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Heritage wonder or high-rise hell? Forces unite to save public housing towers from oblivion
Opposition to the state government’s plan to raze 44 towers is mounting, including from a former Labor deputy prime minister and a 97-year-old industry icon, architect Peter McIntyre.
‘She threw us under the bus’: Lisa Wilkinson won in court, but it may cost her career
The Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial is finally behind her, so what can one of TV’s highest-paid presenters have to look forward to now?
Opinion
Defamation
There was no conspiracy, so why pursue Higgins over her payout?
The court decision has made essential findings about what took place, but it is already being used to justify yet another hunt for targets.
David Crowe
Chief political correspondent
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Crime
Six missed calls, mystery bank records, CCTV: Inside the Lehrmann judgment
Justice Michael Lee “trudged unyieldingly” through CCTV footage, phone logs, bank records, receipts – and hours of testimony. This is how he arrived at his ruling that Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins.
Surprising AFL concussion cause could change coaching, rules
The AFL confirmed that there were 69 concussions in 2023, compared to 62 in 2022, but could not confirm the exact breakdown – which was shown in a graphic form. The Age has crunched the data.
Beveridge’s sharp retort to critics over dropped stars
After being made the sub a week earlier Bailey Dale led the Bulldogs to an emphatic win over St Kilda.
‘Everybody is freezing in there!’ Trump, irate about hush money case, lashes trial
The jurors will now be tasked with deciding whether Trump is guilty of falsifying business records ahead of the 2016 election.
Inside the stunt that saw Ryan Gosling shut down the Harbour Bridge
Director David Leitch started his career as Brad Pitt’s stunt double, then Matt Damon’s. So who better to tell Ryan Gosling how to ride a broken bin across Sydney Harbour Bridge at 50km/h?
The forgotten follow-up to Romper Stomper that is finally getting its moment in the sun
“We got the last use of old-time Melbourne.” Newly remastered, 1995’s Metal Skin offers up a wild story of drag racing, sex and satanism in the western suburbs.
What is Melbourne’s most disliked place? Take The Age quiz
How well do you know Melbourne and Victoria? Test your trivia and news knowledge with Stephen Brook’s weekly quiz.
Where property prices will be once interest rates fall
Once interest rates fall, property prices would likely go up, but buyers could borrow more money, and new analysis shows whether it would be enough.
Arrest marks latest fall for Scotland’s once high-flying power couple
Nicola Sturgeon, who dramatically quit public life last year after eight years as first minister of Scotland, was detained in June. Now her husband has been arrested.
‘I’d really love to meet you one day’: A sperm donor’s message to his progeny
Gone are the days when the identity of donors was a tightly guarded secret – and this biological dad couldn’t be happier.
Dicey Topics
Good Weekend
‘Try to think about yourself as the slave’: Advice from historian Mary Beard
The British professor discusses the deaths that impacted her the most, making it in a male field and the Summer of Love.
Holiday guide
Tips & advice
Jet-lag free: The best short overseas holidays from Australia
Whether you’re after glitz and glamour, great food or pristine beaches, you can reach it all from Australia without flying an exhausting long haul.
Train stations and car parks: The gardens proving beauty can be found anywhere
After decades of photographing the world’s best gardens, Claire Takacs is looking for inspiration in unexpected places.
SEE & DO
Spare me the Goop: Judith Lucy and Kaz Cooke make sense of menopause
Gwyneth Paltrow is nowhere to be seen as the no-nonsense duo take aim at underwear magnets and other guff.
Eight books: A brilliant feminist novella and an amusing look at death
Our reviewers cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction releases.
Victoria
The $600m rail line in the north being ignored in favour of cars
Outer-suburban councils are desperate to get residents using public transport, but even billions spent boosting heavy rail is failing to make a dent in car dominance.
Wheel of fortune: The vision to turbocharge a struggling waterfront suburb
Libertarian MP David Limbrick says a special economic zone would turbocharge Docklands. It would mean scrapping payroll and land taxes.
The hidden Melbourne beach teeming with rare fossils
Mega sharks and a bird with a six-metre wingspan graced our shoreline 5 million years ago, and urban explorers can still uncover traces of them at this bayside beach.
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Local council
Storm brews over who was behind a beer company’s shindig shambles
Operators of the new brewery in the revamped Franco Cozzo building in Footscray were forced to pull the plug just minutes before the opening party was due to start.
