A BUSHFIRE was within six kilometres of the central Victorian town of Raglan yesterday after a fuel-reduction burn jumped its containment lines.

LABOR, Liberals and Nationals want the Lord's Prayer to continue to be read in Parliament - "it's a long-standing tradition". So too are hypocrisy, back-stabbing and self-interest. Our Lord hasn't had much influence there, so it looks like we're stuck with those as well. Roger Green, Ferntree Gully

WE'VE got rainwater tanks. We're just waiting for a charge to be levied by water managers for diverting their water, thus causing them to lose revenue because they can't sell us so much of their product. Roger Green, Ferntree Gully

Ferntree Gully has gorgeous mountains on its doorstep, writes Mary Costello.

A young Australian is relishing the strange and wonderful world of Major League baseball, writes Chloe Saltau. It's a long way from Ferntree Gully in the outer suburbs of Melbourne to Philadelphia, and almost as far from minor league baseball to the big time. Brad Harman still can't get used to..read more