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AI data centres, plus the housing and energy sectors are booming, but Australia is short tens of thousands of tradies to build it — and the pipeline to train them is running dry. > bit.ly/47LDhA9

A 21-year-old e-scooter rider has been charged over a shocking attack in Melbourne where he allegedly punched a man in the face multiple times before taking photos of the victim bleeding on the ground. > bit.ly/3WvuK1K

Dipping fries into soft serve, shouting burgers for journalists, and enlisting his wife on the campaign trail has become Premier Ben Carroll’s unlikely strategy to look more relatable to voters ahead of the November election. > bit.ly/4zRli7g

A former Melbourne Centrelink has been transformed into a $160m luxury complex featuring a rooftop pool and bathhouse tenant. > bit.ly/4zVt1RL

An urgent, high-stakes warning has been issued to governments as exclusive forecasts reveal a historic shift in one of the nation’s most critical sectors > bit.ly/4kjV3BV

Australia is sitting on a nearly half-a-trillion-dollar data centre goldmine that industry experts fear will be lost to overseas rivals if we don’t act fast. > bit.ly/4jKuHZG

The Liberal Party recruited her, trained her, and lost her – and now Calista Clements reveals what went wrong and what she might do next > bit.ly/47GqzTe

The property council is calling for a “defibrillator double-shock” to bring Victoria’s housing market back from the brink as polling shows 80 per cent of people believe higher taxes are making it harder to buy or rent a home. > bit.ly/4zdzhEx

A stunning sunset helped contestant Rick Peroomal sell his luxury coastal home – now he’s hoping for another happy ending in Mt Eliza > bit.ly/4eYInge

Erin Patterson is set to find out if she has won her appeal over her convictions for the murder of her estranged husband’s family or if she will be sentenced to more time in prison. > bit.ly/4ik2EiJ

Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Mike Bush has assessed new evidence into Daniel and Catherine Andrews’ crash with a teenage cyclist and sent the file on to the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission > bit.ly/3WyMJnY

A boom in unqualified providers offering dodgy cosmetic procedures is causing serious injuries, including facial paralysis. This is what to look out for > bit.ly/4Aj42Z5

A beloved Hollywood actor who made her debut playing a real-life killer at 17 has been cast as convicted mushroom cook murderer Erin Patterson in a blockbuster new TV series. > bit.ly/3VZO9b5

Tourism leaders have called for Melbourne Airport Rail to be fast-tracked as part of a $160m plan to stop interstate rivals from poaching Victoria’s visitors > bit.ly/4evxnH2

Nearly a year after the new $15.5bn Metro Tunnel rail link launched, the long-awaited Federation Square entrance to Town Hall Station is finally opening to commuters > bit.ly/4jFyUxL

Battered Aussie mortgage holders could be slugged with a fifth rate hike as soon as Melbourne Cup Day after a tough inflation print revealed price pressures remain entrenched. > bit.ly/4yQfU3x

The Carroll government has announced a multimillion-dollar funding cut for children with disabilities attending mainstream schools, with education leaders labelling it “underhanded” and a “disgrace” > bit.ly/3UfVLFP

Anthony Albanese has admitted his repeated claims that a $6m Marrickville Golf Club grant was for sewerage works were “not correct”, after Infrastructure Department officials contradicted him > bit.ly/4zh78wu

The $26.2bn North East Link and $34.5bn SRL East are top of a list of almost a dozen Victorian infrastructure projects engulfed in corruption and criminality allegations > bit.ly/4ib5SVD

The Carroll government has approved a licence to reopen Gippsland’s Patricia-Baleen gas fields, closed for nearly two decades, to ease Victoria’s looming gas shortfall > bit.ly/4zWW3Av