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Woo Woo by Ella Baxter review – an art world satire brimming with fury and flair

Baxter’s follow-up to New Animal is part Melbourne scene sketch, part stalker thriller – and a wholly unique manifesto for seizing creative power from fear

The Guardian - AU

Papenhuyzen's reminder as Storm end Souths' finals hope

Melbourne fullback Ryan Papenhuyzen has shown signs of his explosive best as the Storm easily accounted for South Sydney 28-16 at Accor Stadium.

AAP

Homeowner’s fake plastic grass wears out its welcome with council in Melbourne’s west

Maribyrnong city council orders West Footscray resident to rip up the artificial lawn in his front yard

The Guardian - AU

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Agent's View: Glen Iris - More than just a pretty postcode

Exclusive insights: Buying and selling in Melbourne's Glen Iris

Newcastle Herald

Souths hold no hope as NRL's desperation month looms

South Sydney's clash against Melbourne is poised to begin a weekend of NRL where three teams could have their faint finals hopes completely extinguished.

AAP

The Lindsays: how 10 siblings from the 19th century shaped Australian art and identity

Most Australians have heard of Norman Lindsay’s fantastical children’s book The Magic Pudding (1918).

The Conversation

Demons eager to keep slim AFL finals dream alive

Melbourne's AFL finals hopes are hanging by a thread after three straight losses but coach Simon Goodwin sees a glimmer of hope.

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Court hears of messages between barrister and senator – as it happened

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A father’s quest for answers after police botched investigation into son’s death

‘Are we not human?’ asks Lual Akech. He believes his son’s African background is one of the reasons Victoria police have not solved his alleged murder almost five years on

The Guardian - AU

Family violence and childhoods lost: census shows ‘horrifying’ plight of homeless youths in Melbourne

Exclusive: Four-fifths of those surveyed said they had experienced family violence while another poll found one in 10 young people had been homeless in 2023

The Guardian - AU

‘We were in shock, we were numb’: the police raid that changed Melbourne’s gay scene forever

Tasty nightclub was controversially raided by Victoria police 30 years ago. How are those who were there that night marking such a dark anniversary? They’re throwing a big camp party

The Guardian - AU

A botched murder investigation left a family broken and a 15-year-old boy in jail for a year

Police used flawed identification evidence against a suspect in the 2019 stabbing of a Melbourne teenager but deny the investigation was ‘improperly conducted’

The Guardian - AU

Melbourne surgeon sued for failing to tell patient he used ‘experimental’ jaw device

Patient claims Dr George Dimitroulis did not tell her surgery might not work or it could leave her jaw condition worse

The Independent UK

Ticket hesitation hits The Forum line-up, inquiry told

Artists have been pulling out of hoped-for gigs at famed live music venue The Forum as fans leave ticket purchases to the last minute, an inquiry has been told.

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Likely source of legionnaires’ disease outbreak identified after 78 cases and two deaths recorded in Melbourne

Victoria’s chief health officer says a cooling tower in Laverton North is the probable source of illness

AAP

Surprise packet Gagai seeks Souths extension

Jacob Gagai wants to cap a breakout year - at the age of 28 - by netting an NRL contract extension with South Sydney.

AAP

All to play for in tightest AFL finals race

No side can afford to rest on their laurels with three rounds remaining in the most hard-fought AFL finals race in memory.

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Massive $283m meth haul uncovered in machine import

Four Melbourne men have been charged over a bid to import $283 million worth of methamphetamine into Australia after it was found by Border Force officers.

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The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: photo finish in dramatic 100m sprint, scrutiny for ‘experimental’ implant, UK far-right riots continue

More medals for Australia on final night of swimming in Paris

The Guardian - UK

Mel Ramsden obituary

One of the last members of the Art & Language group founded in the 1960s

The Guardian - AU

Melbourne surgeon failed to tell patient he invented ‘experimental’ device used to replace jaw joints, court documents claim

Dr George Dimitroulis, who is being sued in a Victorian court by a former patient, denies any injuries were caused by negligence or the prosthesis

The Guardian - AU

‘It’s like a gift from God’: the program letting Melbourne’s long-term homeless catch their breath

Wraparound services help rough sleepers get on top of health issues and find stable housing – but workers say the clock starts ticking the moment people walk in

AAP

Top-eight race narrows as contenders hinge on miracles

Several NRL clubs now face a month-long run of must-win football to make the finals, as the NRL's race for the top eight risks becoming a 10-team event.

The Guardian - AU

Second person dies after being diagnosed with legionnaires’ disease amid Melbourne outbreak

Man in his 60s died on Thursday, following the death of a woman in her 90s who had presented to hospital on Tuesday

The Guardian - AU

English review – this Pulitzer-winning play is smart, subtle and deceptively feelgood

Melbourne Theatre Company, The SumnerThe cast is uniformly excellent in Sanaz Toossi’s debut, about a teacher and her students in an English-language class in Iran

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