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Baby drought grips Melbourne as a ‘great contraceptive’ emerges
A plunge in birth rates in parts of Melbourne is being blamed on a lack of affordable housing and other cost-of-living pressures, with soaring rents and grocery bills playing an increasing part in family planning.
Opinion
Childcare
Caring for kids is relentless and thankless. I won’t do it for my grandchildren
I long ago made it very clear to my adult children that I would not be participating in exhausting hours of tending to toddlers.
Avril Moore
Contributor
Opinion
Cost of living
Why only some of us feel the cost-of-living pinch
A fascinating study into how our standards of living have changed since COVID helps explain why some Australians are feeling no pain.
Ross Gittins
Economics Editor
The world has just recorded its hottest day ever
The global average surface air temperature on Sunday reached 17.09 degrees as heatwaves scorched large swathes of the United States, Europe and Russia.
Opinion
Building Bad
It’s time to straighten up our building sites with a strong regulator
Stronger fines, wider powers and a bipartisan mandate could produce a construction industry regulator with transformative possibilities.
The Age's View
Editorial
Opinion
Building Bad
Can’t get a tradie? The CFMEU’s stranglehold on major projects chokes us all
Victoria’s major road and rail projects mean we are building fewer houses, at greater expense. The construction union’s grip is affecting costs, efficiency, quality and the availability of labour.
Harley Dale
Economist
From Paris with love: Five foodie Francophiles share their dining, bakery and fromagerie favourites
How to skip the queue for Instagrammable pastries, taste the world’s best bread, and eat at the restaurant that fed Brad Pitt. Plus the Aussie restaurants that offer a Paris match.
No, Brighton. Geoffrey Robertson is not buying a mansion for Julian Assange
Brighton jungle drums are beating hard. But the famed human rights lawyer is not in the property business.
Opinion
Food and wine
I ate at ‘the world’s worst restaurant’. Now it’s even worse
It’s world-famous and notoriously expensive, but don’t spend your money like this. There’s better food in the world.
Ben Groundwater
Travel writer
Nine staff attacked in Paris as police investigate alleged gang rape
The assault came after Australian athletes were warned not to wear their uniforms while out in Paris following the alleged rape of a 25-year-old Australian woman over the weekend.
Updated
Equestrian
‘Deeply ashamed’: Video of British Olympic champion emerges showing ‘error of judgment’
Equestrian champion Charlotte Dujardin has been banned from Paris 2024 over a video showing her whipping a horse repeatedly on the legs.
In first rally, Harris frames election as choice between ‘freedom and chaos’
The 59-year-old prosecutor entered the stage to loud and lengthy cheers, as people waved “Kamala” banners from the bleachers.
AFL star Dustin Martin’s bikie uncle to be deported
Dean Martin – a former Rebels president and CFMEU delegate who was once in a relationship with Senator Lidia Thorpe – is to be sent to New Zealand.
Maribyrnong River kill accused named as veil of secrecy lifted
A court heard detectives needed extra time to analyse CCTV footage and forensic evidence, which they indicated would be the cornerstone of the prosecution case.
The roadblock to All-Australian defender’s potential return to Victoria
The rumblings about Port Adelaide star Dan Houston’s future, and in particular his links to the Demons, started early last month, while a Collingwood forward’s future beyond this season is uncertain.
Exclusive
Regulation
Cutting Victoria’s red tape could save up to $1.6 billion a year
An internal state government review found Victoria has the second-highest number of business licences and permits in the nation.
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Paris 2024
These are the athletes tipped to fuel Australia’s record Olympic medal haul
If the latest predictions prove accurate, Australia’s Olympic team in Paris will set a new high watermark for medals won at the Games.
‘It’s not like I’m a crazy bug person’: The unusual snack that gives this Aussie athlete a boost
For a protein boost, Australian beach volleyballer Zachery Schubert munches on crickets.
Building Bad
Opinion
How the government’s CFMEU response plays into the Coalition’s hands
The government’s light-touch response to the allegations swirling around the CFMEU risks emboldening Labor’s critics.
Elizabeth Knight
Business columnist
Exclusive
‘It’s a delusion’: Kelty rips into Coalition’s call to deregister CFMEU
But the former ACTU secretary says the move to overhaul the CFMEU is justified by the need to protect the interests of ordinary members.
Victoria
Tyrone was 15 when he died of an overdose on the bathroom floor. He had said he wanted help
Tyrone Woxvold died of an overdose at his mother’s home. He developed a drug habit while in the state’s care, an inquest heard.
