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Lightning strike lands AFL great in hospital

AFL legend Doug Hawkins has revealed he was rushed to hospital this week after being struck by lightning during a freak storm.

The New Daily

Judd McVee's WA family celebrates football star's MCG debut for Melbourne Demons

With huge names due to return for the Melbourne Demons' round two clash with Brisbane, many predicted debutante Judd McVee would be lucky to hold his spot — but his family never doubted it.

ABC News

Early career essential workers unable to afford house prices anywhere in Sydney and Melbourne

Study shows workers forced to commute huge distances, live in overcrowded housing or suffer rental or mortgage stress

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Is Brisbane big enough for both codes? AFL’s Lions stare down challenge from NRL

The game against Melbourne clashes with the Dolphins-Broncos derby on Friday night and should provide an early-season barometer

The Guardian - AU

Melbourne recall big guns for clash against Lions

Melbourne have recalled a trio of premiership stars for their bumper AFL fixture against a Brisbane side bolstered by the return of captain Dayne Zorko.

AAP

Chris Fagan's Lions out to prove they're no AFL fluke

Brisbane coach Chris Fagan knows his AFL side can dispel all doubters when Melbourne visit the Gabba on Friday.

AAP

Melbourne Now is warm and fuzzy but goes to dark places

The new contemporary art at NGV Australia showcases the works of 200 artists, with gallery-goers invited to imagine what it's like to be a bee.

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St Kilda AFL injury merry-go-round continues

St Kilda coach Ross Lyon is expecting the best version of the Western Bulldogs in round two at Marvel Stadium, despite a heavy first-match loss to Melbourne.

AAP

Munster set for Storm comeback against Tigers

Melbourne playmaker Cameron Munster has trained strongly despite his injured finger and is set to line up in the Storm's NRL clash with Wests Tigers.

AAP

Day turns into night as surprise storm smashes Melbourne

Day turned into night in minutes as a severe storm ripped through Melbourne on Thursday morning, delivering downpours and flash flooding.

The New Daily

Peak hour commuters hit by heavy storms moving across Melbourne

Heavy storms have cleared Melbourne after hitting the CBD during the morning peak hour, causing chaos for commuters. Thousands remain without power in some areas, including Shepparton in the state's north.

ABC News

'It never leaves you': New hunt for 1982 sex attackers

Three rapists are being hunted more than 40 years after a woman was abducted and assaulted in Melbourne, with police making a fresh call to turn themselves in.

AAP

Man charged with spate of Melbourne house burglaries

Melbourne detectives have charged a man with 70 offences in relation to more than 20 house burglaries across Melbourne.

AAP

In Of an Age, Australian director Goran Stolevski paints a tender portrait of young queer love in 90s suburban Melbourne

Of an Age, the second movie by Macedonian Australian Goran Stolevski, taps into the director's memories of feeling alienated as a teenager growing up in Melbourne suburbia.

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The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: SUV epidemic blamed on tax perks, Etihad accused of greenwashing, Trump indictment delay

Tax incentives lie behind Australia’s love affair with heavy-polluting vehicles, experts say

The Guardian - UK

An anti-portrait of an opera-goer – Bill Henson’s best photograph

‘I photographed opera-goers in Paris over several months. The pictures were technically fine – but I wanted them to feel timeless. So I restaged them in Melbourne with models’

The New Daily

Sky-high public transport fares makes Australia rank on unpopular charts, study shows

A recent study conducted by Picodi.com has revealed the expensive fares Australians are forking out for public transport.

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Triple Eight loses disqualification appeal hearing

The Red Bull Camaros were rubbed from the Supercars opener earlier this month following a dominant one-two finish.

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Peter Dutton proposes criminalisation of Nazi symbols after Tuesday’s question time stoush

Opposition attempts to move bill but possible expulsion of Moira Deeming from Liberals threatens to expose party faultlines

The Independent UK

Australian jury mulls verdicts in Israeli principal trial

An Australian jury has retired to consider their verdicts following the six-week trial of a former principal of a Melbourne ultra-Orthodox Jewish girls school accused of molesting three sisters

The Independent UK

On this day in 2006: Kelly Sotherton wins Commonwealth gold in Melbourne

Sotherton, then aged 29, claimed what proved the sole major title of her career.

AAP

Reds' Super blow as concussed Lynagh ruled out

Tom Lynagh won't play for the Queensland Reds against Melbourne this weekend due to a concussion, while Suliasi Vunivalu is also set to miss the Rebels clash.

ABC News

Jury retires to consider evidence against former Melbourne principal Malka Leifer

The jury will consider the evidence presented during the six-week trial, with 27 allegations levelled against the former principal by sisters who attended her school.

ABC News

Merri Creek rapist Joel Russo described by Victorian judge as 'an extreme danger to women'

During a pre-sentence hearing, a County Court judge describes a violent rape committed by Joel Russo against a woman jogging along Melbourne's Merri Creek as "every woman's worst nightmare".

AAP

Munster return no quick fix for Storm: Sims

Named to return from a finger injury against Wests Tigers, Cameron Munster won't solve all of Melbourne's form problems according to veteran forward Tariq Sims.

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