HOMELESS people in Melbourne could soon find a bed inside the Town Hall or other council buildings, under a move by the city to provide more crisis accommodation.

NATIONAL Australia Bank is sticking with its long-time headquarters at 500 Bourke Street, with the group announcing it had signed a 12-year lease as ISPT's $75 million refurbishment of the building continues.

Expert skiing comments by Jim Darby; snowboarding by Craig Tansley; dining and accommodation by David Sly.

Mount Buller's lift system is a legacy of its quirky history. It had two lift operators from the late 1950s and they battled T-bar for T-bar and chair by chair for supremacy until they merged in 1985. Much of the lift system has been rationalised since, with more efficient aerial..read more

A community campaign to open a refuge for at-risk children in Bourke is mired in red tape, write Jordan Baker and Joel Gibson.