Adam Carey
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Senior journalist at The Age covering Melbourne's suburbs.
Banyule council has voted to decommission the Olympic Village Pool in Heidelberg West. Local ward councillor Mary O'Kane was the only dissenting vote. She took issue with other councillors' "condescending" praise for the failed community campaign to save it. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Heidelberg West rallies against council plan to close its run-down pool
The disadvantaged community of Heidelberg West faces the imminent closure of its public swimming pool, which has been left to deteriorate for decades.
www.theage.com.au
June 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Banyule council has voted to decommission the Olympic Village Pool in Heidelberg West. Local ward councillor Mary O'Kane was the only dissenting vote. She took issue with other councillors' "condescending" praise for the failed community campaign to save it. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
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My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
May 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
What do you call it?
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
Seabirds on Lord Howe with stomachs so full of plastic they scrunch when you squeeze them. A story that shames us. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
On a pristine Australian island the birds are so full of plastic they crunch
It's an exclusive tourist destination and one of the most pristine places on the planet. It's the last place you would expect to find birds with bellies so full of plastic that they crunch if you sque...
www.abc.net.au
May 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Seabirds on Lord Howe with stomachs so full of plastic they scrunch when you squeeze them. A story that shames us. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
Free Valerie!
Valerie the dachshund is found safe and well after 529 days on the run on South Australian island
Valerie the dachshund is found safe and well after 529 days on the run on South Australian island
Rescuers on Kangaroo Island say they are ‘overjoyed’ after the dog walked into one of their traps
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After 529 days on the run, Australia’s favourite fugitive has been caught at last.
Valerie the miniature dachshund, who went missing on Kangaroo Island way back in 2023, has been rescued by conservationists. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 26, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Free Valerie!
Electrifying batting by Konstas. This is incredible cricket
December 26, 2024 at 12:24 AM
Electrifying batting by Konstas. This is incredible cricket
60,000 well located homes in 10 Melbourne suburbs ✔️ But extra supply is no guarantee on its own that homes will be more affordable. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
‘Like gold’: Allan government urged to set affordable housing targets
Melbourne will need an estimated 177,000 more affordable homes by 2041, but the Allan government’s high-density housing hubs have no targets for their inclusion.
www.theage.com.au
December 8, 2024 at 12:04 AM
60,000 well located homes in 10 Melbourne suburbs ✔️ But extra supply is no guarantee on its own that homes will be more affordable. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Saul Eslake on the poor and deteriorating state of Victoria's finances. Equal parts comprehensive and grim. www.afr.com/politics/how...
How Victoria became a poor state (and the 16 charts that prove it)
The state’s parlous finances mean voters are bound to face a combination of cuts in government spending and increases in taxation.
www.afr.com
November 25, 2024 at 3:58 AM
Saul Eslake on the poor and deteriorating state of Victoria's finances. Equal parts comprehensive and grim. www.afr.com/politics/how...
Extraordinary, gut-punch story by Badiucao, on the huge price he's paid - still pays - for being a Chinese political dissident. www.theage.com.au/interactive/...
I'm a Chinese dissident and The Age's cartoonist. An impostor is claiming to be me.
Badiucao was used to strange things happening. But when someone started impersonating him ...
www.theage.com.au
November 23, 2024 at 2:14 AM
Extraordinary, gut-punch story by Badiucao, on the huge price he's paid - still pays - for being a Chinese political dissident. www.theage.com.au/interactive/...
Stefan Koomen, who wrote this great piece about his home suburb of Doveton, has been elected mayor of the City of Casey, Melbourne's biggest LGA. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
A notorious YouTuber came looking for trouble in my suburb – but we surprised him
I understand why Spanian stopped by during his tour of the world’s “most dangerous and notorious neighbourhoods”. The video he shot revealed who we really are.
www.theage.com.au
November 19, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Stefan Koomen, who wrote this great piece about his home suburb of Doveton, has been elected mayor of the City of Casey, Melbourne's biggest LGA. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...