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Ex-premier Jacinta Allan quits politics, won’t recontest her seat at election
Jacinta Allan has confirmed she will not recontest her seat of Bendigo East at the November state election.
Trump weighs tariff exemption for Australia after ‘warm’ phone call
The Trump administration has slapped a 12.5 per cent tariff on Australia and a slew of other countries.
Breaking
Property prices
Investor home loans nosedive as they retreat from market
The number of investor loans for existing homes has nose dived since the budget – but investor loans to build new homes have increased.
Breaking
Vale
Young Talent Time legend Johnny Young dies aged 79
Although he was best known for his work on the children’s talent show Young Talent Time, which spawned the careers of stars such as Dannii Minogue, Tina Arena and Debra Byrne, Young was also a singer-songwriter in his own right.
There was more to Johnny Young than Young Talent Time. He also wrote one of Australia’s biggest hit songs
Before he created Young Talent Time, Johnny Young was one of Australia’s most popular teen idols of the 1960s and wrote the hit 1969 song The Real Thing.
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Crime
‘I thought I was going to die’: Sydney entrepreneur describes ‘horrific’ attack in luxury French hotel
Callum Forbes was allegedly beaten and burnt by partner David Cao, who was arrested on the Belgian border as he attempted to flee French authorities.
Opinion
Property prices
Hey Juddy, yelling at Albo from inside the wealth bubble is a bit rich
There are a lot of well-known faces mounting their property high horses who already own quite a bit of property.
Kate Halfpenny
Regular columnist
Review
Brunswick
At night, this banh mi shop transforms into an ‘insanely good value’ chicken joint
Coleslaw, baked potatoes and garden salad are not part of the equation at Season. But jasmine rice, green papaya salad and, of course, chicken-salt chips are.
Opinion
ABC
Outrage over Race Around the World masks the massive change about to hit the ABC
Content blunders have sparked predictable uproar, but the national broadcaster is quietly preparing for a high-stakes, October strategic shake-up.
Stephen Brook
Special correspondent, The Age
Bangladesh seizes control as Smith grasses a crucial chance
Australia and Bangladesh have resumed on day two of the first Test in Darwin. Follow along for live updates and reactions.
Latest live posts
Loading‘The same mistakes being made’: Australia’s besieged batters in Ponting’s sights
Australia’s first day of Test cricket since January left them badly shown up by Bangladesh and will make the brutal 20 matches in 12 months look like a tour of duty set to end more than a few careers.
‘Has my team’s shooting improved?’ How AI is professionalising junior sport
Grassroots coaches can generate player highlights (and lowlights) to analyse and sent to parents or grandparents. It’s tipped to transform local sport.
Exclusive
China relations
What China really wants, according to Australia’s former ambassador
Former diplomat Graham Fletcher offers a blunt analogy for how Beijing would like its relationship with Australia to pan out.
Live
Alan Jones trial
Complainant ‘felt uncomfortable’ in bedroom at Alan Jones’ farm, court told
The second of six men who have accused the former media titan of unwanted touching and kissing will start giving evidence today.
Opinion
Work therapy
My boss said I was ‘emotional’ when I asked for a pay rise. Is that fair?
Apart from being disastrously unprofessional, it strikes me as the ad hominem attack of a person who has nothing to support their main contention.
Jonathan Rivett
Careers contributor
Nicole Kidman was warned marrying Tom Cruise would hurt her career but ‘didn’t care’
The Australian star has opened up in a candid new interview, also making rare comments about her split from Keith Urban last year.
How fallen leaves and palm fronds are shaping the future of Australian design
A new exhibition explores how plants are influencing industries outside the gardening realm, offering new regenerative possibilities.
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MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS
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Questions over missing $40 million as government walks away from royal commission promise
The verdict from workers is in on Victoria’s mental health system five years after the royal commission – and it doesn’t make for happy reading.
Fly-in, fly-out boss resigns from mental health service hit by reports of violence, drug use
The chief executive of the Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service has announced she is leaving the role after workers complained of deteriorating patient care and frustration with so-called “absentee management”.
Victoria
Iranian researchers blocked at universities taking hardline approach
Academics say Iranian students are being unfairly prevented from researching fields such as medicine, food science and architecture.
The billionaire, his much younger Greek girlfriend and the children squabbling over a $183m estate
Petrol and property baron Nick Andrianakos wanted his will changed before he died, to entrust the family business to his son and to give $8 million to his new lover.
