Disabled woman tied to bench in park attack

A DISABLED woman was tied to a park bench and sexually assaulted in South Yarra early yesterday morning.

Tasmania Shield clash elevated into Test dress rehearsal for Hughes

A SHEFFIELD Shield match of the utmost importance at the SCG, Test places up for grabs ... and Australia's chairman of selectors, Andrew Hilditch, will be there.

The Power Of The Pool

Jarred Austin and Sebastian Mackintosh are dependent on a wheelchair and a walking frame respectively when they are on land, but nothing holds them back once they get in the water.

Extraordinary Story Of An 'ordinary Teenager'

WE watched Tiffany Le take her first steps on a walking frame. Now, nearly a decade on, the 18-year-old is facing a different set of challenges.

Old Ones Are The Best: Gags Fly As Seniors Roll Up For Open

CONTRARY to the expectations of some, there wasn't a walking frame in sight at Concord Golf Club yesterday when the golden oldies of golf began assembling for the 54-hole Australian Senior Open, which starts tomorrow.

In The Bag: Punter, 83, Wins $509,000

THE connections of yesterday's Doncaster Handicap winner, Racing To Win, pocketed $1.2 million for the horse's victory, but there was another big winner: 83-year-old World War II veteran Allan Inglis, blind and using a walking frame, placed $104,000 cash on the horse to win $509,600.

Olley's Still Lifes Excite Saleroom

She's a fragile figure with a walking frame, but Margaret Olley - who at 82 is celebrating with what the Herald's Good Weekend magazine describes as an "eye popping" intimate biography - is a power in the saleroom. At both Sotheby's and Deutscher-Menzies art sales last month virtually all Olley's works sold while luminaries such as Fred Williams and Brett Whiteley suffered mixed fortunes.

Party And The Person Summed Up By The One Woman In The Know

They filed in, mostly without fanfare. Two former prime ministers, a one-time governor-general and a cabinet or two of ex-ministers. Many were greyer than we remember them, and one, Gough Whitlam, needed to lean his once mighty presence on a walking frame. They were met by a wave of affection and a few, including the never-to-be prime minister Kim Beazley, received a thunderous ovation.

Two Strokes, 73 Years, And A Life Of Deception

Mary Ann Roberts needs a walking frame, suffers from dementia, has had two strokes - and will spend at least the next three years in jail.

A Life In Full Colour

A WALKING frame, a crash helmet, a shopping list and mountains of paper filled with small colourful words are just some of the items you will find in a new and touching installation, Honouring Lizzy.

Elderly And Shoppers Hurt In Sniper Fire

A woman on a walking frame, an 11-year-old boy and shoppers were among the victims of an air rifle sniper attack in Sydney's south-west on Sunday evening.

Death In Flames

A KINCUMBER man, 38, burnt to death in his kitchen yesterday, after falling from his walking frame.

Aging Indy To Ride Again

COULD it be time for Harrison Ford to start working on his whipcrack-around-walking-frame technique?

Nana Wielded A Wicked Walking Stick

My Nana, Katharina Maria Ozols, came to Australia as a refugee. She was born in Gross-Zimmern in Germany in 1923 and married during World War II. Nana and her husband had a daughter they named Sigried but the baby became sick and died as they were trying to escape from Germany. Nana was devastated.