G'Morning

Neo-Nazis are the problem, not Welcome to Country

Readers share their responses to the Welcome to Country controversy, and react to suggestions that EV drivers should pay more.

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 20:00:00 +1000

My suburb is one of Melbourne’s most liveable, though nobody seems to know it exists

Many feared the skyrail would tear my suburb apart, but the unified town centre has given it a heart, and a whole new personality.

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 19:00:00 +1000

Monique Ryan volunteer video

Watch two volunteers explain why they have been told to vote for and support Ryan.

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:00:00 +1000

Gardiners Creek is a rare slice of urban bush. The government wants to build 20-storey towers on its bank

Locals and councils have raised concerns that plans for the Suburban Rail Loop will cause a loss of sunlight and impact wildlife in the suburban sanctuary.

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 11:58:09 +1000

Thousands of high school students shun ‘two years of hell’ in favour of vocational VCE

The vocational major VCE has breathed new life into vocational education and training in Victorian schools, but there are calls for the government to do more.

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 05:00:00 +1000

‘A catastrophe of a disease’: Doctors sound alarm on spread of measles

Victoria is in the grip of its worst measles outbreak in a decade, as health experts brace for a rise in local transmission after the school holidays.

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 13:30:00 +1000

Take The Age quiz

Test your knowledge of Melbourne and Victoria with Stephen Brook’s quiz.

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 12:04:32 +1000

Conclave has golden opportunity to cement Pope’s reforms

Readers respond to the Pope’s death, Welcome to Country and a cricketing great.

Sat, 26 Apr 2025 19:55:00 +1000

Payout for man wrongfully convicted of police murders

Jason Roberts served 22 years for the 1998 murders of two police officers but was later acquitted.

Sat, 26 Apr 2025 16:33:47 +1000

Purple bin backlash brews in the ’burbs as councils rubbish extra costs

Dozens of Victorian councils are fighting state plans to impose glass-only kerbside recycling, and argue the popular container deposit scheme should be expanded instead.

Sat, 26 Apr 2025 13:57:16 +1000

The Age photos of the week, April 26, 2025

The week in photos from our award-winning staff photographers and regular contributing photographers at The Age

Sat, 26 Apr 2025 08:46:05 +1000

Parents of ‘strapping’ boarders blame school for unchecked culture of abuse

A group of parents claims it is unfair and dangerous to place the blame for a hazing scandal onto students, saying responsibility “lies squarely” with the school.

Sat, 26 Apr 2025 05:46:00 +1000

Storm’s Welcome to Country ‘cancelled’ at last minute, says Indigenous elder

Indigenous groups say they have been left dumbfounded and distressed after the Welcome to Country at Melbourne Storm’s Anzac Day NRL match was cancelled at the last minute.

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 23:58:18 +1000

A hitman’s legacy: the family left devastated

Roger Wilson has been reduced to the passport photo used in police appeals for information when he disappeared, and he has become a bit player in his own life.

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 11:30:00 +1000

Has the Port of Melbourne outgrown its prime slice of the city?

Australia’s busiest port plans to handle even more containers from even more mammoth ships. But some think its time in the inner city might be nearly over.

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 05:00:00 +1000

Where is Australia’s oldest Lone Pine? Test yourself with The Age quiz

How well do you know Melbourne and Victoria? Test your trivia and news knowledge with The Age’s weekly quiz.

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 05:00:00 +1000

When Mary Iviglia was struck outside hospital, her family’s world almost ‘fell apart’

The 66-year-old was rushed to The Alfred hospital, where her condition has improved to serious, but stable.

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 20:08:11 +1000