Clayton Oliver of the Demons is tackled by Mark Blicavs of the Cats.

AFL 2024 round eight LIVE updates:Gawn,Fritsch set Demons,Cats for heart-stopping last term;Dons ahead of Eagles

Follow along for all the major moments and post game reactions from AFL Saturday.

  • byRoy Ward,Jon Pierik,Andrew Wu andAndrew Stafford
Ryan Papenhuyzen and Adam Reynolds.

Reynolds vows to return before finals,but more bad luck for Papenhuyzen

Adam Reynolds is aiming for a round 22 return,Nathan Cleary has faith his hamstring will survive the busy period ahead and Ryan Papenhuyzen’s luckless run with injuries continues.

  • byChristian Nicolussi
Kylie Sandilands and Jackie O Henderson have arrived in Melbourne.
Analysis
Radio

Kyle and Jackie O have hit Melbourne’s airwaves. I listened for a week … so you don’t have to

It’s brazen,profane,sexual,demeaning and frequently flouts broadcasting standards but at times,it’s weirdly compelling. Here’s what it was like to take in a full week of their antics.

  • byStephen Brook
Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson are missing in Mexico.

Three charged after bodies found where Australian brothers disappeared

Australian brothers Callum and Jake Robinson and US national Jack Carter Rhoad were last seen on April 27,according to authorities in Baja California.

  • bySherryn Groch,Marta Pascual Juanola,Patrick Begley andAlex Crowe
Ku-ring-gai councillor Martin Smith (pictured with fellow councillor Kim Wheatley) backs legal action against the Minns government over housing reforms.

Council threatens legal action against Minns government over housing reforms

Ku-ring-gai Council is worried the Minns government’s transport-oriented housing reforms will destroy the heritage and tree canopy of suburbs in Sydney’s north shore.

  • byAndrew Taylor
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Chiverton at 39 Irving Road in Toorak.

Myer family takes on sushi queen over Toorak mansion extension

Planning disputes between neighbours can often descend into bitterness,name-calling and rancour. But in Toorak,things are done differently.

  • byTom Cowie andStephen Brook
Young man

Men must step up on tackling violence – for all our sakes

There is an urgent need for males in our society,particularly fathers,to step up and be positive role models when it comes to gender violence.

NSW Blues coach Michael Maguire.

‘I want to give the state a team they can be proud of’:Maguire reveals his Origin Bluesprint

When Michael Maguire is sitting in the stands determining which players he wants to represent NSW,this is what he is looking for.

  • byAdrian Proszenko
Elyakim Libman’s body has been found in Israeli territory.

Body of man thought to be a Hamas hostage found in Israel

The 23-year-old had been missing since October 7 when he was last seen working at a music festival that was attacked by Hamas after they stormed out of Gaza.

  • byAamer Madhani
Will Hayward celebrates a goal for Sydney.
Swans 14.14 (98) Giants 10.9 (69)
AFL 2024

Swans make a statement as Giants face stretch without Green,Brown

The Swans seized local bragging rights in front of a near-record crowd at the SCG,while the Giants are set to lose one of their stars to injury and another to suspension.

  • byVince Rugari
A cache of sensitive files has been associated with a Russian-linked hacking group.

Russian gang behind hack exposing family violence victims,government agencies

The Black Basta ransomware gang is behind the major hack that has hit about 200 Australian organisations and federal government agencies,cybersecurity experts say.

  • bySherryn Groch
An investor beat an owner-occupier.

Investor pays $1.7m for Bellevue Hill unit to charge $1000 rent a week

An investor keen to capitalise on Sydney’s soaring rents beat nine other parties for the tidy apartment close to cafes.

  • bySarah Webb
Attendees at the No More:National Rally Against Violence walked past areas fenced off due to asbestos contamination in Belmore Park in Haymarket.

Parks remain fenced months after asbestos detected in mulch

The Environment Protection Authority was unable to provide a clear timeframe for when the remaining contamination would be removed.

  • byAmber Schultz
Metonitazene intercepted by law enforcement officers in a parcel bound for the Northern Territory.
Exclusive
Drugs

‘Stronger than fentanyl’:The surge in seizures of a deadly new synthetic opioid

Australian authorities are intercepting more shipments of super-potent nitazenes,and medical professionals fear it could lead to a wave of overdoses.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Alex Seyfarth was sin-binned for this headbutt on Reed Mahoney.

