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The Age National – Victoria
- Melbourne Marathon LIVE: Legendary Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge and women’s record holder Sinead Diver lead elite race day fieldby Ashleigh McMillan on 11/10/2026 at 9:33 am
More than 20,000 runners will take over the city’s streets on Sunday for the 2026 edition of the […]
- Highway to heaven: Melbourne teens gather to venerate relics of ‘influencer’ saintby Carolyn Webb on 11/10/2026 at 9:00 am
Small portions of the remains of a tech-savvy, teenage saint were brought to a Melbourne school.
- Take The Age quizon 11/10/2026 at 8:05 am
Test your knowledge of Melbourne and Victoria with Stephen Brook’s quiz.
- Overseas trips and high country hikes: How schools manage students’ most difficult yearby Bridie Smith on 11/10/2026 at 5:00 am
Schools are going to dramatic lengths to stop year 9 becoming “a lost year” for students.
The Age – Culture
- Why Marc Fennell threw himself into the ‘deep end’ of the manosphereby Nicole Elphick on 11/10/2026 at 5:30 am
Louis Theroux covered the movement’s “cooked content creators” in his Netflix documentary. […]
- Mystery, addiction and the stain of scandal: Can this film rescue Bertolucci?by Stephanie Bunbury on 11/10/2026 at 5:00 am
Alicia Vikander and Susan Sarandon enter the Italian maestro’s world in The Echo Chamber. But is […]
- Brendan Fraser on how a brilliant meteorologist saved the D-Day landingby Garry Maddox on 11/10/2026 at 5:00 am
The Oscar-winning actor plays the commander of the Allied Forces, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, in […]
- Jealousy, friendship and love take centre-stage in this storyby Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Bridget Davies, Jessica Nicholas, Sonia Nair, Thuy On on 10/10/2026 at 1:14 pm
Eric Jiang’s Rhomboid beautifully captures the ambiguity of platonic and romantic love.
The Age – Technology
- ‘I never gave consent’: The Australians being replaced with copies of themselvesby David Swan on 10/10/2026 at 2:27 pm
High-flying executives from across the world jetted in to the AI inquiry but the most startling […]
- Turns out, Jeff Beck was lying to me. How did I miss the vital clue?by Anson Cameron on 10/10/2026 at 5:57 am
AI fakery made a fool of me but soon I’ll be too mad to notice.
- How it all went right, and then so wrong, for Australia’s big AI hopeby Nick Bonyhady on 10/10/2026 at 5:00 am
Firmus’ bankers claimed it had a “slowly, then suddenly” growth story. Instead, that was how […]
- Two tech outsiders tried to sell a $44b tech company. It didn’t workby David Swan on 09/10/2026 at 3:53 pm
Oliver Curtis’ comeback was meant to end with the biggest float since Telstra. It ended with […]
The Age – Environment
- If only the extreme weather knew the extreme nicknames we give itby Malcolm Knox on 10/10/2026 at 5:00 am
Rain bombs, heat domes, atmospheric rivers, polar vortexes. Nature doesn’t hear what we call it; […]
- ‘Triply nervous’: Massive coal mine braced for challenge after High Court rulingby Patrick Begley, Nick Toscano on 09/10/2026 at 3:37 pm
A two-decade extension to the life of the mine – described as a “carbon bomb” by […]
- Exporting coal, owning the damage: A legal reckoning arrives for Australian miningby Nick O'Malley on 07/10/2026 at 6:01 pm
Governments might stave off the threat to coal from this High Court decision, but the anti-coal […]
- Only two leaders from outside the Pacific attending crucial climate summit in Fijiby Nick O'Malley on 06/10/2026 at 2:36 pm
The Albanese government faces intense pressure at the talks to justify the cost, estimated at more […]
The Age – Lifestyle
- After Lyn moved to a restricted licence in her 80s, her world got smaller – and lonelierby Lauren Ironmonger on 11/10/2026 at 8:50 am
In 2025, there were 795,619 Australian drivers over 80 on the road. But the decision to stop […]
- Truths are eternal, but change is constantby Jim Pilmer on 11/10/2026 at 5:30 am
Change presents difficulties for all of us, not least any established church.
- The ultimate guide to vase styling from $30 finds to artisan glassby Georgie Gordon on 11/10/2026 at 5:00 am
A round-up of the best vases for fruit, foliage or flowers, from handmade ceramics to jewel-toned […]
- ‘Fasting until 2pm’: The pre-race diet mistake this pizza chef is makingby Nicole Economos on 11/10/2026 at 5:00 am
Jake Smyth shares his day on a plate.
The Age – Sport
- Ikitau out of Sydney Bledisloe but Valetini to avoid hip-drop scrutinyby Iain Payten on 11/10/2026 at 9:01 am
A World Rugby decision means that won’t come into effect until November 1 helps Wallabies star […]
- This F1 driver lost his dad in a plane crash. His new documentary explores the depth of his griefby Hannah Kennelly on 11/10/2026 at 8:00 am
Damon Hill’s documentary centres around love and grief, exploring the death of his father Graham, […]
- Renshaw and Lyon put Australia in chargeon 11/10/2026 at 7:50 am
Dan Brettig and Adam Collins analyse how Matt Renshaw, with strong help from the tail, put […]
- Let them in: South Melbourne just showed the A-League what it has been missingby Vince Rugari on 11/10/2026 at 5:00 am
After Saturday night’s stirring Australia Cup final at AAMI Park, soccer in this country will […]








