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David Jones CEO Scott Fyfe at the new David Jones store in Chatswood.

David Jones bets future on loyalty, store revamp to drive sales

David Jones has undergone a major transformation over the past five years. But is it enough to keep shoppers spending in an ever-changing retail landscape?

Passengers at Anzac station after arriving on the first train to go through the new tunnel.

‘Bloody amazing’: fanfare as $15.5b train line opens

Thousands of people turned out for the first services on Melbourne’s long-awaited new Metro Rail tunnel on Sunday.

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Melbourne Metro

Everything you need to know about Melbourne’s new Metro Rail

There’s a new train tunnel deep under Swanston Street. But it has a much wider significance for a fast-growing city.

In Pictures: November 2025

Click through the links to read in-depth about each story these beautiful photos have illustrated by our AFR staff photographers.

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Live like a five-star hotel guest in a $21m Melbourne penthouse

The Victorian capital’s first hotel-branded residence offers the perks of a luxury holiday at home.

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Jess Wilson and Jacinta Allan

‘Massive mood for change’: Can Jess Wilson take the fight to Labor?

A year out from the Victorian election, the Liberals need a 16-seat miracle to topple Labor, despite the state’s rising crime, taxes and huge debt.

… has bought the Sims six-bedroom Brighton mansion for about $25 million.

Goldman Sachs kingpin snags a premium buyer for Brighton mansion

Built by a Rich Lister, sold by an investment banker and bought by a luxury developer, the bayside home has changed hands at a premium to its price guide.

The University of Melbourne has been recognised as Australia’s leading university. It was also the top-ranked Australian university in the 2025 QS World University Rankings this year.

Australia’s top-ranked universities revealed

Find out which institutions performed best in key areas and the one that took out the overall top spot in the Financial Review Best Universities Ranking.

Amelia Hamer, left, has won preselection to join new Victorian Liberal leader Jess Wilson in fighting the state election next year

Rising star Hamer trounces opponents in Victorian preselection

Liberal rising star Amelia Hamer defeated a rival backed by former treasurer Josh Frydenberg to win endorsement for the state seat of Malvern.

Anglo-Australian drift. Steve Smith, left, and Marnus Labuschagne leave the field after winning their first Ashes cricket test match against England in Perth.

Not just the Ashes: Why Australia and the UK are drifting apart

Even the cricket showdown, which runs until January, will expose the divergence of the two countries. And it’s not just the tactical contrast on the field.

Swinburne University has launched an external investigation into Chancellor John Pollaers.

Swinburne investigates chancellor over workplace concerns

The university emailed staff on Friday afternoon saying council had decided there would be “an independent, external investigation” into John Pollaers.

Accent Group chief executive Daniel Agostinelli was not at the AGM on Friday when the retailer posted a soft trading update.

Accent takes first strike on pay, chops earnings forecast

A major shareholder protest vote against the shoe retailer’s executive pay report and a poor trading update saw its shares dive.

Nobby Clark leaves the Coles Myer AGM in 2004.

The man who got the better of Keating: ex-NAB boss Nobby Clark dies

Former NAB chief executive Neil Rex “Nobby” Clark, who has died at 96, laid the foundations for modern Australian banking – and was frank, fearless and principled.

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ANZ CEO warns staff; Epstein files to be released; Nvidia’s dilemma

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

New Liberal leader Jess Wilson at a press conference after the partyroom dumped Brad Battin an installed her.

High-risk knifing is Libs’ last, best hope to beat Jacinta Allan

The Victorian Coalition has imploded yet again, but there is some method in the madness.

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Working holidaymakers take up casual jobs that Australians have been more reluctant to fill, particularly in regional areas.

The fight over immigration is just hotting up

It’s a divisive issue in Australia, as it is elsewhere, and the Liberals are determined not to let Pauline Hanson lead the charge.

The Blue Hippo chain has 39 stores across Victoria.

Victorian laundromat chain gets a private equity backer to go national

The Nash team, led by Lucas Couper and Hayden Troiani, has put up $20 million for a 50 per cent stake in Blue Hippo Laundry.

Jessie Ung and Paul Murphy, sales assistants at Utopia Records in Sydney, wearing Metallica T-Shirts which are selling fast.

AC/DC, Metallica tours prove metal is the genre that just won’t die

Families three-generations deep are buying black T-shirts as a season of heavy metal tours helps keep a once-doomed part of the music industry alive.

Premier Jacinta Allan is adopting a much tougher approach to serious juvenile offences.

How ‘Victorianisation’ became a new term of abuse

The state is suffering from a dramatic increase in episodes of violent crime and horrific machete attacks that have forced Jacinta Allan to finally act.

Chris Lucas opening Grill Americano in Sydney on Thursday.

Chris Lucas plants his flag in Sydney’s banker hot zone

Melbourne’s foodie freedom fighter got the ideal spot to lure corporate card carriers.

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