Ballarat’s besieged potato farming industry is worth $20 million — and McCain Foods must front up on its plans to put local growers out of business, according to DLP senator-elect John Madigan. Mr Madigan said McCain clearly had an agenda to make the local potato...

A FORMULA One car will be driven around Sturt Street in a spectacular prelude to the 2011 Australian Grand Prix. The high-octane Formula One action will start at 3pm on Sunday when Minardi test driver Zolt Baumgartner will start his engine for eight laps of Ballarat's...

A 21-year-old man has been found guilty of bashing his neighbour ''like a thrashing machine'' after a rowdy birthday party in Bonython. Michael Robert McKay, of Bonython, had been accused of assaulting his neighbour in October 2009, leaving the man bloodied. Other...

A 32-year-old Canberra man has died in hospital after his car crashed into a light pole in Franklin early this morning. Police said the man, who suffered head and chest injuries, crashed at the intersection of Henry Kendall and Pape streets about 2am. It was unclear...

The Monash Council meeting on Tuesday is set to be the first big one for the year, with a controversial proposal for smoking bans on the agenda. The council will look at the results of a community consultation period from late last year to see whether there is support...

DOCTORS were fighting last night to save the left arm of Nelson Bay woman Lisa Mondy after she was viciously mauled by a shark at Jimmys Beach yesterday. The 24-year-old fell while riding a wakeboard off the popular swimming beach in Port Stephens about 1pm when the...

Some people have been questioning the value of having a bye week so early in the competition but for the Waratahs it could not have come at a better time. Having sustained a few injuries to key players in the squad, the time away from competitive rugby would have...

A COUNCILLOR clash marred Monash Council's monthly meeting last Tuesday, with a disagreement about a $90,000 allocation in the 2011-12 budget. Councillors Denise McGill and Geoff Lake butted horns over the funding allocation for the Oakleigh Cannons Soccer Club. Cr...

BY the time most people hit their 70s, they are looking forward to slowing down and enjoying a relaxed lifestyle. For Hughesdale resident Annie Chapman, the eighth decade of her life has so far proved to be as hectic as the seven before it. Now 73, Ms Chapman is in...

LITTERBUGS have again dumped couches and mattresses in Huntingdale station's car park. The incident sparked a Monash Council plea for residents to wait for a coming hard waste collection or use the council's waste transfer centre rather than dump refuse. The latest...

Ballarat’s besieged potato farming industry is worth $20 million — and McCain Foods must front up on its plans to put local growers out of business, according to DLP senator-elect John Madigan. Mr Madigan said McCain clearly had an agenda to make the local potato...

A FORMULA One car will be driven around Sturt Street in a spectacular prelude to the 2011 Australian Grand Prix. The high-octane Formula One action will start at 3pm on Sunday when Minardi test driver Zolt Baumgartner will start his engine for eight laps of Ballarat's...

A 21-year-old man has been found guilty of bashing his neighbour ''like a thrashing machine'' after a rowdy birthday party in Bonython. Michael Robert McKay, of Bonython, had been accused of assaulting his neighbour in October 2009, leaving the man bloodied. Other...

A 32-year-old Canberra man has died in hospital after his car crashed into a light pole in Franklin early this morning. Police said the man, who suffered head and chest injuries, crashed at the intersection of Henry Kendall and Pape streets about 2am. It was unclear...

The Monash Council meeting on Tuesday is set to be the first big one for the year, with a controversial proposal for smoking bans on the agenda. The council will look at the results of a community consultation period from late last year to see whether there is support...

DOCTORS were fighting last night to save the left arm of Nelson Bay woman Lisa Mondy after she was viciously mauled by a shark at Jimmys Beach yesterday. The 24-year-old fell while riding a wakeboard off the popular swimming beach in Port Stephens about 1pm when the...

Some people have been questioning the value of having a bye week so early in the competition but for the Waratahs it could not have come at a better time. Having sustained a few injuries to key players in the squad, the time away from competitive rugby would have...

A COUNCILLOR clash marred Monash Council's monthly meeting last Tuesday, with a disagreement about a $90,000 allocation in the 2011-12 budget. Councillors Denise McGill and Geoff Lake butted horns over the funding allocation for the Oakleigh Cannons Soccer Club. Cr...

BY the time most people hit their 70s, they are looking forward to slowing down and enjoying a relaxed lifestyle. For Hughesdale resident Annie Chapman, the eighth decade of her life has so far proved to be as hectic as the seven before it. Now 73, Ms Chapman is in...

LITTERBUGS have again dumped couches and mattresses in Huntingdale station's car park. The incident sparked a Monash Council plea for residents to wait for a coming hard waste collection or use the council's waste transfer centre rather than dump refuse. The latest...

