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Air accident
The Alfred’s ‘crazy idea’: The world-first gamble that saved dying US marine
In a series of world firsts, The Alfred’s team saved the life of US marine Travis Reyes, critically injured in a deadly aircraft crash in remote NT.
‘More work to do’: Wilson passes first election test after One Nation challenge
The Liberal Party claimed victory in the Nepean byelection on Saturday night, but the results suggest a complicated road ahead to November’s statewide poll. Follow our live coverage of news in Australia and around the globe.
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Middle East at war
Fuel price pain to return as global oil bosses sound alarm
Australians enjoyed a respite from soaring fuel prices, but global markets will bring bad news to service stations in coming weeks.
The Oval Office has hosted many awkward appearances. The King’s outshone them all
Charles’ secret weapon was a one-off gift delivered during an important week for Australia’s relationship with the Trump administration, involving what might be best described as a mixed bag of developments.
The type of Melbourne home defying the property downturn
Falling Melbourne house prices amid interest rate rises and an uncertain economy obscure the stiff competition for certain types of homes.
Opinion
Baby Boomers
We love to blame Boomers. But intergenerational warfare may be a distraction
There’s another element in this particular conflict – one the budget won’t affect.
Jacqueline Maley
Columnist and senior journalist
The flag fancies, the failures, and the coach under the most pressure
Who is surging toward a Brownlow and who needs to lift? The AFL season is about a third of the way through, which is a good sample size to form opinions on where clubs are heading.
‘I’d made so many sacrifices’: Jesinta Franklin shares Buddy’s post-retirement pledge
The one-time AFL power couple always pictured themselves as a family of four, until a holiday changed everything.
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Essendon Bombers
‘Make a hero of themselves’: Fagan angry at leaking of whiteboard photo
The whiteboard listed the strengths and weaknesses of Essendon’s players, including references to Zach Merrett being “selfish” and Sam Durham being a “hot head”.
On Thursday, a riot brought Alice to its knees. Two days on, Coles ran out of flowers
The local supermarket has run out of flowers as residents pay their respects at the locked gates of Kumanjayi Little Baby’s family home.
The grim reality of the ‘doomsday glacier’
What scientists saw in Antarctica this summer could affect the weather everywhere from Cairns to Cannes.
Speaking the region’s language: Why fluency is our new front line
With university enrolments in South-East Asian languages in freefall, Labor is investing in the migrant-run weekend schools that have kept these tongues alive.
I sat in this beloved Fitzroy restaurant all day to understand its 40-year legacy
Pioneering Marios has stood steadfast as its neighbourhood has gone from bohemian to boujee. What can a day spent at this dining icon tell us about Brunswick Street in 2026?
End in sight after a dotted line in Melway led to 37-year turf war over bike path
It took almost four decades, a protracted planning war and an act of parliament to push it through, but Alphington’s section of missing bike path is finally being built.
Analysis
Childcare
A year after scandal, childcare giant faces financial peril and mass closures
G8 Education might have to dump thousands of kids from care to stay profitable. That comes at a cost to parents.
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Sunday Life
‘We just held each other’: Pip Edwards’ life flashed before her eyes. Then, she quit her job
For the first time, the P.E Nation co-founder opens up about how the Bondi shootings, plus her son leaving home, forced her to make a total life change.
Ten years in the making, Australia’s epic new hike connects two icons
The just-opened five-day, 54-kilometre trail includes 38 kilometres of new track across rolling sand dunes on land belonging to traditional owners.
Opinion
Ask an expert
I want to give $65k to my teenage kids. How do I stop them spending it?
There are simple ways to pass on inheritance to your kids, but they may involve you paying some form of tax.
Paul Benson
Money contributor
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‘Completely mismatched with reality’: Karen Martini breaks years-long silence on ACMI feud
It was the perfect Melbourne story – art and dining fused. High-gloss. High-stakes. A culinary icon returned to the fractured geometric centre of the city, Federation Square. Then, she was hit with an eviction notice.
Special series
Banned words, dossiers on diners: Inside the invisible details at Melbourne’s famed Gimlet
A secret star system. One star: you’re a diner. Three stars, you’re a god and a table appears when the restaurant is full. In the world of Andrew McConnell, the staff know more about you than you’d expect.
Victoria
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Public transport
Melbourne’s new trains have more aisle room and less annoying doors
Commuters will get a taste of what’s to come when the X’Trapolis 2.0 operates its first service this weekend.
Since the ’60s, Denis has framed customers’ treasures: snake skins, dresses and underpants
For 61 years, Denis Kosnar has been the trusted custodian of Melbourne’s most treasured, bizarre and deeply personal artefacts.
