Amid The Dark, Millions Keep An Idea Alight

DOES Earth Hour really work? It depends how you define "work", say organisers, who are honest about the event's symbolic role in the face of a degree of public apathy and scepticism.

Majestic Semi-rural Retreat

ON an elevated block at the end of a cul-de-sac, this house has 360-degree rural views to Mount Sugarloaf.

Plans For Police Degree Dropped

A MUCH-LAUDED plan to create Victoria's first police university degree has been quietly shelved, with Assistant Commissioner Simon Overland admitting the proposal was "too ambitious".

A Secret Life Led By Night

LIKE many Monash University students entering the final year of their degree, Amy is knuckling down to her studies, keen to make sure she gets the best marks she can.