Two armed men held up a Burwood milkbar in a robbery police described as “gutless”.
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You die real quick: Snake handler's appeal after daughter bitten
A snake handler banned from performing live shows after he allowed two deadly snakes to bite his 12-year-old daughter has ...
Muscat case pushed back
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Donvale residents invited to sewer talk
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National
VIDEO, POLL: Schoolgirl apologises to 'heartbroken' Swans star
The good wife who paid a high price
Hazel Hawke's life of courage came at a huge cost.
Army takes to the streets to battle poverty
More than 100,000 volunteers will spend this weekend knocking on doors to help the Salvation Army address Australia's rising rate ...
Doubling of indigenous in prisons alarms leaders
Aboriginal leaders have warned of a crisis in the justice system with an explosion in the black prison population, a ...
Gaming the politics of TV sports bet reform
An unmistakable message for government is now emerging: Stop this now.
Joyce seeks bail as wife pleads for accuser to set record straight
Condemned to a ''life sentence'', in the words of his wife, Matt Joyce will plead with Dubai authorities to extend ...
Local Sport
GALLERY: Dragons training day
AFL: Oakleigh Chargers' Jackson Macrae a Rising Star
EFL scores and fixtures
SCORES from the weekend's Eastern Football League and fixtures for this weekend.
Gallery: Vic Metro v Vic Country trial games
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HypnoBirthing isn't a hippie thing - just ask Kate
Word is that Kate Middleton is considering HypnoBirthing when she delivers the new heir to the throne.
Growing abuse of Xanax leads to restrictions
The growing abuse of the commonly prescribed anxiety and insomnia drug alprazolam has led the peak body for drug regulation ...
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Entertainment

Looking the part
Noomi Rapace shows again in crime thriller Dead Man Down that she is the ultimate chameleon.

A tiger by the tail
Bill Westenhofer won an Oscar for best visual effects for his extraordinary work bringing the digital tiger Richard ...
Lifting the veil on carnal love
In James Salter's fiction, true carnal love is like an ''assassin'', both exalting and abasing the ''victims'' of its ''violent ...
Privilege, parties and Maharajahs
'Can a duck swim?'' is evidently a polite version of what bears do in the woods.
Life & Style

Bouris fired up over low-fee super
Mark Bouris' Yellow Brick Road is hoping to capture a slice of the $1.5 trillion in superannuation savings ...
Opinion
Virginia Trioli: The holiday kitchen gets with the program
My View: The devil is in the apple crumble
Back when it was called a thunderbox
Writer Donna Kelly can't remember nightmen but she sure knows a lot about dunnies - even that they ...
Live life to the fullest
Funerals can be wonderful celebrations of life, writer Donna Kelly shares.
Labor sets a booby-trap as it heads for the door
Trap. Wedge. Trick. Ploy. All these words have been used to describe Wayne Swan's latest federal budget.
Uni reform to hurt students
Four in five university students must work to support their studies, juggling an average of 16 hours of ...
Travel

Flight test: Cathay Pacific business class
Flight crew member Fiona introduced herself with a smile before offering a welcoming glass of Deutz champagne.

Peninsula panache
A reborn hotel steeped in history has much to offer if you like your comforts — and food, ...

Chopstick revolution
In the past decade, this Chinese hub has become one of the world's great culinary cities. Brian Johnston ...

Deals: Capella on Lord Howe Island
The Cool Capella Deal includes seven nights' accommodation for the price of six, two return flights.






