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Morrison sets up super-sized battle with Labor on housing
First home buyers will be able to use their superannuation to raise up to $50,000 for a deposit to get into the property market under a pledge from the Coalition.
Labor asks electoral commission to investigate McEwen Liberal candidate
The Labor Party has asked the Australian Electoral Commission to investigate the Liberal candidate for the seat of McEwen, in Melbourne’s outer north, over whether he gave false information about where he lives.
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FA Cup
Kerr bags two goals as Chelsea win FA Cup thriller
Hayley Raso had scored for Manchester City to take the FA Cup final to extra time, but her Matildas teammate Sam Kerr wasn’t done yet.
Monkeygate’s huge toll on Andrew Symonds
Monkeygate may have shortened Andrew Symonds’ international career by as much as five years, according to those close to him.
‘A heart-and-soul type of guy’: Tributes paid to Symonds
Andrew Symonds has been remembered as a fiercely loyal friend, a supremely talented player, and a man whose great passions were his children, the outdoors, and cricket.
I couldn’t stop comparing myself to my husband’s late wife
One night he told me that she had been his soulmate. I felt such pain, as if I was a consolation prize.
Opinion
LGBTQ
My trans truth is not a cosmetic choice, it’s a brutal imperative
Uncaring politicians talking about transgender issues without seeking to understand the complexities are playing with a fire they cannot see.
Liska Fell
Braille bombers boost city signage for sight-impaired
“It’s like writing a tweet, counting all your characters but doing it backwards and in the mirror.” Participants of a Melbourne Knowledge Week event taught the “brain-challenging” art of braille in their bid to increase the number of accessibility signs.
Investigation
Australia votes
Why this election represents a sliding-door moment for thousands in limbo
The decade-long uncertainty meted out to men, women and children who sought to come to Australia by boat has left them unable to pursue meaningful futures.
Four Points: Ryder, Martin among awesome foursome firing up teams, finals
Four players who returned to their team or to form have changed the look of the finals. These four players have recast the look of their teams and of the opponents they played.
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Match report
Chandler faces scrutiny over tackle as dominant Demons too good for Eagles
Melbourne’s Kade Chandler is facing a suspension after his desperate tackle sent West Coast’s Luke Foley into the league’s concussion protocols, and left the young Demon shattered in the reigning premiers’ thrashing of the Eagles on Sunday.
Opinion
AFL grand final
It’s time to reward AFL fans with a day grand final
Despite footy fans’ undying support during two years of COVID interruptions, the AFL Commission may opt for a twilight grand final - against fans’ wishes.
Cheryl Critchley
AFL Fans Association president
Russia has lost ‘a third of ground forces’ in Ukraine attack
A defiant Ukrainian president has also vowed to one day host the Eurovision Song Contest in the embattled city of Mariupol, currently in Russian hands.
Analysis
Mass shooting
Biden will do ‘everything in his power’ to end hate crimes. But can he do anything?
The Buffalo mass shooting was inspired by the horrors of the Christchurch massacre. But America won’t respond with sweeping gun law reforms the way NZ did.
Tattoos, illegal in South Korea, thrive underground
Tattoo artists, long treated as criminals for their work, say that it is time to end the stigma against their business.
Australia votes 2022
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Battle for Chisholm
Inside the hard grind of the marginal seat campaign in Chisholm
Labor candidate Carina Garland has phone banks cold-calling voters. Incumbent Gladys Liu has similar. This is the “ground game” in Chisholm.
Claudia rents in a marginal Melbourne seat. Voters like her may decide the vote
Observers say the plight of renters – who make up a third of voters – will be a significant electoral factor in suburban areas and once-safe inner-city seats.
Stay up to date with the latest polling
Victoria
Search resumes for man missing after looking for emus near Mount Hotham
A 70-year-old man has gone missing in Victoria’s High Country after he went looking for emus on Friday afternoon.
A chartered London flight will bring Joanna’s dogs and others back home in style
A charter flight in October will transport owners and their pets, with expats having difficulties in getting animals to Australia.
Court issues extraordinary order for The Age to hand over draft story
Nine, the owner of the Herald and The Age, had the orders stayed pending an appeal but said it was alarmed by the decision.
