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Nine journalists Paul Sakkal, Melissa Fyfe, Jacqueline Maley and Gabriella Coslovich have been nominated for the 2023 mid-year Walkley Awards

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The Age contenders for the 2023 mid-year Walkley Awards

The Walkley Foundation is again preparing for its mid-year celebration of journalism, where The Age four journalists are vying for awards. This is a collection of their nominated pieces.

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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews investigated by anti-corruption watchdog

The investigation relates to the awarding of $3.4 million to a Labor-linked union on the eve of the election.

  • Paul Sakkal
IBAC commissioner Robert Redlich.

IBAC chief wanted Andrews corruption probe to be heard in public

Operation Daintree, an integrity investigation into a government payment to a union, was held behind closed doors. The head of IBAC says it would have been “preferable” for it to be open

  • Paul Sakkal
Holly Harris received a text message from Luke* admitting he’d “done the most heinous thing possible you can do to a woman”. A jury cleared him of rape.

He texted Holly that he’d done ‘the most heinous thing possible’. A jury disagreed

For sexual assault complainants like law student Holly, the legal process remains brutal and unsatisfactory. Many argue it’s time for a full rethink.

  • Melissa Fyfe and Jacqueline Maley
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Celebrated in Paris and ripped off back home: an Indigenous art tale

While the late Indigenous artist Sally Gabori is being feted in the top echelons of Paris, a tragic subplot of theft and deception swirls in the background.

  • Gabriella Coslovich

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The 2026 MICF has kicked off

Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2026

This year’s laugh fest has kicked off, with more than 2000 performers stepping up to the mic. Here, our writers take a closer look

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Sam Mitchell flies the flag after Matthew Lloyd’s hit on Brad Sewell.

Hate of origin: Inside football’s most intense rivalry

Essendon and Hawthorn have hated each other for more than 40 years, from some old-fashioned thuggery and a fake drug scandal in the mid-80s to last year’s failed bid by the Hawks to poach the Bombers’ captain.

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