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Arson attacks now so ‘routine’ that firefighters are being warned before a flame is lit
Amid an unprecedented rise of firebombings as a weapon of intimidation and revenge, nearly 10 fires are being deliberately lit on average every day. See if your area is a hotspot.
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Chris Waller and James McDonald dominated Derby Day, but Waller wasn’t even there to enjoy it
Waller came tantalisingly close to making it a clean sweep of Derby Day’s three group 1 races but, in a sign of the times, was not even at Flemington as star jockey McDonald had another day out.
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Pursuit of power may mean compromise
Readers debate what it will take for parties to form government.
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‘How fights are waged now’: Organised crime recruits teen army in Victoria’s arson wave
Amid an unprecedented rise of firebombings as a weapon of intimidation and revenge, nearly 10 fires are being deliberately lit on average every day. See if your area is a hotspot.
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The camera-shy, the dance movers and the WAGs: Inside the Birdcage on Derby Day
The premier was nowhere to be seen on Derby Day, and his wife refused a photo.
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The camera-shy, the dance movers and footy’s elite: Inside the Birdcage on Derby Day
The premier was nowhere to be seen on Derby Day, and his wife refused a photo.
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Daicoses, partners and a camera-shy premier’s wife: The eclectic social mix in the Birdcage
The premier was nowhere to be seen on Derby Day, and his wife refused a photo.
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Thinking pink in a sea of black and white
In true Melbourne fashion Derby Day weather was wild and unpredictable, but racegoers remained hot as they flaunted their youth in the crowd.
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Derby Day LIVE: James McDonald storms home to claim the Derby; fall likely to cost luckless hoop a Cup ride
We are up to Derby Day today. Follow our live coverage for the fashion, colour, fun and racing of this super day
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Derby Day LIVE: James McDonald storms home to claim the Derby; fall in the Empire Rose stuns race fans
We are up to Derby Day today. Follow our live coverage for the fashion, colour, fun and racing of this super day
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Derby Day LIVE: James McDonald storms home to claim the Derby; Lachie Neale in the spotlight at Flemington
We are up to Derby Day today. Follow our live coverage for the fashion, colour, fun and racing of this super day
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Derby Day LIVE: Lachie Neale in the spotlight; The Next Episode wins Coolmore Stakes; Scratchings hit Melbourne Cup field
We are up to Derby Day today. Follow our live coverage for the fashion, colour, fun and racing of this super day
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Derby Day LIVE: Lachie Neale in the spotlight; Gloomy skies threaten Flemington; Scratchings hit Melbourne Cup field
We are up to Derby Day today. Follow our live coverage for the fashion, colour, fun and racing of this super day
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Derby Day LIVE: Heavens open at Flemington; AFL stars strut their stuff; Another Cup scratching
We are up to Derby Day as the Spring Carnival continues today. Follow our live for the fashion, colour, fun and racing of this super day.
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Derby Day LIVE: Classic colours on show as Flemington carnival arrives with a bang; Vets make big calls on Melbourne Cup runners
We are up to Derby Day as the Spring Carnival continues today. Follow our live for the fashion, colour, fun and racing of this super day.
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Derby Day LIVE: Daicos birdcage domination; grey skies overhead as two runners scratched in Flemington races
We are up to Derby Day as the Spring Carnival continues today. Follow our live for the fashion, colour, fun and racing of this super day.
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Derby Day 2026
Black, white and grey at Derby Day, Flemington racecourse, Melbourne.
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Derby Day LIVE: Daicos domination, the arrival of a supermodel and grey skies overhead
We are up to Derby Day as the Spring Carnival continues today. Follow our live for the fashion, colour, fun and racing of this super day.
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The Age photos of the week, October 31, 2026
The week in photos from our award-winning staff photographers and regular contributors at The Age.
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Derby Day LIVE: Punters descend on Flemington for big day of racing; Cormier, Stormy Marco favoured in 4.20pm main race
We are up to Derby Day as the Spring Carnival continues today. Follow our live for the fashion, colour, fun and racing of this super day.
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‘Someone needs to save the Florey’: Famous institute at war with its scientists
Top names at one of Australia’s best-known science organisations are walking, or being pushed out, amid allegations of a toxic culture and intense financial pressure.
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RBA and government must work together on priorities
Readers urge the government and the Reserve Bank to think of their priorities.
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‘Recruited off the street’: The teenagers being groomed in Melbourne’s plague of arson attacks
Crime figures are using social media, random approaches on the street, and even the funeral of a teenager killed in knife violence as recruiting grounds for arson foot soldiers.
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‘Burn brother’: Chilling encrypted messages reveal Melbourne’s crime gangs’ fire-for-hire aimed at teens
Bespoke self-erasing apps and encrypted networks have turned serious violence into cheap contracts, leaving burns victims, bungled targets and disposable teens in their wake.
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The ‘blunt and straightforward’ question that stumped a room full of Melburnians
We need a true civic conversation about where Melbourne is going, and a collective effort to get us there.
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Ignoring homelessness hurts everyone
When former New York City mayor Bill de Blasio walked Melbourne’s streets for the first time, he marvelled at what the city had to offer. But an insidious problem evades our legislators.
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Mushroom killer Erin Patterson to die in prison after appeal spectacularly fails
Three appeal judges rejected Patterson’s plea for her conviction to be overturned and instead increased her sentence because of her “shocking criminality”.
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Julianna quit her job to rebuild homes in a war zone. She died in an Airbnb in Ukraine
A Brunswick charity worker who moved to Ukraine to rebuild war-damaged homes has died after a house fire which is now the subject of a criminal investigation.
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Break the code, take the money, take the power: Inside the plan to dismantle Melbourne’s crime gangs
A cornerstone of Chief Commissioner Mike Bush’s strategy to tackle organised crime will be breaking into the encrypted apps used by the cartels to recruit, order gangland hits, and task kids to firebomb businesses and homes.
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Erin Patterson appeal as it happened: The ruling on the mushroom cook’s appeal and what it means for her future behind bars
Three Court of Appeal justices have handed down their decision and Erin Patterson, sitting in a small room near a window in prison, has learned her fate. This is how the morning in court unfolded.