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Category Archive: News

Pictures tell a story of mental illness

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According to a survey, titled Picture This: How Australians picture mental illness, the most popular image depicting mental […]

March 12, 2016 Health, Issues, News

Craft beer boom means heady days for hops growers

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Allan Monshing, farm manager of Rostrevor Hop Gardens in Eurobin, is a third-generation hops farmer. Photo: Peter Merk. Somewhere […]

March 9, 2016 Business, Food, News

Gaggan best again at Asia’s Top 50 Restaurants

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Australian chef Dave Pynt’s Singapore restaurant Burnt Ends rocketed up Asia’s Top 50 list. Photo: Supplied. Bangkok restaurant Gaggan took […]

March 1, 2016 Food, Lifestyle, News, People

The Catman of Kangaroo Island

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Barry Green at the entrance to his aptly named home on Kangaroo Island. Photo: Emma Byrnes. A family holiday in […]

February 25, 2016 Issues, News, People, Science

Let us spray: mural testament to St Kilda art

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Street artists Paul Round (left) and Frank Maiorana with their mural at Peanut Farm Reserve in St Kilda. Photo: […]

February 15, 2016 Art, Issues, News, People

Jumping into peril: Thrillseekers risk life-changing injuries

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Young men jump from a pier into Port Phillip Bay. Photo: Leigh Henningham First published in The Age, 30 […]

February 1, 2016 Health, Issues, Lifestyle, News

Vietnamese dining scene moves into a new age

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Thi Le, female chef and co-owner of Anchovy restaurant, is educating herself and patrons about real Vietnamese food. Photo: […]

January 23, 2016 Food, Lifestyle, News, People

The man who told Elvis his career was in the toilet

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Close-up of bling belonging to Al ‘Alvis’ Gersbach, Parkes Council grader driver 51 weeks of the year, Elvis tribute […]

January 9, 2016 Music, News, People

In the digital age, do we need to teach children handwriting?

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Veronica Grow, the founder of Old School New School Design and Typography. Photo: Daniel Pocket. By PETER BARRETT […]

January 3, 2016 Issues, News, People, Science

Distilleries brew up competition for Victorian wineries

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Cameron McKenzie, one of three owners of Four Pillars in Healsville, pours one of the gins the company […]

December 26, 2015 Issues, Lifestyle, News, People

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