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Mild-mannered bureaucrat ... attracting police attention

GODWIN Grech must be the least likely character to be at the centre of this extraordinary affair. On all accounts the 42-year-old public servant who has worked in the Prime Minister's Department, as well as Treasury, is diligent, loyal, punctilious about his work.

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An Inbox Angel At My Table

John Lethlean has enjoyed the fruits of a most unlikely net-based relationship.

Finger Pointing, A National Sport That's Distinctly Unhealthy

WHEN did Australians become so quick to judge, so quick to thump the table and demand that "heads must roll"? Why do we seem to take such pleasure in the accidental misfortune of others?

Argy-bargy Faces Acs Head

The Australian Computer Society president Philip Argy was just minutes into the top job when he was forced to defend the organisation against a critic's charges that the election process was undemocratic.

Table Manners

It's time to put the TV dinner in its place and gather the family together to eat, writes FELICITY CARTER.

On My Bedside Table - Jackie French

THE books I read in bed are all about escapism. I've read most of them before, so picking them up is like seeing an old friend or slipping on my comfortable ugh boots. I have about 30 books beside my bed and another pile on the floor, a stack by the phone (in case I'm ever stuck on hold), a stack near my computer, another in the lounge room.

We Are What We Eat

Australians are living in fast times. High wealth, high debt. Many options. Crowded schedules. Fast food. It is not necessarily a healthy lifestyle, especially the part about fast food. Australia now trails only the United States on the obesity league table among advanced economies. Almost half of adult males are overweight or obese. One in three adult women are overweight or obese. One in five children are obese or overweight. A new report proves that nearly all of us know what to do about ...

Acs Calls For Accurate Industry-wide Feedback

The Australian Computer Society has called on state and federal governments to audit Australia's software developers to develop targeted assistance programs. Speaking at a software industry round table in Melbourne yesterday, ACS President Edward Mandla, pictured, also released the society's Software Quality Accreditation Policy, calling for widespread adoption of software quality assurance methodologies. The round table, hosted by the Australian Stock Exchange, also attracted representatives of ...

Finding Them With Science

With neuroscience on his side, drug educator Trevor Grice has sceptical teens sitting up, writes Barney Zwartz.

Computer Analysis

THE deal shown arose in a recent matchpoint pairs session at Newcastle Bridge Club.

Superstition Proves Correct As Serhan Pockets $6000

WHEN Serhan Ayhan picked up a $1 coin at the beach last week he was convinced it would be lucky.

On My Bedside Table - Dorothy Johnston

I have six or seven books on a pile on the floor and that's where they stay. I keep re-arranging them. I have crime novels right at the bottom of the stack - that way I'm not tempted to read them during the day.