http://melburnian.nook.com.au A Nook by the Melbourne Leader crew Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:54:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en DOCTORS and students are outraged by suggestions that medical certificates are coming too easily to exam-dodging students who have headaches or period pain. RMIT's academic board has received a complaint that some doctors are issuing too many certificates for ``minor'' ailments and  should be blacklisted. RMIT's academic board has received a ... http://melburnian.nook.com.au/2007/10/17/is-period-pain-enough-reason-to-delay-an-exam/ A FILM showing Melbourne’s infamous 70K Crew graffiti gang hanging off trains and buildings has been pulled from a city film festival. They're brazen, forthright and absolutely convinced that scrawling their names on billboards and trains is going to change the world, experts say. But the prolific 70K Crew are also ... http://melburnian.nook.com.au/2007/09/27/censor-scrubs-graffiti-film/ A TRIBUNAL will decide whether pub owners and managers are responsible for brawling, vomiting and noisy drinkers after they have left their bar.   Yarra Council will this week file papers at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal against the Peel Hotel in Collingwood, saying its music is too loud and ... http://melburnian.nook.com.au/2007/09/12/noisy-fight-over-responsibility/   EIGHT months after being stabbed twice in his left knee, 25-year-old accounts manager Amrish Jusrut is about to run the race of his life. Jusrut, set upon by two young men on a train in February, has since undergone an operation and several painful months of rehabilitation. He will tackle ... http://melburnian.nook.com.au/2007/09/12/stab-victim-to-run-marathon/   THEY should have been in school but these students thought it was more important to stand up for others. About 300 secondary school and university students walked out of class last Wednesday and rallied at the steps of Flinders St Station to protest againstUS President George Bush's visit to Sydney ... http://melburnian.nook.com.au/2007/09/12/truants-at-rally/ How did the Spring Racing Carnival come to be more about fascinators than bookies? Why do fashion and horseracing go together hand in hoof?   http://melburnian.nook.com.au/2007/09/05/fascinating-show-ponies/ Forget the Gold Coast, Melbourne is fast becoming Australia's film capital. Free permits from the city council and its proximity to diverse landscapes are creating boom conditions for film in this city. Speilberg will be in town in November to shoot The Pacific mini-series but when is the next major film ... http://melburnian.nook.com.au/2007/08/22/melbourne-film-capital/   Unless you've been living under a rock for the past week, you would have heard the Reserve Bank has put interest rates up .25 per cent. That means house repayments go up and rent will probably follow. But does a quarter of a per cent really make that much difference? And ... http://melburnian.nook.com.au/2007/08/15/has-the-rate-rise-piqued-your-interest/   Premier Steve Bracks quit politics this morning and has fueled suspicion that his deputy might follow him out. In a snap press conference this morning, Mr Bracks said his family had sped up his decision to leave after eight years as Premier. He would not comment when asked directly whether his deputy ... http://melburnian.nook.com.au/2007/07/27/bracks-gone-deputy-in-doubt/ City councils want mobile billboards banned from parking more than 15 minutes on our congested roads. Port Phillip has already done it and Yarra Council is considering a ban. Yarra Councillor Kay Meadows says they are unregulated, they hog parks and clog the already congested city streets. Do you think they have ... http://melburnian.nook.com.au/2007/07/25/should-mobile-billboards-be-driven-off-our-roads/