Radical rethink needed on energy commitments

Age readers respond, angrily, to the grand final entertainment

Previously unseen cabinet papers have revealed secret warnings given to the Victorian government about what is now one of the city’s most maligned suburbs.

After he was gunned down in a parking garage, it was Sam “The Punisher” Abdulrahim’s funeral – not his death – that became underworld lore in 2025.

Age readers respond to calls for a royal commission into the Bondi attack.

As drowning rates across Victoria remain above the national average, a record number of Nippers flocking to the state’s beaches is offering hope.

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by The Age picture editors

Whether you’re planning to farewell the year with a toast by the Yarra with friends, or watch the early fireworks with the kids at Treasury Gardens, Melbourne is preparing to ring in 2026 with style. See how the night unfolds here.

Whether you’re planning to farewell the year that was with a toast by the Yarra with friends, or watch the early fireworks with the kids at Treasury Park, Melbourne is preparing to bring in 2026 with style. See how the night unfolds here.

When his daughter asked him to restore the copper trims of her shop windows, Brian James wasn’t sure he had what it took. Six years later, business is booming.

Pregnant and homeless at Christmas, a Staffordshire bull terrier named Peridot has been given a new year’s lifeline. But experts say rehoming pets in need is becoming increasingly difficult.

Fair Growth Thornbury say the Allan government’s activity centre plan for the area is excessive, so they made their own alternative plan.

Jewish artists and writers have reported feeling ostracised and culturally homeless in their formerly welcoming creative communities. This must change.

When our daily language is one of condemnation, how can we make space to work together and listen to one another?

Readers discuss Putin’s latest play with Trump.

Laboratory testing found two of the Chinese steel samples were so poor they did not contain carbon – meaning they could not be classified as steel.

One of the busiest roads in Melbourne could be unlocked for higher-density living, as locals fight to drop a 71-year-old planning rule.

Sy Giang Nguyen and Keith Greenwood agreed to repay $5.4 million to a charity that accused them of stealing up to $14.5 million. Now the not-for-profit is launching further court action to enforce the settlement.

A spike in the frequency and severity of attacks on paramedics has triggered a plea for people to have greater respect for first responders.

When Oscar Ford felt a powerful pull on his fishing reel, he had no idea it was great white, leading him on a 35-minute chase. Then, he saw it “gliding through the water like a submarine”.

Covering the federal election in the blue-ribbon Liberal seat of Kooyong was always going to be exciting. But I could not have expected just how wild it became.

More than 100 people have been arrested in the first three weeks of a trial of police and protective services officers patrolling major shopping centres.

The troubling picture of children left at risk shows the slim resourcing of the state regulator at a time when reports of sex offences had tripled in five years.

Readers discuss the efficacy of royal commissions, the MCG test match uproar and the need for better road accident data.

Police will be granted extended weapon search powers and have back-up from specialist response teams as hundreds of thousands of revellers turn out for Melbourne’s fireworks show.

Victorians lured to the beach by Monday’s hot temperatures may be reaching for warmer clothes by New Year’s Eve.

Professor Emma Johnston, the University of Melbourne’s first female vice chancellor, has died less than 12 months after taking the role.

Steven Woodhouse, 30, died after he was repeatedly shot with bean-bag rounds, Tasered and arrested by members of a specialist police team.

Readers react to Kylie Moore-Gilbert’s argument about the mutation of antisemitism.

Thousands of stingers have been washing up on Victorian shores. Here’s what to do if you get stung.

Named after a famous baseballer and with a swimming legend for a mother, teen Robinson Smith spent 2025 living in a tropical nation most Australians couldn’t point to on a map.