Caulfield Cup 2026

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

The Age brings together industry leaders, key decision-makers and the community in a landmark three-day civic forum.

The Age brings together industry leaders, key decision-makers and the community in a landmark three-day civic forum.

Readers despair of the non-communicativeness of modern communication.

At 22, I left my suburb in search of freedom. Two decades later, I’m back rediscovering who I was then and learning what my suburb has become.

Follow live as The Age brings together industry leaders, key decision-makers and the community in a landmark three-day civic forum.

Follow live as The Age brings together industry leaders, key decision-makers and the community in a landmark three-day civic forum.

The St Kilda clinic of a well-established community organisation is set to close this week, with staff warning of dire consequences.

Follow live as The Age brings together industry leaders, key decision-makers and the community in a landmark three-day civic forum.

A teenager trying to circumvent the state’s exam rules caught uploading test questions to the popular chatbot, before trying to pass off AI-generated answers as their own.

As the Victorian government steps up its crackdown on bricks-and-mortar tobacco shops selling illicit nicotine products, some profiteering sellers are pivoting.

Former NYC mayor Bill de Blasio is visiting Melbourne for the Melbourne Assembly.

The former NYC mayor and urbanist are visiting the city as part of the Melbourne Assembly.

A Melbourne council is trying to wrestle back control of the site of the former VicRoads headquarters from the state government.

Dozens of active court cases had to be reviewed and some of them were delayed because of a police audit of evidence the man had handled.

Signs and signals used by street crew members via courtroom video links are indecipherable to justice authorities – and they are most certainly not Auslan.

Steve Bracks says there is mood for change in Victoria and Ben Carroll is facing “very, very difficult circumstances” as the battle for November’s ballot box heats up.

We need to act quickly to protect workers facing job losses as a result of the rise of artificial intelligence, Bill de Blasio says.

We need to act quickly to protect workers facing job losses as a result of the rise of artificial intelligence, Bill de Blasio says.

Readers comment we are getting angrier as we see our social issues build into fragmentation and where noise is what matters, not reason.

Bruce Eagle, who has played Father Christmas since 1967, is well qualified to teach ‘how to be Santa’ classes.

Two young men, aged 19 and 22, were rushed to hospital, where they remain under police guard after being found with possible gunshot wounds in Dallas.

The young men, aged 19 and 22, were rushed to hospital, where they remain under police guard.

Faced with a massive emergency bill after their dog ate a Croc, one Melbourne family was left pleading for help to avoid putting him down. They are not alone.

A group of plasterers have offered a rare insight into life at the bottom of the state’s construction industry supply chain.

Hundreds of people gathered in Carlton and marched to Parliament House to honour Jayda Allen Bonner, 21, who was allegedly murdered by her partner, and call for change.

Hundreds of people gathered in Carlton and marched to Parliament House to honour Jayda Allen Bonner, 21, who was allegedly murdered by her partner, and call for change.

Readers write of child raising, White House hiring and firing and the Exclusive Brethren Sergeant Schultz explanation.

Fawkner residents are demanding answers after unapproved works took place on a former chemical site capped decades ago to contain hazardous chemicals.

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