Filed from the Melbourne desk — including multi-city pieces that also ran elsewhere.
Sports · 7 October 2026
Zach Merrett left the Bombers after a bleak season, but the chat group keeps his name alive – a reminder that in footy, a player’s exit can feel as subtle as a ghost in a group chat.
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Sports · 7 October 2026
North Melbourne is making a last‑ditch effort to persuade star Zane Duursma to stay with the club.
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Sports · 7 October 2026
Paul Gallen used a press conference to mock Nelson Asofa‑Solomona’s switch to professional boxing, saying the former rugby star should stick to rugby and laughing off his new career.
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Sports · 7 October 2026
Wallabies star Fraser McReight has warned that the All Blacks are under pressure ahead of the Bledisloe Cup, sparking speculation and jokes among fans and pundits.
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Sports · 6 October 2026
Collingwood is set to make a bold bid for Gold Coast's Brownlow medallist Matt Rowell next season.
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Sports · 6 October 2026
The AFL Players Association warns that free agency is barely used and hasn’t tipped the competitive balance, but it could become a key lever in the league’s upcoming salary‑cap negotiations. For now it remains a qu…
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Sports · 6 October 2026
Ian Thorpe and Grant ‘Scooter’ Patterson unveiled the first piece of the 2032 Brisbane Olympic emblem in a mock‑startup setting, treating the iconic symbol like a disruptive product launch for the nation’s bigges…
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Business · 6 October 2026
Melbourne Airport’s newly opened pick‑up and drop‑off zones received strong passenger approval on their first morning of operation.
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Sports · 6 October 2026
St Kilda wants Brisbane midfielder Sam Marshall and is asking for a pick in the 20s from Geelong, which they plan to trade to the Gold Coast Suns for an academy prospect. Grian Myers is the key piece in the three‑way d…
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