Shocking footage shows toddler’s legs trapped in bus doors
The vision shows the moment a young child is dragged along after his legs became trapped in the bus doors.
‘We don’t want Hanson here’: Kids skip school for One Nation protest
Pauline Hanson’s political rivals had encouraged students not to skip their classes, but thousands took to the streets in Melbourne on Thursday.
Premier to prune taxpayer splurge on office plants after $1.6 million contract revealed
Ben Carroll has vowed to stamp out bloated taxpayer spending on office foliage after Jess Wilson revealed the government splurged more than $1.6m on indoor plant contracts.
WEEKEND READS
Tony Wright’s Column
These diving dinosaurs have defied death forever. But what now?
Richard Flanagan on why he thought he might never write again
A shock diagnosis gave the Booker Prize winner 12 months to get his affairs in order.
‘I think I love him’: The moment that made champion axewoman Ashleigh move to Australia
They first met in 2014, but it took a couple of years before competitive woodchoppers Blake and Ashleigh Marsh carved out their connection.
Politics
Opinion
Political leadership
Anthony Albanese’s fatal flaw spooks Labor colleagues
The PM’s stubborn streak and refusal to back down is a problem – for everyone.
James Massola
Chief political commentator
Business
How the $2.5 billion Tomago rescue could backfire
The $2.5 billion taxpayer rescue of Australia’s largest aluminium smelter has raised questions over whether public funds are backing uncompetitive manufacturers.
World
Luigi Mangione is tipped to plead guilty to stalking. What does that mean for his murder trial?
Lawyers for the 28-year-old, who is accused of killing a healthcare chief executive, scheduled an unplanned court hearing with prosecutors.
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Property
‘Amazing and completely brutal’: Home once crowned Victoria’s most outstanding for sale
The heritage home won the state’s top architecture prize in the 1960s and is for sale for just the third time.
‘Declare everything’: The new home loan risk for households
Property prices have fallen, but there’s another challenge for prospective home buyers looking to get a home loan.
Good Food
Lifestyle
How to create a single space in a family home for dinners, parties and homework
A historic home gets a spacious new addition to reorient the rear living space to light, air and terraced garden views.
Culture
‘You reap what you sow’: Tina Arena breaks silence on ex-husband Ralph Carr
The singer has spoken publicly for the first time about ex-husband Ralph Carr’s rape conviction.
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Sport
‘Has my team’s shooting improved?’ How AI is professionalising junior sport
Grassroots coaches can generate player highlights (and lowlights) to analyse and sent to parents or grandparents. It’s tipped to transform local sport.
Australia v Bangladesh LIVE: Bangladesh seizes control as Smith grasses a crucial chance
Australia and Bangladesh resume on day two of the first Test in Darwin. Follow along for live updates and reactions.
How Thursday night women’s footy rated on TV; the story behind Hawks star’s goggles
Olivia Purcell put a year of frustration behind her with a best-on-ground performance in Melbourne’s win over Hawthorn in the AFLW on Thursday night.
Opinion
AFL 2026
A superstar told us he was leaving our club. I wish he hadn’t
Do Gold Coast actually want Ben King to tell them before season’s end if he is going?
Wayne Campbell
Age columnist and former Richmond captain
‘Sorry for the pain this has caused’: Gardner’s public apology to her ex as CA stands by vice captain
Ash Gardner has been endorsed to continue as Australia’s vice captain by the Cricket Australia board, but will have to leave any leadership meeting when the selection of her partner Georgia Voll is discussed.
From bowled out for 54 in a warm-up game to a day-one stranglehold: Bangladesh stun Australia
Australia’s first day of Test cricket since January left them badly shown up by Bangladesh and will make the brutal 20 matches in 12 months look like a tour of duty set to end more than a few careers.
Updated
AFL 2026
End of an era: Watch Sidebottom’s emotional retirement speech
Collingwood great Steele Sidebottom’s career will finish at the end of the Magpies’ 2026 season, while triple premiership Tiger Dion Prestia will also say farewell.
Have Your Say
Fly lure: How many big fish can the Pies land this trade period?
After officially parting ways with Bobby Hill last month, Collingwood are willing to give in-demand restricted free agent Zak Butters an extraordinary long-term offer.
