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• The Chaser boys hold no punches hosting Aussie radio's night of ...

  

  The Chaser stars Chris Taylor and Andrew Hansen won plenty of laughs as hosts of the 2016 ACRA awards in Melbourne. Picture: Andrew JarvieIT’S Australian radio’s biggest — and unruliest — night of the year. And the gloves were off when The Chaser stars Chris Taylor and Andrew Hansen opened the Australian Commercial Radio Awards in Melbourne taking swipes at everyone from Eddie McGuire and Kyle Sandilands to Tara Brown and the Budgie Nine.Triple M breakfast host Eddie McGuire was absent from the ..

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• Australian Diamonds ready for fierce Constellation Cup netball ...

  

  Australian Diamonds ready for fierce Constellation Cup netball series against New Zealand's Silver Ferns Updated October 08, 2016 12:35:43 This Sunday, netball's greatest rivalry takes place again.Sydney plays host to the first match of this year's Constellation Cup series, a relatively new instalment in the 78-year battle across the trans-Tasman.At the 2015 World Cup, the Diamonds secured victory with a narrow three-point win over New Zealand's Silver Ferns in front of..

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• Heritage up in flames

  

  A BLAZE that destroyed an 82-year-old museum and community house at Rossarden, south of Launceston, yesterday is being treated as suspicious by police.Police are investigating the cause of the fire, which burnt the Rossarden and Storys Creek Museum on Schell St about 11am.The museum is in the former Rossarden Primary School, which was first opened on January 31, 1934. The school closed in 1992 and the site was leased by Rossarden Progress Association. It contained the history of the once thrivin..

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• Salt of the earth

  

  HE has survived three wars and numerous death threats, but it was a dodgy hot water system that nearly spelled the end for Tasmanian gardening guru Peter Cundall last month.Cundall was, as usual, enjoying a near-scorching shower when he suffered a severe jolt as he reached for the tap. Startled, he reached out to put the soap on its holder and received another electric shock.The culprit, it was eventually discovered, was the bulky hot water cylinder attached to the side of the house Cundall shar..

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• NT petrol cheapest in Australia

  

  DARWIN is the only capital city in Australia where the overall price of unleaded petrol is decreasing, according to fuel firm Informed Sources managing director Alan Cadd. “It’s a downward trend,” Mr Cadd said. “The trend is definitely upwards in other states.”Yesterday, Darwin had the lowest price for unleaded fuel in the nation. Mr Cadd said the price of unleaded petrol in Darwin decreased by 9c/l over the past two months.He was unsure why Darwin was bucking the national trend, but said lower ..

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• Circus faces torrent of abuse, threats

  

  As ringmaster of Stardust Circus – one of about half a dozen traditional big top travelling circuses in Australia – Adam St James has a professional obligation to look happy.Out of the spotlight, however, the mask slips.  Trainer Matthew Ezekial of Stardust Circus with a lion.  Photo: Wolter Peeters "It's very disheartening," he says. "The family that owns Stardust has been running the circus since 1893. Fifteen to 20 years ago the protests started, but in the last three to four years i..

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• Sydney Kings comeback not good enough as Brisbane Bullets cap perfect weekend

  

  The Brisbane Bullets ruined the Sydney Kings' season-opener and capped a perfect start to their own NBL campaign with a tense 77-73 win last night at Qudos Bank Arena.Brisbane led at every change, surviving Sydney's fourth-quarter fightback to secure their second victory of the weekend. Scramble: Anthony Petrie of the Bullets competes for a rebound at Qudos Bank Arena. Photo: Getty Images Daniel Kickert led the Bullets with 17 points and Shaun Bruce and Tom Jervis added 12 apiece, while ..

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• Sydney FC smash Western Sydney Wanderers to continue A-League derby dominance

  

  Sydney FC withdrew another three points from the bank of Western Sydney after smashing their hapless rivals to continue their derby dominance over the Wanderers. Of all their seven wins against their rivals, Sydney saved their most impressive for the biggest occasion by strolling to a 4-0 rout in front of nearly 62,000 fans. It was a display of class from the Sky Blues as captain Alex Brosque, Brandon O'Neill and marquees Bobo and Filip Holosko scored to claim the biggest-ever win in a Sydney d..

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• Buzz on Bec: 'She was pioneering'

  

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• Winx raises tempo after slow start to win Caulfield Stakes in a crescendo

  

  The expectation with Winx is that she should win. She did that again in the Caulfield Stakes, which started as a Saturday stroll and worked to a crescendo, exactly what Hugh Bowman and Chris Waller had wanted.The victory moved her record to 12 straight wins, eight of them group 1s, but her biggest test waits in two weeks in the Cox Plate and Bowman was mindful of that. More Sport Videos Previous slide Next slide Winx secures 12th straight win Winx extends winn..

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