Melbourne Express: Friday\, October 19\, 2018

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Melbourne Express: Friday, October 19, 2018

Scotty doesn't know

Prime Minister Scott Morrison's personal website has been hacked and now plays spoof rock song "Scotty Doesn't Know". You can read more here

 

Please Explain new episode

New podcast alert! There's a new episode of Please Explain ready for your ears. 

It’s the most important week of the year for the federal Liberal Party. We're taking listeners on the road to the seat of Wentworth for what is shaping up to be a significant test for the Prime Minister.

Have you seen these teens?

Two Melbourne teenagers are missing and police need public help tracking them down.

Where do royal gifts go?

Everywhere they go, the royals get showered with gifts - but what happens to all those flowers, trinkets and cards? Reporter Melissa Cunningham found out and you can read it all here

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Commute update

  • There are some tram delays down Swanston Street after an earlier tram fault.
  • CityLink still has lanes closed inbound after a prang near Brunswick Road.
  • And a heads up about level crossing removal works starting up in Essendon from tomorrow.

Cartoon of the day

Today's illustration is this heart-wrencher from Jim Pavlidis.

 

Meet the press

Speaking of The Age in print, a group of Age-ers went to our printing press in Ballarat last night to get a glimpse at all the action. As much as I wanted to go and pretend I was in the final scene of all journalism movies, my 4.30am alarm this morning meant it was not to be. Anyway, look at it go!

 

Today's front page

Here's what The Age looks like in print today.

You can read the lead stories here:

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Target word time

The royal blog meant we didn't get a Target word yesterday so let's make up for that now.

Today's nine letters are I T O E V N G R H.

Happy solving! Let me know when you get it. 

More Harry and Meghan

The royal couple are continuing their charm offensive across our shores today. This time they're back in Sydney to head to Bondi Beach and climb the Harbour Bridge with Scott Morrison. Our friends at the SMH are live blogging the whole thing here

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