Essendon are ‘a genuine finals contender’

Essendon are ‘a genuine finals contender’

Michael Gleeson,Jake Niall and Andrew Wu discuss Essendon,and the signs that the club is back on its feet despite the Anzac Day defeat to Collingwood.

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As it happened AFL 2023 Anzac Day game:Nick Daicos inspires 41-point turnaround as Collingwood comes back to beat Essendon in front of record crowd at MCG

As it happened AFL 2023 Anzac Day game:Nick Daicos inspires 41-point turnaround as Collingwood comes back to beat Essendon in front of record crowd at MCG

Follow along for all the major moments and post game reactions as Collingwood and Essendon continue their annual Anzac Day match at the MCG.

  • byRoy Ward
‘I was 20 going on 16’:Korean War veterans lead Anzac Day march in sombre reflection

‘I was 20 going on 16’:Korean War veterans lead Anzac Day march in sombre reflection

Lloyd Knight flew 45 missions in the “forgotten war” in 1953,when he was shot in the face by North Korean ground forces and narrowly missed crashing his fighter jet into a hill.

  • byCarolyn Webb andLachlan Abbott
‘We have lost a once-in-a-lifetime person’:Dean Holland’s family overwhelmed by grief

‘We have lost a once-in-a-lifetime person’:Dean Holland’s family overwhelmed by grief

Racing Victoria has pledged $100,000 to support Dean Holland’s grief-stricken family,as the racing industry comes to terms with the jockey’s death in a race fall on Monday.

  • byDamien Ractliffe
‘Absolutely disgusted’:Sydney statue defaced in Anzac Day protest

‘Absolutely disgusted’:Sydney statue defaced in Anzac Day protest

The Lachlan Macquarie statue in Windsor’s McQuade Park,in north-west Sydney,was doused in red paint ahead of a local dawn service.

  • bySarah Keoghan
Sydney stops to remember at Anzac Day dawn service

Sydney stops to remember at Anzac Day dawn service

The war veterans are getting older,but the crowds were still there as Sydney paused to remember the fallen.

  • byTim Barlass
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Anzac Day:West Aussies commemorate at Kings Park dawn service

Anzac Day:West Aussies commemorate at Kings Park dawn service

Premier Mark McGowan said a large crowd were in attendance for the first full dawn service in four years.

  • bySarah Brookes
Thousands turn out in Sydney for Anzac Day dawn services

Thousands turn out in Sydney for Anzac Day dawn services

Across Sydney,thousands gathered at dawn to honour those who had fought and died in conflict,including at Coogee where the promenade was lined with those paying their respects.

  • byTim Barlass
Portraits of horror and human kindness:Why Australia still sends artists to war

Portraits of horror and human kindness:Why Australia still sends artists to war

Despite a proliferation of cameras,our tradition of sending an official artist to capture conflict endures because,as one notes:“The point is not to do an accurate drawing of an aircraft carrier”.

  • byHelen Pitt
A torch burns for Stan Savige across old battlefields

A torch burns for Stan Savige across old battlefields

Savige rose from humble beginnings to become one of Australia’s great heroes in two world wars. Yet he created his most lasting legacy in peacetime.

  • byTony Wright
‘Soccer’s Ashes’:How a suburban garage clean-out solved a 69-year Anzac mystery

‘Soccer’s Ashes’:How a suburban garage clean-out solved a 69-year Anzac mystery

A precious trophy featuring the ashes from two cigars contained in the razor case of a soldier at the Gallipoli landing,and played for by Australia and New Zealand,vanished without a trace in 1954.

  • byVince Rugari