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JANA HOCKING IN THE BIRDCAGE: The Melbourne Cup's new drug of choice, the Ozempic trend we ALL noticed... and which marquee lounge lizard made my skin crawl?

JANA HOCKING IN THE BIRDCAGE: The Melbourne Cup's new drug of choice, the Ozempic trend we ALL noticed... and which marquee lounge lizard made my skin crawl?

The Birdcage is back, baby - and this year at Flemington's Derby Day, it felt like Melbourne's pre-pandemic, champagne-soaked chaos had finally roared back to life, writes Jana Hocking.

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