‘Making a difference’: News legend Peter Blunden honoured
Peter Blunden’s 48 years of journalistic leadership has been recognised with a member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the King’s Birthday Honours List.
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Authors say University of Melbourne’s teachings once driven by racism
The University of Melbourne forgot the “basic humanity” of Indigenous people, and much of what it once studied, taught and preached was driven by racism, according to a new book.
How promising Hawk became D-Day hero
When Andrew Pirrie sent a letter to his brother Dick in 1944 it went unanswered – the hopeful footy player known as “Digger” had been killed on his 24th birthday in the D-Day Invasion.
Carlyon: Memo to Patton — we’re tired of force-fed contrition
Victoria’s police commissioner Shane Patton may claim he isn’t woke but his decision to apologise to the Stolen Generation 16 years after Kevin Rudd did so makes him sound a lot less like an everyday cop.
Sam Fisher’s fall reveals pitfalls of life after footy fame
When Sam Fisher is jailed on Thursday, he will assume a role he never would have contemplated at the height of his AFL career. He’s become a case study in how the transition from sports star to has-been can go so wrong.
Long road to truth behind grisly fate of missing campers
Many of the unanswered questions over the deaths of Russell Hill and Carol Clay were addressed in the opening hours of the Supreme Court case, but as Greg Lynn’s version of events is pressed, a lengthy trial awaits.
How these war veterans forged friendship despite generational gap
These war veterans are from different generations, have varied stories of serving their country but nurse the same scars. There is one place where they have found friends who understand their pain.
‘It has to stop’: Demand for action after alleged murders
The alleged murders of three women at the hands of male perpetrators in the past two months in the Ballarat region has sparked a plea from an emotional Jacinta Allan.
Crucial next step in police case against Erin Patterson
The first morsels of information in the police case against Leongatha woman Erin Patterson have been laid bare almost nine months to the day since the notorious mushroom lunch.
One of Australia’s last remaining World War II Diggers has died
Allan Godfrey, who spent his latter years giving talks in primary schools and was a fixture at the Caroline Springs RSL sub-branch, has died just shy of his 101st birthday.
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