How you helped The Age change the world this year
The metric most important to The Age’s journalists has no numerical value. But you’ll know it when you see it.
- by Patrick Elligett
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‘One of the great newspapers’: The Age celebrates its grand history, and looks to a bright future
As The Age reaches a significant milestone, its editor makes a commitment to readers on behalf of the publication’s dedicated staff.
- by Patrick Elligett
Series
The Age 170
Celebrating 170 years of The Age
We’ve been asking the questions you want answered since 1854. In this collection, we reflect on the tradition of courageous journalism as we look to the future.
A simple guide to time travel and a farewell from a household name
Michael Leunig has filed his final cartoon for the readers of The Age. For nostalgia’s sake, we went and found his first.
- by Patrick Elligett
What Treasury and its friends spend on branded keep cups and commemorative coins
Liberal senator Jane Hume asked Treasury and its associated agencies the tough question on branded merchandise. The answers caught CBD’s eye.
- by Mathew Dunckley and Patrick Elligett
Into the fire zone – and after the smoke clears
When disaster strikes, The Age has a crucial role to play both during and after the crisis.
- by Patrick Elligett
There’s a reason we do things differently
A note from The Age’s new editor, Patrick Elligett.
- by Patrick Elligett
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Property prices
State government windfall tax stalls plans for new suburb
A plan to turn Sandown Racecourse into a new suburb the size of Wangaratta has stalled as a result of a new state government tax that would cost the site’s owners hundreds of millions of dollars.
- by Damien Ractliffe, Patrick Elligett and Michael Fowler
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Coronavirus pandemic
Victoria on tenterhooks as cabinet mulls snap lockdown over Holiday Inn cluster
High-level talks on whether to ratchet up restrictions are underway after the Holiday Inn cluster swelled to 13 cases overnight. The Premier is expected to hold a press conference at 1pm.
- by Rachael Dexter, Paul Sakkal and Patrick Elligett
Charity pledge on hefty MP pay increase slammed as 'weasel words'
Unions, the opposition and an advocate for Australia's growing number of unemployed say they are unimpressed by the government's pledge to donate pay increases.
- by Patrick Elligett, Sumeyya Ilanbey, Rachel Eddie and Michael Fowler
The world in 2020: what to expect
As the new year dawns, our correspondents take a look at the issues to watch around the world.
- by James Massola, Matthew Knott, Eryk Bagshaw, Lia Timson, Patrick Elligett and Bevan Shields
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