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Glad to see the couple I've had a few cheeky dollars on have made it past the first hurdle. Nine weeks to go!!

Cheers for that Seth. I believe that price did include a reserved seat in one of the stands. Roughly how much would it normally set you back if you went general admission for the 4 days?

Some mates and I are looking to make the week long pilgrimage this year. According to the Flemington web site some of the prices aren't available yet, but does say you can get a reserved 4 day pass for $380'ish. Just hoping to get some advice/thoughts from those who have done it before on...

Published league tables are a disaster. It is not simply a matter of saying which school did well on a test and having parents decide where to send their kids based on the results, they impact all aspects of education. Teachers will refuse to have anything to do with low SES schools for fear it...

Are you serious? South Australia, over a long period of time, has been very progressive in its policy development. In many ways the place is a backwater, but its social agenda (particuarly in times when steered by the ALP) has often led the way.

The same team that stole the divisional playoff against the pats on a shocking call. Their general failure to be recognised as one of the great teams is just part of the football Gods punishment for that. The other part of course being another divisional game against the pats about 25 years...

President Elect Obama. Go you good thing!

just have to hope that it getting called too early doesn't cause some freak swing (either republicans getting out to vote late or democrats staying home) in the west. not bloody likely, but this is not offically over yet.

MSNBC calls Ohio blue! surely a matter or time now!

looking good, but just need one of these big states to turn blue! hopefully the floodgates are about to buckle.

yeah, had 5 wins and 10 places on it. have to admit i went too early and thought it had won. i'm sure as the night/days/years go on, the amount i had on it will increase a fair bit!

The Council for the Australian Federation (all the state and territory leaders) have agreed to fixed this and everyone will get the holiday Monday. Just Labor leaders trying to buy cheep support I guess... if this works expect the NSW government to start making up all sorts of bogus holidays!

Deakin. Did considerable good before federation, played a major role in ensuring federation happened and was vital in implementing legislation that laid the ground work for Australia to become a great country. He did all of this during an unstable period in politics and worked for the greater...

i am about to move into a new place and thinking this may be the best way to go as it can be useful to have a home phone, but probably not useful enough to pay line rental. where as i am keen to have the net. some people have said the phone (voip phone?) can be fairly unreliable, does anyone...

Living in Darwin in the mid-90's, with only one TV station, when I went to the 1996 GF I took full advantage of the marathon and watched it until I passed out at about 4am. Came in handy to. Part of my trip package included tickets to the Crows Breakfast, and there was a trivia question on...

Gripping analysis there. Howard did a good job of appealing to the good old 'mainstream' of Australia, while labeling anyone who didn't support him as part of an evil 'special interest' that Labor Governments had spent too much time helping. Democracy is about our individualities, but it is...

I got my PS3 + GTA IV bundle a week ago and have managed to clock up about 20 hours and completed just on 25%. I keep telling myself to make it last longer by doing some of the side missions, but I am so sucked into the story that I have pretty much done nothing but the main missions! :) It...

I would have thought that Essendon are the better analogy...? They replaced the iconic, successful heart and soul of the team with some new guy who is sort of ok, but seems out of his depth and complains a lot about his playing stock being depleted due to bigger names being unavailable for...

Brett Spinks... seriously? Had kicked 15 goals from 20 games as a key forward before the cats picked him up. Probably more a testimony to Gary Ayres' recruitment abilities.

alright guys, i have been thinking about getting a console for a while and all the GTA IV hype has pushed me over the edge. after a bit of mucking around on the net i have decided to go with the $750 ps3/gta bundle. i am not that great with a lot of the tech stuff and in an effort to not f#ck...

did anyone actually watch The Castle? various government agencies have always had the power to aquire privately owned land (whether it be for infrastructure or development). I know for example the SA Housing Trust has it written into their act. Doesn’t mean that used excessively (hardly ever in...

**while clapping patterson off stage** "he's right. he isn't much on speeches" hahaha

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23501851-910,00.html Despite the temptation to make jokes about healthy choice frozen meals, such a ticket would certainly make things interesting. An experienced Senator and a black woman with experience in a senior Executive role. I am...

Headline: HAWKS ON TOP What it should read: GIVE IT A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE GETTING TOO EXCITED

we should all just gang up on the NT and blame them. something like 75% of their government funding comes from the commonwealth. there's nothing like picking on the smallest kid when you want a fight. but seriously, if people in WA have such a problem with actually contributing to the country...

Benno, maybe you can explain it to us like this... why do you think the news limited papers have got it so right? ...the odds that the bookies are offering are a reflection of what everyone who has bet on the election think the result will be. The fact is though, that for a while now, the...

Firstly you are assuming the objective journalists like Andrew and Piers at News Limited have it right and secondly you are wrong in your responce to MSR273's comment about the weighting of bets on Labor. Personally I think that it will be a tight finish, but if I am running a book on who...

No, the reason housing prices are so high is because the Federal Government took numerous steps that allowed people to increase their purchasing power (ie First Home Owners Grant) and did nothing to increase the supply of housing. It has nothing to do with people making bas decisions, many...

hey all, not much of a horse punter, but like many i get the bug this time of year. just wondering if someone can let me know which horse's in the cup have solid 2 mile form? i always find it pretty hard to back something if i can't even be sure it will run that far, let alone be competitive...