Anzac Day: A lifetime of servicing the nation
ON the 70th anniversary of the battle of Kokoda, World War II veteran Rev Peter Holloway remembers well the 14 months he spent fighting...
Mill Park residents ‘not the only ones’ wanting to tree cull
MILL Park residents clamouring to have street trees pulled up should wait their turn, says one Whittlesea councillor.Carbine Court residents petitioned Whittlesea council saying...
South Morang station: All aboard as driver lives his dream
WHEN the first scheduled train leaves South Morang station at 7.17am on Sunday, Epping resident Robert Aquilina will be driving it.A long-time campaigner for...
My Voice: Pina Di Donato
Pina Di Donato is Turi Foods marketing director, chairwoman of the philanthropic Turi Trust and member of the Northern Health Foundation Board.I HAVE lived...
DVD review: Breaking Dawn, Part One
BREAKING DAWN, PART ONESony Home Entertainment, $39.95PERSONALLY I like my vampires to(a) show their fangs and be scary bloodsuckers,(b) not be able to hang...
Book review: The Witness
THE WITNESSNora RobertsPiatkus, $32.99CONFESSION. Before reading Nora Roberts’ latest novel, The Witness, I had no idea who she was. But the fact that The...
Kristerfer Kardakovski: The running man
HE may not have had the greatest of Easter weekends at the Stawell Gift, but Kristerfer Kardakovski is still a name to watch out...
Education: Report cards on the table
NAPLAN shows parents exactly how it is in the classroom. The schools of today are all about accountability and performance, and parents are...
Preview: Audi Festival of German Films
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Preview: The Lucky One
THE LUCKY ONE (M)Where: General releaseWhen: April 19LOGAN Thibault is an American marine serving in Iraq. On the ground he finds a picture of...
TV: Rage, rage, rage, r-r-rage, rage, rage
THE year is 1987. Bob Hawke is Australia’s Prime Minister, the AFL doesn’t exist yet, Michael Douglas’s Fatal Attraction is number one at the...
To the pointe: The Australian Ballet celebrates 50 years
A graceful veteran and a rising star help The Australian Ballet celebrate 50 years of magical dance.TOES pointed, feet crossed, spine straight as a...
Sheila Scotter: Farewell to a woman of style
SHE was one of the most distinctive and stylish women ever. A one-off; they don’t make them like that any more.Sheila Scotter once said...
Epping mental health workers join fight for more pay
MELBOURNE Health workers based in Epping will join Victorian mental health professionals in a series of rolling strikes in a bid to resolve an...
Kinglake to rescue as fire survivors dig deep for flood victims
KINGLAKE bushfire survivors are helping residents of a flood-ravaged central Victorian town in an informal mentorship they want governments to replicate across Australia.Goldfields flood...
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Laurimar has taken a lot out of the first part of the Diamond Valley Cricket Association Mash Shield season.
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