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Other lives: Stalwart actor who appeared in Coronation Street and Cathy Come Home

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2025

Building inflation won't hit rail loop price: treasurer

The Victorian government is confident it can convince Infrastructure Australia the Suburban Rail Loop stacks up and is sticking to its original costing.

AAP · May 16, 2024

‘A long time coming’: Victoria’s apology to care leavers offers hope for a reckoning

Abuse and deprivation while in state care have led to depression, anxiety and substance abuse. Finally there will be formal recognition of the trauma

The Guardian - AU · Feb 7, 2024

Blessed are the cheesemakers – and everyone else who just loves their job

Four Australians who go to work with a smile on their face and a song in their heart explain how they achieved what seems impossible to so many others

The Guardian - AU · Jan 3, 2024

‘There was a connection right away’: the women’s jail training greyhounds for adoption

Inmates at Tarrengower prison in Victoria and retired racing dogs help each other prepare for life outside

The Guardian - AU · Jan 1, 2024

‘They honestly saved my life’: the Victorian project saving girls from the cycle of exploitation and abuse

Living Free is having such a profound positive effect that there are calls to expand it across the state, yet it is still to be permanently funded

The Guardian - AU · Dec 18, 2023

‘They are so convincing’: Vera Gazzard lost her life savings to HyperVerse

Australians who were convinced to put money into the Hyper group investment schemes say no one has been held to account for their losses

The Guardian - AU · Dec 13, 2023

‘That’s not Maebel, she’s so fun’: the rising number of children who are afraid to talk

Cases of selective mutism, a complex anxiety disorder, are growing in Australia, apparently exacerbated by pandemic lockdowns

The Guardian - AU · Dec 9, 2023

Sew sisters: the Melbourne gala where ‘it’s not weird to touch each other’s clothes’

Frocktails started as a dinner for 30 friends. Ten years on this party of homemade dresses has inspired events around the world

The Guardian - AU · Nov 20, 2023

William McInnes: ‘There were a lot of people more talented than me’

The Newsreader actor on talent, time and why life is too much fun to disappear up your own backside

The Guardian - AU · Nov 10, 2023