Новости за 25.08.2023

Around 60 per cent of Victorians are interested in cycling as a form of transport but are afraid to ride alongside motor vehicle traffic, and separated bike lanes aren’t keeping up.

I found myself contemplating this problem where I do all my deep philosophical thinking, the place where sitting in front of me was a stack of luxurious five-ply.

While many of the Melbourne CBD’s B-grade and C-grade office towers are languishing empty, older refurbished historic buildings are going gangbusters, with new tenants attracted by their light-filled spaces and soaring ceilings.

After only a year and a half as treasurer, Chalmers shows promise. So far, however, he has only just cleared his throat.

As younger Australians in cities increasingly decide who governs, they will earn the right politically to also decide what taxes they pay and what services they fund.

TripAdvisor has hailed the decision by David Penman, the owner of a luxury Airbnb property in Hepburn, to withdraw a Federal Court case in which he tried to identify the people behind anonymous negative reviews.

“This is buying votes with public money”: Geoffrey Watson accuses Labor of pork-barrelling with establishment of $37 million, taxpayer-funded election grants program.

Will he or won’t he? John Changjin Li scored a major win in his bid to settle on Point Piper’s Edgewater mansion this week, but he’ll need more than that.

State governments are worried renewables won’t be ready to replace the wave of coal plant closures, but not the man in charge of keeping the lights.

Investors are waiting for the Chinese government to pump up its economy with a large stimulus package, but slowing growth is causing some consternation.

They are flying an aircraft with no rudder or steering wheel and yet, somehow, get within centimetres of the target.

For the uninitiated, the term “sports parents” brings to mind the kind of people who created the need for the “No abuse or aggression tolerated” signs at children’s sports games.

Sending Megan Gale, Miranda Kerr and supermodels like Linda Evangelista down the runway was how it once celebrated the arrival of new season collections. Not anymore.

It was one of the most iconic images of sporting mateship, Cedric Dubler urging Australian teammate Ash Moloney on for Olympic bronze at the Tokyo Games. And it put a fissure in their relationship.

When a property price guide looks too low, or a sale price flies too high at auction, where is the consumer watchdog?

More than 130 years ago, Melbourne’s so-called spine was called a ‘troublesome and unhealthy hollow’. Drugs, violence and homelessness have kept it that way.

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Monique Ryan and her backers say the vibe in Kooyong has changed for the better. Her detractors think she has achieved little.

Collingwood dined out on a red and black banquet at base camp as they loaded up for a tilt at football’s Everest, hammering the Dons by 70 points. Afterwards, Essendon coach Brad Scott said the club’s players should leave this season with a “sick feeling in their stomach”.

From new charging cables to completely redesigned software features, here’s what Apple might have in store when it unveils its newest devices.

The owners of six Australian art collections reveal how they started and why they can’t stop.

The singer-songwriter says it’s nice not to have the added stress of lyrics, for which she has been so well known previously, on her new album.

Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today's interactive superquiz and target.

The movies have long portrayed AI as the enemy. But could it actually be the best thing to have happened to human creativity in years?

With friends gone and schnoodles forbidden, companionship had to be found somewhere.