30 h. ago The Age’s Nick McKenzie wins journalist of the year at Kennedy Awards

McKenzie’s award was among eight recognising the work of The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald’s journalists at the Kennedy Awards.

Events

41 h. ago The sad Beckhams split is a reminder to be a cheer squad not a jury

The people your children bring home may seem a bit random, but loving them is an investment in your family.

Politics

47 h. ago Young tradies like Dylan and western suburbs professionals have this challenge in common

In a special series on Melbourne’s west, The Age explores how to attract high-skilled jobs, get more youths into work and improve transport links.

Politics

47 h. ago For some, reaching old age marks a historic first. Here’s what their experience teaches us

Life expectancy has increased in Australia, but there are still communities where dealing with old age is a relatively new challenge.

Society

47 h. ago Who will perform at this year’s AFL grand final? Take The Age quiz

How well do you know Melbourne and Victoria? Test your trivia and news knowledge with The Age’s weekly quiz.

Sport

2 d. ago Marelen wastes thousands of hours commuting to work. She wants two things to change

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.

Politics

3 d. ago ‘Ridiculous regulation’: Labor makes housing central to economic summit

As new data reveals homeownership becoming a more distant dream, slashing housing red tape is firming as an area in which new policies will follow Labor’s economic roundtable.

Politics

3 d. ago Pilot says Matt Wright wanted flight hours manipulated, court told

A jury has heard Outback Wrangler Matt Wright tried to get a severely injured pilot to manipulate flight records from his hospital bed in the aftermath of a deadly helicopter crash.

Events

3 d. ago ‘We do not know who he is’: Charities deny Dr Al Muderis ambassador roles

Disgraced surgeon Munjed Al Muderis claimed in sworn evidence that he was a patron for major charities, including the Red Cross, Amnesty International, and several smaller organisations. These charities have denied these roles.

Politics

4 d. ago The office romance, the bushwalk and the red envelope stuffed with cash

An allegedly corrupt Transport for NSW official detailed his kickback schemes while bushwalking on a first date, the ICAC has heard.

Politics

4 d. ago Red alert: Rugby to use mouthguards that flash after heavy impacts

The technology will be introduced at the Women’s Rugby World Cup to help alert referees to head injuries.

Sport

4 d. ago Parramatta’s residents got FOGO bins. Problem is, their landfill has not reduced

Instead of using their food and garden organics bins, ratepayers are paying extra to keep their large red bins.

Politics

5 d. ago Taking a haircut: The states where you’re paying more at the salon

Qualifications to become a hairdresser in Australia are not the same in every state. A new report says that red tape pushes up prices – and doesn’t always help with your cut and colour.

Politics

5 d. ago Luciana and Mario want to dance into old age at home and avoid aged care

A new documentary is exploring the complicated issue of ageing and the determination of some people to continue living independently.

Politics

5 d. ago Joe’s dead, who’s going to make the gravy? Paul Kelly takes out funeral notice in The Age

Paul Kelly has published a death notice in The Age newspaper for Joe, the fictional hero of his track, How To Make Gravy, prompting speculation that a follow-up to the hit 1996 song may be on its way. 

Events

5 d. ago ‘The jury must be relieved’: Why we are now hearing evidence banned from mushroom murder trial

Erin Patterson’s case has prompted questions about how and why evidence wasn’t disclosed to the jury during the marathon 10-week trial.

Events

7 d. ago ‘Houston, we have a problem’: Apollo 13 commander – who didn’t actually say the famous line – dies

Astronaut Jim Lovell, whose failed 1970 mission to the moon that nearly ended in disaster became an inspirational saga of survival and the basis for the hit movie Apollo 13, has died at the age of 97.

Politics

7 d. ago Perth mum who stabbed daughter’s secret boyfriend was lying, jury decides

Jennifer Mui Len Chin, 49, said she thought the 14-year-old boy was an intruder the night she found him in her home after her daughter had snuck him in for sex. On Friday a jury decided they did not believe her.

Politics

8 d. ago Spritz bars, surfboards and walkable tastings: Who’s shaking up our oldest wine region?

As established names exit the Yarra Valley, three new cellar doors (and a fourth underway) are providing drinkers with good reasons to hot-foot it to Melbourne’s outer-east.

Politics

8 d. ago Does red wine take longer to age under screw cap v cork? The jury is out.

Those who use screw caps will likely tell you cork is rubbish, while those who’ve stuck with cork will tell you it’s the best.

Politics