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A-League Men grand final 2023: Melbourne City 1-6 Central Coast Mariners – as it happened

Central Coast Mariners demolished premiers Melbourne City in one of the most incredible A-League grand finals

The Guardian - AU · Jun 3, 2023

Euphoria review – Cate Blanchett voices a tiger in this visually beautiful takedown of capitalism, but where’s the fury?

Melbourne town hall, Rising festivalJulian Rosefeldt’s magnificent and exhausting film, starring the Oscar winner and Giancarlo Esposito, reverts to evasive surrealist flourishes just as it threatens to become truly angry

The Guardian - AU · Jun 3, 2023

RVG: Brain Worms review – delicious absurdity from one of our most underrated songwriters

With tracks about turning into a sea creature and going insane online, the Melbourne post-punk band captures a very contemporary existential crisis

The Guardian - AU · Jun 2, 2023

Melbourne beats Carlton by 17 points at the MCG as Demons stick in the AFL's top four

It's far from a shootout at the MCG, but the Demons get over the line, downing Carlton with a vital win to maintain their spot in the top four.

ABC News · Jun 2, 2023

Workers evacuated from Melbourne's West Gate Tunnel project after underground collapse

No workers were injured in a minor underground collapse on the road tunnel project in Melbourne's inner west.

ABC News · Jun 2, 2023

Roads closed as more than 100 firefighters battle blaze

Major roads have been blocked and firefighters are on the scene after a huge blaze broke out inside a building in Melbourne's southeast.

The New Daily · Jun 1, 2023

Friday essay: Private Leo, my imaginary father

My mother fell in love with my father, Leo, at a Melbourne suburban dance hall in 1946. He was 26, handsome, athletic, smart, a newly minted war veteran, and his grin was infectious. They were a dazzling couple, as their later wedding photos show. Many decades on my mother liked…

The Conversation · Jun 1, 2023

EPA officers investigate bright green substance in Melbourne's Yarra River

The Yarra Riverkeeper Association says a bright green transformation of Melbourne's Yarra River on Thursday highlights broader issues around the lack of controls over litter in the waterway.

ABC News · Jun 1, 2023

Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto served fresh defamation notice by Moira Deeming

Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto has been served with a fresh defamation threat by ousted MP Moira Deeming. 

The New Daily · May 31, 2023

For China’s male tennis players, signs of a new dawn at the French Open

From Melbourne to Flushing Meadows, a trio of rising tennis stars has recorded a number of firsts for China over the past 12 months, pointing to a brighter future for male players as they seek to emulate the success enjoyed by Chinese women. Zhang Zhizhen, the eldest of the three,…

France 24 · May 31, 2023