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Anzac Day dawn service: Jess Wilson's words on booing Indigenous Welcome to Country need to be backed with support for Treaty
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (174+ words) Readers respond to Anzac Day ceremonies, the state of Victorian boards, AFL penalties and the King of Australia....
Free public transport but scant school bus links still drive congestion in the west
16+ hour, 19+ min ago (391+ words) April 27, 2026 " 6: 00am The school run is heaping pressure on roads in Melbourne's west as many families drive their children instead of putting them on public transport, and teachers say students are arriving late to school due to infrequent public transport. Passenger…...
Eagle or falcon? How Jason Saab hatched a plan for a rugby league "headed" try
2+ hour, 49+ min ago (665+ words) April 27, 2026 " 7: 30pm Manly winger Jason Saab grew tired of catching kicks and being crunched by defenders, so he hatched a plan to deliberately head the ball forward if he got the chance. Saab had commentators and fans confused when he positioned…...
Put Labor last if that's your preference
2+ hour, 28+ min ago (658+ words) April 27, 2026 " 7: 51pm A fearful prospect A frightening thought is the Liberal preferences going to One Nation. If they were to win, we could be under the control of a far-right party, which many won't understand what that would really mean. Bruce…...
Mind the byelection for Metro North chief in curious committee call-up
2+ hour, 19+ min ago (1598+ words) April 27, 2026 " 8: 00pm Welcome to Brisbane Times" Queensland public sector column, Public Circus. This week: health service"s political run-in, council"s AI warning about" its own services, Powerlink"s (coming) new boss, and more. But even by those standards, there were…...
Ilia missed out on selective school " until he found another way in
2+ hour, 49+ min ago (743+ words) April 27, 2026 " 7: 30pm When Ilia Ebrahim Nejad failed to score the required marks for selective school he thought his inability to gain entry was permanent. "I sat selective, I tried my best, I didn't get through," he said. In year 9, a classmate…...
PNG has the world's second-worst crime rate. But a "suit of armour' eases the NRL's fears
2+ hour, 34+ min ago (1012+ words) April 27, 2026 " 7: 45pm In the decade former rugby league player Dave Maiden has been travelling to Papua New Guinea " the Australian neighbour where the federal government warns tourists to "exercise caution" when visiting " he remembers only one incident when he was nervous…...
My suburb is the heart of the city's shtetl-south. It's no utopia but a lesson in coexistence
3+ hour, 19+ min ago (386+ words) April 27, 2026 " 7: 00pm When my family arrived in Melbourne in 1988, from Soviet Odessa, we landed in Doncaster. This affluent suburb of hilly cul-de-sacs starkly contrasted the poverty and repression we had just fled. In 1857, Balaclava was named after a battle in the…...
Newbury pledges to cull "Labor cronies" from government board positions
2+ hour, 49+ min ago (681+ words) April 27, 2026 " 7: 30pm Labor members and associates would be sacked from Victorian government boards if the Coalition is elected in November, with shadow attorney-general James Newbury declaring "Labor cronies" are officially on notice. "I'm telling you. Clean up your resume because it…...
Rudd calls to harness "physical terror" of fuel shortages to push renewables
5+ hour, 39+ min ago (836+ words) April 27, 2026 " 4: 39pm Former prime minister Kevin Rudd has urged the federal government to seize opportunities for green energy projects presented by the fuel crisis, saying "working families" were experiencing the "physical terror" of fuel insecurity. In his first public comments since…...