Pro-Palestine protesters defy warnings to leave Melbourne University building

Pro-Palestine protesters defy warnings to leave Melbourne University building

The University of Melbourne has described the sit-in as “unacceptable” and said it would be investigated.

  • byAlex Crowe,Chip Le Grand andMadeleine Heffernan

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A lonely campsite,deadly chaos and competing narratives

A lonely campsite,deadly chaos and competing narratives

A Supreme Court jury heard for the first time what Gregory Lynn told police about the death of two campers.

  • byChip Le Grand
Victoria the ‘basket case’ state:This debt isn’t like a household mortgage

Victoria the ‘basket case’ state:This debt isn’t like a household mortgage

Most home owners understand that if you are serious about getting your mortgage under control,you can’t keep borrowing more money to pay for other things.

  • byChip Le Grand
The day Victoria’s hotel quarantine court case went bust

The day Victoria’s hotel quarantine court case went bust

How did WorkSafe Victoria and the Office of Public Prosecutions get such a high-profile case so wrong?

  • byChip Le Grand
A shambolic end to a deplorable episode that cost more than 700 lives

A shambolic end to a deplorable episode that cost more than 700 lives

Victoria’s workplace health and safety regulator and Office of Public Prosecutions have some explaining to do.

  • byChip Le Grand
Dirty pool:The ‘disgraceful inconsistency’ exposed by Chinese doping scandal

Dirty pool:The ‘disgraceful inconsistency’ exposed by Chinese doping scandal

How 23 Chinese swimmers escaped sanction after failing drug tests has shaken the confidence of clean athletes ahead of Paris 2024,and angered the camp of Australian swimmer Shayna Jack.

  • byChip Le Grand andTom Decent
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What’s in a name? The battle over who speaks for whom in Australia’s Jewish community

What’s in a name? The battle over who speaks for whom in Australia’s Jewish community

The recently formed Jewish Council of Australia – a strident critic of Israel – is accused by other Jewish groups of misleading people about who they represent.

  • byChip Le Grand
Australia must not lose the war within over religion,ideology and politics

Australia must not lose the war within over religion,ideology and politics

While there is a huge difference between spilling blood and paint,recent episodes reflect a radical intolerance for different political,ideological and religious views.

  • byChip Le Grand
Exodus leaves Melbourne Writers Festival searching for next chapter

Exodus leaves Melbourne Writers Festival searching for next chapter

Uncertainty surrounding the Melbourne Writers Festival has revived talk of merging it with the Wheeler Centre and State Library Victoria.

  • byChip Le Grand
Pope seeks immunity in Australian court over notorious paedophile priest
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Pope seeks immunity in Australian court over notorious paedophile priest

A lawsuit involving Aboriginal victims of a jailed priest could have international implications for the Vatican as they seek to protect the pontiff from being drawn into a civil damages claim.

  • byChip Le Grand
He blew the whistle on the AFL drugs scandal. Here is what Melbourne’s ex-club doctor wants to change

He blew the whistle on the AFL drugs scandal. Here is what Melbourne’s ex-club doctor wants to change

Zeeshan Arain says he documented a disturbingly high prevalence of illicit drug use among players at the Melbourne Football Club and wanted to expose a cultural problem,not blow up the league’s drugs policy.

  • byChip Le Grand