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The Age
May 1, 2025
Threats, ‘skulduggery’ and neo-Nazis prompt AEC warning about voting booths
A barrage of complaints about threatening and aggressive behaviour at polling booths has fuelled tension in the final days of voting in the...
The Age
May 1, 2025
What happens on way to opening night? It’s quite a drama
S. Shakthidharan thrilled us with Counting and Cracking. As his new play premieres, rehearsal diaries relive highs and lows.
The Age
May 1, 2025
Do you want a rave with that? How cafes became the new hotspot for clubbing
Around the world, from Beirut to Sydney, coffee shops, bakeries and unconventional venues are hosting daytime parties and DJs. And young pat...
The Age
May 1, 2025
The multimillion-dollar decision: How Demons missed the boat on Oliver
The non-trading of Clayton Oliver isn’t a hanging offence, or gigantic blunder. But the upshot is that the Demons have found themselves out...
The Age
May 1, 2025
AFL round eight LIVE updates: Second club’s ban on Cornes revealed ahead of Dons, Roos clash
Round eight kicks off when the Bombers and Kangaroos go head-to-head at Marvel Stadium. Follow for all the action in the build-up, during th...
The Age
May 1, 2025
I’m locked out of voting this election. I feel less Australian than ever
I haven’t lived in Australia for 12 years, but I keep finding myself back here at election time. It’s ironic, really, because I no longer ha...
The Age
May 1, 2025
Federal budget to get worse before it gets better under Dutton plan
Federal budget deficits would widen by $7.9 billion over the next two years before improving sharply in the final years of the decade under...
The Age
May 1, 2025
Tesla board started hunt for new CEO as Musk focused on White House, WSJ reports
The move was sparked by Musk’s heavy involvement with the Trump administration, the report said.
The Age
May 1, 2025
Specialist ambos delayed after bosses moved critical gear, Bondi inquest hears
An elite NSW Ambulance paramedic had to drive from Penrith to collect life-saving ballistic vests and helmets before rushing them to Bondi J...
The Age
May 1, 2025
Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: Dutton pledges $40b debt cut; Albanese campaigns in Perth
Follow live as we bring you all the news from the final days of the election campaign.
The Age
May 1, 2025
Trump says Biden is to blame for America’s shrinking economy. The data says otherwise
The US president blames his predecessor for the sharemarket slump and the fall in America’s GDP. In reality, it’s the “dumbest trade war in...
The Age
May 1, 2025
We spoke to Australians at the start and end of the campaign. Here’s what changed
We checked in again with 13 undecided voters we spoke to at the start of this year’s federal election campaign. Most of them have made up th...
The Age
May 1, 2025
Gen Z men are meant to be conservative. So why aren’t the polls picking that up?
Polling says young and middle-aged men have not turned towards conservative politics in Australia as they did at the US election. So what’s...
The Age
May 1, 2025
Most Australians believe wind turbines are not really green. This is what we found
We debunk myths ranging from “there’s no point in acting until China does” to “we need nuclear for baseload power”.
The Age
May 1, 2025
ABC Radio sinks to new low in Melbourne ahead of election
ABC Melbourne has delivered its lowest ever share of the city’s radio audience, but the latest survey results were more positive for Kyle an...
The Age
May 1, 2025
The AFL innovation that made it impossible to escape the coach’s spray
This change has transformed footy. I’m not sure that it’s for the better.
The Age
May 1, 2025
The moment the 150-year-old Sycamore Gap tree was chainsawed down
As a blade buzzes loudly, the majestic tree’s final moments can be seen in footage showing a person chopping it down and toppling it onto th...
The Age
May 1, 2025
This ‘Barbie tanning drug’ creates a ‘summer glow’. But is it worth the risk?
Melanotan has been growing in popularity, largely thanks to social media. But dermatologists are issuing stern warnings against its unregula...
The Age
May 1, 2025
Portrait of artist Jason Phu wins Packing Room Prize
The $3000 Packing Room Prize winner was selected from 57 finalists for the 2025 Archibald Prize, which will be announced next week.
The Age
May 1, 2025
Erin Patterson trial LIVE updates: Witness evidence set to begin in alleged Leongatha mushroom cook’s case; ‘no record’ she had cancer, jury told
The prosecution will call its first witnesses in the murder trial for Erin Patterson, who has pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder a...
The Age
April 30, 2025
Anthony Pratt pledges $8 billion for US as he visits Trump at White House
The Australian billionaire, whom Trump once branded a “red-haired weirdo”, has pledged to invest billions in American manufacturing as he vi...
The Age
April 30, 2025
How this hit show ensures contestants are ‘truly alone’
The real star of Alone Australia? The location. Here’s how producers pick the perfect spots.
The Age
April 30, 2025
‘A bread course unlike any other’: What Young Chef of the Year is cooking at her pop-up
A young gun chef and her husband are bringing their innovative, Indian-influenced cooking to a well-known city restaurant for a month of fun...
The Age
April 30, 2025
It’s a Morrison slug so awful that Dr Evil would be proud. Labor won’t touch it
The culture-war policy shows the Coalition’s disdain of higher learning and Labor’s timid approach towards reform.
