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‘A welcome backflip’: Porn passport trial to keep kids off adult websites
Children will be blocked from watching explicit content online under a $6.5 million federal trial as governments attempt to counter the rising rate of violence against women.
Analysis
Coronavirus pandemic
A shambolic end to a deplorable episode that cost more than 700 lives
Victoria’s workplace health and safety regulator and Office of Public Prosecutions have some explaining to do.
Opinion
Political leadership
Think our national leaders are failing us? There are plenty of alternatives
Sensible women and men have had more than enough. They also have plenty of alternatives come the next election if they still feel that the current crop of national leaders is failing them.
Niki Savva
Award-winning political commentator and author
‘It’s not job done’: PM promises more action on DV to come
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese rejects the suggestion women were let down by yesterday’s announcement of a suite of policies to tackle domestic violence.
How well-heeled buyers are paying millions for luxury homes - without a home loan
In the rarefied air of some of the most well-heeled neighbourhoods, it’s routine for buyers to spend millions without a mortgage.
This is exactly how long you should be sleeping, moving, and standing each day
A new Australian study has worked out precisely how we should be spending each day for optimum health.
Exclusive
Pop culture
Absolutely not: Joanna Lumley on why Ab Fab could never be made today
In the countdown to her Australian tour, the grande dame of English comedy explains why the outrageous Patsy Stone is a creature of the past.
Kooyong Tennis Club board cops a serve from angry members
Hundreds showed up at the “Spiritual Home of Australian Tennis” on Monday amid a grassroots insurgency over the millions missing from club coffers.
Beware this trap with your passport next time you travel
I had the opportunity for a trip to South-East Asia at short notice. But when I checked the entry requirements, I realised I had a problem.
Florida’s ‘extreme’ abortion ban starts, doctors fear for women
Health care workers cannot perform abortions on nonviable pregnancies that they know may become deadly - until they do become deadly.
Inside the growing protest tent cities of Melbourne and Monash universities
As police raided student protest encampments at American universities with rubber bullets and tear gas, in Melbourne academics brought jam and scones.
Pro-Israel supporters attack pro-Palestinian encampment at University of California
Eyewitness videos showed people wielding sticks or poles to hammer on wooden boards being used as makeshift barricades to protect the pro-Palestinian protesters before police were called to the campus.
He survived cancer, his father’s death and three seasons lost to knee injury, but Sam Docherty is still searching for meaning
At a time when Sam Docherty should be enjoying the good times at Carlton, the lifelong Blues supporter and inspirational former captain is coming to grips with a third season wiped out by a knee injury.
Exclusive
Local council
Four-week uni course to help local councillors counter conspiracy theories
Councillors and candidates can get training on dealing with conspiracy groups in the lead-up to October’s local government elections.
Sports minister raised World Cup final in phone call to rugby boss
Rugby officials have been warned the Victorian government expects an elite rugby union team to play in the state, as ministers weigh up a bid to stage the 2027 Rugby World Cup final.
Nudity and death stares: 10 things we’ll never understand about Germany
Germany has a lot going for it as a travel destination, but some of its cultural habits will make travellers scratch their heads in bemusement.
Review
Fitzroy
‘One of the more affordable omakase restaurants, up there with those that cost double’
Shusai Mijo’s midweek “cut and cook” menu is a hot proposition, no wonder it’s booked out through May already.
To market, to market, to cook food from a supermarket and bid judge Jamie farewell
It’s a team challenge at Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Market, and guest judge Jamie Oliver eliminates himself from the competition.
Melbourne Eat Streets by Good Food
As some Melbourne restaurants close their doors, this strip in the west is booming. Here’s why
In Melbourne’s west, diners are spending big at this once-unassuming strip that now bustles with amazing eateries. In this series, Dani Valent tells you exactly where to eat and drink on Watton Street.
Series
Good Food’s Eat Streets
Welcome to a new series from Good Food, celebrating Melbourne’s neighbourhoods, walking them and falling in love one diverse and delicious bite at a time.
Victoria
What happens if you don’t tap off? The answers to your Melbourne public transport questions
Ever wondered why the City Loop changes direction in the middle of the day? Or what happens if you forget to tap off your myki? These are the answers to Melbourne public transport’s biggest mysteries.
