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Desperate times for Ballarat jobseeking duo
Bishop Mulkearns excused from sex abuse inquiry
Would-be armed robbers hoped to net $30K each from JD's
A BALLARAT man was apprehensive about his part as the getaway driver in an interstate scheme to rob ...
Food and wine the new king of Ballarat tourism
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National
A big drop, but Rinehart is still richer than everyone else
Gina Rinehart's personal wealth has shed a staggering $7 billion in the past 12 months, but even her ...
Qantas aims to close fuel surcharge loophole
Savvy frequent flyers are avoiding as much as $610 in fuel surcharges on Qantas international flights by exploiting ...
Costs rise on raising children
Cost of raising children up 50 per cent past five, new modelling shows.
Tom Waterhouse is ruining industry, rival says
Betting in sport: Australia's biggest corporate bookmaker, Sportingbet, has backed calls for a complete ban on the spruiking of live ...
Betting blitz hits junior footballers on club website
Junior footballers checking club's website recently were bombarded with betting ads.
Childcare, schools lead rise in cost of raising children
The cost of raising children has risen 50 per cent in the past five years with a middle-income ...
World
Hardy survivors of Tornado Alley take stock of losses
The scale of destruction in Moore on the fringe of Oklahoma City was so vast that during the ...
Hardy survivors of Tornado Alley take stock of losses
The scale of destruction in Moore on the fringe of Oklahoma City was so vast that during the first full ...
Pope's laying on of hands stirs devil of a debate
Is Pope Francis an exorcist?
Syrian war spilling over borders
Tensions are rising along Syria's borders as government forces battle to regain control of a strategic border town from rebel ...
Business
Myer all out to chase sales
Department store Myer will switch its focus from relentless cost-cutting to driving sales growth.
Brookes spooked, with good reason
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A big drop, but Rinehart is still richer than everyone else
Gina Rinehart's personal wealth has shed a staggering $7 billion in the past 12 months, but even her ...
End of boom in commodities
Australia's top commodities agency has detailed a year of woe for the local resources industry.
Seven-year hitch works out for KKR
It is not easy to work out whether the private equity investor KKR made money on its seven-year investment in ...
Stock Market
Politics
Weighty brief backs new Thomson charges
Federal MP Craig Thomson - accused of using a Health Services Union credit card to pay for prostitutes - appeared ...
Hockey plays it cool on chances of any tax cuts
Further tax cuts would have to wait until the budget was repaired under a future Coalition government.
Telstra cuts jobs amid market woes
Telstra is poised to make deep cuts to its 30,000 strong Australian workforce, amid a slump in consumer ...
Leaders hail indigenous strategy
Aboriginal leaders say a new national strategy to strengthen communities will be a watershed in the battle to reduce indigenous ...