Chip Le Grand
Chip Le Grand is The Age’s chief reporter. He writes about national affairs, sport and crime, with a particular focus on Melbourne.
Melbourne Writers Festival split prompts warning from Indigenous leaders
Leading Indigenous advocates say there isn’t anything that connects their cause to what is happening in Gaza.
- by Chip Le Grand
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University
If we want more young people to go to uni, stop screwing them over
A generation of young people is being dudded with unfair levels of debt, indexation and repayment thresholds which mean getting a pay rise may leave them worse off.
- by Chip Le Grand
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Gaza conflict engulfs Melbourne Writers Festival as leaders quit over program row
The deputy chairman of the Melbourne Writers Festival has quit over what he says is “historically untrue and deeply offensive” material in this year’s program.
- by Chip Le Grand
Trapped in Rafah, plunged into darkness, living in deadly limbo
A mass of exhausted people crammed into a two-storey house tells the story of Rafah, the geographic and humanitarian end point of the war in Gaza.
- by Chip Le Grand
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Cross-party MPs back Jewish community push to outlaw doxxing
People who publish identifying information with malicious intent could face jail under proposed changes to the federal Criminal Code.
- by Chip Le Grand
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
‘This isn’t advocacy’: Social posts on distant conflict tear at close community
For Joshua and Maggie May Moshe, the outing of Jewish people involved in an online chat group has had devastating, real world consequences.
- by Chip Le Grand
Hundreds of Jewish creatives have names, details taken in leak, published online
Anti-Zionist activists have released the names, images, professions and social media information of hundreds of Jewish people, prompting police to investigate.
- by Chip Le Grand
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Justice
Twist in Lewis Moran murder appeal may put prosecutors in the gun
Gangland killer Evangelos Goussis is making a last ditch bid to get out of jail, and it’s set him on a potential high-powered collision course.
- by Chip Le Grand
Sabalenka and the Australian Open loosen things up – and lead the way
Australian Open tournament organisers have one million reasons to think they are on the right track with changes to scheduling and courtside access. And they think other slams will follow suit.
- by Chip Le Grand
Albanese’s tax gambit supercharges the battle for Dunkley
While the Albanese government needs to rebuild faith with struggling voters who feel ignored, the Coalition sees the byelection in Melbourne’s south-east as a test of its path back to power.
- by Chip Le Grand
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Paris Olympics 2024
Gold medal-winning swimmer Mack Horton calls time on Olympic career
As Australia’s aspiring Olympians prepare for Paris, Horton is taking the plunge into post-sporting life.
- by Chip Le Grand