Festival Hall is returning to Melbourne’s music scene as a live music venue.

By his own admission Max Rooke is an unlikely face of a landmark class action that aims to take the AFL to task over concussion-related injuries to players through almost four decades.

Australia must get better value for the money it spends on health, education and aged care and disability services if it hopes to keep getting richer, a five-yearly Productivity Commission report has found.

And a “world-leading” racing, sport and community precinct with parks and a multipurpose grandstand are planned for Moonee Valley racecourse.

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