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Darley sets the standard with Round 1 win over reigning Ballarat Cricket ...

YOUNG guns Harry Killoran and Zac Ticehurst combined to steer Darley to a memorable Round 1 win over reigning Ballarat Cricket Association premier Brown Hill on Saturday. English import Killoran batted more than three hours for a patient 77, ... >> view original

Southport could be smoke-free: councillor

Southport could be smoke-free if proposed state government health legislation gives councils the power to ban smoking, Southport's councillor says. Cr Crichlow has already introduced piped opera music at some Southport bus shelters to stop people ... >> view original

Age discrimination commissioner Susan Ryan calls for financial advice hotline ...

Age Discrimination Commissioner Susan Ryan has called for a national financial advice hotline to prevent elderly Australians from falling victim to family fraud. Ms Ryan told 666 ABC Canberra elderly people across the country were increasingly subject ... >> view original

How to keep your bones strong and prevent falls

Louise Hallinan has been working in the health industry for over 10 years. She is the Award winning... VIEW PROFILE. 081015_calcium_woman. Following on from my recent article “Why are more people getting Alzheimer's disease?”. In that article I ... >> view original

Outback survivor learns to walk again after six-day ordeal - The West Australian

Outback survivor Reg Foggerdy is learning to walk again after his six-day ordeal in the Goldfields desert. Mr Foggerdy, who was rescued on Tuesday after he went missing in bush east of Laverton, was re-covering in Fremantle Hospital yesterday. >> view original

Readers back move towards legalised cannabis

THE Federal Government has announced it will legalise the growing of cannabis for medicinal purposes. Readers on Facebook were asked what they think about this? Most readers thought it was a good move with many, like Judith Hewson, saying: "About ... >> view original

Andre Nasr turns his life around0:56

Network WriterNews Corp Australia Network. Share; Share on Facebook; Share on Twitter; Share on Google+; Share on Reddit; Email a friend. HE was once dubbed Australia's fattest man. Andre Nasr was obese, sick and eating himself to death. Now he has ... >> view original

Cancer Council QLD welcomes smoking ban proposal

Childcare centres and organised children's sporting events as well as bus stops will be off limits to smokers under new laws being proposed by the State Government. Popular Stories. A push to have free or low-cost camps · Bundaberg's $19M gas pipeline ... >> view original

Scientists in sales pitch for Medical Research Future Fund

Alzheimer's Australia national ambassador Ita Buttrose says 'there is no time to pussyfoot on this issue'. Picture: Timothy Clapin. Australians will be asked to embrace the $20 billion Medical Research Future Fund as leading scientists launch a ... >> view original

Port Melbourne VFL player Sam O'Sullivan survives 'super aggressive' flesh ...

A Melbourne football player who contracted a "super aggressive" flesh-eating bacteria is one of only a handful of people in the world to have survived the deadly disease. Port Melbourne VFL player Sam O'Sullivan is recovering in hospital after his ... >> view original