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1st February 2025

AM Edition

$400k with WFH option: Plum gigs on offer for SRL bureaucrats

The Suburban Rail Loop has embarked on a new year’s hiring blitz, offering bureaucrats pay packets up to $400,000 a year and generous work from home options.

Labor not out of the woods yet

Despite this week’s new inflation figures putting Australian households firmly within reach of a desperately needed interest rate cut, Labor is far from celebrating, writes Clare A...

Melbourne home prices drop again to begin 2025

Melbourne’s property market is sliding, with new PropTrack data revealing the areas losing the most value. Find out where is feeling the pain.

New slashed-fare flights from Melb to LA set to spark airline price war

Flying between Melbourne and the US is about to become a lot cheaper with Delta Airlines breaking Qantas’ monopoly on the flight path.

Melb suburbs where one extra bedroom costs $1m+

Want to upsize to a bigger home? Melburnians are facing a more than $1m bill to find a property with just one more bedroom in many areas. SEE THE LIST

Disturbing new clips give clearest view of plane-chopper collision

Chilling new footage has shown the moment a Black Hawk helicopter flew directly into the path of an American Airlines passenger jet killing everyone on board. See video. Warning: G...

How badly do you hurt? Key question this year

The Federal Election will be decided by a few key factors, say experts – and the first big issue is who you blame for your cost of living pain.

‘Six world marathons before I turn 80’: Why I love running

A gruelling 42.2 kilometre test of mental and physical strength has become a new box tick for some Aussies who are part of a sweeping global trend – and age is no barrier.

Welcome to Country, public service cuts in Coalition sights

Peter Dutton has been likened to Donald Trump amid a vow to slash a ballooning public service, while Welcome to Country funding is also set to be shaken up.

‘I lost myself’: How two Aussie girls escaped a toxic diet trap

Laura Henshaw and Steph Claire Smith were sucked into a toxic diet culture. Now, they have revealed how they broke the vicious cycle and are helping thousands of Aussies get fit an...

Calling all mums and dads: Take the Great Parent Survey 2025

From school standards to screen time, we’re taking the pulse of Australia’s mums and dads – while famous parents like Olympic champion Libby Trickett are also diving in.

Melb heiress, AFL star, wed on same day, in very different way

Two big names have tied the knot in very different style weddings. While Melbourne ‘it’ girl

‘Hope he is at peace’: Cats, draft great farewelled after tragic death

Revered football figure Mick Turner has been remembered by plenty of big names he touched at an emotional funeral service, where his five decades in footy and ‘nightmare’ cancer ba...

‘All he wanted to do’: Abdulrahim’s plan to leave criminal underworld

Just hours before his murder, The Punisher told his close friends he was ready to leave Melbourne’s underworld scene to focus on his young daughter.

Better bod than Dusty? David Beckham bares (nearly) all

Soccer star David Beckham has shown the sporting world who’s boss jock, stripping off in racy pics. He may be 49 but with a sculpted, inked body, Beckham is setting fans’ hearts ra...

Storms threaten crushing win as Aussies seek decisive plan

More storms are forecast on Saturday as Galle’s fickle weather threatens to prevent a crushing Australian victory in the first Test.

Accused ‘Pam the Bird’ graffiti attacker unmasked

The alleged culprit behind the infamous Pam the Bird graffiti tags on Melbourne landmarks — including the Flinders Street Station clock — has been unmasked as a 21-year-old from Ya...

Allan government under fire for delaying release of state budget

The Allan government will delay handing down this year’s expected “horror” state budget until after the federal election, sparking fierce criticism from the state opposition.

Labor’s HECS debt ‘game-changer’ vow to uni students

Victoria’s university students and graduates will have an average of more than $5700 wiped from their HECS debts under a Labor plan – if it holds on to power at the next election.

Police probe woman’s suspicious death in Ascot Vale

Police are probing a possible murder after a woman’s body was found inside an Ascot Vale property on Friday, with detectives saying her death is being treated as suspicious at this...

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