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• 'Nothing will be the same'

  

  READ PART ONE:Balic faces up to his biggest callPART TWOSUNDAY, JULY 5, 2015HARLEY Balic was asleep on the couch when his parents rushed in to wake him. For a moment, he was concerned. It was a Saturday morning and they were yelling at him to get up and look at the computer. He resisted."You made the All-Australian team!" his mum Nancy yelled. Balic had to double-check before getting too excited.His parents have read things in online forums about him before that haven't been right, so he didn't ..

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• Open day to celebrate three decades of care

  

  Banjora Children's Centre to celebrate 30th anniversaryByJANET HOWIENov. 17, 2015, 9:54 a.m.Banjora Children's Centre in Springdale Heights turns 30 and one staff member has been there from the start.PLAY TIME: Banjora Children's Centre educator Nikki Bartlett celebrates a milestone with Mckenzie Drinkwater, 2, Sam Harrington, 3, and Koa Patten, 2. Picture: MARK JESSERIN childcare terms, a generation might last five years as babies grow into toddlers and then pre-schoolers.I came out and watche..

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• Government to move on crowdfunding

  

  “This means that the founders of a microbrewery in Tasmania can get their business off the ground with the investment of mums and dads in places like Albury ...

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• Welcome to Tuesday, November 17, 20157 hours, 14 minutes ago

  

  Sorry, this page cannot be found.The page you’ve requested does not exist at this address.If you typed in the address, used a bookmark or followed a link from another web site, this page no longer exists. You can view all areas available on the site from our home page athttp://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au.If you clicked on a link from within the site or via an email, you can report this errorhere.We appreciate your coo..

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• Wagga sale 16 Nov 2015: Store market up to 15c higher

  The commencement of harvest in the Riverina didn’t deter producers, with numbers surging at Wagga to just over 4,800Last week’s rain fuelled confidence and motivated buyers, as several new store buyers entered the market. Agents said prices were up to 15c/kg higher for store cattle, with the season on the verge of being excellent for dry land Lucerne and paddocks cut early for hay.Restockers turned out in force, putting a solid floor in the store market for secondary w..

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• Qantas regains investment grade rating from Standard & Poor's

  

  Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce celebrated the airline's 95th birthday in Mascot on Monday.Photo: Peter RaeQantas has regained its prized investment-grade credit rating from Standard & Poor's in a move chief executive Alan Joyce has described as a "welcome endorsement" of the hard work that had been required for a financial turnaround of the airline."Our focus has been getting the business to an optimal capital position and to keep it there throughout the cycle," he said.Our approach to fu..

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• Wall Street surges over 1pc as Paris attacks have little impact

  

  Traders observe a moment of silence before the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange.Source:APThree big questions: bank pay, Tatts/Tabcorp, and cabbages1:45Have bank salaries outgrown their CEOs? Will Tatts and Tabcorp resume merger talks? And, cabbages? Really?US stocks closed sharply higher followingweekend attacks in Paris, as investors pointed to the relatively limited impact on markets and the economy from previous terrorist atrocities.At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Ave..

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• Specialty Fashion found aged surprise when it bought Rivers

  

  Specialty Fashion chief executive Gary Perlstein is still counting the cost of his Rivers acquisition.Photo: Dom LorrimerSpecialty Fashion thought it was getting a bargain when itstruck a deal to buyvalue fashion chain Rivers from founder Philip Goodman for just $4 million two years ago.But when Specialty finally got the keys to the 28-year-old retailer it found more than it had bargained for – 8.6 million pieces of aged stock sitting in warehouses."At one stage we thought about dumping it al..

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• BHP reviews joint ventures

  

  BHP Billiton is reviewing the management of two big operations after the Samarco mudslide in Brazil that killed at least nine people. Andrew Mackenzie, the miner's chief executive, told analysts and investors that the company was reviewing all of its ...

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• Asian conglomerate Jemena wins tender to build NEGI gas pipeline from Northern ...

  

  Asian conglomerate Jemena wins tender to build NEGI gas pipeline from Northern Territory to QueenslandUpdatedNovember 17, 2015 17:09:46 An Asian conglomerate has been announced as the preferred bidder to construct a gas pipeline connecting the Northern Territory to Queensland.Jemena, which is jointly owned by the State Grid Corporation of China and Singapore Power, was announced by NT Chief Minister Adam Giles at a press conference today as the winner of the contract.The pipeline project, kn..

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