Bulldogs win feisty clash as frustrated Tigers finish with 11 men

Reed Mahoney was involved in an ugly melee for a second straight game as tensions boiled over in his Bulldogs side’s 22-14 victory over the Tigers.

  • byChristian Nicolussi
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There are more than 25,000 places in Melbourne with reviews on Google Maps.

From KFC to the NGV,every place in Melbourne gets rated by the super reviewers

Staff at the JB Hi-Fi outlet (★★★★★) were friendly and the wait was short. The potato and gravy at the KFC (★★) was a bit watery.

  • byTom Cowie
Landy Parraga posted her lunch location to her 173,000 followers on Instagram.

Beauty queen shot dead after octopus ceviche order led killers to restaurant

Police are investigating the brazen daylight shooting of 23-year-old Landy Parraga amid media speculation the hit was ordered over an affair with a drug lord.

  • byJames Badcock
Cohen Park soccer training went ahead despite the weather.

Weekend sport cancelled as sports grounds waterlogged

Local councils are a “bit quick on the trigger” when deciding to close sports grounds because of bad weather.

  • byAndrew Taylor
A photo of Hardeep Singh Nijjar is seen during a news conference providing an update from the Sikh community about Nijjar’s homicide.

Canadian police charge three with murder of Sikh leader,probe links to Indian government

The Canadian prime minister previously cited evidence of India’s involvement in the death of Hardeep Singh Nijjar,prompting a diplomatic crisis with New Delhi.

  • byDavid Ljunggren andIsmail Shakil
Melbourne’s Matt Gibbon reacts after the loss to the Blues on Friday night.

‘Under massive stress’:Rebels coach reveals staff have one pay cheque to go after club wins survival vote

A private equity-backed consortium won a vote on their plan to save the debt-laden Super Rugby club,as players,staff and the coach struggle with the impact.

  • byCarla Jaeger andSarah Danckert
Students with the Gaza solidarity encampment block the entrance of Hamilton Hall.

Locks,chains,diversions:How Columbia students seized Hamilton Hall

Armed with a microwave,a kettle and sleeping bags,the protesters who occupied a building at the prestigious university seemed to be ready to stay a while.

  • bySharon Otterman andChelsia Rose Marcius
Atlassian co-CEO Scott Farquhar says the AI era is going to be a great time for tech entrepreneurs.
Analysis
Software

What next for Scott Farquhar,the godfather of Australian tech?

The billionaire head of the ‘Atlassian mafia’ has the chance to further re-shape Australia’s technology sector,according to those closest to him.

  • byDavid Swan
Since last year,Hicks has worked as the chief communications officer at Fox,the spinoff company started by Lachlan Murdoch.

Longtime Trump confidant recounts fear in 2016 campaign over Access Hollywood tape

Once one of Trump’s closest advisers,Hope Hicks provided a window into the chaotic fallout over the tape’s release at the former president’s hush money trial.

  • byMichael Sisak,Jake Offenhartz,Philip Marcelo andAlanna Durkin Richer
A crowded Manly Beach on Sydney’s Northern Beaches on Good Friday afternoon. 29th March 2024.

When daylight swimming was illegal at Manly beach

How one man’s fight to change the law paved the way for Manly Swimming Club’s great legacy.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
Band posters at The Tote in Collingwood. A government scheme designed to support live music is poorly designed,say critics.
Exclusive
Live music

This program is supposed to support live music. So why are venues so angry?

The Victorian government’s 10,000 Gigs fund has got some of its intended beneficiaries up in arms.

  • byKarl Quinn
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A teenager is arrested in a counter-terrorism raid in Sydney last month.

‘Vulnerable cohort’:What is it about teenagers and terrorism – and what is being done?

Relations between Muslim communities and the authorities are at rock bottom while commitment to programs to counter violent extremism appears lacking.

  • byDeborah Snow
Confusion and uncertainty:The works of William Kentridge on display at Annandale Galleries.

These two art exhibitions take contrary approaches to depicting history

Where the works of William Kentridge only asks questions,the Sydney Biennale provides ready-made answers.

  • byJohn McDonald
Group fitness:the term is a combination of two of my least favourite things.
Opinion
Musings

I signed up for a one-way ticket to hell and (somehow) came out transformed

Group fitness:the term is a combination of two of my least favourite things.

  • byJames Colley
Be careful of jumping from credit card to credit card as it can damage your credit score.

Seven secrets to getting juicy deals on retirement travel

The sector serving retirees with travel is packed with well-kept secrets. Today,I’m going to share a few of the finest.

