The story of one of Australia's longest serving prisoners and other top stories.

• The story of one of Australia's longest serving prisoners

  The story of one of Australia's longest serving prisoners By John Stewart, digital producer Brigid Andersen Updated February 12, 2016 12:56:00 Bobby Veen is a double murderer who has spent 40 of his 60 years of life in jail. He was released from prison last year after being diagnosed with cancer. This is the story of a life, institutionalised. Stolen from his familyBobby Veen is one of the Stolen Generations. He was taken from his family in Bourke when he was a b..

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• Southern NSW residents turn out in droves to oppose proposed ...

  

  Southern NSW residents turn out in droves to oppose proposed council amalgamation Posted February 12, 2016 08:39:17 Residents in a southern New South Wales shire have argued passionately for their independence at the public inquiry into a merger proposed by the State Government.Meetings were held in the Tumut and Tumbarumba shires on Thursday, where both councils expressed their desire to remain stand-alone.Tumbarumba councillor and member of the town's Liberal Party ..

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• Bold and Bright

  

  Team BOC is the latest V8 Supercars team to reveal war paint for the 2016 season.After his milestone year in 2015 – claiming his 50th V8 Supercars podium and 500th championship race start – Jason Bright lines up for his seventh season with the team.BOC heads into its 12th season as a naming rights sponsor, making it the longest current naming rights sponsor (excluding manufacturers) of any V8 Supercars team in the field.Bright’s is the final Brad Jones Racing V8 Supercars Championship livery to..

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• Rubiton Stakes 2016: Where the value lies

  

  Race 5 at Caulfield on Saturday (3.30pm AEDT) is the Group 2 Rubiton Stakes run at a distance of 1100 metres. It is a set weights and penalties race but was run at weight-for-age from its inception in 1989 through to 2009. It has only been a Group 2 race since 2013, and started life as a listed race, before achieving Group 3 status in 1992. Below are the past thirteen winners of the race: 2015 – Chautauqua 2014 – Lankan Rupee 2013 – Adebisi 2012 – Eagle Falls 2011 – Catapulted 2010 – Here De A..

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• Breweries opening off-piste in High Country

  

  Gavin Swalwell at Rutherglen Brewery There’s a veritable avalanche of new breweries opening in Victoria’s High Country region, an area of some expanse that is bordered by the Murray River, the Victorian Alps and river valleys to the south. The jury’s out on whether the newcomers will become part of the High Country Brewery Trail, whose member breweries believe in the merit of a leaner format that may be completed in the course of a weekend. On my recent High Country tour, I went off-piste to vis..

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• Lauren Jackson fights for Rio Olympic Games dream as she ...

  

  Albury basketball champion Lauren Jackson won't give up on her Rio dreams until doctors tell her it's physically impossible for her to play. THE BALL'S IN MY COURT: Lauren Jackson is fighting to compete at her fifth Olympic Games.ALBURY basketball champion Lauren Jackson is refusing to give up on her Rio ambitions until she's told there's absolutely no chance her body will be able to carry her to a fifth Olympic Games.The Canberra Capitals will farewell Australia's greatest female..

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• It's Good To Talk: The Art Of Difficult Conversations

  Details Category: Programming Published on Friday, 12 February 2016 06:00 We've all done it at some point. We have it in common. We have all avoided having a difficult conversation with someone. Conflict isn't something any of us desire. Many of us see conflict in the same way we view a house that's on fire; the closer we get the more uneasy and terrifying it can be, and it's best to get as far away from it as we can. But avoiding conflict - and not having that difficult conversation - is on..

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• Brad Hulme joins KIIS

  Details Category: What's New Published on Friday, 12 February 2016 09:00 Brad Hulme has been appointed new Breakfast EP of KIIS 101.1’s Matt Tilley and Meshel Laurie. KIIS 101.1 Content Director Sam Thompson said: “Brad brings with him a wealth of talent and experience to Melbourne’s KIIS 101.1 Breakfast team, and we look forward to having him on board. The fun and warmth of Matt Tilley & Meshel Laurie together is clearly evident, and Brad’s strength in producing will only continue to enhance t..

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• Table Top couple celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary

  

  65 years of love and loyalty is what a Table Top couple put down to the success of their marriage After 65 years of marriage and not one argument, Table Top’s Beryl and Brian Nicholson are a true representation of love.TRUE LOVE: Beryl and Brian Nicholson celebrated 65 years of marriage to which they put down to loyalty. The Table Top couple's romance began in 1946 and together they had six children. Picture: MARK JESSER. Although Brian admitted it wasn’t love at first sight, the ..

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• Reece conquers injury woes

  

  Reece conquers injury woes richmondfc.com.au  February 11, 2016 3:40 PM Deledio & Conca pre-season update Brett Deledio & Reece Conca talk to Channel 9 News about their 2016 pre-season, from the Tigers community camp in Albury. It’s onwards and upwards for talented Richmond midfielder, Reece Conca, as he casts aside the anguish associated with his 2015 season by throwing himself into preparations for the new league foo..

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