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Melbourne pilot killed in fiery helicopter crash - The Age

February 5th, 2012
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A Melbourne pilot and his American passenger have been killed in a fiery helicopter crash near Nowra on the New South Wales south coast. Police released details of the men this evening after the helicopter crashed during take-off from the Jaspers Brush …

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Melbourne’s Pride March today! - Same Same

February 5th, 2012
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The 17th annual Pride March this Sunday the 5th of February is set to celebrate all the colours Victoria’s queer community. The iconic inner city event attracts thousands of spectators and hundreds of marchers to St Kilda to participate in the biggest …

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Melbourne cyclist starts lawsuit against Shane Warne - The Australian

February 1st, 2012
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The cyclist at the centre of the Shane Warne road-rage incident has hit back at the spin king with his own version of events. SHANE Warne was facing legal action today after a cyclist involved in a road rage incident with the Australian cricket great said …

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Office market goes beyond recovery - Sydney Morning Herald

February 1st, 2012
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SALES across Australia’s major central business district office markets have broadly recovered from the global financial crisis, with record activity last year, but Melbourne was less buoyant. Deals have steadily increased since the lull of 2008 …

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Melbourne full of empty homes - The Age

January 28th, 2012
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RENTERS struggling to find a home in Perth should move to Melbourne. The southern capital’s rental vacancy rate has risen to 4.4 per cent, the result of a surge in apartment building and slowing population growth. Western Australia’s mining boom has kept …

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Perth’s home hoodoo aces for Melbourne - The Age

January 28th, 2012
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IT IS the Melbourne Aces’ best-case play-off scenario that they travel interstate to face Perth Heat in the first round of the Australian Baseball League’s post-season. For a reason no one around the ABL can put their finger on, the defending champion Heat …

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New Book Explores Melbourne’s Logging Era - PRLog (free press release)

January 24th, 2012
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The newest addition to Arcadia Publishing’s popular Images of America series is Melbourne’s Logging Era: 1912-1932 from local author Ed Vosatka. The book boasts more than 200 vintage images and memories of days gone by. Melbourne was a quiet coastal …

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Soccer: Melbourne Victory’s wheels get wobbly - New Zealand Herald

January 24th, 2012
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Big-spending and highly ambitious Melbourne Victory are in danger of watching their A-League season blow apart. In just his second game in charge after the club sensationally sacked Mehmet Durakovic (who in turn had been handed the job when highly …

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Reunion for Chambers and Storm - The Age

January 20th, 2012
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WILL Chambers is returning to his former club Melbourne after a two-year dalliance with rugby union. The tall centre has signed a three-year deal with the Storm, where he played 42 games between 2007-09 before switching codes to play with the Queensland Reds.

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Airports buoyed by overseas travel - Sydney Morning Herald

January 20th, 2012
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THEY might be experiencing a decline in the total number of passengers passing though their terminals, but Australia’s two biggest airports - in Sydney and Melbourne - are grateful for one group: international travellers. While they have not been large …

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