In an unusual move so far from an election, Mr Abbott travelled to Goulburn yesterday to launch Mr Taylor's campaign and praise him as a ''fine Australian of great accomplishments'' with ''strong character, good judgment and high intelligence''.

In an unusual move so far from an election, Mr Abbott travelled to Goulburn yesterday to launch Mr Taylor's campaign and praise him as a ''fine Australian of great accomplishments'' with ''strong character, good judgment and high intelligence''.

In an unusual move so far from an election, Mr Abbott travelled to Goulburn yesterday to launch Mr Taylor's campaign and praise him as a ''fine Australian of great accomplishments'' with ''strong character, good judgment and high intelligence''.

This time, however, a more focussed and better prepared Goulburn outfit prevailed. The Twos will be desperate to notch consecutive victories for the first time this season when they tackle the Rams this Saturday.

That's how MPNFL interleague coach Jock Holland summed up the Sharks' heart-breaking 13-point loss to Goulburn Valley in Saturday's VCFL Country Championship play-off at Shepparton. The MPNFL had the state title in its grasp when it got eight points up ...

... Sunday, 10 June Mass; Cooma, 3.30pm, Friday 15 June; St Christopher's Cathedral, 6pm, Tuesday, 19 June Mass and supper at St Edmund's College; Young, 2pm, Sunday, 24 June liturgy/ afternoon tea; Goulburn, 10am, Friday, 29 June Mass and morning tea.

In an unusual move so far from an election, Mr Abbott travelled to Goulburn yesterday to launch Mr Taylor's campaign and praise him as a ''fine Australian of great accomplishments'' with ''strong character, good judgment and high intelligence''.

Just two weeks after his attestation from the Goulburn academy and already on the job - he knows that what lies ahead will be intense. And diverse. “I have done a bit of everything – I am not sure what I want to specialise in, at the moment I am just ...