Last Updated: January 05, 2015

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Residents warned as bushfire flares

Bushfire/Wildfire closeup at night.

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

Hotel offers free rooms to bushfire victims

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

Big Bash League - Melbourne v Sydney

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

Crowe’s Water Diviner smashes record

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.

AFL

Kangaroos re-sign Macmillan

NORTH MELBOURNE TRAINING

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

Ban Smart Phone Sunday

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.