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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been stripped of royal titles, but the former prince retains one of his last remaining honours: a residential street named after him in the heart of suburban #Melbourne.

What do you think — should the street have changed its name?

#princeandrew
February 3, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Rose Byrne's decision to tell the world that her partner, Bobby Cannavale, was not at the Golden Globes to see her collect the best actress award because he was off buying a bearded dragon prompted a tidal wave of speculation about the state of their relationship.
January 29, 2026 at 2:16 AM
City editor Cara Waters has a confession to make.
She is one of those annoying cabana owners.
Are you pro or anti cabana?

Video: Sophie Boyd
January 18, 2026 at 1:37 AM
As a 48-year veteran of the CFA, Tyrone Rice knows the danger of bushfires. His wife, Raewyn, is the local CFA communications officer, and their son Nathan the training officer.

While the Rice family were involved in fighting the flames on Friday night, their own house was burning.
January 10, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Hands up if you’ve already broken out the icy poles! 🙋‍♀️
Melbourne is forecast to hit 42 degrees today, the city’s first January day in the 40s since 2020, and the hottest day in 11 months.
January 7, 2026 at 12:19 AM
ATARs are officially in, and students across Victoria are finding out whether their hard work has paid off.

How did you go?

These are just some of the 65,000 students who started receiving their VCE results and ATAR scores from 7am today.
December 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The top three most popular apps on Apple’s App Store this morning are all apps not included in Australia’s #socialmediaban.

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December 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant has flagged some of the early issues with the rollout, saying it was always going to be messy.

Many teens have reported still having access to their accounts.
December 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Australia’s social media ban comes into effect today, with children under 16 barred from some of the most popular social media apps in the world. Follow our live coverage.
December 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A decade ago, a Londoner took on the Tube and won — running between stations on foot and beating the train.

Today, Lachlan Abbott, takes on the Metro Tunnel.
Will he succeed?
#mteor #metrotunnel #munnel
December 2, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The waiting crowd broke into applause and chants of “train train train” as the first High Capacity Metro Train departed for the Metro Tunnel.

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#metro #metrotunnel
November 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Barnaby Joyce is expected to formally resign from the Nationals and announce his move to One Nation in a 90-second statement in the House of Representatives around 1.30pm.⁠
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
A catastrophic blaze tearing through a cluster of Hong Kong high-rises has left dozens dead and hundreds still unaccounted for, as rescuers move through the charred towers in a race to find the missing.

Photos: AP

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November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Mitch Brown played 94 senior games in his AFL career, yet he’s far better known for what he did after he retired – namely, coming out as bisexual.

In August, Brown, 36, became the first publicly queer senior AFL/VFL player (current or retired) in the competition's 129-year history.
November 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Newly elected Liberal leader Jess Wilson said her clear priorities would be to get the budget under control, rein in crime, improve access to healthcare, and give Victorians opportunities to own homes.

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November 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Opinion: Sky Sports’ Halo was meant to champion female athletes. Three days of pink subtitles, matcha references and focus on male athletes’ relationships later, the channel is gone, writes Hannah Kennelly.

Video: Sophie Boyd

#skysports #halo
November 17, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Bayside residents are rallying against plans to introduce buildings up to 16 storeys in the area.

Residents marching in Brighton on Sunday argued the ill-conceived plan would overrun their suburbs’ population without adequate infrastructure or their consent.

Video: Cassandra Morgan and Sophie Boyd
November 16, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Children as young as 14 could be jailed for life for violent crimes under justice reforms set to be introduced by the Victorian government in response to rising crime rates.

Do you agree with the decision?
November 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Young Melbourne cricketer, Ben Austin, 17, has died after he was struck in the neck by a cricket ball thrown at speed using a hand-held training device.

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October 30, 2025 at 2:25 AM
A protest that saw rocks thrown at police was an aberration, Premier Jacinta Allan has suggested in a press conference, while maintaining the city is safe.

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October 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Watch: Ian Wilkinson, the survivor of Erin Patterson's deadly mushroom lunch, has spoken after the triple murderer was sentenced. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
September 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Erin Patterson stood for the judge as the sentence was read out: life in prison, with a non-parole period of 33 years.

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September 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Erin Patterson will learn her fate today after she was found guilty of murdering three people, and trying to kill a fourth, by poisoning them with death cap mushrooms concealed in a beef Wellington meal.

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September 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Multiple protests in Melbourne are set to test the limits of Victoria Police resources. An anti-immigration march, dubbed the March for Australia, started at 12pm. A counter-protest has emerged as well as the separate Free Palestine Melbourne protest.
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August 31, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Reposted by The Age
My op-ed in tomorrow's
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on revelations that the IRGC were behind a series of antisemitic attacks in Australia, including the firebombing of Melbourne's Adass Israel synagogue
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When I was jailed in Iran, the interrogator showed me a list of Australian sites and began asking questions
Typed on the piece of paper were the addresses of synagogues and Jewish organisations in Melbourne. He wanted to know if I’d visited any of them, and if so, what was inside.
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August 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM