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Better prospects for Black Hill under Ballarat City Council plan
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INTERACTIVE: Thank our firefighters
Leave your message of thanks for our firefighters as they face the bushfire crisis.
The ocean is broken
A Newcastle sailor's trip across the Pacific Ocean after the Japan tsunami was frighteningly similar to a nightmare.
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Ballarat club may be considered in Victoria Premier Cricket
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New hope for bold baldies
Researchers have made a big breakthrough in the treatment of baldness but it is not for the faint-hearted.
High incomes lead to more housing aid
High-income Australians are the overwhelming beneficiaries of government support for housing, a new report has found, turning on its head ...
More home subsidies go to rich than renters
High-income earners are the overwhelming beneficiaries of government support for housing, a report has found, turning on its ...
YMCA should have suspected carer before abuse started, commission hears
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Australian navy ship captures Somali pirates
The HMAS Melbourne has scuttled two pirate boats and captured nine Somali pirates as part of a multinational ...
If London's still calling, young Aussies have stopped listening
The British capital is losing some of its allure.
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King of the Mountain returns to the Buninyong Good Life Festival
Better prospects for Black Hill under Ballarat City Council plan
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Gwyneth Paltrow and Elle Macpherson: a dating history
Both Gwyneth Paltrow and Elle Macpheron have had a string of high-profile love interests.
X Factor final four: Jai Waetford's clunking mistake
Tina Arena lends her star power to the final four as 14-year-old Jai Waetford's guitar slip could make ...
Has Julian Assange successfully hijacked The Fifth Estate?
Julian Assange's campaign to turn people off The Fifth Estate appears to be working.
Gwyneth Paltrow denies affair allegations
A highly anticipated Vanity Fair story about Gwyneth Paltrow has sparked a cascade of controversy and rumours.
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Top 10 interior design ideas for summer
Looking ahead to the end of the year and start of 2014, there are a number of decorating and design ...
Disaster proof your finances
We're all thinking about protecting our homes from disaster but what about preparing your finances for a bushfire ...
Nothing fishy about under-the-radar stocks
Spotting stocks that don't have institutions on the register could mean big returns.
Your mummy style, your way
In those simple days BC (before child) you were completely clear about your personal style. And now, as ...
Children follow in the footsteps of parents on the run
One of his daughters is a ballerina, the other is a basketball player, and his son makes his ...
HIV increase at a 20-year high
Australia has had the biggest jump in new HIV cases in two decades, leading experts to call for urgent action ...
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Civic Hall: Why we must act to invigorate Ballarat's CBD
People of Ballarat won't benefit from hall site sale
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Gold Coast: Sofitel Broadbeach
Keeping with Sofitel’s French theme and tradition, attention to detail is generally what makes this hotel a higher-end ...
Flight test: Royal Brunei Airlines
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If London's still calling, young Aussies have stopped listening
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Londoners are wondering: where did all the Aussies go?