Melissa Cunningham

Newswav

‘Chilling’: Coroner rejects Sportsbet’s defence in young man’s suicide Five years after Kyle Hudson’s death, a Victorian coroner issued a scathing assessment of Sportsbet, saying the wagering giant fed the 22-year-old’s gambling addiction. 1 View

By: Melissa Cunningham

An online gambling addiction was a “direct and paramount” cause of a young man's suicide, a Victorian coroner has ruled in a scathing assessment of one of Australia's largest wagering giants.

The Age

From heart attacks to premature birth, experts are sounding the alarm on Melbourne's next hot summer

By: Melissa Cunningham

The Sydney Morning Herald

From heart attacks to premature birth, experts are sounding the alarm on Melbourne’s next hot summer

By: Melissa Cunningham

With an ageing population and increasing temperatures, an urgent overhaul of the city and its urban spaces is needed, experts say.

The Age

Cox Plate LIVE: The Valley's iconic race moves to Flemington; Sir Delius the favourite

By: Roy Ward, Melissa Cunningham, Danny Russell, Andrew Wu, Fiona Byrne

Watch: Danny Russell previews the Cox Plate Track tensions, the Valley roar, and Daryl Braithwaite's Horses: The mixed emotions behind Cox Plate's Flemington move

WAtoday

Cox Plate The Valley’s iconic race moves to Flemington; Sir Delius the favourite

By: Danny Russell, Andrew Wu, Roy Ward, Melissa Cunningham, Fiona Byrne

It’s Cox Plate day at Flemington. Follow along live as we bring you the colour, fashion and racing as the spring carnival continues.

Newswav

Cox Plate LIVE: The Valley’s iconic race moves to Flemington; Sir Delius the favourite It’s Cox Plate day at Flemington. Follow along live as we bring you the colour, fashion and racing as the spring carnival continues. 1 View

By: Fiona Byrne, Danny Russell, Melissa Cunningham, Roy Ward, Andrew Wu

Go to latest A look at each race And they're off Despite the light rain and cloudy skies, punters have still bolted into Flemington to find the best spots ahead of today's races.

The Sydney Morning Herald

Inside the storm: On the front line of Victoria's stretched emergency departments

By: Melissa Cunningham

Newswav

Inside the storm: On the front line of Victoria’s stretched emergency departments More complex cases, older patients and substance abuse problems are clogging the state’s emergency departments. A government pledge to hire more staff could help – but doctors say that’s only half the story. 1 View

By: Melissa Cunningham

It has just gone 6pm when the barefoot man stumbles into the brightly lit hospital. He is erratic, groaning and dishevelled with a wild, dark beard.

Brisbane Times

Doula ‘groomed' mother to view hospital care as failure before fatal home birth, coroner told

By: Melissa Cunningham

The Age

Doula ‘groomed’ mother to view hospital care as failure before fatal home birth, coroner told

By: Melissa Cunningham

In a 30-minute-long phone call with Stacey Warnecke, free birth advocate Emily Lal described childbirth as “the death of the maiden” and “birth of the woman”.