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IDOMENEO BY MOZART Freiburg Baroque Orchestra with Rene Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi)

Mozart: Don Giovanni

Mozart: Don Giovanni Soloists, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Cond. Rene Jacobs Harmonia Mundi 4/5

The Hoylands From Sheffield

Hoyland: Seeking descendants of a Mary Ellen Hoyland (nee Daniel) who emigrated from Sheffield, England, to Australia with her husband, Harry, in the early part of last century. Apparently her sister emigrated with them. I have this picture and on the back is written "Starting from left, Elsie, Pop Perkins, Hilda and myself". I think "myself" may be Eva or Rene. This will be a second-generation picture. I also have pictures of three young children (third generation, who will probably be aged in ...

Don Giovanni

Don Giovanni Mozart Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, conductor Rene Jacobs Harmonia Mundi 4/5

Tax Office Hopes For $6m Of Rivkin Estate

THE Australian Taxation Office stands to recover more than $6 million from Rene Rivkin's deceased estate.

Rivkin Associate Denies $500,000 Bequest

GEORGE FRERIS agrees the late Rene Rivkin was generous, giving him a $250,000 Sydney apartment, a $400,000 parcel of shares, four cars including a Lotus and a Hummer, an "expensive" watch and many holidays.

Search For Assets In Rivkin Case

THE Australian businesses run by the late Rene Rivkin often ran low on cash, but Rivkin would always tell his general manager not to worry because there was "plenty of money," the Federal Magistrates Court has been told.

Support For Hapless President

RENE HARRIS'S presidency of Nauru ended in 2004, by which time he was allegedly embroiled in a web of corruption and his foreign aid agreement with Australia had been running for three years.

Media Lawyer Switches Firms

HEAVYWEIGHT media solicitor Mark O'Brien - who has represented Kerry Packer, Alan Jones and Rene Rivkin - is changing firms and taking his highly regarded team with him. A defamation specialist now also advising the Nine Network, he would not say yesterday whether he thought his clients would follow him from his current firm, Gilbert + Tobin, to Johnson Winter & Slattery.

Exposed: Richo's Secretive Tax Case

THE secret Swiss bank account mystery that has embroiled the late Rene Rivkin, the businessman Trevor Kennedy and the Labor powerbroker Graham Richardson has intensified with the revelation the Tax Commissioner is pursuing Mr Richardson over money in a "foreign bank account".

Judge Exposes Richo's Secret Tax Case

THE secret Swiss bank account mystery that has embroiled the late Rene Rivkin, the businessman Trevor Kennedy and the Labor powerbroker Graham Richardson has intensified with the revelation the Tax Commissioner is pursuing Mr Richardson over money in a "foreign bank account".

Rivkin's Fate Is Evidence Of The Law's Failure

Our courts are confronted constantly with people suffering mental illness and our legal system has attempted to develop special rules to deal with them. Rene Rivkin was one of them. The system failed.

Gamble Doesn't Pay Off

TWO FOR THE MONEY Rated: M Starring: Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey, Rene Russo, Jeremy Piven. Critic's warning: Frequent language, adult themes. Critic's rating: 5/10

Healthwise, It's Pretty Crook Score 6/10

GP-LED team care was the way of the future for health, said Dr Rene Dostal, chairman of the Illawarra Division of General Practice.

Health Dr Rene Dostal

GENERAL practitioner Rene Dostal knows the pivotal role an experienced nurse can play in general practice.

For 33 Years, A Ritual Sacrifice

RENE Bitabara was six when his parents committed to an Easter sacrifice and 33 years later the family of 10 continues the tradition in their Blackbutt home.

Mayhem And Mirth

REVIEW YOURS, MINE & OURS (PG) Director: Raja Gosnell Stars: Dennis Quaid, Rene Russo Screening: General release Rating: * * *

Bayley Set For Showdown

AUSTRALIA'S dual Olympic track cycling champion Ryan Bayley goes head-to-head against one of his arch-rivals, the German world champion Rene Wolff, at Vodafone Arena tonight.

It's All Above Board For Insiders To Be Traders, But Being An Insider Trader Is Crossing The Line

A PERVERSE feature of the insider trading by Steve Vizard and Rene Rivkin is that they risked, and lost, so much for so little.

Trading By Insiders, Legal Or Not, Is Pervasive

A perverse feature of the insider trading by Steve Vizard and Rene Rivkin is that they risked, and lost, so much for so little.