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Carlton caretaker coach Josh Fraser.

Dead cat bounce? Fraser snared a win for Carlton, but he is right to stay the course

The way Steven King has handled Melbourne in his fledgling senior career offers the case to support Carlton’s intent to run a process to find the next coach.

  • Michael Gleeson

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Illustration  by Jozsef Benke

When Kumanjayi Little Baby died, Australia noticed. Too often we don’t

Too many Indigenous deaths pass with little attention or outcry. Let’s hope this is a turning point.

  • Sean Kelly
Illustration by Dionne Gain

Anzac booers were a ‘God moment’: How Uncle Ray’s grace answers the graceless

Since the booing, the Aboriginal pastor has felt grateful that it revealed the ugliness Aboriginal people are routinely exposed to.

  • Julia Baird
Uncle Colin Hunter Jnr addresses the crowd at the MCG.

On a tense Anzac Day, the MCG fell silent. Then the Welcome to Country began

The dawn service had been marred by booing during the Welcome to Country, and tensions were running high before the traditional MCG fixture that afternoon. Would the crowd there boo, too?

  • Peter FitzSimons
Kitty and Billy Wallaby and their children; Lake Condah; Anzac Day dawn service at the Shrine of Remembrance. 

My grandfather was told to offer Kitty Wallaby a meal. She rebuffed him with six words

Kitty Wallaby’s welcome to Tony Wright’s family was an act of grace and generosity. It is a message lost on far too many today.

  • Tony Wright
Ben Roberts-Smith’s girlfriend Sarah Matulin has accused former SAS soldier and potential war crimes witness Andrew Hastie of being a “traitor” after the Liberal MP posted a photo of himself and his children remembering the fallen on ANZAC Day.

Ben Roberts-Smith’s girlfriend calls potential criminal witness and MP a ‘traitor’

Sarah Matulin said the since-deleted comment on an Instagram post by Andrew Hastie – who will potentially testify in Roberts-Smith’s murder trial – was a “mistake”.

  • Clare Sibthorpe
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There’s only so much Adem Yze can do as a coach in his position.

Nightmare scenario: Three of the AFL’s big clubs are on the bottom. Will fans ‘tune out’?

It’s the AFL’s nightmare scenario: Richmond, Carlton and Essendon occupying the bottom three places on the ladder with two wins between them after seven games. The Tigers have a percentage of 54 and that seems flattering.

  • Michael Gleeson
Uncle Ray Minniecon at church in Glebe on Sunday.

Uncle Ray Minniecon served in the army. His brothers and grandfather fought in wars. None of this stopped the booing on Anzac Day

In the distressing hours after he was booed at the dawn service in Martin Place, the elder’s phone lit up with two important calls.

  • Bevan Shields
Catherine, Princess of Wales attends the wreath laying and parade service as part of the ANZAC Day commemorations at Cenotaph.

Princess Catherine joins veterans at Anzac Day ceremony in London

The Princess of Wales laid a wreath at the Cenotaph ceremony, after Princess Anne attended the dawn service.

  • David Crowe
Michael Voss’ men were brave against the Dockers at Optus Stadium on Saturday night.

‘He’s in a good space’: Michael Voss opens up on why Ollie Hollands didn’t play against Fremantle

Voss said it was important Ollie Hollands still travelled with the group and could be around his mates after a week of such intense scrutiny on the club.

  • Roy Ward, Jon Pierik, Russell Bennett, Andrew Wu, Danny Russell and Steve Barrett