Medical experts key witnesses in Daylesford fatal pub crash hearing
Accused killer driver William Swale’s diabetes will be the focus of an upcoming court hearing.
AFL
The Scoop
What a LIV golfer taught the besieged Bulldogs about goalkicking
He’s billed as the best putter from inside 12 feet. This week the Western Bulldogs called him in for goalkicking advice.
AFL round six teams and tips: Bulldogs star to miss for personal reason
Our experts have entered their tips for the eight games of round six. See which way they’re predicting each match will turn out as the season kicks into gear.
Politics
Australia set for a new normal with a mild winter, uncertain snowfall
The El Nino pattern has reverted to neutral while a La Nina could form after July, but for now, our weather is likely to be typical allowing for the 1.5 degrees of warming already baked into the climate.
Business
Sharemarket set for soft start amid interest rate uncertainty
The Australian share market is headed for a weak start after US stocks fell in choppy trading,
Opinion
IMF
US and China’s mounting debts could hurt us all
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
World
Your brain waves are up for sale – a new law wants to change that
Supporters of the bill expressed their concern that neural data could be used to decode a person’s thoughts and feelings or to learn sensitive facts about an individual’s mental health, such as whether someone has epilepsy.
Opinion
The problem isn’t the definition of terrorism, it’s our response
Waleed Aly
Columnist, co-host of Ten's The Project and academic
If the Reserve Bank were a football coach, it would have been sacked eons ago
Shane Wright
Senior economics correspondent
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Property
Analysis
Renting
Victoria’s new tax is driving landlords out. But is that a bad thing?
It has become easy for landlords and real estate agents to point to the recently expanded land tax as a reason for spiking rents. But it’s more complicated.
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Property market
Australia set to build 1.2 million new homes so poor they’re ‘closer to a tent’
A seven-star energy-efficient home built today might look like a high-quality home, but turn out to be as comfortable as a tent, a new report warns.
Good Food
Recipe collection
Fakeaway
10 fast and curious Friday night flatbread pizzas
Lifestyle
Trump dozed off in court. But is there any benefit to a micronap?
On Monday, the former president was reported to doze off several times in the courtroom ahead of his criminal trial. We talk to a sleep expert about daytime sleepiness.
Opinion
Dating
The secret to success on dating apps is economical
Siena Fagan
Economics and media student
Culture
Revealed: The rejection letters Toni Morrison sent to hundreds of authors
We have a glimpse into the letters of an editor who was frank, fair and often very encouraging – and went on to become a literary giant herself.
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‘We are challenging everyone’: Bulldogs’ big statement after week of intense pressure
After being made the sub a week earlier Bailey Dale led the Bulldogs to an emphatic win over St Kilda to give credence to the notion he needed a circuit breaker to find form.
Marking contests: The surprising way AFL players get concussed
In AFL data with potential ramifications for how the game is coached, this masthead can reveal that of the concussions reported in 2023 – for all games including finals – the largest share came in marking contests.
Ten-goal thumping: Second-heaviest defeat for Lyon the Saint; Consolidate, says Bevo
Aaron Naughton kicked an equal career-high six goals as the Western Bulldogs eased some of the pressure on coach Luke Beveridge with a 60-point thumping of St Kilda.
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Australian cricket
‘I felt very out of control’: Lanning reveals reason for early retirement
Seven-time World Cup winner and Australia’s most decorated captain Meg Lanning has explained why she ultimately walked away from the game at just 32 years of age.
McKeown smashes another Australian record, but she won’t swim the race in Paris
Kaylee McKeown thought she’d won a bet with her coach that meant she didn’t have to compete in an event she holds a “grudge” against. Instead, she stunned the world.
‘We have to beg for permission’: Why there isn’t more African talent in the Matildas
While African talent is tearing up the A-League Men and reaching the Socceroos, only two women from the continent’s diaspora have represented the Matildas. A new tournament aims to address this discrepancy.
WADA makes drug testing changes after Bol ‘disaster’
Drug testers will alter how they test for the endurance drug EPO after a World Anti-Doping Agency review prompted by Australian Olympian Peter Bol’s case.
Have Your Say
Batters or batsman? Aggers, it’s not a hill to die on
Jonathan Agnew is one of the greats, but he’s fighting a losing battle against the term “batter” in modern cricket at a time when authorities want to get more women and girls playing the game.
Peter FitzSimons
Columnist and author
