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'Father' of Inland Rail calls for project to end in Toowoomba amid cost blowouts

The Inland Rail project from Melbourne to Brisbane was originally due to be completed in 2025. But with construction yet to get underway anywhere in Queensland, some are asking whether the entire project will ever be finished.

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Police searching for Melbourne woman who went missing while on holiday in Bright

Lillian Ip, 48, was last seen having a video chat with a friend from her accommodation on Gavin Street in the popular north-east Victorian tourist town at about 7:30pm on Saturday.

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Tasmanian AFL team now a reality after deal signed with league boss Gillon McLachlan

The AFL's 19th team licence is officially awarded to Tasmania, with Premier Jeremy Rockliff saying "generations" of Tasmanians have been waiting for this moment. Follow live.

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Underperforming state schools deterring professionals from moving to regional Victoria

Professionals say they would "rather not risk" sending their children to underperforming regional state schools, and it's leading to a skills shortage.

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MasterChef Australia judges pay emotional tribute to chef Jock Zonfrillo

Melissa Leong and Andy Allen remember Jock Zonfrillo on social media after his death in Melbourne, joining a number of emotional tributes after Mr Zonfrillo's shock death.

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Stephen Cummings on his post-stroke comeback: ‘I have to really concentrate just to walk properly’

The former frontman of the Sports was getting ready to retire when he suffered a sudden, debilitating stroke. Now, after three years of rehab, he’s back with a new album

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Jock Zonfrillo remembered as 'generous' chef and influential member of Australia's culinary landscape

Scottish-born Jock Zonfrillo — who died in Melbourne — is being remembered as an "incredible chef" who was loved in and outside of the kitchen.

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Jock Zonfrillo, celebrated chef and judge on MasterChef Australia, dies aged 46

Born in Glasgow, Zonfrillo operated renowned restaurants in Sydney and Adelaide over two decades before becoming a judge on MasterChef in 2019.

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Medical clinic opens with a new approach to health

A new clinic has opened this month in Melbourne’s east offering patients a host of alternative treatments for a variety of issues including pain relief, chronic pain and mental health issues.

The New Daily

Activists tout harm reduction initiatives

The Thai Drug Users' Network (TDN) has introduced a harm reduction programme called "Mobile Methadone Therapy for Drug Users" to international audiences at the International Conference 2023 (HR23) in Melbourne, Australia.

Bangkok Post

Melbourne’s ex-lord mayor Robert Doyle loses Order of Australia over sex-harassment probe’s findings

Disgraced Melbourne ex-mayor Robert Doyle has lost his Order of Australia for sexual harassing women, including fellow councillors

The New Daily

Former Melbourne lord mayor Robert Doyle stripped of Order of Australia honour

Robert Doyle was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2017, a year before he resigned as Melbourne lord mayor amid sexual harassment allegations.

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West Coast Eagles and North Melbourne cop simultaneous AFL floggings on horror Saturday night

Coaches and players at West Coast and North Melbourne are left searching for answers after a pair of Saturday night floggings.

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The science of standup: can you train someone to be funny?

The founders of Melbourne’s Steam Room program believe scientists can make their work more accessible through humour. Will their hypothesis prove true?

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Judith Lucy draws upon parents' dysfunctional relationship to bring to life Samuel Beckett's Happy Days at Melbourne Theatre Company

Having quit stand-up last year, the comedian is making her theatre debut — playing a character she understands on a 'gut level', because she reminds her of her mother.

Autosport

Vasseur: Baku F1 poles a "milestone" in Ferrari's season

The Monegasque, who started third in Bahrain and qualified second-fastest in Saudi Arabia, beat Red Bull to the top spot for the first time this season, before repeating the feat on Saturday morning in F1's first-ever sprint qualifying in which he also claimed pole.

Motorsport

Vasseur: Baku F1 pole a "milestone" in Ferrari's season

The Monegasque, who started third in Bahrain and qualified second-fastest in Saudi Arabia, beat Red Bull to the top spot for the first time this season. It was also his third consecutive pole at the track.

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Charlie Curnow bags nine goals in Carlton's 108-point AFL win over West Coast as Melbourne thrashes Kangaroos by 90 points

Charlie Curnow kicks a career-high nine goals as Carlton convincingly defeats West Coast in Perth, while Melbourne hammers the Kangaroos at the MCG. Earlier, GWS, the Brisbane Lions and Western Bulldogs all recorded wins.

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The Body Of A 28YO Melbourne Woman Has Finally Been Found After A 5-Week Search

The body of Melbourne woman Sarah Weatherstone has been found in the southeast suburb of Narre Warren after a search that lasted five weeks.

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‘You almost died’: Safe drug use saves lives in Australia

Melbourne’s first Medically Supervised Injecting Room (MSIR) has courted controversy but saved 63 people from death.

Belfast Live

Belfast café taking your morning brew to the next level with edible cups

Stephen said that the cups are low in calories and come in a 10oz and 6oz size

The Week

Barry Humphries obituary: cerebral satirist who created Dame Edna Everage

During an appearance on Desert Island Discs in 2009, Barry Humphries declared that he would be happy if his obituaries made no mention of Dame Edna Everage, the monstrous Melbourne housewife he had created half-a-century earlier. Some hope, said The Times. True, Dame Edna wasn’t his only alter ego: there was also…

The Conversation

Won’t somebody please think of the children? Their agency is ignored in the moral panic around drag storytime

Protesters derailed a Monash City Council meeting on Wednesday, demanding the cancellation of a sold-out drag storytime event at Oakleigh Library in Melbourne’s south-east.

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Police hunt for man after Melbourne road rage attack on woman in crutches

Police search for a male driver after a woman on crutches is left with a broken nose following a road rage attack in Melbourne's east.

The New Daily

Climate activist arrested after scaling arts centre

A climate activist who climbed to the spire of Arts Centre Melbourne and unfurled a giant banner has been arrested and led away by police.

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