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Brumby To Rudd: Jobs At Risk

13 November 2008

PREMIER John Brumby has warned that jobs will be lost if the Federal Government fails to deliver on promised funding for major state projects, including Victoria's congestion-busting transport package... read full story

Cooking With The Boys

25 July 2007

They know how to cook on the barbecue but a new course teaches men how to transfer those skills to the kitchen. The kitchen has traditionally been a woman's domain, but one group of Illawarra men aim to change that... read full story

Start Somewhere

21 July 2007

First jobs may not be glamorous, but they can teach us valuable lessons, writes Brooke Hemphill... read full story

Accused's Lawyer Asks Why Aren't Nab Execs Charged With Cooking The Books?

22 April 2006

VINCENT Adam Ficarra was bright, young, about to get married and earning more than $100,000 a year in his first job as a junior NAB trader. According to his lawyer, he was the "rising star" of the bank's currency options desk - a desk riddled with risk, ego and testosterone... read full story

And Now, The Incredible Working Mum's Time Warp

5 February 2005

How do they do it? Working mothers spend as much time playing with and reading to their children as mothers who are not in paid jobs. And, according to a new study, they manage it by doing less housework, sacrificing their leisure, spending less time on their appearance, and putting the children to bed later... read full story

Cook's Tour On Horizon

18 January 2005

HELPING her dad cook on the barbecue began chef Angela Smith's love for cooking... read full story

Heirs' Fare

6 July 2004

"How about something kids can cook?" asked the editor. I don't have any children but I love cooking with Bella and Nicholas, pictured, my sister's adorable offpsring. It's so much fun having a pair of giggly, wriggly children hanging off the kitchen bench. I try to find easy jobs for young Nicholas, but so far I have nailed only one that will hold his attention - making pasta. He'll turn that handle as if there's no tomorrow, and the more flour being thrown about and singing going on, the better. ..... read full story

Kids' Capers

6 July 2004

Cooking is all fun and games when the little people are involved... read full story

China Wild About Green Chef

8 May 2004

A CHINESE chef fired 12 times for refusing to cook wild animals has been awarded the honorary title ``Green Chef Protecting Wildlife" by the China Wildlife Conservation Association... read full story

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