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The City of Melbourne has voted to stop campaigning for a change to the date of Australia Day celebrations, despite concerns from some councillors and the community. The decision recognises January 26 as Australia's national day, with the council opting to focus on hosting community events.
New releases from Emily St John Mandel, RF Kuang, and more make September a great month for book lovers. Mandel's latest novel, Exit Party, explores two possible dystopian futures for America.
A two-part series has uncovered the private woman behind the rock star Chrissy Amphlett, featuring interviews with original Divinyls members and behind-the-scenes footage and photos of Chrissy and the band. The series also reveals the story behind three new songs Chrissy wrote and recorded with singer-songwriter Tim Finn in the years before her death in 2013.
Australian Crawl is reuniting for a string of shows around Australia, marking their first tour since splitting in 1986. The band's frontman James Reyne reflects on the reunion and the band's history.
Police officers have marched through Canberra to honour those who have died in the line of duty at a moving National Police Remembrance Day service. Four new names were enshrined on the National Police Memorial during the ceremony.
A 14-year-old girl from Sale has been killed in a horror crash in western Victoria that claimed three lives. The volleyball community is rallying around her family and teammates, with a GoFundMe set up to support them.
Aboriginal elder Robbie Thorpe's bid to prosecute King Charles III for alleged genocide has been rejected by Victoria's Court of Appeal, marking his third legal defeat since launching the case in 2023. Thorpe plans to take his allegations to the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands.
Australian human rights activist Hiep Tran and two others have been charged by Vietnamese authorities with planning to carry out terrorist activities, a claim strongly disputed by the US-based pro-democracy group Viet Tan. Tran, a Melbourne resident, and his Norwegian-Vietnamese colleague Duc Thuan Nguyen, went missing almost two weeks ago after flying to Cambodia from Bangkok.
A Melbourne man and his Norwegian Vietnamese colleague have gone missing in Cambodia, sparking concerns of transnational repression by Vietnamese authorities. The pair, Hiep Tran and Duc Thuan Nguyen, were last heard from on September 18 after travelling to Phnom Penh to meet Vietnamese human rights activists.
The government has promised to invest $80 million in a study to duplicate the Upfield Line, but will delay the removal of level crossings on the line by seven years. The project aims to improve the reliability of rail services to Melbourne's north, but has been criticized by the Coalition and the Greens.
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