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Sole mates

A change in fashion

Netball: Mystics need to shape up to revive campaign

Optus threatens to abandon bid to build Aussie broadband network

Antique dealers flock to Hawkes Bay for treasures

<i>Jim Hopkins:</i> Sometimes, going to war is a necessary evil

'Reluctant hero' gives his VC to the nation

Movers & Shakers

Racing: Abolish handicaps for major races, says Butt

Olympics: Short-term pain for long-term gain

Unit's value plunges 83pc

Lonely Planet says books claims incorrect

Depression stigma higher among older men: Survey

<i>Retail Therapy</i> (+photos)

<i>In the women's mags:</i> This week's lessons - an age gap is OK, and chips cure tantrums

Victoria: Scent of a bygone era

Lavandula, a Swiss Italian farm northwest of Melbourne, is steeped in history - a divinely-scented pocket of land at Shepherd's Flat, that could be straight out of a <i>Glorious Gardens of Europe</i> coffee-table book.

Melbourne: Holidaying in doggy heaven

Sky's slick line-up courts netball viewers