City life
Pixie Skase, wife of fugitive businessman, dies in Melbourne
Pixie Skase, the wife of disgraced businessman and fugitive Christopher Skase, has died.
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Reece sworn in as lord mayor amid doubt over multimillion-dollar campaign promises
Nick Reece’s priorities are safety and cleanliness, but questions remain about how he can fulfil other promises given the council’s struggling budget.
- by Cara Waters
Opinion
Life in the ’burbs
My suburb likes to hide its identity. Even our most famous building is misplaced
After coming up in the world, my suburb would love to build a moat around ourselves. Instead, we keep people out with a welcomed level crossing and plethora of speed bumps.
- by Cara Waters
Opinion
Illness
It started as a headache. By evening, James was unresponsive to his name
After losing core years of his young life to COVID-19 lockdowns, my teenage son’s life was almost claimed by an entirely avoidable illness.
- by Fiona Hall
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
‘Morons’: Premier blasts protesters after Myer Christmas windows launch scrapped
Premier Jacinta Allan said there was no need to bolster Victoria police’s powers after an activist group threatened to disrupt the Myer Christmas windows launch.
- by Carla Jaeger, Gemma Grant and Cassandra Morgan
Opinion
Australian music
Cold Chisel can tell you everything about your parenting skills
Anyone who’s seen Chisel or just listened to the radio since the 1970s will know what I’m on about.
- by Kate Halfpenny
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Myer Christmas window tradition cancelled over protest threat
The annual Christmas window unveiling in the CBD has been scrapped after pro-Palestine protesters announced a plan to disrupt the event.
- by Cassandra Morgan
‘The risk of an election failure is now real’: Electoral Commissioner’s early warning
The Victorian Electoral Commission’s annual report says it faces budget pressures with difficulty recruiting and retaining staff for events and a continued rise in the cost of services.
- by Cara Waters and Broede Carmody
Victorian council election results 2024 LIVE updates: Suspected postal vote tampering in council elections
All the updates on the results in Victoria’s local government elections.
- by Rachael Dexter, Tom Cowie, Adam Carey, Sophie Aubrey, Benjamin Preiss, Patrick Hatch and Cara Waters
Votes have been counted in local elections. Here are your councillors
Use our interactive to find out who was elected in each ward of your council across Greater Melbourne.
- by Rachael Dexter and Tom Cowie
Opinion
Real life
Why Starbucks is crashing in the US, but booming in Australia
After decades of struggling to meet our high coffee standards, Starbucks is enjoying record profits Down Under thanks to a new generation of customers.
- by Shona Hendley
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