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4km results 2012 No Name indicates a blank wrist tag Sophie Hawken 15.12 Kim Stevens 15.14 Leigh Browell 15.18 Matthew Heislers 15.21 Chris Horsfall 16.05 Teleah Hayes 16.06 No Name 16.06 Phillip Brown 16.16 Jack Baker 16.38 Jordan Boal 16.42 Lachl..

Bendigo Mother's Day Classic 2012 8km run results No name indicates un-named wrist tag Michael Bieleny 28.34 Adam Parker 29.25 Rhys Lias 29.58 C Feuerherdt 30.26 JohnWatson 30.46 Leigh Browell 31.09 Tim Laude..

THE Reserve Bank of Australia has slashed official interest rates by .5 of a per cent. Below is the statement released by RBA Governor Glenn Stevens: At its meeting today, the Board decided to lower the cash rate by 50 basis points to 3.75 per cent, effective 2 May 2012. This decis..

A Melbourne teacher who grew up barracking for Collingwood but wrote a novel where the protagonist adores Hawthorn has won the Vogel's Literary Award. Paul D Carter's novel Eleven Seasons is published today by Allen & Unwin. Set in the 1980s and 90s, it is about a teenage..

Another ANZAC Day gone, but don’t just file the thoughts away. For so many, it’s a lifetime of horror and sorrow. The focus has shifted a bit from ANZAC Cove into other areas where Australians fought and died, and finally last week the wrong encouraged by Peter Weir’s film Gall..

A SURGE in low socioeconomic students attending university shows reforms are developing the talent that will help drive a high skilled and productive economy, according to Tertiary Education Minister Chris Evans. Senator Chris Evans said for the first time, the number of university offers ma..

Bob Brown says he is "sad to leave but happy to go", as he announces his resignation as Greens leader and his intention to step down from the Senate in June. The shock announcement was made this morning, with deputy leader Christine Milne immediately stepping into his role. ..

Tim Storrier's painting based on a 16th-century worky by Hieronymous Bosch has taken out this year's Archibald Prize. "The histrionic wayfarer (after Bosch) was announced as the winner today at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Storrier was born in Sydney and now lives in Bathurst. ..

Apple growers are fighting to counter the affect of the removal of import restrictions. Chairman of Apple and Pear Australia John Lawrenson delivered a request for transitional funding to the federal government in Canberra today. "The industry requires support to help growers transition ..

The media circus of the past few weeks around Kevin Rudd's possible leadership challenge to Prime Minister Julia Gillard is a "shocking indictment" of Australian journalism, according to a senior academic "This kind of thing raises serious questions about how journalists carry out their role..

MEMBER for Bendigo Steve Gibbons has entered the Labor Party's leadership membership chaos, labeling Kevin Rudd's leadership style "deeply offensive" and "chaotic and him as a "prima donna". "Any political organisation is bigger than the individual and the Australian Labor Party is certainly..

All Australian Army Reserve Armoured Corps will receive Bendigo-built Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles to provide protected transport for troops as part of reforms announced today. Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, Senator David Feeney, and Commander 2nd Division, Major General..

Sir Zelman Cowen, who died yesterday in Melbourne, aged 92, will be remembered for his "healing touch", Prime Minister Julia Gillard said. "The modern prestige of the office can be greatly credited to his healing touch and for this alone I believe we owe him a debt of gratitude," Ms Gillard ..

A history of a historian and a book about bad war deeds have split the money in this year's Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History. A Three-cornered Life: The Historian WK Hancock by Jim Davidson and Bad Characters: Sex, Crime, Mutiny and Murder in the Great War by Peter Stanley each ..

Shepparton is one of ten centres which will trial a support program for teenage parents to complete education and enter the workforce. The federal government announced the Teenage Parent trial will begin in 10 "disadvantaged locations" from January. People on income support for more than..

A print and publishing network will help industry face the "overlapping issues and challenges" of digital technologies, the federal minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Industry said Noterday. Speaking at the handover of a year-long study into digital publishing, Senator Kim Carr s..

Bendigo home owners have been given some relief, with the Reserve Bank board today agreeing to slash interest rates by 0.25 per cent. At its meeting today, the bank decided to lower the cash rate by 25 basis points to 4.5 per cent, effective 2 November 2011. The statement from Reserve B..

Home owners have been spared further financial pain, with the Reserve Bank board again agreeing to leave the official cash rate unchanged. At its meeting today, the Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 4.75 per cent. Governor Glenn Stevens said conditions in global financia..

The federal government has announced plans for women to serve on the front line of Australia's military forces. Defence Minister Stephen Smith and Defence Science and Personnel Minister Warren Snowdon announced that the government had formally agreed to the removal of gender restrictions fro..

The ABC has announced its first commission for a reality tv series. Do or Die, which ABC2 is calling a "factual" series, will be about "regular office workers" who are "ambushed and thrown into a survival adventure beyond their wildest dreams". Due to air in 2012, Do or Die will be produ..