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SHOT FULL OF HOLES

Less than 2 per cent of Victorian motorists seeking compensation for damage caused by potholes are receiving payouts, secret government data reveals. Documents obtained under Freedom of Information show drivers are facing virtually impossible odds...

YOU KNEW: CATS PUT CONCUSSION CLAWS INTO AFL

Geelong will turn the heat back on the AFL when it produces email correspondence with the league regarding the Cats’ disastrous Jake Kolodjashnij concussion contract. The Cats are today expected to allege the AFL received written information regarding...

BLUE BOYS STAY IN FINALS HUNT ...

Carlton has knocked off a lacklustre St Kilda by 44 points at Marvel Stadium to remain on track for a wildcard berth. The Saints’ loss was further soured by a serious hamstring injury to star Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera.

IRWIN OUT TO FLIP THE SCRIPT

Robert Irwin has the world at his feet. Just 22 years old, he’ll host the Logies next weekend, but unselfishly, he hopes he doesn’t win the Gold Logie . Instead he’ll set “venomous snakes” upon anyone who doesn’t vote for his “lifelong friend” Julia...

SEX AND OUT

The ex-wife of Australian cricket vice-captain Ashleigh Gardner says she should be stripped of her leadership role after her affair with a junior teammate was revealed. Monica Wright has spoken publicly for the first time.

THIRD ROLL OF THE DICE FOR PACKER

Thousands of Mornington Peninsula property owners could soon have controversial planning controls designed to protect against landslides removed from their land. On Tuesday, Mornington Peninsula Council will consider slashing the number of properties...

KNOCKOUT BLOW

A Victorian AFL club has struck a secret deal requiring a player who has suffered multiple concussions to assume all legal responsibility for any further on-field brain trauma. The club brokered the bombshell deal in a bid to exonerate itself from...

Docs walk in pay bid

INSIDE INTEL ON EVERY CLUB’S LIST Victorian doctors will walk off the job at key hospitals next week while other crucial health staff are preparing for a separate “unprecedented” strike that could force the cancellation of surgeries on Thursday. The...

Ben bounce but polls still dire

Labor remains on track to lose November’s state election despite a change of leader and new polling showing its first political bounce in months. The exclusive Freshwater Strategy poll – taken in the days immediately after last week’s coup that saw...

COPS’ DESK WARFARE LOVED-UP One Nation hopefuls Big tech’s lower blow LION KING

One Nation’s Victorian president Warren Pickering will lead the party into the state election, with Pauline Hanson set to today announce seven upper house candidates, which the Herald Sun can reveal. Police are being forced off the beat and kept...

50 X $10 FUEL VOUC TO BE W NATIONA IT’S GOING TO GET ME

AUGUST 2, 2026 $5.00 Footy superstar “Fabulous Phil” Carman has opened up on his private, fouryear fight against prostate cancer, after being told by his oncologist: “This is going to get you.” Carman, 75, is going public to encourage men to have...

IT’S HAYLEY’S COMET: CHAMP EMULATES MUM

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BEN SLAMS ON BRAKES

Up to $10bn of Suburban Rail Loop deals about to be inked are expected to go on hold during a review that will also assess whether existing contractors can be diverted to other infrastructure projects. The Herald Sun understands that radical options...

STOP THIS TRAINWRECK

New Premier Ben Carroll will order a sweeping review of the Suburban Rail Loop, reopen closed police stations, and look at fast-tracking Melbourne Airport Rail. The Herald Sun can also reveal Mr Carroll will focus on finally tackling Victoria’s record...

CIVIL WAR

Allan’s slow slide to political catastrophe Inside the factions battling for control What Carroll must do to woo voters

BAIL DERAIL

Accused criminals facing the most serious charges are becoming more likely to secure bail because the state’s court backlog is so severe, a magistrate has warned. It comes as more than 28 per cent of pending criminal matters in the County Court have...

SOCIAL SABOTAGE

Social media giants are flouting Australia’s under-16 social media ban, experts say, because they want to provoke fines and force a courtroom challenge. Insiders claim the tactics mirror those used by the porn and tobacco industries.

FINAL SHOWDOWN

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan faces a showdown on Tuesday as Labor MPs and powerbrokers plot a fresh bid to topple her amid new polling that shows the Coalition now leads the government 56-44 on a two-party preferred basis. Fear of a statewide...

SIX IN A ROW WAY DE GO

Collingwood superstar Nick Daicos last week boldly declared that his team could win the premiership this year. Few outside the blackand-white army would have taken that statement too seriously at the time, but those words will be attracting more...