Plastic-stuffed seabirds sound alarm for Australia’s ocean health
Seabirds are sending us an urgent message about the health of the Australia’s oceans but we’re not listening, say marine scientists.
‘A name we can all be proud of’: Moreland Council unveils proposed names
Three Indigenous names have been shortlisted for the council’s new title, including one meaning “rocky country”.
AFL 2022
‘Where’s the nastiness gone?’: Dons slammed for meek response to Swans
Matthew Lloyd condemned the Bombers for allowing themselves to be “walked all over” by their rivals after failing to fly the flag on at least two occasions on Saturday night.
Saints lose Steele for up to two months with shoulder injury
St Kilda captain Jack Steele will undergo surgery and will miss up to eight weeks after scans on Sunday morning revealed the extent of his shoulder injury.
Politics
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Australia votes
Liberal MP Katie Allen’s Tesla charges on after campaign scrape
Liberal MP Katie Allen says she harbours no hard feelings against the truck driver who “jack-knifed” into her campaign Tesla.
Business
‘Still a lot of risk out there’: Experts tip crypto bounce but warn markets finely balanced
Market experts are tipping cryptocurrencies to stabilise after last week’s brutal selloff, but warn investors must remain vigilant.
World
Racially motivated shooter pointed to Christchurch attacks in ‘manifesto’
Police officials said the “racially motived” gunman wore body armor and military-style clothing before opening fire in Buffalo, New York.
Opinion
Politicians’ pay has gone up by a third in a decade, but a wage rise in line with inflation is too much?
Jacqueline Maley
Columnist and senior journalist
Can a bulldozer vault out of this? Morrison has seven days to try
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
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Property
Young couple upgrade, pay $2.15 million for Brunswick bungalow at auction
Three bidders fought it out for a renovated home off Lygon Street which sold above expectations, but the agent said the scale of inquiries seen last year has subsided.
Melbourne suburbs where it’s easier to upgrade from a unit to a house
Some Melbourne suburbs offer a better chance for people to upgrade from a unit to a house, while others make it almost impossible, analysis of data shows.
Lifestyle
Are we destined for multiple loves? Millennials think we are
Conversations with Friends is sparking, well, conversations about traditional relationship structures and whether they’re still relevant today.
Culture
For musician Lo Carmen, meeting Noah Taylor ‘was like meeting a soulmate’
“My first film-acting job was in an experimental short when I was 13. Three years later I was cast as Freya in The Year My Voice Broke, opposite Noah Taylor. It was like meeting a soulmate.”
Sport
Updated
FA Cup
Kerr bags two goals as Chelsea beat City in FA Cup thriller
Hayley Raso had scored for Manchester City to take the FA Cup final to extra time, but her Matildas teammate Sam Kerr wasn’t done yet.
Hindley triumphs on the Blockhaus to win gruelling Giro stage
Australian cyclist Jai Hindley won the ninth stage of the Giro d’Italia atop the fearsome Blockhaus on Sunday as Juan Pedro Lopez retained the pink jersey.
Monkeygate’s huge toll on Andrew Symonds
Monkeygate may have shortened Andrew Symonds’ international career by as much as five years, according to those close to him.
‘A heart-and-soul type of guy’: Teammates pay tribute to Symonds
Andrew Symonds has been remembered as a fiercely loyal friend, a supremely talented player, and a man whose great passions were his children, the outdoors, and cricket.
Updated
AFL 2022
Chandler faces scrutiny over tackle as dominant Demons too good for Eagles
Melbourne’s Kade Chandler is facing a suspension after his desperate tackle sent West Coast’s Luke Foley into the league’s concussion protocols, and left the young Demon shattered in the reigning premiers’ thrashing of the Eagles on Sunday.
Updated
AFL 2022
Blues crash Cameron party as Giants farewell coach, but Williams injury sours win
It shaped as a fairytale ending to Leon Cameron’s tenure at the Giants, but the Blues upset the party on Sunday to maintain their spot in the top four.
Four Points: Ryder, Martin among awesome foursome firing up teams, finals
Four players who returned to their team or to form have changed the look of the finals. These four players have recast the look of their teams and of the opponents they played.
Have Your Say
Why Andrew Symonds meant so much to us
In a spiritual sense, Andrew Symonds occupied the same wondrous place in Australian cricket dreams as Shane Warne and Rod Marsh.
