In a new series, The Age focuses on Melbourne’s western suburbs, where high-skilled jobs are scarce and transport links often poor, to see how life could improve in Australia’s fastest-growing region.

NSW opposition leader Mark Speakman is under siege. His Liberal colleagues must decide – is it better the devil you know?

Elite facilities and children’s opinions are increasingly swaying families when choosing a school. But some have little ...

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Spread out, make the space look unappealing for chancers. Fashion a mini-pillow fort. Pull down two tray tables. Anything to ...

A CFMEU delegate accused of involvement in a brazen underworld execution was parachuted into his lucrative union months after he allegedly gunned down a gangland figure in a suburban car park.

Gus weighs in on the Titans’ recent struggles, particularly the news that captain Tino Fa’asuamaleaui might test the open ...

Zach Tuohy retired from the AFL in 2024 after 288 games for Carlton and Geelong. He played in the 2022 premiership for the Cats.

Days out from the release of South Australia’s landmark Royal Commission into Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence, the loved ...

The White House is watering down expectations ahead of this week's summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, warning it ...

Anthony Dillon is a postdoctoral fellow at the Australian Catholic University.

“Trauma scrambles the senses. It transforms even the most lucid mind into a labyrinth.” Of all the profound summations of the ...