I’M NOT AN EVIL PERSON

Amy Tossoun, who was accused of spiking a friend’s vodka with MDMA during a night at Mt Buller, has broken her silence after her criminal case was dropped.

VIC’S $5.5BN RACING WIN

Racing has delivered a record $5.5bn boost to the struggling Victorian economy and created more than 33,400 full-time equivalent jobs. An independent report to be released on Wednesday reveals horse, harness and greyhound racing poured $3.9bn in...

LOVED UNTIL THE VERY END

Derryn Hinch’s former wife Jacki Weaver wept as she paid tribute to her lost love, while Lynda Stoner (pictured) was comforted as she farewelled her partner, as a star-studded crowd gathered to farewell the Human Headline

CHEQUE’S IN THE FAIL

Aussie sports stars have described the devastating impact of losing the Commonwealth Games to Glasgow ahead of its opening ceremony this week, as Scots celebrate almost $200m of Victorian taxpayer cash injected into the overseas event. Even the Games’...

TROLL HUNTERS

Victims of online predators will be handed new powers to fight back against abuse and vilification, with the Allan government to today reveal laws to unmask anonymous accounts and lower the bar to take tech giants to court.

VIP SEX PARTY SCANDAL

Several women have lifted the lid on “toxic” and “disgusting” behaviour by high-profile men attending sexually charged parties – likened to scenes in the Jeffrey Epstein files – hosted by accused fraudster and Geelong Football Club sponsor Sy Giang...

NO OASIS FOR PUNTERS AS COST OF NIGHT OUT TOPS THE WORLD

Melbourne is now the most expensive city in the world to buy beer and cigarettes based on the “Oasis index”. The global ratings rank the price of five beers and two packets of smokes, a tongue-in-cheek reference to the cost of a night out with Liam and...

MURDERER MAKEOVER

Convicted killer Alicia Schiller (pictured), who was previously approved for IVF treatment while behind bars, has been given the green light to receive taxpayer-funded Ozempic jabs and plastic surgery in jail.

ORDINARY KID IS ACCUSED BAR WAR KINGPIN

The accused ringleader of Melbourne’s bar and tobacco wars was an “ordinary kid” who was allegedly running his “empire” from the Essendon home he lived in with his parents. Jesse Hadchiti, 20, the nephew of former outlaw bikie Jay Malkoun, was...

Talented, hilarious, classy and kind – Sam’s brilliant career

SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS

School injuries have resulted in more than 35,000 visits to hospital by Victorian primary-aged children in a three-year period, figures show. Fractures, dislocations, sprains, strains and wounds were the most common injuries behind an average of 292...

Tears for Fitzy

Hundreds of people – players, fans and complete strangers – paid tribute to Nathan ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald at Epping Football Club yesterday, a week after he suffered fatal injuries to his head playing the game he loved.

WILL SCOTT FLY FROM PIES?

Scott Pendlebury has earned the right to call time on his AFL career whenever he desires. As such, Collingwood will allow him to play another AFL season, regardless if that suits the Magpies’ future list plans or not. But make no mistake, he would...

MODI MANIA: INDIAN PM’S A MARVEL SUPERHERO

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi last night received a rapturous reception from a 35,000strong crowd at Marvel Stadium. Earlier, PM Anthony Albanese feted his high-profile guest amid talks which included new defence and uranium deals

LIVES ON THE LINE

V/Line says it will pursue Telstra for hundreds of thousands of dollars, with the outage wiping out the vast majority of its train services on Wednesday and on Thursday morning. Almost all regional travel across Victoria was suspended on Wednesday,...

JAILBIRD FROM FLIPPING THE BIRD TO ...

The accused Pam the Bird graffiti vandal is back behind bars after being remanded in custody for allegedly scaling the Bolte Bridge and spraypainting the infamous bird during a nine-hour stunt. Jack Gibson-Burrell, 22, had been freed on bail in...

Australia blasts launch of nuclear-capable missile in South Pacific hours after we sign Fiji defence pact CHINA GOES BALLISTIC

China has launched a nuclear-capable long-range missile with a dummy warhead from a submarine in the Pacific Ocean, in a “destabilising” move by an aggressive Beijing. Hours after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed a landmark defence treaty with...

TEARS FOR NATHAN

A suburban footballer who suffered massive head injuries during a grassroots Melbourne match has entered “end of life” care. Family and friends of Epping player Nathan Fitzgerald, 27, were last night preparing to say a sad farewell to the much-loved...

NO END TO OUR PAIN

Melbourne father Michael Hodder says his family’s grief over the 2024 death of daughter Elise, killed by a drunk unlicensed driver, has been worsened by a 600-day battle with the Transport Accident Commission.

