The Senior Australian of the Year state and territory finalists include Grand Plan front man Father Bob Maguire (VIC), horse trainer Bart Cummings (NSW), rural men's health campaigner Julian Krieg (WA) and community leader Koolpinyah Barnes (NT).
More than 2,400 nominations were submitted by the Australian public for the 2011 awards which recognises quiet achievers, community heroes and well known Australians for their inspiring contributions.
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ATO plans to charge GST on manufactured home parks scrapped
A concerted effort by the Residents Association of manufactured home parks has headed off the ATO which had planned to impose GST in mobile homes. This would have added 10% to the cost of the purchase of a home