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Home From Home Is Where The Heart Is

Saturday April 5, 2008
AS SOME of the biggest names in rock music jetted into town this week to play the V Festival - the last big show on Melbourne's busy festival calender - Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme had already made himself at home.

Outside Agendas Cause District Calendar Chaos

Wednesday June 27, 2007
NEWCASTLE District Bowling Association may have to look at playing championships at night or midweek if state and national events continue to encroach on its playing calender.

Metro's Mad March

Thursday March 1, 2007
Twelve months ago, the Commonwealth Games dominated Melbourne?s calender. This year, it?s the world swimming championships. But there?s much more besides - whether you fancy fast cars, film, food or fashion, the options are endless. Here are 15 of the best.

Sevens Wonders For Fava

Sunday March 5, 2006
IN PURE rugby terms, the Commonwealth Games sevens tournament pales into insignificance on the international calender.

Briscoe Ready To Debut At Daytona

Friday February 4, 2005
ASPIRING Australian formula one racer Ryan Briscoe will make his US debut this weekend in one of the major events on the motorsport calender - the Daytona 24 hours.

Women's Open Under Threat

Thursday September 23, 2004
A scheduling change in the Australasian golfing calender has put next year's Women's Australian Open in jeopardy.

Even The Old Bill Is Taking The Night Off

Saturday November 22, 2003
Sydney's social calender has been rewritten for tonight, its clocks turned back, moved forward or stopped dead, as the city shuffles to cater for the final of the Rugby World Cup.

Woodside Output In Range Of Target

Friday October 17, 2003
Strong September-quarter production has put Woodside Petroleum within comfortable reach of its ``stretch" production target for (calender) 2003 of 58 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe).

On-target Uecomm Keeps Up Revenue Momentum

Thursday April 17, 2003
Uecomm is on track to deliver its predicted $55 million to $60 million revenue result for calender 2003, according to the small telco's managing director, Peter McGrath.

Food And Wine

Sunday April 6, 2003
www.melbfoodwinefest.com.au With categories like "cheese events", you know the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival is a serious matter. Its website provides a handy interactive calender; click on the day and a list of eating and drinking opportunities comes up. There's a bit of art and cu

Dine Out On A Winning Note

Thursday October 24, 2002
THE biggest horse racing event on the nation 's calender is less than two weeks away, and now is the time to plan a big girls' (or guys') day out. On Tuesday, November 5, all heads will swivel towards the closest television screen to watch the most popular horse race of the year. T

Perkins' Love: A Knockout In Redfern

Tuesday October 8, 2002
Charlie Perkins represented Australia at soccer, but also loved his rugby league. His daughter, Rachel, 32, accompanied him to countless annual knockout competitions, which are now the biggest events on the Aboriginal calender in NSW.

Rugby League

Friday August 9, 2002
RUGBY LEAGUE `Spray' too late ARL chief executive Geoff Carr has responded to an accusation from former New Zealand coach Frank Endacott that Australia was largely to blame for an inadequate international rugby league calender.

Leeds Comes First: Venables

Saturday July 27, 2002
New Leeds United manager Terry Venables doesn't want it, but he can see a head-on clash with Socceroo boss Frank Farina looming over player releases unless FIFA moves quickly to harmonise the international calender.

Death In America

Tuesday June 12, 2001
IN years to come, the execution by lethal injection of Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh will be, like the bombing itself, a prominent calender mark in United States history.

Hard Selling Software Won't Keep Up The Pace

Saturday August 12, 2000
Accounting software provider MYOB expects to beat financial forecasts for this calender year with increased spending by small business due to the GST translating to better-than-expected sales during June. MYOB said it shipped more than 90,000 software packages to retailers and resellers a ``mass

Us Blazes Trail For Paper Firm

Friday August 11, 2000
A surge in overseas earnings has lifted Spicers Paper's full-year profit by almost half, and the company hopes low capital costs will help it maintain double-digit growth in the current calender year. The fine-paper merchant and stationer received a boost from its American operations, where a 10

Speculation Mounts In Formula One

Thursday June 1, 2000
It's only six rounds into the formula one calender, with the world championship a long way from decided, but the sport's so-called silly season already seems to have begun. Several drivers and teams have been linked with fresh partnerships as speculation mounts about who will be teaming up with w

Optimistic Tax Schemes Need More Than Ho Ho

Monday May 15, 2000
IN the same way that tinsel and fairy lights appearing on pine trees announce it's Christmas and the end of the calender year, prospectuses for tax-driven investment schemes appearing on my desk announce it's tax time and the end of the financial year. But as June 30 approaches there's no big blo

V8s Get October Date For Bathurst

Monday April 10, 2000
ADELAIDE The V8 supercar circus will reclaim its traditional Bathurst October race date next year as part of a major motor racing calender revamp. And the revamp will not only see the cars pitted against the mountain in October, but move offshore, too. Bathurst in October was as much a fixt

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