MINOGUE STALKER SHOCK

An accused stalker has been charged after allegedly bombarding Kylie Minogue’s family with texts and calls declaring he was in a relationship with the star.

SHOCKING, SICKENING

A 15-year-old was stabbed to death outside a hospital at Craigieburn, ending his short life bleeding out on the bitumen. It’s shocking and sickening – but, sadly, no longer surprising in Victoria, the state of distress. The killing of Darweish...

EXTRA TIME FOR PUBS

Victoria will become a round-the-clock Socceroos party zone with pubs given unprecedented permission to open all night so fans can support Australia at the World Cup on Saturday.

Libs talk on axing Deeming

Liberal Party members are having “active” discussions to disendorse upper house MP Moira Deeming after she refused to apologise to her party room colleague Matthew Guy for accusing him of assault. Shadow attorney-general James Newbury confirmed on...

BABY TARGET OF HATE

Victorian MP Georgie Purcell has unveiled a shocking file of sexualised abuse aimed at her family, including her sixmonth-old baby. Her explosive 22-page submission to the royal commission on antiSemitism and social cohesion includes dozens of...

GOVT’S LOTTO TAX GRAB

Victorians pay the highest lottery tax in the country as operators hand over almost a third of every ticket price to the state government. Data from Australian Gambling Statistics reveal a lucrative tax system. In the 2023-24 financial year Victorians...

girl in suitcase arrest

Victorian man Simon Carman, 46, has been arrested in Bangkok after the murder of a 17year-old girl, whose naked body was found inside a suitcase alongside a railway line in Thailand.

ADVANCE AUSTRALIA YEAH!

collective sigh of relief was heard across the nation as Australia’s Socceroos eked out a nil-all draw against Paraguay on Friday to earn a treasured place in the World Cup knockout round of 32. Melbourne’s Jordan Bos was the hero of the game, firing...

TAKE BACK OUR ROADS

The state’s top cop has vowed to take back Victorian roads from hoon drivers who think there are “no consequences” for their brazen offending. Chief Commissioner Mike Bush conceded a “more robust approach” was needed to combat lawless driving...

LIB V LIB ASSAULT PROBE

A Victorian female Liberal MP has made a complaint to police that she was assaulted by a male Liberal MP at a community dinner. The move has prompted crisis discussions between the party’s senior leaders.

CLASS ACT: SCHOOLS URGED TO LET KIDS CHEER ON SOCCEROOS

Victoria’s Education Minister and Deputy Premier Ben Carroll has urged schools to let students watch the Socceroos’ World Cup clash in class on the final day of term. With Australia’s crunch qualifier against Paraguay to be broadcast across the state...

DEADLY BUILD-UP

Murdered boxer and standover man Hussein “Skinny” Dehaini was attempting to extort a Melbourne property developer before he was executed at Ascot Vale on Sunday. The former boxer (inset) was peppered with bullets as he walked to his car before the...

SKY HIGH MARVEL

Sports fans will be able to walk on the roof, watch an AFL game from above as stadium vows to become Melbourne’s new must-see attraction

MILLIONS IN THE BIN

Victorian taxpayers footed a $37,000 bill to buy machetes as props then send them to Sydney where the Allan government filmed ads to promote its machete amnesty. The Sunday Herald Sun can also reveal the government splashed $3.6m on an advertising...

THEY KNOW ELLY’S KILLER

The devastated dad of a Melbourne woman killed in Mozambique says authorities know who murdered her but do not have enough evidence to prosecute after initial investigations were bungled. Elly Warren’s father Paul said he still holds “a glimmer of...

GRAVE FEARS FOR MODRA

AFL legend Tony Modra is fighting for his life after sustaining serious injuries in a crash involving his cattle truck. The 57-year-old was airlifted to hospital on Thursday amid reports his truck had crashed into a tree near Victor Harbor south of...

ANZAC DISGRACE

A magistrate’s decision to protect two women accused of spray-painting “F--k the Anzacs” and “kill the troops” on Melbourne RSLs has sparked widespread outrage. After Edith Pope, 22, and Charlie Tidmarsh, 20, won their fight to keep their faces secret...

EXCLUSIVE AFL STAR IN DEZI RAID

Police investigating the movements of cop killer Dezi Freeman have raided a property linked to former Carlton star Bruce Reid, father of AFL premiership duo Ben and Sam.

MY HERO SON DIDN’T DIE IN VAIN

The mother of murdered policeman Vadim de Waart-Hottart has spoken of the desolation left by Dezi Freeman’s deadly rampage but says her “hero” son didn’t die in vain. Senior Constable de Waart-Hottart and colleague Neal Thompson were shot dead while...

