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Rise of the Dons: Why AFL’s most brutal finals drought will end

It’s been 20 years since Essendon won a final. But the side sits top-four and is showing signs that it is finally ready to take the next step after years of turmoil, writes MICK MC...

The Melbourne venues that don’t want your cash

Melbourne’s restaurants, sporting stadiums and even some bank branches are turning away from cash. What’s behind the shift and why are some people so concerned about the concept of...

Police patrol uni campus as pro-Palestine protests ramp up

Protesters say the presence of police officers at Melbourne University is “inherently violent” while at Monash University students have been threatened with expulsion over their en...

Golfers tee off over greens for housing estates plan

Australia’s top golf body has slammed a plan to turn courses in Melbourne’s southeast into residential estates, amid Victoria’s housing crisis. Here’s what it had to say about why ...

SRL ‘still deliverable’ despite $20bn budget black hole: Pallas

Treasurer Tim Pallas has denied suggestions the Suburban Rail Loop is facing billion-dollar blowouts, despite rising construction costs and a federal budget snub.

Lidia Thorpe’s outburst as ‘river to the sea’ chant condemned

Draped in a keffiyeh, controversial Victorian senator Lidia Thorpe has accused the Labor government of being “complicit in genocide” as the parliament moved to condemn the pro-Pale...

Mad Max 4 review: Miscast Hemsworth misses the mark

With a lot of crazy stunts and a miscast Chris Hemsworth, Furiosa is better than most action films but it can’t match the dizzy heights of its predecessor, writes Leigh Paatsch.

Emotional Sam Fisher waves to parents as he’s led off to prison

Former St Kilda star Sam Fisher will spend the next three years in prison for his role in a cross-country drug trafficking operation.

Primary school under fire after alleged child sex assault

Shocked parents have raised concerns about the handling of an incident during which a student sexually touched another child at a primary school in Eynesbury.

Murder charge dropped against 12yo accused of Footscray stabbing

A murder charge against a 12-year-old girl accused of stabbing a woman to death in a Footscray apartment has been sensationally dropped.