Albion co-owner shot at in home invasion as Melbourne bar wars escalate
The nightlife figure was targeted in his Pakenham home and two Melbourne venues were attacked overnight.
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Victorian election
Taxpayers to foot bigger bill for political campaigns under Labor plan
The government proposal has put the major parties at an impasse over fixing campaign finance laws that were struck down by the High Court.
This is Melbourne’s ‘new growth front’. So where are the facilities?
Facing a population projected to more than triple over the next two decades, concerned locals are worried about already struggling services keeping pace.
Property
‘Every $500 counts’: Bay view apartment sparks bidding war
A plush, two-bedroom unit with bay views sparked a bidding war at auction on Saturday, as two hopefuls battled it out in $500 increments after a slow start.
Victorian towns where investors are buying houses sight unseen
Property prices in the regions are defying Melbourne’s slowdown, as home buyers and investors seek more affordable options.
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Analysis
$500 to firebomb: How crime gangs are outsourcing Melbourne’s Bar Wars
Offshore, interstate or sitting on a couch a crime boss is crime-tasking – using an encrypted app to set up a job “that is paying well”.
Test your general knowledge with the Good Weekend quiz
Trivia buffs: can you get a perfect score in the interactive superquiz?
Politics
Despite booing and searing criticism, the PM says he isn’t going anywhere
One year into a difficult second term, Anthony Albanese says absorbing the nation’s anger and grief is part of the job of being prime minister, while declaring he will absolutely seek a third term.
Business
Uber-rich collectables: A $14m Birkin bag and a dinosaur skull
Ordinary folks may not be spending, but the super wealthy still spend on collectibles with history and “providence”.
World
This is what an expert on Iran thinks about Trump’s war
The retired US diplomat explains what it’s like negotiating with Iran, where the president has it wrong and whether a deal can be salvaged.
Opinion
Why Trump is sending Australia a bargain-bin US ambassador
Cory Alpert
Former White House staffer
Anzac booers were a ‘God moment’: How Uncle Ray’s grace answers the graceless
Julia Baird
Journalist, broadcaster, historian and author
The AFL snub that left former champion ‘dumbfounded’
Caroline Wilson
Football columnist for The Age
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The Verdict
Pub trivia is the ultimate refuge for people who lack a personality
If you’d rather recite a cricketer’s 2007 batting average than hold a real conversation, you aren’t a “polymath” – you’re just a joyless narc holding the rest of the pub hostage.
Gary Nunn
Contributor
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Australian film
Some of the biggest names in film voted on their favourite Aussie movie. Their pick might surprise you
Australia’s contribution to movie-going is as old as cinema itself. With the help of 24 experts, we list the best 50 Australian films of all time.
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AFL 2026
‘Make a hero of themselves’: Angry Fagan’s response to leaking of whiteboard photo
The Lions’ whiteboard listed the strengths and weaknesses of Essendon’s players, including references to Zach Merrett being “selfish”, Sam Durham a “hot head” and defender Ben McKay having “low confidence”.
Voss bemoans lack of intent as Carlton slump again; Richmond break their duck
Carlton blew a half-time lead for the fifth time this season to lose to St Kilda by 39 points. On a day which highlighted the growing gulf in the AFL, Richmond snared their first win, Brisbane blew away Essendon and Geelong toyed with North before winning comfortably at home.
Sawe’s record-breaking marathon was about more than shoes. Here’s why
The Kenyan runner who broke the two-hour barrier in London benefited from technological advancement in kit but his secret was that he used Maurten energy gels.
The flag fancies, the failures, and the coach under the most pressure
Who is surging toward a Brownlow and who needs to lift? The AFL season is about a third of the way through, which is a good sample size to form opinions on where clubs are heading.
He’s 15, hitting Pat Cummins into the stands, and just getting started
Indian whiz kid Vaibhav Suryavanshi has taken down the world’s best bowlers in the IPL. Now the question is, how far will his prodigious talent take him?
Opinion
AFL 2026
‘Embarrassing, lacking credibility’: Indigenous greats slam AFL
All-Australians Shaun Burgoyne, Michael O’Loughlin and Michael Walters are among those critical of the make-up and lack of Indigenous representation on the panel designed to address a crisis in the number of First Nations players in the game.
Caroline Wilson
Football columnist for The Age
Cody Walker explodes in Carlton debut, but proud dad slams ‘ridiculous’ draft rule
Carlton are being forced to pay a high price for a father-son star, but the club’s fans won’t be disappointed.
Have Your Say
On a tense Anzac Day, the MCG fell silent. Then the Welcome to Country began
The dawn service had been marred by booing during the Welcome to Country, and tensions were running high before the traditional MCG fixture that afternoon. Would the crowd there boo, too?
Peter FitzSimons
Columnist and author
