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Sat, 02 May 2026 18:20:32 +1000
Liberals hope to hold on in byelection
Victorian votes are putting Liberal Jess Wilson's leadership to its first big test with Mornington Peninsula voters going to the polls.

Sat, 02 May 2026 18:20:03 +1000
Frenzy as petrol drops to 78 cents a litre
There has been a frenzy to fill up at a Sydney service station with fuel dropping to just 78 cents a litre.

Sat, 02 May 2026 18:20:00 +1000
Budget to be hit by Iran war
With further increases to the cost of fuel expected, pressure is building on Treasurer Jim Chalmers to extend the fuel excise cut.

Sat, 02 May 2026 18:19:40 +1000
Fears grow over bar attacks
Melbourne's hospitality war has further expanded, with three more attacks.

Sat, 02 May 2026 17:38:13 +1000
Australia news as it happened: Alleged killer of five-year-old NT girl moved to Darwin after riots in Alice Springs; Trump tells US Congress operations in Iran have ‘terminated’
Follow our live coverage of news in Australia and around the globe.

Sat, 02 May 2026 17:38:09 +1000
Albion co-owner shot at in home invasion as Melbourne bar wars escalate
The nightlife figure was targeted in his Pakenham home and two Melbourne venues were attacked overnight.

Sat, 02 May 2026 16:18:15 +1000
A week on, Alice Springs is a town forever changed
The local supermarket has run out of flowers as residents pay their respects at the locked gates of Kumanjayi Little Baby’s family home.

Sat, 02 May 2026 16:02:09 +1000
WA’s first set of quadruplets in six years delivered in Perth hospital
Belinda and Emmanuel Lotsu were thrilled with the four new additions to their family on Tuesday.

Sat, 02 May 2026 14:20:55 +1000
The Age photos of the week, May 2, 2026
The week in photos from our award-winning staff photographers and regular contributors at The Age.

Sat, 02 May 2026 13:58:38 +1000
Since the 1960s, Denis has framed his customers’ treasures: snake skins, wedding dresses and golden underpants
For 61 years, Denis Kosnar has been the trusted custodian of Melbourne’s most treasured, bizarre and deeply personal artefacts.

Sat, 02 May 2026 13:30:00 +1000
‘Just like North Sydney’: The public pool facing a $43 million cost blowout
The cost of the north-western Sydney project has more than doubled in four years, with the council still to determine how it will plug the funding gap.

Sat, 02 May 2026 12:34:24 +1000
State’s first comprehensive cancer centre on the way for WA
The Perkins WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre will operate as a state-of-the-art facility where world-leading research will underpin the delivery of cutting-edge clinical care in cancer.

Sat, 02 May 2026 11:55:00 +1000
Festivals are collapsing left and right, but one local event powers on after 25 years
The festival has tried to get the Teskey Brothers for years. In 2026, they’ve finally succeeded.

Sat, 02 May 2026 08:19:59 +1000
Caught in a rip? Remember this one crucial rule
If you’re swimming at a surf beach without flags or lifeguards, keep these tips in mind.

Sat, 02 May 2026 07:24:44 +1000
Family of Kumanjayi Little Baby calls for calm to hold in Alice Springs
The family of the five-year-old girl allegedly abducted and murdered in Alice Springs - are calling for calm.

Sat, 02 May 2026 07:19:34 +1000
Partner of former Queensland Premier charged with rape
Prominent surgeon Dr Reza Adib, the partner of former Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, has been charged with rape.

Sat, 02 May 2026 07:19:23 +1000
Two Melbourne venues firebombed overnight
A pair of hospitality venues in Melbourne’s Docklands have been firebombed overnight.

Sat, 02 May 2026 05:50:00 +1000
Urgent and clear strategy needed to break the wave of criminal attacks in city
These crimes are now so much a part of daily life in Victoria that they seem almost normalised. We can’t afford for that to become the case.

Sat, 02 May 2026 05:00:00 +1000
Food journalists and critics swooned over Attica. Then their golden boy turned on them
The chef and the critic share a tighter bond than either would like to admit. When Ben Shewry took a kitchen knife to the food media industry, it landed like a nuclear bomb.

Sat, 02 May 2026 05:00:00 +1000
I find my husband’s nighttime habit to be unhygienic. He disagrees
Multitasking is an ingenious way of extending our limited brushing time, advises our Modern Guru.

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