Treasurer says inflation ‘number one challenge’ – as it happened
Horsing around: revellers return for 2022 Melbourne Cup despite the rain – in pictures
It started with sludge and ended with rain but for many all that mattered was the Melbourne Cup was back
Gold Trip wins 2022 Melbourne Cup as jockey Mark Zahra gains redemption
October 2022
C’mon Melbourne, we can love sport without fawning over a predatory horse race
Anna Spargo-Ryan
We are flush with chances to witness victories so why resort to a contest that too often ends with a horse hidden behind a curtain?
Interest in Melbourne Cup slips with more than half of Australians uninterested, poll suggests
Nearly half of those surveyed (45%) believe it promotes ‘unhealthy’ gambling and a third (34%) say it normalises animal cruelty
Ambivalence towards horse racing leaves Melbourne Cup half full
Daniel Andrews dismisses concerns over independence of review into Flemington racetrack flood wall
First Dog on the Moon
Hooray, Flemington racecourse is saved!!! Meanwhile everyone else in the area is submerged under water – oopsies
First Dog on the Moon
April 2022
NSW Liberal senator billed taxpayers for travel allowance on day of Melbourne Cup marquee event
Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority accepted Hollie Hughes’s explanation that event was justified ‘parliamentary business’ as invitation was from alcohol company with employees in her home state
November 2021
Melbourne Cup favourite Incentivise hurt in second-place finish
Melbourne Cup favourite Incentivise suffered a leg injury during his attempt to hold off Verry Elleegant in the $8m race