Growing up, Maya was banned from dancing. Fifteen years later, she’s realised her dream
She watched music videos in her room but being a professional dancer was not feasible. That changed when she came to Melbourne and joined a hip-hop crew.
Victoria needs 6000 new place names. This time, they’ll be chosen differently
The state government expects population growth will create another 6000 places that need names over the next three years –streets, suburbs, schools and more. And it has set a target.
Exclusive
Crime
Fresh charges for alleged double killer Beau Lamarre-Condon
The former police officer is facing charges of domestic violence-related murder and aggravated breaking and entering after allegedly shooting Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.
These 54 homes were built in the 30 years after WWII. Now, they’re at the centre of a fight
A residents’ campaign wants the council to grant heritage protection to houses in Melbourne’s bayside suburbs, but not everyone agrees.
AFL 2024
Analysis
Why the Pies can’t get de going and a Hawks wizard finds his magic touch: Key takeouts from round 19
Without his superpowers, Jordan De Goey is struggling, and so are the Magpies. But for Nick Watson and the Hawks the opposite is true. Meanwhile, a key Crow’s talent has been unlocked and the Cats have lost their edge at home.
AFL Briefing
De Koning out for home-and-away season; Swans dealt a bitter blow; clubs sent a ‘please explain’
Carlton’s tough win over North Melbourne has come at a cost, with a fractured foot to sideline star ruckman Tom De Koning until the end of the home-and-away season. Meanwhile, the Swans are battling their own injury issues.
Politics
‘Wilful blindness’: Big fines for tech giants that ignore abuse
Companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Google and Meta face fines of almost $800,000 a day if they don’t come clean on their progress in combating child exploitation and sex abuse material.
Business
Electricity prices rise as cold spell and wind drought bite
Electricity costs are climbing again after a stretch of cold weather coincided with a wind power drought, forcing expensive gas plants to fill the gap.
World
US Secret Service head resigns after Trump rally shooting
Kimberly Cheatle’s resignation follows a scathing hearing in which she was excoriated by both sides of politics over the assassination bid.
Opinion
The game has changed. But here’s why Trump’s still on track to win
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
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Property
Tree-changing couple splashes $2.64m on East Melbourne city bolthole
Steps to the MCG, with a cracking courtyard, the three-bedroom house will become a base for its new owners when they visit the city.
The type of property that was supposed to get cheaper – but soared
A “perfect storm” of rising demand and scant supply has been putting upward pressure on prices since the pandemic began.
Good Food
Lifestyle
Exercising every day? You may need to stop
Choosing when not to work out can be as important as the exercise itself.
Culture
Bloodlust, gambling, ambition; Rome’s gladiators pioneered modern sport
The parallels between gladiator contests in ancient Rome and weekend sporting matches are laid bare in Amazon’s big-ticket drama.
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These are the athletes tipped to fuel Australia’s record Olympic medal haul
If the latest predictions prove accurate, Australia’s Olympic team in Paris will set a new high watermark for medals won at the Games.
The roadblock to All-Australian defender’s potential return to Victoria
The rumblings about Port Adelaide star Dan Houston’s future, and in particular his links to the Demons, started early last month, while a Collingwood forward’s future beyond this season is uncertain.
The Australian athlete who sacrificed a slice of his finger for his Olympic dream
The hockey player suffered a gruesome injury just weeks before the Olympics. He made a surprising decision.
Why the Hawks aren’t worried about Ginnivan and the ‘rascal pack’; Blues hit with another injury blow
The surging Hawks have become the league’s most exciting team, and skipper James Sicily has praised Jack Ginnivan, while Carlton have lost another key player in a further blow to their bid for a top-two finish.
Mollie versus Arnie: The anatomy of a colossal Olympic showdown
A deep dive into every tactic, technique and turn that goes into executing the perfect 200m freestyle race.
From Wimbledon disappointment to Olympic debut: Demon’s quick recovery from ‘freak’ injury
Alex de Minaur’s Olympic dream looked shattered when he withdrew from Wimbledon less than a fortnight ago with a “freak” hip injury, but he has recovered in time to compete in Paris.
Family rushes from England after Dabernig stable accident
An English track rider who was allergic to horses as a child has been hospitalised with serious injuries while riding work for Tom Dabernig at Warrnambool.
Have Your Say
How do they do that? Inside the most dangerous event at the Olympics
It’s both elegant and terrifying. We break down the technique, training and triumphs of Australia’s world champion pole vaulter Nina Kennedy.
