Caulfield Cup 2026

A perfect spring day for Melbourne Racing at Caulfield Racecourse for the Caulfield Cup.

It’s Cox Plate day at Flemington. Follow along live as we bring you the colour, fashion and racing as the spring carnival continues.

Schools enrolling students disengaged from mainstream education are juggling soaring waitlists with “inflexible” rules on how they can be funded.

Cox Plate Day at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne spring racing.

It’s Cox Plate day at Flemington. Follow along live as we bring you the colour, fashion and racing as the spring carnival continues.

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

Strata managers pocket thousands of dollars from insurance companies they present to apartment owners – to date, perfectly legally.

The Melbourne Assembly this week debated what could lie ahead for this city. We need to grasp that future.

What does the future hold for Melbourne? Readers have their views.

Mirik Milan says nighttime in cities is seen as a blight of “mischief and mayhem”. His vision transformed Amsterdam’s outskirts – and it could do the same for Melbourne.

Police said the 40-year-old senior constable was also charged with accessing police information without authorisation.

As Melbourne prepares to become Australia’s largest city, The Age held the inaugural Melbourne Assembly - a three-day public forum bringing together industry leaders, key decision-makers, and the community to shape our city’s future.

Steven Frederick Johnson, 74, was in a dispute with Warrnambool man Christopher Jarvis over unpaid rent when Jarvis vanished.

Elves, dragon eggs and medieval combat – it’s all in a weekend’s work for the LARPers of DrachenFest.

The bodies of a 38-year-old woman and the girl were found outside an apartment building in Box Hill on Thursday.

From catching flying fruit on the campaign trail to board level racecourse politics, the PR powerhouse holds back little over lunch.

Test your knowledge of Melbourne and Victoria with Stephen Brook’s quiz.

First, Andrew Hastie was called a “traitor”, then a One Nation video mocked Jacqui Lambie’s vaginal prolapse, but Bluey in the back catalogue is getting the attention now.

The sale of a $9.5 million property in the Byron Bay hinterland has fallen over, and residents are sure there’s only one real estate baron who could afford to walk away.

Detectives said the woman and primary-school-aged child could not be revived and died at the scene.

Readers take aim at the conduct of parliamentarians.

Traders and advocates at the Queen Victoria Market say the cultural icon is at risk. Management say it is thriving. Both can’t be right.

A private security firm contracted by the AFL to oversee Marvel Stadium has been place into liquidation, owing almost $2 million in tax and facing claims that hundreds of staff were underpaid.

Traders and advocates at the Queen Victoria Market say the cultural icon is at risk. Management say it is thriving. Both can’t be right.

A private security firm contracted by the AFL to oversee Marvel Stadium has been place into liquidation, owing almost $2 million in tax and facing claims that hundreds of staff were underpaid.

The respected journalist told the broadcaster she won’t return to the breakfast show she co-hosted with Bob Murphy.

As locals continue to grapple with the violent attack on Helen Haines, towns across north-east Victoria are turning to an iconic Australian bird to show solidarity.

Rogue waste operators are tricking Melbourne landowners into leasing acreage, dumping industrial waste, and fleeing before regulators can intervene.

The former pilot is applying for bail while he awaits trial for the murder of camper Carol Clay.

Two attempted firebombings on a cafe near the shadow police minister’s office has police hopping mad.