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► A MAN drowned at Chifley Dam on Saturday afternoon after saving a five-year-old girl. Read More
► The Ballarat Cup brought the best on the track and off the track: Check out the fashions
► Gowns, suits and ties make a strong presence at Esperance Youth Events ball. Read More
► A counterfeit money-making operation in Victoria's west has been busted with the arrests of three people and seizure of fake notes and counterfeiting equipment, police say. Read More
► CARS were towed from Bryan Byrt's Capalaba sales yard in Redland City on Friday after the auto group went into receivership this month. Read More
A pharmaceutical giant says it will ban a product that has been polluting Sydney Harbour. Read more here.
The use of "hook-up" mobile phone apps is set to skyrocket at this week's schoolies event, but parents shouldn't race to lock up their teens just yet.. Read more here.
As rolling protests against funding cuts to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation began on Saturday, past Victorian premiers have lamented the expected passing of the state edition of 7.30. Read more here.
Taiwan, the world's biggest maker of iPhones and iPads, has unexpectedly found its economy held hostage by a young generation of digital natives, spawned – ironically – by its high-tech success.. Read more here.
Emirates head Tim Clark presses for change to prevent another MH17 tragedy. Read more here.
The US's gun laws are failing its children Read more here.
TEN Beaudesert Meals on Wheels volunteers have received state recognition for 30 years of service by being added to the Queensland Meals on Wheels roll of honour.
Beaudesert Meals on Wheels president John Bartlett presented Thea Franklin, Dorothy Arthy, Judy Clarke and Barney McCabe with certificates at a morning tea at the group’s Wongaburra kitchen on Tuesday.
