Green light for Ballarat Grand National
The straight at Ballarat (Image: Ballarat Turf Club twitter) Ballarat will host Sunday's Grand National Steeplechase, after Racing Victoria's stewards gave the track the all-clear. Significant rainfall had cast doubt over whether Ballarat would be able to host the feature jumps event, after the two-day carnival was cut down to a 'Super Jumps Day' to ensure the track was fit for the time-honoured $350,000 feature. Warrnambool was originally put on standby to potentially pick up the slack, b..>> view originalAbstract expressionist Yvonne Audette shows figurative works at Art ...
Behind every great abstract painting is a master in of realism. Or so it is with Yvonne Audette, hailed by some as Australia's best abstract expressionist, even if the acclaim has come decades late.Audette, now 86, recounts her time living in New York in the 1950s as a young artist, mingling with the likes of Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline. It was a formative time: abstract art was the next big thing, and everyone was slapping paint on boards with a pallette knife. She embrace..>> view originalVFL wrap: Magpies make it 12 straight wins
Collingwood posted their 12th consecutive win of the season, defeating the Box Hill Hawks by 21-points and are favourites to play off in their first VFL grand final as a stand-alone team, according rival coach Marco Bello.The Pies withstood a second-half fightback from the Hawks, and Travis Cloke, for the second consecutive week, sealed the match with his fourth goal. Travis Cloke of Collingwood Magpies gets tackled right in front goals during the round 20 VFL match between the Box Hill H..>> view originalSpotlight on our athletes evokes pride
We check into Tallent base camp on race night VOCAL SUPPORT: Jared and Rachel Tallent's cousin Scott, aged nine, and niece Jorja, eight, cheer loudly up late in Ballarat on Friday night. Picture: Kate HealyTALLENT family and friends settled in for an all-night Olympic party armed with green-and-gold lollies.Jared Tallent started his Olympic 50-kilometre walk title defence in Rio at 9pm, Ballarat time, with younger sister Rachel to make her Olympic debut from about 3.30am.The famil..>> view originalSmart sprinter may need time.
While Darren Weir is convinced that his sprinting three-year-old, Ken's Dream, who was victorious in Saturday's $120,000 McKenzie Stakes, has a bright future, the trainer maintains it may not be this spring that we see the best of the youngster.Ken's Dream, just having his second race start on Saturday, led throughout to defeat a smart field and tackling listed company for the first time. Dean Yendall rides Ken's Dream to victory at Moonee Valley. Photo: Getty Images "I looked at him in ..>> view originalJared Tallent Wins Silver In Rio Olympics 50km Race Walk
In the end, it was not quite the walkover Australia had hoped for. But Jared Tallent still won a fantastic, gutsy silver medal behind Slovakian Matej Toth in the 50km men's race walk at the Rio 2016 Olympics. Tallent was the defending Olympic champion. He finished second in London but was awarded the gold medal at a ceremony in Melbourne just before the Rio Games after the Russian who beat him was disqualified for doping offenses. ..>> view originalMelbourne Cup-winning jockey Bob Skelton dies after cancer battle
Will Dyson's compassionate pen captured our faces at the front
Will Dyson’s compassionate pen captured our faces at the frontWill Dyson, left, with two Diggers, sketching near the frontline.Ross McmullinThe Australian12:00AM August 20, 2016Save Ballarat-born artist Will Dyson left his homeland in 1909 to venture overseas, and became such an astonishing success with his powerful cartoons for the London Daily Herald that he was described just six years later as the most famous Australian in the world. By then, though, Australians were making their mark at Gal..>> view original5000 Jobs in 50 days
FINDING 5000 jobs in 50 days for Australians struggling to get their first job is the aim of a new campaign by News Corp Australia.In an open letter to Australian business in today’s News Corp Australia newspapers, Michael Miller, executive chairman of News Corp Australia said: “Let’s provide that all important first foot in the door for the next generation. Because when you give a young person a job you give them a whole lot more than just a pay packet. You give them a start. You give them an o..>> view originalStrewth: Mark to you
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