private maternity hospitals face collapse
One in four women gives birth in private hospitals. The collapse of private obstetrics will have huge flow-on effects for the public system.
God forgives, the CFMEU doesn’t: The warning for Labor after Setka
The union speaks to Labor’s working-class voters more than any other. Now the party fears the CFMEU has a long memory.
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Investigations
Kelly thought she’d been saved from a scam. Then a red flag was triggered – but she was too late
HSBC is a small player in Australia’s banking sector, but data suggests its customers have been heavily targeted by fraudsters. Those who have lost life savings wish the bank had done more.
Man charged with murder, attempted murder after fight at Bentleigh East home
A man is dead and a woman is fighting for life in hospital after an altercation in Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs.
Opinion
City life
A disaster repeated: The new development set to become a miserable, grey urban ghetto
The massive new Arden development in Melbourne’s north is bound to become a miserable, grey urban ghetto or a site ripe for demolition after a brief existence.
Norman Day
Architect
‘You dill’: The words deemed too naughty to utter in parliament
Inside the walls of the Victorian parliament, there are strict rules on what politicians can wear and what they can say.
‘I owe immigration my life’: Trump holds first rally after shooting
Donald Trump addressed a Michigan rally exactly a week after he was shot. Not much has changed.
New details revealed about Trump bullet wound
Former US president Donald Trump underwent CT scans for the bullet wound he sustained in last weekend’s assassination attempt, but did not require stitches.
Opinion
Budgeting
Who wants to be a millionaire? You should read this first
Personal wealth in Australia is predicted to boom in the coming years, with the number of people joining the millionaire club set to skyrocket.
Victoria Devine
Money columnist
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Sovereign wealth
Trillion-dollar piggybanks: Why isn’t our sovereign wealth fund as big as Norway’s?
Norway’s is famously huge. Qatar used theirs to buy Harrods. How do sovereign wealth funds work? And why isn’t ours as big as Norway’s?
Larger than France, but 70% desert: The place where water is more valuable than diamonds
Without annual floodwaters, this part of the world would be incapable of supporting life. Instead, it’s teeming with it.
My neighbour just turned 96 and I’ve never seen her wear the same outfit twice
No matter the occasion, Dee can put together an incredible, often colour-coordinated ensemble.
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AFL 2024
Lions get an early jump over Swans at the Gabba
Follow along for all the major moments and post game reactions from the round 19.
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Hawthorn Hawks
How Jack Ginnivan is having his cake and eating it too
Jack Ginnivan departed Collingwood with a premiership medal around his neck, leaving behind a club whose finals hopes are in disarray.
Analysis
Carlton Blues
The quick fixes Carlton must make as they march toward finals
Carlton have taken major strides towards their first flag since 1995, but there are two key issues Michael Voss must address.
The ‘corny’ reason why Brooke Boney wanted to study at Oxford
The 37-year-old surprised everyone when she announced she was walking away from her high-profile breakfast television job. Her next move? Oxford University.
Opinion
Future technology
I never felt emotional about my email address, until they tried to take it from me
This shake-up by the telcos goes beyond practical inconvenience. It’s an emotional wrench – a loss of identity.
Vivienne Pearson
Writer
Paris 2024
Opinion
Five Minutes with Fitz
‘I don’t just want to be an Olympian, I want to be a successful one’
Australia’s fastest woman tells Peter FitzSimons how she has made her dreams a reality so far.
Peter FitzSimons
Columnist and author
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Paris 2024
‘People would be angry, upset’: Hackett backs any Aussie protests after China drugs scandal
Eleven of the 23 Chinese swimmers who failed drug tests in 2021 will compete in Paris and Grant Hackett won’t be surprised if there are protests.
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Australians pay the price for CFMEU tactics, figures show
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has turned the dispute over the CFMEU into a political test over the cost of living, claiming the union has added 30 per cent to the cost of major projects.
The footballer, the underworld and the union deal that exposes dark secrets
When Faruk Orman aligned with an ex-AFL goalsneak to secure CFMEU support for a labour-hire firm, it was a case study in underworld figures monetising union backing.
Victoria
Not far from the old Ford factory in Melbourne’s north, caravan-makers are booming
Almost a decade after the Australian car manufacturing industry died, caravan-makers now employ more workers than carmakers did at their peak.
Melbourne uni students given warnings over pro-Palestine protests
Students involved in the occupation of a building in May have received warnings following hearings into their conduct.
Single, lonely, eccentric: Reclaiming the ‘sexist’ cat lady stereotype
Music megastar Taylor Swift is the “the poster girl for cat ladies”. So why does the trope persist as shorthand for a single, lonely, eccentric, sexless woman?
