Madeleine Scerri is an Australian that will be swimming for Malta in the upcoming Beijing Olympics. Madeleine was photographed at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre with the Maltese flag.

AT JUST 18, Bentleigh's Madeleine Scerri is set to fulfil a lifetime dream by competing at the Olympics. » more

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Madeleine has a passport to dream

AT JUST 18, Bentleigh's Madeleine Scerri is set to fulfil a lifetime dream by competing at the Olympics. » more

Red for highway robbery
A RED-light camera at a notorious Cheltenham intersection is snapping 28 people a day, netting the State Government about $3 million in fines. » more

Hung Tran (right) with Ha Nguyen and children in the Yet Kiev Sea Scouts at Keeley Park in Clayton.

Sea Scouts anchor youth
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MCKINNON warmed up for this weekend's Big V showdown with first-placed Horsham by clobbering Craigieburn 93-65 on Saturday. » more

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David Taylor, in his Smiths Gully studio, uses the Diamond Valley's natural beauty as the inspiration for his watercolours.
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Smiths Gully artist sees light as magic

WATERCOLOURIST David Taylor says any scene can be rendered remarkable by the right light. » more

Jordie Albiston thinks of poetry as a living and breathing art form.
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Finding challenge in verse

JORDIE Albiston loves the mathematics of poetry. » more

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Langwarrin sign language

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Stolen gnomes and ornaments have taken up residence with Jan Masson at Aspendale Gardens Community Centre.

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