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The Royal Melbourne Hospital has rolled out controversial changes that will restrict access to its specialist clinics to residents of three inner-city areas.

Readers react to the positions of the federal government and Coalition on gambling ads.

After an eight-year wait, Bina Rajthala was devastated to learn about the “missed opportunities” that may have prevented her husband’s death.

Swans chairman Andrew Pridham confirmed the review to this masthead on Saturday, as a woman who alleged she was the victim of a sexual assault hired a lawyer for a potential civil legal claim.

A man known to the woman remained in custody on Saturday as forensic teams continued to scour the home 24 hours after she was found.

A 45-year-old man known to Irish woman Annmarie O’Reilly has been charged with her alleged murder a day after she was found unresponsive in her Ferntree Gully home.

Swans chairman Andrew Pridham confirmed the review to this masthead on Saturday, as a woman who alleged she was the victim of a sexual assault hired a lawyer for a potential civil legal claim.

Elvira Tsecoutanis was in the grip of a heroin addiction when she found out she was pregnant with her first child. “I thought I shouldn’t be a mum,” she says.

The week in photos from our award-winning staff photographers and regular contributors at The Age.

A Slater and Gordon lawyer says he is investigating a potential civil claim on behalf of the woman.

Luke Sayers has been hard to spot on the social scene radar since his lewd photo drama and legal action, but was full of laughs at a charity lunch.

The shooting comes five days after gangland boss Fadi Haddara was ambushed outside his Altona North home.

The shooting comes five days after gangland boss Fadi Haddara was ambushed outside his Altona North home.

A Slater and Gordon lawyer said on Saturday morning that he was investigating a potential civil claim on behalf of the woman.