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The Age staff share their favourite stories of 2025
From the race for Melbourne’s “hot seats” and a massive search for Dezi Freeman to a nostalgic taste of Australiana and a glimpse behind closed doors of AFL clubs, here is a small selection of The Age’s best stories of the year.
- Staff writers
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Five minutes with crime reporter John Silvester
In this subscriber-exclusive Q&A, John ‘Sly’ Silvester talks about the new season of his Naked City podcast and the best piece of advice he’s received across his 43 years of crime reporting.
Get budgeting tips from money experts Jess Irvine and Dominic Powell
Maybe you’re spending too much on health insurance, or perhaps you’ve forgotten to budget for the inevitable car service? If you have any questions about your weekly spend, our money experts Jess Irvine and Dominic Powell are here to help. Find out how you can get involved and start squirrelling away some extra cash.
- Dominic Powell and Jessica Irvine
The Age staff share their favourite stories of 2022
From Novak Djokovic’s visa rejection to Labor’s election victories, the flood crisis and an iconic Berlin nightclub, here is a small sample of The Age’s best stories of the year, as selected by staff.
- Staff writers
‘What I’ll remember about 2022’: our foreign correspondents look back on the year
Our foreign correspondents have covered arguably the world’s biggest stories of the year. Here they look back on 2022.
World Cup countdown: Five minutes with soccer reporter Vince Rugari in Qatar
Vince Rugari is currently in Qatar to cover the FIFA World Cup, which kicks off on Monday, for The Age and the Herald. In this subscriber exclusive, he reflects on his love of the world game, weighs up the Socceroos’ chances of proceeding beyond their group matches, and makes some predictions about who will win the competition.
- Orietta Guerrera
A day in the life of national news blogger Broede Carmody
Broede Carmody has led our national news live blog since May last year. Here he gives us some insight into a typical day manning one of the most popular features on our homepages.
- Broede Carmody
NRL grand final countdown: five minutes with senior sports reporter Michael Chammas
With a week to go until the NRL grand final, it’s the busiest time of year for our sports reporters. Michael has been reporting on the NRL since 2009. We managed to steal some of his time so he could answer some questions about how this season has panned out and give us his predictions for the final week.
- Orietta Guerrera
Five minutes with The Drop host and culture news editor Osman Faruqi
Culture news editor Osman Faruqi hosts The Age and the Herald’s newest podcast, The Drop. The weekly episodes, released on Wednesdays, unpack the latest in the world of pop culture and entertainment. Here he talks about the new podcast, who is on his ‘wish list’ of guests, and how he keeps across the latest names and trends in arts and culture.
- Orietta Guerrera
Navigating the nuances of the English language
Desk editor Joanne Anderson sheds a light on the recent changes made to our style guide.
- Joanne Anderson