Ballarat’s besieged potato farming industry is worth $20 million — and McCain Foods must front up on its plans to put local growers out of business, according to DLP senator-elect John Madigan. Mr Madigan said McCain clearly had an agenda to make the local potato...

A FORMULA One car will be driven around Sturt Street in a spectacular prelude to the 2011 Australian Grand Prix. The high-octane Formula One action will start at 3pm on Sunday when Minardi test driver Zolt Baumgartner will start his engine for eight laps of Ballarat's...

A 21-year-old man has been found guilty of bashing his neighbour ''like a thrashing machine'' after a rowdy birthday party in Bonython. Michael Robert McKay, of Bonython, had been accused of assaulting his neighbour in October 2009, leaving the man bloodied. Other...

A 32-year-old Canberra man has died in hospital after his car crashed into a light pole in Franklin early this morning. Police said the man, who suffered head and chest injuries, crashed at the intersection of Henry Kendall and Pape streets about 2am. It was unclear...

The Monash Council meeting on Tuesday is set to be the first big one for the year, with a controversial proposal for smoking bans on the agenda. The council will look at the results of a community consultation period from late last year to see whether there is support...

DOCTORS were fighting last night to save the left arm of Nelson Bay woman Lisa Mondy after she was viciously mauled by a shark at Jimmys Beach yesterday. The 24-year-old fell while riding a wakeboard off the popular swimming beach in Port Stephens about 1pm when the...

Some people have been questioning the value of having a bye week so early in the competition but for the Waratahs it could not have come at a better time. Having sustained a few injuries to key players in the squad, the time away from competitive rugby would have...

A COUNCILLOR clash marred Monash Council's monthly meeting last Tuesday, with a disagreement about a $90,000 allocation in the 2011-12 budget. Councillors Denise McGill and Geoff Lake butted horns over the funding allocation for the Oakleigh Cannons Soccer Club. Cr...

BY the time most people hit their 70s, they are looking forward to slowing down and enjoying a relaxed lifestyle. For Hughesdale resident Annie Chapman, the eighth decade of her life has so far proved to be as hectic as the seven before it. Now 73, Ms Chapman is in...

LITTERBUGS have again dumped couches and mattresses in Huntingdale station's car park. The incident sparked a Monash Council plea for residents to wait for a coming hard waste collection or use the council's waste transfer centre rather than dump refuse. The latest...

Ballarat’s besieged potato farming industry is worth $20 million — and McCain Foods must front up on its plans to put local growers out of business, according to DLP senator-elect John Madigan. Mr Madigan said McCain clearly had an agenda to make the local potato...

A FORMULA One car will be driven around Sturt Street in a spectacular prelude to the 2011 Australian Grand Prix. The high-octane Formula One action will start at 3pm on Sunday when Minardi test driver Zolt Baumgartner will start his engine for eight laps of Ballarat's...

A 21-year-old man has been found guilty of bashing his neighbour ''like a thrashing machine'' after a rowdy birthday party in Bonython. Michael Robert McKay, of Bonython, had been accused of assaulting his neighbour in October 2009, leaving the man bloodied. Other...

A 32-year-old Canberra man has died in hospital after his car crashed into a light pole in Franklin early this morning. Police said the man, who suffered head and chest injuries, crashed at the intersection of Henry Kendall and Pape streets about 2am. It was unclear...

The Monash Council meeting on Tuesday is set to be the first big one for the year, with a controversial proposal for smoking bans on the agenda. The council will look at the results of a community consultation period from late last year to see whether there is support...

DOCTORS were fighting last night to save the left arm of Nelson Bay woman Lisa Mondy after she was viciously mauled by a shark at Jimmys Beach yesterday. The 24-year-old fell while riding a wakeboard off the popular swimming beach in Port Stephens about 1pm when the...

Some people have been questioning the value of having a bye week so early in the competition but for the Waratahs it could not have come at a better time. Having sustained a few injuries to key players in the squad, the time away from competitive rugby would have...

A COUNCILLOR clash marred Monash Council's monthly meeting last Tuesday, with a disagreement about a $90,000 allocation in the 2011-12 budget. Councillors Denise McGill and Geoff Lake butted horns over the funding allocation for the Oakleigh Cannons Soccer Club. Cr...

BY the time most people hit their 70s, they are looking forward to slowing down and enjoying a relaxed lifestyle. For Hughesdale resident Annie Chapman, the eighth decade of her life has so far proved to be as hectic as the seven before it. Now 73, Ms Chapman is in...

LITTERBUGS have again dumped couches and mattresses in Huntingdale station's car park. The incident sparked a Monash Council plea for residents to wait for a coming hard waste collection or use the council's waste transfer centre rather than dump refuse. The latest...