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Melbourne residents divided as the future of bustling Sydney Road strip hangs in the balance

The future of Melbourne's bustling Sydney Road hangs in the balance as cyclists fight for car parking to be removed, while business owners say the replacement of bike paths will force businesses to close.

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'We're building our own history'

As Chinatown struggles to return to its pre-COVID golden age, younger generations have been busy creating cultural hubs of their own.

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Sunderland transfer target helps his side stun favourites to win A-League Grand Final

Sunderland are reportedly targeting Nectarios Triantis, who helped Central Coast Mariners to an emphatic win against Melbourne City today

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Collingwood beats Adelaide Thunderbirds 53-50 in Super Netball upset, West Coast Fever defeats Sunshine Coast Lightning 69-65

Collingwood shocks Super Netball leaders Adelaide 53-50 to win the Magpies' final home game in Melbourne before exiting the competition, while the Fever kept pace with a win over the Lightning.

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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

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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

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

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Kylie, Genesis Owusu and David Bridie: Australia’s best new music for June

Each month our critics pick 20 new songs for our Spotify playlist. Read about 10 of our favourites here – and subscribe on Spotify, which updates with the full list at the start of each month

The Guardian - AU

Sad Girl Novel author Pip Finkemeyer on critiquing sad girl novels: ‘It has to have a heart’

The Melbourne author’s debut tackles the books industry and the rise of a now-ubiquitous genre – staying one step ahead of the reader along the way

The Guardian - AU

Why Iwasa's F1 prospects look better than ever

Ayumu Iwasa has had, by all accounts, a fantastic start to 2023. The second-year DAMS Formula 2 driver has taken three wins and one pole position already, giving him the most victories of anybody and a placing of third in the standings after five rounds.

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Why one Red Bull junior's F1 prospects look better than ever

Autosport

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.

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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.

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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.

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The Conversation

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…

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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.

The New Daily

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.

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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,…

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Australian casino group fined US$290m for lax controls

SYDNEY: Australia's Crown Resorts is set to pay a civil penalty of A$450 million (US$290 million) for lax money laundering controls that saw cash being carried into a casino in paper bags, shoe boxes and suitcases.

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Police Have Charged A Teenage Boy From Melbourne With The Murder Of 16Y.O. Pasawm Lyhym

The accused, who can't be identified for legal reasons, handed himself into police late last night.

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Dragons dealt double blow, as main coaching target and major sponsor walk away

Long-serving Dragons forward Jason Ryles has rejected the top job at his boyhood club in favour of an assistant coaching position at the Melbourne Storm, while the Dragons' main sponsor, St George Bank, announces it will no longer back the club.

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Joon Seong Tan found guilty of murder after killing girlfriend and dumping body in Melbourne wheelie bin

A Supreme Court jury finds a man guilty of murder, after he killed his girlfriend of only a few weeks and dumped her body in a household rubbish bin.

The New Daily

Boyfriend guilty of woman’s wheelie bin murder

A jury has found Joon Seong Tan guilty of murdering Melbourne mum Ju 'Kelly' Zhang and disposing of her body in a wheelie bin in February 2021.

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Victorian state Liberal MP Ryan Smith resigns, sparking by-election in Melbourne's north-east

Voters in Melbourne's north-east will head to the polls for the third time in just over a year, after Liberal MP Ryan Smith — a critic of leader John Pesutto — called time on his Victorian political career.

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Teenager faces court over alleged murder of Pasawm Lyhym in Melbourne

A 17-year-old boy is charged with murder over the stabbing of teenager Pasawm Lyhym in an altercation between two groups at Sunshine, in Melbourne's west, this month.

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