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FLANAGAN’S Bar in Traralgon is the place to be on Sunday. The venue is playing host to Our Kinda Country, an annual fundraiser for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal. Organisers have promised this year’s festivities will be ‘twice as special’ having had to cancel proceedings last year due to COVID-19. “This year’s event is two years in the making,” spokesperson Dawn O’Connell said. “We’re looking forward to an absolutely huge day. “This is our 10th edition and we’ve raised more than $25,000 for the Royal Exchange Hotel’s Cork Club, which raises money ...

The Kooline Project area is under-explored and covers an almost 50-kilometre strike corridor linking the historical, high-grade, lead-silver workings...

Defamation silk to retire Dismiss Normal text size Credit:Illustration: John Shakespeare Bruce McClintock SC calls time on his legal career towards the end of the year. McClintock, 70, has decided to retire, telling friends in the profession it’s best to quit while he is still enjoying himself, rather than being the drunk guy at the end of the night who needs to be helped into a cab. Or words to that effect. The tireless efforts of McClintock, who graduated from ANU in 1975 and was called to the bar in 1983, have helped turn Sydney into a world centre for defamation. He has represented

Horsetalk.co.nz Was Phar Lap killed by gangsters? Fresh research explores which conspiracies people believe in and why Phar Lap. (AP) Almost a third of Australians believe the racehorse Phar Lap’s sudden death in San Francisco in 1932 was the result of poisoning by US gangsters. Researchers Mathew Marques, Jim McLennan, John Kerr, Mathew Ling and Matt Williams discuss their recently published research, which shows the power of conspiracy theories. These are some classic conspiracy theories that almost everyone has heard about, and a sizeable number of people agree with. But little ...

Take a private jet to dinner with MONA owner David Walsh.  In Sydney, sail the harbour on SY Ena, one of the finest examples of an Edwardian period steam yacht in the world. This four-hour experience includes a private tour guide and crew and lunch or dinner paired with Australian wines on the yacht that was first used for government functions on the harbour in the 1900s. During World War I it had an undercover role: it was painted grey, renamed HMAS Sleuth and was used to patrol Australian coastal waters. Or head to Ballarat for "A night in the museum" - a departure from that gold rush ...