‘Very alienating places’: The state wants to almost double housing in this suburb. It may have a fight on its hands
They call Ivanhoe a “long-held suburb” for a reason. But residents are being asked to handle growth upwards, not outwards.
‘Should have been IOC president’: Gosper remembered for his profound impact
A long-time International Olympic Committee member, Kevan Gosper was also the inaugural chairman of the Australian Institute of Sport from 1980.
AFL 2024
Grumpy coach? How Sam Mitchell’s caring side brings the best out of Mabior Chol
Meet the player who spent the first six years of his AFL career perennially behind forwards Jack Riewoldt and Tom Lynch at Richmond.
Analysis
Could this be the night the Dons blew their finals hopes?
For the second year in a row, a finals flame that burned so brightly for much of the season is threatening to be extinguished.
Politics
New push to end ‘ugly’ exploitation of older Australians
A $5 million media campaign aims to raise awareness of and eliminate elder abuse, which affects about one in six older people in Australia.
Business
Opinion
Hip pocket
From Grange to loose change: How to turn your hobby into a money spinner
If you enjoy collecting items such as wine, coins or stamps, you could be sitting on a nice little nest egg.
Dominic Powell
Money Editor
World
Israel strikes Yemen in response to deadly Houthi attack on Tel Aviv
The Israeli strikes appeared to be the first on Yemeni soil since the war began in October, and they threatened to open a new front in the region as Israel battles proxies of Iran.
Opinion
US Votes 2024
While Trump is being canonised by his party, Biden is being flagellated by his
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
Opinion
J.D. Vance is a jump to the left and a step to the right
Parnell Palme McGuinness
Columnist and communications adviser
Trump 2024 is at his zenith and looks unstoppable
Bruce Wolpe
Senior fellow at the US Studies Centre and former political staffer
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Property
Beach cottage smashes its reserve and changes hands for $3.9 million
A large crowd defied the cold to watch four bidders vie for the two-bedroom Williamstown home, which had been in the one family since it was built 60 years ago.
‘People don’t know it exists’: Melbourne suburbs people never want to leave
Green space, a sense of community and plenty of family homes – home owners in these suburbs would never dream of moving away.
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Lifestyle
‘My first three girlfriends all cheated on me’: Ben O’Toole on looking for love
“I haven’t had the best run of luck,” says the 34-year-old actor.
Opinion
City life
Most of us fight with our neighbours. There’s an easy fix, but you won’t like it
Malcolm Knox
Journalist, author and columnist
Opinion
WordPlay
You might not know it, but you’re probably a ‘citizen scientist’
David Astle
Crossword compiler and ABC Radio Melbourne presenter
Culture
What makes Andy Lee one of the nicest men on Australian TV?
There’s only one downside to the comedian’s meteoric popularity, but his friends have learned to live with it.
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AFL 2024
AFL 2024 round 19 LIVE updates: Lions get an early jump over Swans at the Gabba
Follow along for all the major moments and post game reactions from the round 19 Sunday games.
Three golds, a record and controversy: Australians dominate at pre-Olympics aths meet
Mackenzie Little set a new personal best en route to gold in the javelin, Nina Kennedy won in the pole vault for the fifth consecutive time and Oli Hoare took gold in a controversial running of the Emsley Carr Mile.
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Paris 2024
‘People would be angry, upset’: Hackett backs any Aussie protests after China drugs scandal
Eleven of the 23 Chinese swimmers who failed drug tests in 2021 will compete in Paris and Grant Hackett won’t be surprised if there are protests.
At 17, Abbey quit swimming on Instagram. Then a text from Bronte Campbell changed everything
Last year, Sydney swimmer Abbey Connor announced her retirement. Now she’s about to compete at her maiden Olympics.
Piastri, Norris combine for 12-year first at Hungarian Grand Prix
Oscar Piastri, Australia’s McLaren driver, has promised to let personal ambition take second place to team priorities after a remarkable front-row lockout for Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix.
Analysis
AFL 2024
How Jack Ginnivan is having his cake and eating it too
Jack Ginnivan departed Collingwood with a premiership medal around his neck, leaving behind a club whose finals hopes are in disarray and that is now going through the bleakest period of Craig McRae’s celebrated tenure.
Scott hot in British Open but Day cools as wild weather hits Royal Troon
Australia’s two survivors of the cut in the British Open had contrasting fortunes on the treacherous Old Course at Royal Troon.
Have Your Say
The quick fixes Carlton must make as they march toward finals
Carlton have taken major strides towards their first flag since 1995, but there are two key issues Michael Voss must address. One crucial question - are they better with two frontline ruckmen or not?
