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Landlord fines, GST withholds: Radical reforms touted to fix housing crisis
Melbourne property values fell while Sydney’s rose less than inflation, according to fresh data, as the Greens push for a new renters’ advocate and the Liberals threaten to make housing a condition of federal funding.
Safe word: MRC’s last resort as board meetings hit the rough
Fighting within the board became so acrimonious, members called in a mediator and adopted a safe word popularised by Hollywood as a last resort.
As families fight for spots at top schools, they hope one thing gives them the edge
Melbourne families are paying thousands of dollars for exam coaching to gain entry to selective schools or scholarship programs at private schools.
Wild winds: Victorians urged to hunker down as 100km/h gusts hit
Victoria has been blasted by more destructive winds amid warnings to avoid unnecessary travel, particularly through tree-heavy areas.
Opinion
Public transport
The cost of the SRL will be huge. Not building it would cost us so much more
Compared to other cities and other nations, we are a rail backwater. Getting on with the SRL and an airport train line are the only options for the future of our city.
Neil O'Keefe
Former federal MP
Analysis
Workplace safety
Behind the ‘Fight Club’ clause: The litigation Rebel Sport’s bosses don’t want to talk about
Super Retail, the $4 billion retailer behind the brands Rebel Sport, Supercheap Auto, Macpac and BCF is embroiled in a legal brawl that threatens to rupture the group’s leadership.
Updated
Paris Paralympics 2024
How a cheating scandal engulfed rowing before Aussie power duo won gold
Rower Erik Horrie snagged bronze when an Italian was found to breaching competition rules mid-race, before Nikki Ayers and Jed Altschwager won Australia’s first Paralympic gold medal for rowing.
New board candidate emerges as Petracca’s confidence in Melbourne’s future grows
Motivated by a desire to improve the football club’s culture Christian Petracca was convinced the club would work to address key concerns when he spoke to key confidants inside and outside the club.
Germany’s far-right on track for first regional win since Nazi era
With a year to go until Germany’s national election, the results look punishing for Social Democrat Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition.
Protesters pour into streets after death of Israeli hostages held by Hamas
Benjamin Netanyahu faces growing calls to end nearly 11 months of war with a deal that includes a ceasefire and release of remaining hostages.
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Harris is ahead in the polls, but she can’t afford to get comfortable yet
After a stellar party convention and her first sit-down interview, Kamala Harris’ team is feeling confident, but history has a way of repeating itself.
Ava Kalinauskas
Research Associate
Opinion
World markets
Why this booming, opaque corner of finance has watchdogs worried
This $US2 trillion market is in the sights of regulators, and many of us are indirectly exposed to its risks through superannuation.
Clancy Yeates
Deputy business editor
Calls for laser hair removal to be subsidised for common condition
Polycystic ovary syndrome is a complex hormonal condition that affects about one in 10 Australian women. A common symptom is excess facial and body hair.
Exclusive
Political leadership
What Australia’s new GG learnt from her intimate conversation with the King
Sam Mostyn readily accepts she didn’t fit the bill when it came to what Australians expect of a vice-regal appointment.
The best new shows to stream in September
Our guide to the best of what’s on the streamers and free-to-air in Australia this month.
‘It gave me the ick’: When friendly surveillance crosses the line
Location sharing apps are changing the nature of friendships.
Opinion
Tripologist
What we can (and definitely shouldn’t) steal from hotel rooms
There are things in your hotel room you’re welcome to take home, no questions asked. But some people take things too far.
Michael Gebicki
The Tripologist
Paris Paralympics
The teenage armless archer who captured the world’s attention
Her peers use their arms to shoot. This 17-year-old relies on her legs and feet – and she does so with astounding precision.
Australian runner disqualified, stripped of bronze medal
Jaryd Clifford crossed the line in third place and thought he’d done enough for a medal. Then came the bad news.
Victoria
Exclusive
Victorian Parliament
Moira Deeming declares debt to developer previously found to have evaded donation laws
Deeming and Opposition Leader John Pesutto have each declared personal donations from supporters to help bankroll their costly defamation trial, due to begin this month.
Exclusive
Courts
Case of the missing McLaren: Luxury car scammer faces jail over contempt of freezing order
Andreas Triantafyllos siphoned almost $700,000 from secret bank accounts, and also failed to explain how he obtained and disposed of a high-performance sports car.
