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September 16, 2024
Opera Australia unveils 2025 program amid the chaos
The abrupt departure of artistic director Jo Davies has cast a shadow over a promising 2025 season for the company.
The Age
September 16, 2024
Business chiefs confront PM for taking economy ‘backwards’
The government is standing by its centrepiece workplace reforms even as the Business Council of Australia unleashes a fresh assault on its w...
The Age
September 16, 2024
Victoria to set up campuses overseas in move to circumvent student caps
Premier Jacinta Allan has announced a $5 million fund for offshore education while in Delhi, where she is spruiking Victoria’s relationship...
The Age
September 16, 2024
‘Life will never be the same’: Parents distraught after daughter’s tragic final act
Parents are angry with Santa Sabina officials after their 12-year-old took her own life, listing school bullying in her last note.
The Age
September 16, 2024
My suburb is most famous for a horse race. But there’s more to us than the spring carnival
The contrasts of my suburb are never more evident than at spring carnival time, when hordes of the well-heeled gatecrash the neighbourhood.
The Age
September 16, 2024
‘He is not going anywhere:’ Dons shoot down Merrett trade talk
The Bombers say they have no interest in exploring a trade for their captain.
The Age
September 16, 2024
Where to watch the winning shows from this year’s Emmy Awards
There were four big standouts at today’s awards. Luckily, you can stream them all tonight.
The Age
September 16, 2024
‘Hung on for dear life’: The anatomy of Piastri’s killer move
How Oscar Piastri did it. We break down the key moments that led to his “perfect drive” at Baku.
The Age
September 16, 2024
Oliver Curtis: The redemption arc of an A-list insider trader
Oliver Curtis, who once spent a year in prison for insider trading, is back in the spotlight, thanks to his successful punt on the latest in...
The Age
September 16, 2024
Red carpet risk-takers reap the biggest rewards at the Emmys
Greta Lee, Kristen Wiig and Ayo Edebiri pushed boundaries by escaping the princess trap.
The Age
September 16, 2024
The fashion week changes that will make Australian history, twice
Musician G Flip will be the face of next month’s 30th Melbourne Fashion Week, whose highlights include an opening-night runway featuring Fir...
The Age
September 16, 2024
The future of the Murdoch empire comes down to a court in Nevada
For one of the few times in his life, Rupert Murdoch won’t be the most powerful person in the room.
The Age
September 16, 2024
Hawkins unlikely to play as Cat returns with 50 stitches in scalp
The expectation is that it would take an injury for the veteran forward to break back into the side
The Age
September 16, 2024
Give the outrage a rest. Hinkley’s post-match sparring was great
Ken Hinkley’s post-match sparring with Jack Ginnivan and James Sicily on Friday night was great. Less so the reaction from some ex-Hawks in...
The Age
September 16, 2024
Glory for Australia at the Emmys as Shogun breaks records
There was one stunning twist, as Hacks wrested the comedy award from favourite The Bear.
The Age
September 16, 2024
Andrew O’Keefe revived after overdose in Sydney’s eastern suburbs
Police were called to a home in Vaucluse after a neighbour made a concern for welfare report in the early hours of Saturday morning.
The Age
September 16, 2024
The NRL will go up against the Swans in Sydney. But not the AFL grand final in Melbourne
The NRL is happy to go head-to-head with the Sydney Swans on Friday night. But when it comes to AFL grand final day, the league will adopt a...
The Age
September 16, 2024
A second Trump assassination attempt feels almost normal. That is not OK
In the aftermath of the incident, vice presidential candidate Tim Walz insisted: “It’s not who we are as a nation.” Isn’t it?
The Age
September 16, 2024
‘We need to discuss Moira’: Pesutto wanted to boot Deeming on day of rally
Pesutto messaged colleagues on the day of the Let Women Speak rally expressing concern about Deeming’s judgment and fearing she would “keep...
The Age
September 16, 2024
Who is alleged Trump gunman Ryan Wesley Routh?
The alleged gunman’s son says the 58-year-old is a good man, a hard worker and the accusation about him “doesn’t sound like the man I know”.
The Age
September 16, 2024
How the latest Donald Trump ‘assassination attempt’ unfolded
An afternoon round of golf at Donald Trump’s expansive Florida course quickly spiralled into chaos when the former president heard a “pop po...
The Age
September 16, 2024
The ghosts of 1968 are haunting America, and it will get more spooky
In this epochal year in America of political upheaval, the only thing we should not be shocked about is that there are huge shocks to the co...
The Age
September 16, 2024
The Fed has a dilemma as it faces its most important decision in years
Uncertainty is in the air as the US Federal Reserve gets set to make its interest rates announcement.
The Age
September 16, 2024
Daylesford driver looked ‘very unwell’ after crash that killed five pub patrons
A hospitality worker says he found Mount Macedon man William Herbert Swale with his eyes closed and mouth open behind the wheel of his smash...
The Age
September 16, 2024
Only one bidder for $2.13m Beaumaris townhouse in lacklustre market
The near-new home with a gas-heated pool failed to draw a second or third party and passed in before negotiations started in earnest.