  • byBec Wilson
Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon has been writing about money for 20 years. Here’s what she’s learned.
Opinion
Budgeting

After 20 years of columns,here’s what’s changed about money

Twenty years ago,I was still writing about rampant interest rates and booming property prices. But much has changed.

  • byNicole Pedersen-McKinnon
No matter which way you look at it,the way we are working is broken.
Opinion
Jobs

The way we work is fundamentally broken. How do we fix it?

All the research is showing,no matter which way you look at it,the way we are working is broken. It’s a problem we must urgently address.

  • byTim Duggan
Alan Jones arrives at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron,in Kirribilli.

Alan Jones attends schoolboy reunion as fresh assault allegations emerge

As the broadcaster spent Friday celebrating a premiership win 50 years ago with former players,more men detail fresh allegations that Jones indecently assaulted or groped them.

  • byKate McClymont

Paul Keating’s apprentice is painting a vastly differently portrait of Australia

If Jim Chalmers can deliver on his big picture,Australia will win on a global scale. If not,the title of Christopher Malouf’s Archibald Prize portrait will be vindicated.

  • byPeter Hartcher
The government has revealed its picks of the best low- and mid-rise housing. (For Anthony Segaert story)

Would you live here? The experts’ verdict on the government’s mid-rise houses

The government has released a slew of new photos of mid-rise housing that it says is the “best there is to offer”. Is it? We took a closer look.

  • byAnthony Segaert
 Illustration:Simon Letch

The AFL’s ‘call to arms’ is a step forward. Shame about the steps backwards

While the league unites against domestic violence,it must walk the talk.

  • byJulia Baird
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Not for turning:Wentworth independent Allegra Spender says she’ll never be lured to the Liberal Party.

The spare-bedroom solution to the housing crisis

Australia’s housing crisis will worsen in coming years. Independent MP Allegra Spender has a simple plan to help fix it.

  • byRachel Clun
ADVO breaches.
Investigation
Domestic violence

He called himself The Destroyer and ransacked his partner’s home. Here’s how police took him down

Domestic violence is the biggest challenge facing NSW Police:they get 500 call-outs a day and spend up to 60 per cent of general duties dealing with the cases.

  • byJordan Baker andNigel Gladstone
Oroton Fake v Real

Love online shopping? These ‘shadow websites’ are a convincing scam

Imitation websites can look exactly like the homepages of shoppers’ favourite brands,and more Australians are falling victim to them.

  • byMelissa Singer
Kevin Chamberlin,former Melbourne Lord Mayor and North Melbourne resident.

The suburb trying to avoid the fate of Docklands as towers shoot up

North Melbourne has long been gentrified,and its mixed-income residents have always co-existed,but a windfall of government and private investment could change that.

  • byNajma Sambul
Novo Nordisk’s diabetes and weight-loss drugs,Ozempic and Wegovy,have soared to celebrity status.

It introduced Ozempic to the world. Now it must remake itself

Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk has eclipsed French luxury group LVMH to become Europe’s most valuable company – thanks to demand for diabetes and weight-loss drugs.

  • byEshe Nelson
Shankari Chandran jokes that she still plans her life in terms of a lawyer’s billable hours. “If the day is finite and my life is finite,where is the best place to put my time? And my instinct is to push myself on everything.”

She was told her fiction wasn’t ‘Australian enough’. Then she won the Miles Franklin

Working with a “billable hours” mindset,lawyer,mum of four and author Shankari Chandran weaves sharp social justice critiques through her loving family tales.

  • byMelanie Kembrey
The heritage-listed hotel was originally a wool store built in 1888.

Get a room:Why hotels are so hot right now

Investors,developers and management groups are lining up to join boom-time conditions in the hospitality industry.

  • byCarolyn Cummins
Geoffrey Robertson,one of the world’s leading legal minds.

Death threats are an occupational hazard:Geoffrey Robertson

The leading human rights lawyer will grapple with state of the world in a new live show.

  • byKylie Northover
Nick Daicos celebrates his goal.

Nick Daicos the hero as Collingwood holds off Carlton

Nick Daicos kicked a late goal to take Collingwood to a tight win over Carlton on Friday night.

  • byRoy Ward andMarc McGowan
Adam Reynolds after the match in Brisbane.

‘He’ll have surgery’:Huge blow for Broncos as Reynolds faces long spell on sidelines

The Brisbane skipper left the Suncorp Stadium field on Friday night clutching his left arm after rupturing his biceps while tackling Roosters winger Fetalaiga Pauga.

  • byJoel Gould