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19th April 2025

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Good Friday Appeal raises record $23m+ for Vic’s sick kids

The Good Friday Appeal has raised a record $23,822,792 for the state’s sickest kids as Victorians generously donated to help the Royal Children’s Hospital.

No more Mr. Nice Guys: Time for hand-holding over at Melbourne

Melbourne used to have a nasty edge. After all the love language and hand-holding over summer, the Dees have become the nicest guys in football on the field. Jay Clark writes, that...

Inside Majak Daw’s mental health, alcohol addiction pain post AFL

Majak Daw’s career was a rollercoaster - and it hasn’t slowed down since he left the AFL. He opens up to Dan Batten about his renewed outlook on life, alcohol and his footy.

113 games, 16 wins: Blues expose ‘lost and uncommitted’ Roos

North Melbourne are still in a dark hole with no obvious way out. After another crushing defeat at the hands of Carlton, Ed Bourke writes, the Kangaroos are looking increasingly lo...

How Marrogi kept smuggling drugs into Melbourne from his prison cell

Crime boss George Marrogi used unique and creative ways to smuggle billions of dollars worth of drugs into Melbourne — all from his cell in Barwon Prison.

‘Stay violent, remain silent’: Inside George Marrogi’s Notorious Crime Family

The rise and fall of former criminal powerhouse George Marrogi’s family centred drug importation syndicate.

Bashed, sexually assaulted: Horror attacks on prison guards revealed

Victorian prison guards are being attacked, sexually assaulted, and even hospitalised by the state’s most dangerous criminals in alarming numbers, damning new data reveals.

Melbourne: What $1m buys now will shock you

Melbourne homebuyers with $1m to spend are getting a rude shock this Easter as the city’s housing market leaves less and less available for seven figures. See which areas are being...

Who should I vote for? Election MatchMaker is here to help

Having trouble wading through the parties’ promises, or just can’t decide what’s real and what’s spin? Election MatchMaker is here to help. USE THE INTERACTIVE TOOL NOW

Explosive toll of Labor’s nuclear scare campaign as Dutton’s vote collapses

Anthony Albanese’s nuclear scare campaign is decimating the Coalition’s primary vote, with Peter Dutton facing the prospect of only picking up one seat in a key battleground state,...

Labor masterstroke has all polls pointing to a chainsaw massacre

If the polls are right, this election isn’t going to be close – it’s going to be a chainsaw massacre. When asking why, it’s hard to go past nuclear, writes James Campbell.

Memes v brain rot: inside Labor, Libs election social media war

Labor and the Liberals are embracing the weird, wacky and just plain cringe on social media this election campaign. But does it work? WATCH THE BEST (AND WORST)

Debunked: 6 myths Albanese and Dutton are telling you

Green hydrogen doesn’t work, Albanese is spending more than Whitlam, and investors hate nuclear — we break down the spin to bring you the facts from the election campaign trail.

Bombers lose key soldier, survive almighty scare

Essendon will head into their ANZAC Day clash with Collingwood having won three straight games. But it was far from easy — and another big man is under a serious injury cloud.

‘Both wrong’: Experts explain why parties won’t solve housing crisis

While both sides of politics spruik housing policies, younger generations will continue to be locked out of the market unless governments tackle wholesale reform, experts warn.

Ralph: Ugle-Hagan will get second chance, but not on his terms

It looks increasingly likely that Jamarra Ugle-Hagan will leave the Western Bulldogs. But instead of considering $15 million offers, his second chance may not be on his own terms.

Mokbel enjoys Good Friday with mystery partner as he laps up freedom

Tony Mokbel has been spotted enjoying his new-found freedom on Good Friday, picking up a copy of the Herald Sun before heading to church and tucking into fish and chips with his pa...

Desperate search for autistic child who vanished from playground

A desperate search has been mounted for a six-year-old boy with autism who disappeared from a play park in the Dandenongs on Friday afternoon.

Andrews gets into Mornington Peninsula golf club with the help of a pal

Dan Andrews has found a way to get through the red tape and become a member at Moonah Links after anger erupted over his previous attempts to join several leading Victorian clubs.

Sub disaster, Flynn in? Good Friday SuperCoach takeaways

West Coast pulled a huge SuperCoach shock when they named their starting sub against the Bombers, while a pair of ruckman went large on Good Friday. See the key takeaways and more ...

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