WHEN Mount Evelyn Christian School won funding to restore a frog habitat on the edge of its property this year, it was not just an opportunity to make a lasting improvement to the local environment.

THE Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay has become "infested" with the "bog-standard Sydney restaurateur" and should be partially demolished to open up views of historic buildings on George Street, the former prime minister Paul Keating says.

VICTORIA'S legal complaints system has been thrown into turmoil because of a court ruling that could bog down the process of hearing grievances against lawyers.

TRAINER Kris Lees is certain the moment of truth will come for Samantha Miss when jockey Hugh Bowman "let's her head go" on a bog track in today's Sires' Produce Stakes (1400 metres) at Randwick.

JULIA Galvin is fresh from bog snorkelling in the muddy, artesian waters of Julia Creek in Queensland and ready to wow the crowds at CountryFest's wife-carrying competition at Singleton this weekend.