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Police to target pedestrians and cyclists in Operation Eastern
Blackburn school’s funding boost
Women editors? What a New Idea
Box Hill funding feud
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
A FORMER Manningham Council election candidate accused of deceiving the Victorian Electoral Commission will face court in July.
Gamers called on for new research
Donvale residents invited to sewer talk
Varroa mite puts bee in the bonnet of apiculturists
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More travellers taking a trip they'd rather forget
Four Australian travellers a day are arrested for crimes around the world and statistics show a jump of ...
Charities left at the altar after Edelsten wedding
It was billed as the ultimate wedding with a conscience.
Olivia Newton-John loses older sister Rona
Rona Newton-John, the older sister of Olivia Newton-John, has died in the US.The 70-year-old British-born and Melbourne-raised model and actress ...
Nature's gift is not yet history
Sir David Attenborough has not given up on us saving the planet, writes Scott Hannaford.
Battle not over for women returning home
PTSD hits female soldiers just as hard as it hits men, but attention given to Australia's returned servicewomen is scant ...
Union fails to meet expectations
It was the wedding of the year and the star-studded guest list proved it.
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GALLERY: Dragons training day
The team trains at WIN Stadium ahead of their round 11 clash with Penrith.
AFL: Oakleigh Chargers' Jackson Macrae a Rising Star
FORMER Oakleigh Chargers player Jackson Macrae has been named this week’s AFL 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
Two teams of Vic Metro hopefuls battled Vic Country in trial matches at Princes Park to gain selection ...
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End 'cruel' smoking ban, says health campaigner
Australia's leading anti-tobacco campaigner claims the NSW government has gone too far in forcing its outdoor smoking reforms onto vulnerable ...
Parks give residents green light to get fit
Parks and bushland are not just a soothing escape from the city grind - they also encourage people ...
Search for link between strokes and dementia
In a world-first study, Australian researchers are investigating why one out of three stroke victims - even when ...
Gluten standards in firing line
Australian food manufacturers and suppliers are pushing to increase the amount of gluten allowed in so-called ''gluten-free'' foods which thousands ...
More variety of foods would make life easier, says mother
Jenny Crandell was diagnosed with coeliac disease when she was 30. Now 39, she recently learnt her oldest ...
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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 ...
Documentary makers furious at being cut from AACTA awards
Australia's documentary filmmakers have expressed their fury at being cut from the industry's annual awards.
Women's liberation is 'masculinising': Polanski
This may turn out to be a minority view, but Roman Polanski sees his new film 'Venus in Fur' – ...
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 ...
Daily horoscopes: Friday, May 24
Read Alison Moroney's daily stars for Friday May 24, 2013.
How to have a functional family
Having a connected family is beneficial to a child's sense of identity and the parents and the extended ...
Time to drop the body labels?
Opinion: Why we should stop calling models larger than sample size 'curvy', 'voluptuous' and worst of all... 'real ...
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
More travellers taking a trip they'd rather forget
Four Australian travellers a day are arrested for crimes around the world and statistics show a jump of ...
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Belinda Jackson finds the best deals at home and abroad.
Tripologist: Overcome your fear of flying
Aerophobia is a serious condition, but there are strategies to help you control it.
Making a sea change
On World Cancer Day, Holland America Line announced its On Deck for a Cause campaign, a fund-raiser for ...