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Storm ready for tough Anzac Day clash with Warriors

In 2022 Melbourne piled on seven tries in 21 minutes en route to a 60-point win but Storm coach Craig Bellamy predicts a tougher Warriors Anzac Day NRL contest.

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When is Anzac Day and what time is the Dawn Service? Here's a capital city breakdown

Find out where and when Dawn Services and ANZAC Day Marches will begin in your capital city.

ABC News

Dean Rioli is home again in Melbourne, coaching the future of women's football

A piece of the Tiwi Islands helped Melbourne feel like home for Dean Rioli, where the former Essendon star is still aspiring to help build football's future.

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Comedy festival mulls Humphries tribute amid backlash

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival says it is looking to pay tribute to Barry Humphries, but stands by the decision to change an award named after him.

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Barry Humphries was hurt after being 'cancelled' by Melbourne comedy festival, Miriam Margolyes says

Entertainer Miriam Margolyes says her longtime friend Barry Humphries was left hurt and saddened when his name was stripped from a key Melbourne International Comedy Festival award in 2019.

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Demons stars Gawn, Oliver cleared to face Richmond

Melbourne captain Max Gawn and star midfielder Clayton Oliver have trained freely and will take their place in Monday's vital match against Richmond at the MCG.

AAP

Mamma Mia: A Melb Chef Has Taken Out The Title Of Australia’s Best Pizza At A Comp In Italy

Australia's best pizza has been awarded to Melbourne chef, Johnny di Francesco of 400 Gradi at a competition in Italy.

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‘They just go to Thailand’: the long and costly wait for gender-affirming surgery in Australia

Transgender Australians seeking lower body procedures can go to just a handful of local surgeons. It means long waits, huge costs and difficult decisions

The Guardian - AU

‘Capital of capital cities’: has Melbourne finally outshone its sparkly sister Sydney?

For a long time Sydney had the looks while Melbourne had the personality, but the southern city can now also lay claim to being bigger than its rival

The Guardian - AU

Searching for Patsy: The complex, charming mother my sister and I never really knew

My sister and I shared the same mother but not the same childhood. Now, 30 years after Mum died, we're on a journey through her old home in Melbourne to see if we can find her, writes Jason Om.

ABC News

Barry Humphries: Outrageous comedian and creator of Dame Edna

As Australia’s best-known comic performer, Humphries was renowned for his caricatures and politically risque humour

The Independent UK

Remembering Barry Humphries, the man who enriched the culture, reimagined the one man show and upended the cultural cringe

Barry Humphries began his career as a Dadaist. His street performances around Melbourne in the early 1950s foreshadowed performance art in Australia. He was the most daring student prankster Melbourne University had ever known.

The Conversation

Swifts win another one-goal Super Netball thriller

The NSW Swifts have won by one goal for a second consecutive week, coming from behind to shock Melbourne Vixens 67-66 in Super Netball.

AAP

Barry Humphries obituary

Entertainer whose outrageous caricatures Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson took the one-man show to new heights

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Australian stage and screen icon Barry Humphries has died aged 89

The Melbourne-born comic who found international acclaim is best known for his alter egos Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson, but also appeared in more than 20 films and authored numerous books and plays.

AAP

Sydney FC vanquish Victory to reach ALW grand final

Sydney FC will face Western United for the A-League Women championship after snatching a last-ditch 1-0 win over Melbourne Victory to reach the grand final.

ABC News

Melbourne Demons vs GWS Giants AFL match in Alice Springs in jeopardy amid community competition dispute

In an email to the council, seen by the ABC, the league said it would "review the viability" of holding the Round 16 match between Melbourne Demons and GWS Giants in Alice Springs in June.

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Muslims in Melbourne's Sudanese community hold grave fears for relatives as religious holiday Eid arrives

While Eid al-Fitr is usually a celebratory affair of food and family, Melbourne Muslims with family caught up in the Sudan conflict are finding it difficult to find joy in the celebration.

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Disney+ releases series on Victorian cult, based on In the Clearing

Melbourne-based author JP Pomare's cult thriller, In the Clearing, inspired by a real-life cult, is Disney+'s first original Aussie series

AAP

Rebels blow halftime lead to hand Crusaders Super win

Melbourne have given up a 12-point halftime lead to crash to the Crusaders 43-27 in another disappointing Super Rugby Pacific result for the Rebels.

AAP

Waratahs remain unbeaten ahead of Super W finals

The NSW Waratahs have finished the regular Super W season unbeaten, taking down Melbourne 29-0 in their final round clash.

AAP

Kidnapper ties up children and locks them inside home

A man bound and gagged a Melbourne mother before restraining her two children by placing tape over their eyes and hands, a jury has been told.

AAP

Victory's Nash ready for Sydney showdown in ALW prelim

Melbourne Victory defender Jessika Nash is plotting to bring her former club undone when she faces Sydney FC in the A-League Women preliminary final.

AAP

Advocate's alleged abuser arrested in New York

VoiCSA chief executive Manny Waks says his alleged abuser has been arrested in New York and is set to face extradition to Melbourne.

ABC News

Yarra Ranges Council bans public from physical meetings over 'verbal abuse, intimidation'

A council in Melbourne's outer east has shut its doors to residents after what it describes as increasing abuse, intimidation and anti-social behaviour.

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