Green Dreams on Hold: Melbourne’s $316M Yarra Greenline Project Hits a Funding Snag
The Greenline project has failed to be allocated adequate funding in the City of Melbourne budget for a second year. (Supplied: City of Melbourne)
May 2025
Central Coast Mariners Stun Melbourne City in Extra-Time Thriller to Make Grand Final
The Mariners celebrate their win over Melbourne City in the second leg of their semifinal. (AAP: Joel Carrett)
Card, Cash or Cough Up? Aussie Businesses Caught Between Tap-n-Go Convenience and the Clink of Coins
Cash has been the primary source of payment at this ‘Little Italy’ institution in Sydney since 1952. (ABC News: Greg Bigelow)
Gisele Kapterian Snatches Bradfield for Libs in Nail-Biter as Independent Boele Falls Short (Again)
Liberal candidate for Bradfield Gisele Kapterian is ahead with about 1,000 ballots left to be counted. (ABC News: Liam Patrick)
“We’ll Beat It by 10%*”: Bunnings’ Price Promise Comes With a 9,000-Product Catch
“Lowest Prices Are Just the Beginning” – But So’s the Fine Print Walk into any Bunnings, and it’s right there,
Woolies Slashes Prices on 400 Essentials in Bid to Tame Trolley Shock
Woolworths cuts prices on essentials from May. Credit: AAP, Woolworths
Tech-Savvy and Still Sharp: Study Links Technology Use to Lower Dementia Risk
Use of computers and other forms of technology was linked with a lower risk of cognitive impairment, new research has found. mixetto/E+/Getty Images
Koalas Booted from the Bush: Victorian Blue Gum Logging Leaves Thousands Homeless
A koala on a recently cleared blue gum plantation next to Budj Bim national park in Victoria. Photograph: Paul Hilton/Earth Tree Images/The Guardian
Building With Heart and Country: First Nations Architects Represent Australia at Venice Biennale
Home, at the 2025 Venice Biennale of Architecture. The work by The Creative Sphere. Photograph: Peter Bennets
Trump’s Refugee Move for White South Africans Sparks Global Criticism
White South Africans demonstrate in support of Donald Trump in front of the US embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, on 15 February. Photograph: Jérôme Delay/AP