ROO BEAUTY

Melbourne came out shining with jubilant displays of green and gold as the joy of the Socceroos World Cup victory erupted in celebrations at sites around the city. More than 7000 football fanatics packed Federation Square to watch Tony Popovic’s...

BRING on the WORLD

It is the competition that captures hearts and creates legends. And as our Socceroos prepare to kick off their World Cup campaign in Vancouver today, skipper Mathew Ryan and his squad of next generation stars including Mo Toure and Jordan Bos have...

TRAGEDY IN PARADISE

Jemma Stapleton was on the cusp of being a household name in Australian athletics and tipped as a genuine chance to win the 2028 Stawell Gift. But today, the sporting world is in shock and mourning after it was revealed she was tragically killed while...

ANTI-SOCIAL MENACE

Teens who use social media for more than two hours a day are significantly more likely to experience depression and poor wellbeing than peers who spend less than an hour on the platforms, a groundbreaking, decade-long Australian study has found. A new...

DON’T SET HIM FREE

Police have implored a magistrate to deny bail to a notorious youth offender with more than 388 prior charges who is facing life in jail in the first major test of Victoria’s Adult Time for Violent Crime laws over a home invasion.

UP FOR THE FIGHT

Melbourne superstar Kysaiah Pickett claimed the inaugural Neale Daniher Trophy after Melbourne beat Collingwood in an eight-point thriller at the MCG yesterday. A record crowd of 88,019 turned out for the Big Freeze — the first without the legendary...

NEALE WILL BE THERE IN SPIRIT

Neale Daniher’s family have spoken of the mixed feelings they face as the first Big Freeze at the ’G without him is staged on Monday – as the AFL unveils a new tribute to the icon. Daniher’s wife Jan and daughter Bec said those closest to Daniher were...

EXCLUSIVE NEALE’S LIFESAVING LEGACY

Motor neurone disease experts are confident a cure will be found for “The Beast” that last month claimed the life of much-loved campaigner and AFL great Neale Daniher. Thanks to a “huge breakthrough” in gene therapy and the more than $140m raised by...

NANG WARFARE

The mum of a talented young actor who died when he suffocated on a free bottle of nitrous oxide gifted to him by an online delivery website has called on Premier Jacinta Allan to “have the guts” to tackle the state’s booming deadly nang scourge. At...

LAMBSHANK REDEMPTION

Taxpayers are footing the bill for prisoners to access weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Mounjaro behind bars while regular Victorians pay up almost $700 a month. The Herald Sun can reveal murderers, rapists and pedophiles looking to shed a few kilos...

TAKING THE MICK

Lucy Callander Mark Buttler Anthony Dowsley Gangland figure Mick Gatto has slammed an early police morning raid that led to the arrest of himself and his wife. Police from Taskforce Hawk, which tackles criminality in the building sector, raided the...

WHAT THE TRUCK! FIREYS’ CAGE FIGHT

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BUSH MATTERS

The largest conversation between the bush and powerbrokers starts today, as News Corp Australia launches its 2026 Bush Summit campaign. Regional Australians can have their say on issues that matter most in a new poll, which will help frame debate at...

Gender defenders

Transgender and non-binary recruits applying to the Australian Defence Force can now undertake a fitness test of their “affirmed gender” – rather than being assessed on their sex when they were born. New documents confirm transgender applicants “are...

MOKBEL PUNTED

Freed former underworld kingpin Tony Mokbel is at war with Tabcorp after the gambling giant refused to pay him a $5400 winning bet and banned him from its premises and betting apps. Mr Mokbel is said to be furious Tabcorp took his money on losing bets,...

YOU LITTLE CRIPPA!

A goal with 70 seconds remaining from Carlton captain Patrick Cripps delivered the Blues a stunning four-point win over premiership contender Geelong at the MCG on Friday night. After Jack Henry gave the Cats back the lead at the 27minute mark of the...

VOICE TO THE WORLD

Celine Dion, Hugh Jackman and Keith Urban will headline a star-studded fundraising concert in honour of Australian singing legend John Farnham, who retired from public life after being treated for mouth cancer in 2024.

SECRET TEXT STRIFE EXPOSED

Luke Sayers: My heart is breaking that you are so angry. I love you. Cate Sayers: I am furious with you. You saved yourself and again dumped me right in it.

I WANT TOP JOB

Essendon legend James Hird has declared his desire to return as Bombers coach following yesterday’s sacking of Brad Scott. Hird last night revealed he’d “love to do that job” and wanted to make “Essendon the best club in the AFL again ”.