Christmas Day workers keep the state running, but there’s one man you don’t want to see
From emergency services to hospital workers, hospitality and vets, they are the Christmas angels forgoing festivities for others.
- by Carolyn Webb
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Hidden deep in a jungle, there is a big, furry, shellfish-munching plant. An Australian found it
An expert in carnivorous plants says it’s the first time he’s seen one that eats shellfish.
- by Carolyn Webb
Hot to trot: The Christmas tour lighting up faces in Melbourne’s south-east
Nightly horse and carriage tours, which wind through the streets of Pakenham, have been popular in the lead-up to Christmas for several years.
- by Carolyn Webb
Government to stick with Arden station name despite namesake’s racist link
A government minister was unaware of the racism link to Arden station name before The Age unearthed it.
- by Carolyn Webb and Carla Jaeger
‘Incredibly disrespectful’: MPs back calls to change racist station name
The name Arden is completely inappropriate for one of the new Metro Tunnel stations, state Greens leader Ellen Sandell says.
- by Carolyn Webb
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The shocking racist history behind this Metro Tunnel station name
George Arden was a racist who called Indigenous people violent, ignorant savages. The state government is naming a train station after him.
- by Carolyn Webb
‘Like burying a body’: Torah scrolls ruined in fire will be interred
Scriptures that cannot be salvaged following the firebombing of Adass Israel synagogue will be buried in a service at its Springvale cemetery.
- by Carolyn Webb
Melbourne’s Iranians show off a rich – and sweet – culture
The air thick with the aroma of homemade delicacies, thousands of Iranian Australians celebrated their traditions with dancing, music and art.
- by Carolyn Webb
Christmas comes early for platypus rescued from remote country road
Healesville Sanctuary is soon to open a $1 million platypus intensive care unit.
- by Carolyn Webb
The heir ‘detectives’ who hand out more than $100 million every year
They’re looking for you: these State Trustees researchers sometimes give out millions to heirs of people who died without a will.
- by Carolyn Webb
‘Fight to survive’: How an Australian-first transplant made Brendan’s ‘miserable’ life amazing
Horsham postman Brendan Cole has a full life, 14 years after receiving donor small intestine, liver and pancreas. As The Age turns 170, we revisit people who captured the nation’s attention.
- by Carolyn Webb
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