Former Essendon great Matthew Lloyd does not hold back, assessing Carlton's work rate in Saturday night's round eight loss to St Kilda.

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/pretty-lazy-matthew-lloyd-critiqu...

So bare are their playing stocks, the club named just three AFL-listed players in their VFL team to play on Friday night.

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/another-young-tiger-is-out-for-the-season-t...

As the attention of the NRL turns to Perth for a double-header at Optus Stadium on Saturday, the challenges confronting the expansion team are becoming clear.

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/nrl/the-pe...

In 1986, a 46-year-old, semi-retired Jack Nicklaus delivered a win at Augusta that gave golf perhaps its most seminal moment.

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/golf/forty-years-ago-jack-nicklaus-produced...

Some of our women MPs have had to endure horrendous threats of violence. Measures must be taken now so women aren’t further discouraged from public life.

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/when...

It’s not unusual for ChatGPT maker OpenAI to go on spending sprees. But its latest acquisition is raising some eyebrows

https://www.theage.com.au/technology/why-billionaire-tech-bros-are-buying-up-medi...

“Normally, I would describe this approach from the Liberal Party as petty, but it is so much more divisive and dangerous than that,” the premier said.

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/allan-...

This is confronting. It’s like the first time you realise you can no longer swing across monkey bars. Does this mean I’m old?

https://www.theage.com.au/national/the-kid-who-bought-me-lollies-claims-she...

A cottage in Melbourne or a unit in Sydney goes for the $1.2 million it cost for a 250-year-old French chateau that was crumbling like a Breton biscuit.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/i-m-cryin...

The cultural scene, liveliness and diversity are world-leading - and home buyers might even be able to afford to live there.

https://www.theage.com.au/property/news/how-much-it-costs-to-live-in-the-bes...

It was a friendly between Australia and Jamaica that helped shape Theo Walcott into an England and Arsenal star.

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/soccer/how-harry-kewell-and-the-socceroos-helped-produce...

A Washington scandal involving sex is never very sexy but this one has echoes of Emily Bronte’s classic.

https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/forget-margot-and-jacob-this-is-wuthering-heights-...

The waves of bombings reveal a broad effort to ravage the country’s leadership and security services.

https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/what-the-us-and-israel-have-targeted-in-their-iran-blit...

The week in photos from our award-winning staff photographers and regular contributors at The Age.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/the-age-photos-of-the-week-march-7-2026-20260228-p5o6an.ht...

Prime Minister Mark Carney, who visits Australia this week, dares to project his nation as an important player in global politics. Australia must do the same.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/o-canad...

Rugby league chiefs are keen to put their game in front of a world audience. Rugby already has substantial global reach, and it is going to get way bigger this year.

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/rug...

Cameron Ciraldo says the big prop is the missing piece of the puzzle for his Canterbury side, who now have a pack that can lead them to a premiership.

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/nrl/all-the-signs-...

The swim across a treacherous 3.5-kilometre stretch of water will proceed on Saturday despite swimmers being swept into Bass Strait during a training camp last year.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/...

In some of the city’s fastest-growing areas there will be no pool, no library and no meeting hall as cash-strapped councils struggle to afford essential services.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw...

Decades of reviews have produced little action. This latest audit should lead to a meaningful contribution to easing the housing crisis.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/it-s-well-past-time-...

Letter writers and coin collectors of the world unite! Our analogue days are numbered.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/my-love-letter-to-ye-olde-postie-will-he-mind-if-i-email-it-20260107-p5nsc0.htm...

The week in photos from our award-winning staff photographers and regular contributing photographers at The Age

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/the-age-photos-of-the-week-january-10-2026-20...

The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/best-of-cartoons-january-6-2025-20260105-p5nrv1.html?ref=rss&utm_med...

The ‘indefatigable’ Charles took on the most engagements in 2025, even as he underwent weekly cancer treatment.

https://www.theage.com.au/world/europe/king-overtakes-princess-anne-as-hardest-working-me...

Some of Australia’s biggest sporting legends have jointly called for a royal commission into the Bondi terror attack.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/australian-sporting-stars-call-for-bondi-shootin...

Infini Resources’ 5300m drill blitz at Portland Creek in Canada delivered visible uranium and strong pathfinders as airborne EM ramps up ahead of a big 2026 campaign.

https://www.theage.com.au/business...

Just two days it appeared clear the Reserve Bank would lift interest rates next year. But new job figures suggest the economy may struggle.

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/nation-sheds-56-50...

The diagnosis time for endometriosis, one of the most common diseases among women, could be cut from years to weeks with a revolutionary new test.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/this-simple-urine-t...

Medicare wastes huge amounts of money and the public pays inflated premiums – the system needs reforming.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/the-xanax-mistake-that-is-still-costing-medicare-millions-20...

Respected and feared among the boxing fraternity, Jai Opetaia is Australian sport’s best-kept secret. That might be about to change.

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/boxing/no-one-wanted-to-fight-austra...