The Age
April 30, 2025
Dutton has led one of the worst election campaigns in living memory
Peter Dutton must have believed he could skate to victory. How else to explain his abject failure to prepare credible policies.
The Age
April 30, 2025
Where to find Melbourne’s best schools
Almost all of Melbourne’s best public schools are in the same area.
The Age
April 30, 2025
Star Liberal candidate ‘forgot’ he was once a member of the ALP
Benson Saulo was accused of party-hopping after his stint with the Greens came to light, and now it turns out he had a forgettable affinity...
The Age
April 30, 2025
‘Audacious, enthralling’: The Age Book of the Year shortlists announced
From a suburban Melbourne home to the rocky surface of the moon, these are the books vying for The Age Book of the Year.
The Age
April 30, 2025
Dutton campaign not going as party wanted, but miracles can happen: Frydenberg
Frydenberg this week left the door open to a political comeback as MPs ponder life after Peter Dutton if the opposition leader failed badly...
The Age
April 30, 2025
Dutton promises $40b debt cut as nuclear questions grow
The Coalition will promise a better budget bottom line over the next four years as it releases its election costings just two days out from...
The Age
April 30, 2025
Welcome to Country enriches us all
The Welcome to Country ceremonies have sparked debate with Age readers.
The Age
April 30, 2025
Make Mother’s Day count with gift ideas she will really love
It’s just around the corner, but don’t panic. We’ve got you covered with a handpicked selection of presents, no matter what she enjoys.
The Age
April 30, 2025
Catholic schools election intervention in key seats sparks independents’ ire
Catholic school parents have been urged to consider the funding position of candidates by the powerful Victorian Catholic Education Commissi...
The Age
April 30, 2025
Accused killer cook admits foraging for mushrooms, lying about dehydrator
What we learned about the prosecution’s case against the alleged killer mushroom cook on day one of the hotly anticipated trial.
The Age
April 30, 2025
Six influencers debated politics. It all went well – until the cameras stopped rolling
US reality star and convicted felon Joe “Tiger King” Exotic has endorsed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. It’s just the latest in a long str...
The Age
April 30, 2025
Labor challenges last-minute scare on super tax
Labor is moving to counter fears about a $2.3 billion hit to taxpayers from new rules on retirement funds after Dutton branded the plan an “...
The Age
April 30, 2025
Rapper Faris Shafi, one of South Asia’s biggest artists, coming to Rising Festival
Some of the world’s most popular artists are coming to play at Fed Square at the opening of Rising.
The Age
April 30, 2025
Did renewables cause 60 million people to lose power?
Power had not yet been restored to 60,000 million people in Spain and Portugal when a culture war over the cause of this week’s blackout beg...
The Age
April 30, 2025
Kyle Sandilands threatens Melbourne exit as company makes more cuts
The KIIS FM host told listeners the Kyle and Jackie O show was not going to “super serve Melbourne and ignore our Sydney audience”.
The Age
April 30, 2025
Baking bad: What you need to know about the RecipeTin Eats v Brooke Bellamy recipe row
The oven gloves are off in the battle of the caramel slice and baklava recipes.
The Age
April 30, 2025
House that Geelong Grammar sold now a $15.5m stunner
A Toorak house that the independent school sold for $3.4m in 2020 to a developer has been rebuilt and relisted for $14.5m to $15.5m.
The Age
April 30, 2025
Canada’s conservative leader was a shoo-in for PM before Trump. He couldn’t even hold his seat
With vote counting nearly complete, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals fell a few seats short of a majority and will have to seek help fr...
The Age
April 30, 2025
A political tide is turning across Europe, and at its centre is a hard truth
A plan to ban hybrid cars has been quietly delayed and a third runway at Heathrow is back on the table as easy green promises crumble under...
The Age
April 30, 2025
The billionaire and the bully: Trump’s strong-arm phone call with Amazon’s Bezos
With a metaphorical gun to his head, billionaire Jeff Bezos backed down. The US president described their chat as a “good call”.
The Age
April 30, 2025
Hans Zimmer’s music is in all your favourite films – but off screen, something was missing
Seeing Hans Zimmer’s music performed live is a little like seeing the MSO if they were all wearing leather and performing in an arena with d...
The Age
April 30, 2025
Popular US baker joins RecipeTin Eats founder in plagiarism allegations
A popular American cookbook author has joined Nagi Maehashi in claiming their recipes were copied in a book by Brisbane baker Brooke Bellamy...
The Age
April 30, 2025
The key players in Erin Patterson’s murder trial
Who attended the fateful mushroom lunch in Leongatha, and how were they related? Here’s who’s who in the murder trial of accused killer mush...
The Age
April 30, 2025
Key staff resign from private boarding school after ‘strapping’ abuse scandal
The head of Ballarat Grammar’s boarding facility and his deputy have stood down from running Dart House, the principal has told staff.
The Age
April 30, 2025
North slap ban on Kane Cornes over ‘personal and vindictive’ commentary
North footy boss Todd Viney made the sensational revelation on Wednesday morning after Cornes’ stinging criticism this week of skipper Jy Si...
The Age
April 30, 2025