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Minister Justin Madden has conceded there may have to be changes to Melbourne's urban growth boundary. Less than a month ago, Mr Madden predicted that the boundaries would not be moved ''in my lifetime''. Mr Madden told The Age then...

The Advertising Standards Bureau has heard a complaint that Smith's proposed kangaroo and emu flavour was ''degrading'' to native wildlife. Smith's included the flavour as one of four finalists in a competition it ran to find a new variety of...

My Place is an ambitious period drama for kids, writes Greg Hassall. IT'S a cold June morning in Sydney's inner west but the grounds of St Stephens Church are buzzing with activity. The cast and crew of the children's drama...

Parliament rose for Christmas without passing the Government's proposed changes to student income support. Education Minister Julia Gillard plans to reintroduce the bill in February, after the Coalition and Steve Fielding this week rejected her offer of a $20 million...

But nor will childcare have a dramatically positive effect on a child's life. This is the message from a keynote speech to be given at a conference in Melbourne today, as the Council of Australian Governments is set to decide...

There was also the matter of a little television show called MasterChef , which captured the imagination of the public with the sort of breathless rapidity usually seen in bubonic plagues or the decline of Australian Idol ratings...Every conversation was...

Rob Mitchell will be endorsed by the ALP national executive as the party's candidate for the seat at next year's federal election. Labor strategists are eyeing off the electorate, which takes in the bushfire-ravaged town of Marysville. It was originally...