The Age
September 16, 2024
Adorable baby hippo goes viral, but some zoo visitors are unkind to little Moo Deng
The director of Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Pattaya urged people to be kind after videos emerged online of visitors harassing the baby hippo.
The Age
September 15, 2024
Trump golf course shooting LIVE: FBI confirms ‘apparent assassination attempt’
The FBI says former president Donald Trump was subject of “an apparent assassination attempt” at his Florida golf club. Follow our live cove...
The Age
September 15, 2024
Lawlessness, violence: Anti-corruption expert unveils interim CFMEU findings
A barrister charged with investigating allegations against the CFMEU has released scathing findings about the union.
The Age
September 15, 2024
Donald Trump is safe following gun shots in Florida, Secret Service investigating
The incident follows the July 13 assassination attempt of the Republican presidential candidate.
The Age
September 15, 2024
The unspoilt tropical island that still uses shell money
On this remote Solomon island, tradition is etched as deeply as tribal tattoos, and ancient shell money holds more value than any paper or p...
The Age
September 15, 2024
‘Extreme risk’: Carbon watchdog mismanaged conflicts, ‘intimidated’ scientists
Hundreds of pages of previously confidential material reveal the regulator responsible for managing billions of dollars in taxpayer funds, a...
The Age
September 15, 2024
No winter blues for CBD traders as sales rise, vacancies dive
Melbourne’s CBD has the lowest retail vacancy rate of any Australian capital city as shoppers are enticed back to the CBD for fashion, food...
The Age
September 15, 2024
Nations that expect the biggest tips (and those that don’t tip at all)
Tipping can be a minefield. Too stingy in the US and you risk being abused, while in Japan leaving extra can cause offence. Here’s your glob...
The Age
September 15, 2024
Moira Deeming first to be grilled in high-stakes legal battle with John Pesutto
The defamation trial could be uncomfortable viewing for the Liberal Party with John Pesutto, Moira Deeming and a list of senior state MPs ex...
The Age
September 15, 2024
After a troubled year, former volunteer takes reins of Melbourne Writers Festival
Veronica Sullivan, most recently head of programming at the Wheeler Centre, sees the recent wave of personnel change as an opportunity for a...
The Age
September 15, 2024
‘Moral accountability demands more’: Calls for top brass to hand back medals
Former Defence Force chief Angus Campbell and other leading military figures are facing growing calls to surrender their military honours af...
The Age
September 15, 2024
Australia’s Oscar Piastri triumphs in Baku to claim Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Oscar Piastri has put on a driving masterclass in Baku to hold off Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.
The Age
September 15, 2024
The blasts, the battle and at last an apology. Now it’s time for action
Soldiers injured by explosion shockwaves in combat or training have at last won acknowledgement from Defence. They want more action.
The Age
September 15, 2024
Council accused of negligence over major West Footscray chemical blaze
Maribyrnong council and gas giant BOC are accused of failing to take action on stockpiling of gas cylinders at a factory that burned for nea...
The Age
September 15, 2024
Forget the wellness fads: Why a girls’ trip is the most restorative thing you can do
There is nothing as delicious as surrounding yourself with people who know the story of your first pash at a school dance or remember your e...
The Age
September 15, 2024
‘An easy place to be a nerd’: See where your MP went to school
Labor MPs’ schooling is reflective of the current school aged population, but more Coalition and independent MPs went to private school.
The Age
September 15, 2024
The fine print: Ken fined $20k, while fixturing department prints money
While the Port Adelaide coach finds himself $20,000 lighter in the pocket, the MCG might expect an additional 20,000 bums in seats for the 2...
The Age
September 15, 2024
Inside the funeral home for New York’s power brokers and celebrities
John Lennon, Heath Leader, Biggie Smalls and even Logan Roy. For more than a century, Frank E. Campbell has been the mortuary of choice for...
The Age
September 15, 2024
Port Adelaide fined $20,000 over Ken Hinkley’s Jack Ginnivan sledge
The AFL has handed out a hefty fine over the Power coach’s sledge of a Hawks player on the Adelaide Oval surface after Port’s narrow win on...
The Age
September 15, 2024
Robo-debt target says Morrison government sacked her for raising alarm
Renee Leon’s intervention means both she and her predecessor as head of the Human Services Department have rejected the public service watch...
The Age
September 15, 2024
‘I’m out-duding the dudes’: Bridget McKenzie’s feminist fashion choice
The Victorian senator is wearing a bargain blazer to raise questions about why female politicians are still judged on their appearance.
The Age
September 15, 2024
Acts of kindness as Chinese temple gutted by fire starts long rebuild
Volunteers working on South Melbourne’s See Yup Temple hope to restore it to its former glory after an electrical fire ripped through it dur...
The Age
September 15, 2024
Rupert Murdoch’s youngest daughters linked to succession battle
Rupert Murdoch’s legal battle against three of his children over the family’s media empire will begin in a Nevada courtroom this week.
The Age
September 15, 2024
Iconic Chapel Street nightclub says it’s ‘heartbroken’ as man fights for life after stabbing
Police were called to Revolver Upstairs at about 4am on Sunday after reports two unknown offenders had stabbed a man and fled.
The Age
September 15, 2024