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Fiction judges said they had chosen novels that were both fresh and wise. “Their stories and characters stayed with us, long after the pages were closed”

Fiction judges said they had chosen novels that were both fresh and wise. “Their stories and characters stayed with us, long after the pages were closed”

It’s that time of year when state treasurers get their moment in the thinning sunshine.

McClymont and McKenzie have been nominated for the Graham Perkin Australian journalist of the year award for their work on major investigations over the past year.

Many of The Age’s journalists of the 1960s and 1970s went on to become huge influences outside the newspaper – but only one member of that generation remained on staff in a direct unbroken link to the era.

Activists targeted The Age building in Melbourne over Gaza coverage, plus updates in the Bruce Lehrmann and Julian Morrow defamation cases.

Patrick Elligett is The Age's Editor.

Defamation action brought by Bruce Lehrmann shows once again why defamation cases are so fraught, plus more of the latest Tips and Murmurs.

Fallout continues for Nine papers after editors restricted journalists who signed an open letter calling on improved Israel-Gaza coverage.

Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe says Labor cutting a deal with her alleged accuser David Van on its Murray-Darling plan is disgraceful.