Tribute
As women talked to each other, famous men refilled their champagne glasses. That was Maria
Witty, generous and subversive, the writer, editor and broadcaster appeared to know everyone in Melbourne.
- Joanna Murray-Smith
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‘I don’t know how I’ll live with the loss’: Katie Allen’s husband leads tributes at packed memorial
It was standing room only at St Paul’s Cathedral in Melbourne as the doctor, medical researcher and parliamentarian was farewelled.
- Annika Smethurst
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- Courts
The damning messages from former Knox teacher who procured student for sex
William Gulson discussed potential sexual activity and exchanged photos with a dating app user who told him they were a year 9 student, a court has found.
- Clare Sibthorpe
Fitzroy community in mourning after 16-year-old shooting victim identified
The death of Ater Good has been described as “a loss that words cannot fully express”, as police search for his killer.
- Alexander Darling
Murder, manslaughter and mayhem: The court stories that shook WA in 2025
It was a dramatic year in the Perth courts with some narrowly avoiding jail and others facing the next quarter of a century behind bars for crimes that horrified the state.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
‘I love you’: Skyhooks guitarist Bob Starkie dies aged 73
One of Australia’s seminal rock bands has announced the death of mainstay guitarist Bob “Bongo” Starkie after a battle with leukaemia.
- Alexander Darling
Beach days, card games then grief: Young family’s tragedy strikes at the heart of close-knit community
Krishna and Sapana Neupane adored their son and his older sister. The migrant family’s dreams of a new life have been shattered after three of them were killed in a horrific car crash that left a close relative fighting for life.
- Isabel McMillan
One week after his death, Ben’s teammates pay tribute as they return to the nets
Ben Austin’s cricket club has come together for an “incredibly healing” tribute, one week after the teenager’s death.
- Cassandra Morgan and Isabel Quinlan
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- Police
‘My heart breaks’: Tributes to girl hit and killed by ute outside Sydney school
Floral tributes to the five-year-old have been left at the gate of her primary school in the city’s north-west, where she was struck while riding her scooter.
- David Barwell and Anthony Segaert
Kaiden Morgan was a rising community leader. Two teens are accused of murdering him
The 18-year-old was stabbed to death in Victoria’s Gippsland region on Saturday night. Another man was found injured nearby and taken to hospital.
- Cassandra Morgan and Alexander Darling