It’s one of the most notorious roads in Melbourne. Fixing it is a ‘matter of life and death’, residents say
A report has recommended an immediate review of how fast drivers are allowed to go and for measures to push drivers to stay on main roads rather than doing “suburban rat runs”.
Family court chief justice calls for national database of intervention orders
One of Australia’s most senior legal officers says a database of intervention orders would help courts understand the risk women face from family violence.
Lehrmann given extension of time to lodge defamation appeal
The Ten Network wants access to documents revealing if former Liberal staffer had financial backers in fight over costs.
Hospital used ambulance, fake patients during ministerial visit
Ten Colac Area Health staff members, who worked in other sections of the hospital, attended the urgent care clinic during the visit and sat in the waiting room.
AFL
The Scoop
‘It’s absolute garbage’: The footy flop that was ‘borderline embarrassing’
One round-seven performance left rival players bewildered by how poor it was, with some big names under fire.
Updated
AFL to observe a moment’s silence in tribute to victims of violence against women
All AFL players, coaches and umpires will observe a moment’s silence in this weekend’s round of AFL games.
Politics
Albanese’s $925m escape money pledge just ‘one piece of the puzzle’
The PM said state and territory leaders would meet again to discuss plans to strengthen their justice systems.
Business
Updated
Federal Reserve
Red flag: Fed chief signals interest rates to stay higher for longer
Fed Chair Jerome Powell said it was likely to take longer than previously expected for Fed officials to gain the “greater confidence” needed for them to kick off interest rate cuts.
World
Updated
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Supporters of Palestine, Israel in violent clashes at UCLA as university protests spread
Unrest at UCLA comes a day after police in riot gear stormed New York’s Columbia University, which has become the centre of America’s student uprising over the war in Gaza.
Opinion
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Property
‘Aussie’ John Symond lists his trophy home. Yours for just $200 million
The last time the Aussie Home Loans founder listed the waterfront mega-mansion in Sydney’s Point Piper, he knocked back $110m because he couldn’t part with it.
Exclusive
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
Lifestyle
Opinion
Social media
A New Year’s Eve video shows a sea of phones. At midnight, no one hugs or kisses
This dystopian film made me realise that things had reached breaking point - my relationship with my phone had to change.
Gary Nunn
Contributor
Culture
Did woke culture really kill the sitcom?
Jerry Seinfeld claims that the “extreme left” is to blame for the death of comedy on TV – but is he right?
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Sport
‘I’m still in the pit’: How Docherty is still searching for meaning
At a time when Sam Docherty should be enjoying the good times at Carlton, the lifelong Blues supporter and inspirational former captain is coming to grips with a third season wiped out by a knee injury.
Sports minister raised World Cup final in phone call to rugby boss
Rugby officials have been warned the Victorian government expects an elite rugby union team to play in the state, with the future of the Melbourne Rebels to be decided on Friday as ministers weigh up a bid to stage the 2027 Rugby World Cup final.
Essendon coach Brad Scott voices his support for Tarryn Thomas
Brad Scott said, in his view, his former North Melbourne player Tarryn Thomas is “a good person”, despite having made “some terrible mistakes”.
The Scoop
AFL 2024
‘It’s absolute garbage’: The footy flop that was ‘borderline embarrassing’
One round-seven performance left rival players bewildered by how poor it was, with some big names under fire.
Updated
Domestic violence
AFL to observe a moment’s silence to honour the victims of violence against women
All AFL players, coaches and umpires will observe a moment’s silence in a statement honouring the victims of violence against women in this weekend’s round of AFL games.
Updated
ICC Men’s World Cup
No room for ‘really exciting’ Fraser-McGurk in T20 World Cup squad
Despite glowing praise from chairman of selectors George Bailey, exciting white-ball tyro Jake Fraser-McGurk missed Australia’s Twenty20 World Cup squad.
Exclusive
AFL 2024
‘Every day I wish I could take it all back’: Finlayson’s shame over homophobic slur
What happened 26 nights ago against Essendon at the Adelaide Oval was, says Jeremy Finlayson, a moment in time he cannot fully explain and one that still keeps him awake at night.
Have Your Say
Blues’ fatal flaw exposed ahead of Pies blockbuster
Carlton may have the firepower to engineer a barrage of goals, but it’s when they don’t have the ball that has them in trouble heading into Friday night’s clash against their arch-rival.
