Melbourne Cup 2017: The race that stops … the office

Joshua Bartlett
Updated November 7 2017 - 7:04am, first published 6:00am
Then Prime Minister John Howard and some of his Canberra staff watch the Melbourne Cup race on television in 2003. Picture: Andrew Taylor
Then Prime Minister John Howard and some of his Canberra staff watch the Melbourne Cup race on television in 2003. Picture: Andrew Taylor

Australia’s biggest horse race has nearly arrived again.

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Joshua Bartlett

Joshua Bartlett

Sport Journalist

A sporting fanatic who is keen to promote all codes in the Illawarra and abroad. Mercury's chief football reporter.