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Residents warned as bushfire flares
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UPDATE: A FIRE threatening properties near the Grampians in western Victoria has eased, but residents have been told to stay away overnight.
Hotel offers free rooms to bushfire victims
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AN Adelaide hotelier who offered free rooms to residents affected by bushfires is reaping the rewards and proving nice guys can finish first.
Faulkner slogs Stars to super over win
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JAMES Faulkner led the Melbourne Stars to their second consecutive BBL04 win by clearing the fence twice in a dramatic super over.
Crowe’s Water Diviner smashes record
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YOU guys really liked Russell Crowe’s directorial debut, The Water Diviner. In only six days, it set a record at the Aussie box office.
Kangaroos re-sign Macmillan
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NORTH Melbourne has rewarded Jamie Macmillan with a two-year contract extension despite the defender coming off a season wrecked by injury.
Cafe charges customers for mobiles
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FED up with his patrons acting like zombies, one cafe owner is taking the extreme step of asking patrons to pay up for using their phones.