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SHEAR DETERMINATION
When Brad Fry arrived as the new principal at Tintern Grammar in 2015, the school was just emerging from a profound period of change. The school that began as a coeducational school had become girls-only before opening a separate campus for boys and...
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‘I FEEL LIKE I’M THE POLICE’
Picture this: Middle Park Bowls Club on a sultry Saturday afternoon in February. Sausages sizzle and pop on the barbecue. Crowds in bare feet wobble bowls down the length of the green. Here I am with my wife and our son, 11, and daughter, 14, to...
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Breakthrough trial on statins Medication slashes heart attack risk for over-70s
Millions of older, healthy Australians could soon be advised to start taking statins after landmark research found the medication reduced the risk of heart attack and stroke by 30 per cent in those aged over 70. Until now, the benefits of taking the...
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How Carroll was kept out of the Loop under Andrews
Ben Carroll was sitting in his Bali hotel room on a family holiday when he received a call from a journalist seeking confirmation on a big story – that the Melbourne Airport Rail Link, a major infrastructure project close to Carroll’s heart, had been...
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‘DEVASTATION EVERYWHERE’
Hundreds of people are dead and many more, including 35 Australians, have been reported missing after a deluge of ice and rock tore through narrow river valleys in Nepal and China sweeping away everything in its path. Among the missing are 61-year-old...
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Secret rail loop tax exposed
Former premier Jacinta Allan and several of her ministers chose not to tell Victorians about a levy the government slapped on public transport fares in a bid to bankroll the Suburban Rail Loop and other Big Build projects. The Victorian...
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‘OUR PEOPLE CAN’T WAIT ANY LONGER’
Five years after the mental health royal commission and amid revelations of clusters of youth suicides across Melbourne, the Coalition has pledged a comprehensive review of the failures of Victoria’s youth mental health system. Aboriginal groups...
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THE ONLY WAY IS UP?
Sunshine, Dandenong, Broadmeadows and Footscray would see the most significant change in housing density as Melbourne faces ‘‘crunch time’’ finding places to live for its burgeoning population. Projections of what Melbourne could look like in 2101 if...
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NOT DONE YET
Finals-bound Sydney beat North Melbourne yesterday in front of the Swans’ smallest SCG crowd of the year. Meanwhile a mystery recording and at least one fresh allegation of sexual assault have emerged in the investigation into last week’s events at an...
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A STARC DIFFERENCE
A six-wicket blitz from Mitchell Starc ensured Australia’s bowlers bounced back against Bangladesh on day one of the second Test yesterday, but the troubles plaguing the home team’s star batters continued.
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Swans’ accusers to sue stars, club over alleged sex assault
Jenneth Kenneth arrived in Australia in 2024 with dreams of financial security but the reality involved back-breaking work and long hours, away from family and friends. Natassia Chrysanthos and Alex Ellinghausen travelled to Fiji and Vanuatu to hear...
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At last, light to shine in dark corners
Premier Ben Carroll has promised to give the newly established royal commission into the building industry whatever additional time, funding and power it needs to rid the state’s construction sector of criminals and corruption. Former South Australian...
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POLICE FOCUS ON HEENEY
Senior Sydney Swans player Isaac Heeney has been revealed as the focus of Victoria Police’s investigation into an alleged sexual assault. Heeney and four other players – who have been suspended by Sydney for the rest of the season – have been barred...
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THEY’LL GO TO GREAT LENGTHS
In its day, the Wonthaggi pool was ahead of its time. When it opened in 1980, there were few indoor pools in regional Victoria. But the pool’s heyday ended long ago. The 25-metre pool, about 140 kilometres south-east of Melbourne, is primitive by...
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‘WE HOPE THIS ISN’T THE START OF A FEUD’
The underworld had largely counted Fadi Haddara as done with the most dangerous days of his old life. The once flash and fearsome crime boss had slipped into semiretirement, albeit with some solid encouragement from tobacco rival Kazem ‘‘Kaz’’...
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‘I’M HAPPY TO TAKE A BOW’
Say what you will about the Logies red carpet, but it’s never dull. Trading international luxury designers for local labels and couturiers, it serves as a reminder that not all Australian fashion is subtle. Before the ceremony at The Star in Sydney,...
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THE TOUGHEST GIG
Genevieve Muir has two teenage boys and two younger ones, a social work degree and a parent who is a family therapist – but she still finds parenting hard. Wendy Tuohy reports, in the first part of an ongoing series.
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FRONT LINE OF THE FORGOTTEN WAR
In a jungle war, you can’t see the other guy. There are no sweeping front lines here. No revealing plains or fields. Trenches and camps are hidden in layers of foliage, up mountains cloaked in mist and landmines. You hear him, though. His rumbling...
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NEEDY SAY MORE
Nick Reece likes to recount that he spent his first day as lord mayor volunteering at the Salvos, but now he is scrambling to repair his relationship with the Salvation Army and Melbourne City Mission after failing to deliver promised funding. In an...
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The slow and then sudden demise of a champion club of the A-league
GONE WEST
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Kids’ mental health unit shut, staff investigated
A children’s mental health unit has been closed and five of its staff stood down amid allegations of bullying and the use of force against vulnerable young patients. The unit at a major Melbourne hospital has halted admissions to its inpatient unit –...
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NO HOLES BARRED
Dozens of motorists were left stranded on the side of the Princes Freeway yesterday after a series of potholes in Melbourne’s east concealed by heavy rain wreaked havoc on commuters. Michael Westall was forced to pay $1300 to have the front driver’s...
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MAKE US MORE MARVELLOUS
Build a swimming pool on the Yarra. Make public transport free on weekends. Ban Airbnb. These are just some of the ideas you’ve told us could make our city better. We want to hear more. In October, The Age will host Melbourne Assembly, a public forum...
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THE ADAPTATION CONVERSATION
Gloria and Ian Brereton survive on a dark kind of wishful thinking. Their hope is that by the time the next flood sweeps through their little house in Mooroopna in rural Victoria, they’ll be dead. ‘‘We’re sort of towards the end of our lives,’’ says...
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States to fire up as GST deal declared a $60b dud
The Morrison government-era deal to placate angry West Australians over their share of GST is poised to be labelled a $60 billion failure in an independent report that will spark a fresh round of interstate arguments over how the federation is...
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Gippsland police face claims of brutality
Police officers across Gippsland have been repeatedly accused of using excessive force and unlawfully deploying Tasers or capsicum spray, resulting in legal claims against the force and the recent conviction of an officer. Brodie Holt sustained...
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SECRET DEAL EXPOSED Inquiry reveals where rot started
Daniel Andrews’ decision to sideline a senior minister and strike a secret pay deal with firefighters gave a union boss ‘‘extraordinary influence’’ over one of the government’s most contentious reforms and exposed the state to the risk of corruption,...
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Infrastructure out, AI in as Carroll trims cabinet
Deputy Premier Gabrielle Williams will be tasked with striking a pay deal with the state’s teachers, and Colin Brooks will control Victoria’s finances as part of Labor’s new-look cabinet. Unveiling the changes at Government House yesterday, Premier...
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MELBOURNE ASSEMBLY Rinehart dinners help fund One Nation
The call comes from someone within Gina Rinehart’s inner circle. The invitation is to attend an intimate dinner party at the mining billionaire’s sprawling mansion, perched above the Brisbane River behind high walls. For $10,000 a ticket, attendees...
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