Glasgow Games would cost tiny fraction of Victoria’s
Commonwealth Games Scotland says it has an “innovative, cost-effective” proposal that would be almost entirely funded through Victoria’s compensation payout.
Travis turns heads when he wears this feather. But there’s a grim prediction behind it
The south-eastern red-tailed black cockatoo has the spirit of Travis Lovett’s ancestors. He is deeply concerned about its future.
The little clause sending Great Ocean Road tourism operators round the twist
A dispute over tours at a popular lighthouse is the latest flashpoint between coastal communities and a recently established government authority.
Politics
Exclusive
Political leadership
PM holds off on wedding until after the election
When Anthony Albanese popped the question, commentators speculated that a wedding date this year would give the prime minister goodwill ahead of the upcoming election.
Business
ASX set to slide despite late Wall Street surge
Wall Street spent the day mulling over encouraging reports on inflation, consumer spending and income.
World
Australia joins US to condemn China’s aggressive Coast Guard tactics
Footage shared by Philippines officials at a press conference showed a Chinese boat “directly and intentionally rammed the Philippine vessel”.
Opinion
‘Call me Ajay’: From Warrnambool to Washington, new World Bank boss has Aussie soft spot
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
Dutton is landing punches on a rattled Labor, and voters are noticing
James Massola
National affairs editor
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Property
The Melbourne suburbs where underquoting is rife
Two real estate agencies face criminal action as the Victorian government enshrines a taskforce to stamp out property underquoting.
‘Way more people trying to sell’: Where Melbourne home owners are selling now
An oversupply of housing stock paired with softened property values has created an ideal spring market for buyers.
Good Food
Lifestyle
Tattoo of us against the world: Australia’s ‘well-oiled’ micro-wedding machine
Australian couples are trading traditional white weddings for matching tattoos, a handful of guests and rock and roll.
Opinion
Family
If you loved me, you wouldn’t leave me, Dad said. But I had no choice
Neil Orford
Intensive care specialist and writer
Opinion
Fatherhood
Since losing my wife, each day is a reminder of what dads are capable of
Adrian Arciuli
Culture
Helen Garner says this is the best thing she’s written. But does it work as an opera?
With a theme leaning so heavily on music, it’s not a surprise The Children’s Bach was adapted into an opera – but does it keep its magic when taken off the page?
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Sport
The safe word Melbourne Racing Club turns to when board meetings hit the rough
Fighting within the board became so acrimonious, members called in a mediator and adopted a safe word popularised by Hollywood as a last resort.
Four Points
AFL 2024
Why Charlie Curnow is facing a finals frontier, and how the All-Australian selectors got it so wrong
He might be coming back from injury, but the star Blues forward is so good, and so competitive, that a breakout finals performances is simply a matter of time. As for the All-Australian selectors, they went rogue this year.
Updated
Formula 1
‘Painful’: Tortoise beats the hare as Oscar Piastri rues one that got away at Monza
With a sigh of resignation, Australian F1 ace Oscar Piastri admitted just how gutted he was to miss out on winning one of the races he and his peers want to win most.
Late blunders cost Australia chance at wheelchair rugby gold
Australia’s wheelchair rugby team turned down a try with 15 seconds remaining in their Paralympic semi-final that would have put them ahead by one. Here’s why.
New board candidate emerges as Petracca’s confidence in Melbourne’s future grows
Motivated by a desire to improve the football club’s culture Christian Petracca was convinced the club would work to address key concerns when he spoke to key confidants inside and outside the club.
Updated
Paris Paralympics 2024
How a cheating scandal engulfed rowing before Aussie power duo won gold
Rower Erik Horrie snagged bronze when an Italian was found to breaching competition rules mid-race, before Nikki Ayers and Jed Altschwager won Australia’s first Paralympic gold medal for rowing.
Analysis
AFLW
Gone in 15 seconds: How the Bulldogs’ season started in the worst possible way
An Irish recruit in her first game of AFLW inflicted an immediate blow to last year’s AFLW wooden-spooner, and from there things didn’t get much better for the Western Bulldogs.
Have Your Say
Brand Petracca has been blamed for Demon’s rift with club. What exactly is it?
Since his future first came into question three weeks ago, we have learnt more about Christian Petracca’s black bean noodles and pesto chicken melt than where he wants to play next year.
