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DARK SECRETS: 2 | Vintage Vibes

Sad Girl Novel author Pip Finkemeyer on critiquing sad girl novels: ‘It has to have a heart’

The Melbourne author’s debut tackles the books industry and the rise of a now-ubiquitous genre – staying one step ahead of the reader along the way

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Down memory plain: pioneering Melbourne tabloid that highlighted the everyday goes digital

Victorians saw their regular lives in the Sun News-Pictorial from 1922-90 – and its pages can be revisited digitally under a new plan

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‘Press together and celebrate’: urban olives turned to oil in homage to Melbourne’s heritage

It’s a bountiful harvest in this year’s Olives to Oil festival – 20 tonnes of fruit has been collected, and it’s expected to yield 2,000 litres of oil

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Ten-pound poms: the ‘invisible migrants’ who made Australia their home

A new drama series aims to reveal the disparity between what the Australia government promised UK migrants and the antipodean reality

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‘Nightmare situation’: Australians turn to youth refuges and camper vans as rental crisis deepens

As rents soar and properties are snapped up before even being inspected, those living on the bottom line are hit the hardest

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‘How we heal as a nation’: the replanting and return of the forests of Tower Hill

A lush landscape devastated by colonisation, and a people disenfranchised and decimated – nearly two centuries later, could Tower Hill be returned to its former owners and glory?

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Robot recruiters: can bias be banished from AI hiring?

A third of Australian companies rely on artificial intelligence to help them hire the right person. But studies show it’s not always a benign intermediary

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Melbourne’s Italian renaissance: how next-generation migrants are changing the city

A new wave of young Italians are moving to Melbourne, joining established second- and third-generation communities for a taste of la dolce vita

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‘After chaos, there can be calm’: Khmer Rouge survivor’s painting is a reminder of peace

In our series on artworks in Australian homes, Clare Arthurs shows us the painting she bought from renowned Cambodian artist Vann Nath that has become a beacon for her

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In Aston, the looming federal byelection takes second place to grocery prices

Many see the 1 April vote as the first electoral judgment of how well the Albanese government has responded to the cost of living crisis

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‘I love romanticising our own city’: the Melbourne painting that’s become family lore

In our series on artwork in Australian homes, Ally Smith shows us the painting she was given first on a postcard – then on canvas

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‘What is this flavour?’: why Australian desserts have turned bright purple

Ube has long been a fixture of Philippine desserts and pastries but a new generation of hospitality operators in Australia are expanding the purple reign

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MP Georgie Purcell: Why I’m wearing my gendered online abuse to Victoria’s parliament

The language is unparliamentary but I’ll be marking International Women’s Day in a dress adorned with abusive comments

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‘Hopefully people don’t think I made a shrine to myself’: a portrait gifted to a fellow skateboarder

In our series on artworks in Australian homes, Morgan Campbell shows a piece by a renowned street artist that’s steeped in skating nostalgia

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A new start after 60: I was shattered by the pandemic. Then I learned how to be alone

Sue Gee spent her whole life looking for a sense of belonging, but it was only after she joined a women’s community that she finally discovered how to be happy in her own company

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Wall stories: a Franciscan friar’s wedding portrait is a call to compassion

In our series about artworks in Australian homes, theologian Cath McKinney shares a painting by a man whose art and life showed the grace of vulnerability

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‘Something broke’: how an overdose at her back gate turned one Melbourne woman into an activist

Judy Ryan knew she had to do something to help her ‘beautiful’ inner-city community. She also knew it needed a safe injecting centre

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‘I couldn’t stop thinking about it’: one woman’s hunt for Facebook Marketplace treasure

In our series on artwork in Australian homes, Jorja Brown shows us the alpaca wool-weaving that sparked an internet-wide search – and a big career change

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‘Spirituality and sexuality – people shouldn’t have to choose’: the Australian church celebrating queer joy

Led by a openly lesbian minister, St Michael’s Uniting Church in Melbourne hopes to provide a sanctuary for LGBTQ people hurt by religious institutions

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‘After I die I can haunt it’: a portrait of a comedian with Archibald ambitions

In our series on artworks in Australian homes, Paul Verhoeven shows us the portrait that will forever wed him to his Magnum PI moustache

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‘Holding cell’: Melbourne family with disabled son stuck in ‘transitional’ housing for a decade

Rosalie Dow asked department for modifications to home but was told the policy was to transfer dwellings – which is yet to occur

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‘No one wants to talk to us’: victims of child sexual abuse from Victoria state schools fight for justice

‘We believe you, we support you,’ Daniel Andrews said after George Pell’s death, but those abused in the state’s government schools are still waiting for an apology

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Planting the seed: the botanist who harnessed the arts to grow Melbourne’s botanic gardens

As he prepares to depart after 10 years at the helm, Tim Entwisle speaks of making the gardens ‘less introverted’ while staying focused on conservation

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George Pell: Ballarat mass urges support for abuse victims – and forgiveness for the church

Of the small number gathered at St Patrick’s Cathedral some did not want to forgive while others remembered cardinal’s ‘legacy’

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‘There’s too much money in local footy’: the bidding war for Aussie rules footballers

Local Australian rules football clubs are paying large amounts of money to secure top players. Some say it’s corrupting the spirit of community sport

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