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6th February 2025

AM Edition

Secret document exposes plot to hide rail loop cost from the public

A bombshell document that the state government fought to bury for three years reveals Suburban Rail Loop bosses wanted to hide details of how much the monster project would cost.

How much you will pay for AFL tickets in 2025

Victorians are already being crushed by cost of living pressures, and now the price they will pay to watch a game of footy in 2025 has been revealed.

‘Ghost town’: Allan government urged to act on empty city offices

The state government is being urged to show “active leadership” as Melbourne CBD office vacancy rates remain the highest in the nation, prompting pleas for public servants to ditch...

Kerr says cop was ‘trying to put it on me’

Sam Kerr has made a bombshell statement while giving evidence in her UK trial while defending a charge of racially-aggravated harrassment.

‘We’ll own it’: Trump’s Gaza takeover plan explained

Donald Trump’s plan for the US to take over the Gaza Strip has rocked the Middle East, and the world. Here’s what you need to know.

Mapped: Where Aussies have higher risk of developing dementia

Startling new electorate data has revealed where Australians will develop dementia, as experts plead for more support to address the often preventable illness. See if it’s near you...

$90bn in cuts: How Musk inspired Hanson’s ‘radical’ plan

Pauline Hanson’s radical plan to cut $90 billion in Australian Government spending includes deleting the department of climate change and withdrawing from major UN organisations.

‘I drank two bottles of wine at lunch, now I’m booze free’

Mum Amy Armstrong used to knock a couple of bottles of wine back at boozy lunch with friends, but now like 1 in 3 Aussies, she doesn’t drink at all. See how she knocked her habit.

‘Buckle up’: Trump pulls trigger on mission to supercharge CIA

All CIA agents not on board with Donald Trump’s plan for US spies to return to the good old days of espionage, the likes of which we now only see in movies, have been offered buyou...

Hunter tragedy latest shock to strike the ‘good-time Eagles’

Ben Cousins was the poster boy for the downfall of West Coast before his remarkable life turnaround. Adam Hunter’s tragic death is the latest example that not every Eagle was as lu...

Explosive Melbourne Cup court action: Trainers to sue Racing Victoria

The 2024 Melbourne Cup fairytale of $91 roughie Knight’s Choice is headed to the courts with the trainers lodging legal action against Racing Victoria to demand their prizemoney fr...

Inside housemate from hell’s months-long revenge plot

Former flatmates of Tsai-Wei Hung say they endured months of torment after she was booted from their Clyde North rental, as new video shows the moment she torched their cars and lo...

In which city is the National Library of Australia?

The Chase Australia’s official Shark, Brydon Coverdale, has created a new daily quiz challenge. Test yourself.

Man dies in suspicious Chapel St fire

A man has died in a suspicious blaze at a Chapel St home on Wednesday night.

Near-century-old Melbourne footy club on brink of collapse

A suburban footy club just two years shy of its centenary is on the brink of collapse as the league scrambles to rework the fixture eight weeks out from the season. Latest here.

ABC boss makes shock racism claim

ABC boss David Anderson has conceded that several high-profile ABC presenters were not taken off air - like Antoinette Lattouf.

Parents pay tribute to ‘beautiful baby girl’ who died in hot car

The baby girl who tragically died after she was left in a hot car on Tuesday, after mistakenly not being dropped at her daycare centre, has been identified.

How state government plans to avoid another VCE leaks scandal

The government has revealed details of what’s involved in its review of the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority’s exam-setting process following last year’s leaked questi...

Book pulled from schools amid author’s sexual assault allegations

Mount Alexander College is one of several schools to have pulled a Neil Gaiman novel from English reading lists after the best-selling author was accused of sexual assault and huma...

Dramatic arrests after alleged car thieves scale roof in North Melbourne

Footage shows the moment two suspects were caught climbing a roof in an attempt to outrun police after ditching their allegedly stolen car. Watch the video.

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