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Saturday February 8, 2014

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Indonesia's Justice Minister has confirmed Corby’s parole document is on his desk to sign.

Indonesia's Justice Minister has confirmed Corby’s parole document is on his desk to sign.

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Schapelle Corby granted parole

SCHAPELLE CORBY: Indonesia’s Justice Minister Amir Syamsuddin has confirmed Schapelle Corby has been granted parole after serving nine years of her 20-year sentence.

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Buy, Swap & Sell: February 8

Buy, Swap and Sell BAG A BARGAIN: Check out the 3AW Weekends' Buy Swap and Sell List for February 8. Find a bargain every week with Darren James!

100,000 trout dying in poor water

Fish GRAMPIANS: Urgent action is required to save tens of thousands of trout which have been stocked in a reservoir in the state's far west.

Man raped woman to 'cure curse'

Court (FFX) LATEST: A court's heard an Indian astrologer allegedly raped a woman after telling her she needed to have sex with a stranger to rid her of a curse.

Schapelle Corby granted parole

schapelle SCHAPELLE CORBY: Indonesia’s Justice Minister Amir Syamsuddin has confirmed Schapelle Corby has been granted parole after serving nine years of her 20-year sentence.

Racing Victoria: No charges laid

Danny RUMOUR CONFIRMED: Racing Victoria will not lay any charges after an investigation into a race won by Smoking Aces in Cranbourne in 2011.

Black Saturday: Five years on

Tom Elliott Black Saturday WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT?: To commemorate the fifth anniversary of Black Saturday - the state's worst ever bushfire disaster - Tom Elliott returns to the spot he was broadcasting from when the fires took hold.

Channel Nine takes Seven head-on

telemovie TELEMOVIE BATTLE: Channel Nine has pulled a surprised manoeuvre taking Seven’s much-anticipated INXS telemovie head-on.

Telstra takes Optus to court

telstra TELCO WAR: Telstra is seeking an urgent court injunction to stop rival telco Optus from running an ad campaign which it alleges is false, misleading, and deceptive.

AFL clubs social media ladder

Collingwood is leading the way for social media love. (Picture: Joe Armao) SOCIAL MEDIA: Where does you club rate on the social media ladder?

'It's not luxurious, I'll tell you that'

Sochi SOCHI WINTER OLYMPICS: Reporter Katherine Firkin has confirmed reports the living conditions at the Sochi Winter Olympics are less than desired.

3yo killed in Dandenong fire

Police are investigating a death near Geelong. MISSING: A three-year-old boy has died in a fire at Dandenong this morning.

Chris Judd out for 6-8 weeks

Judd AFL: Carlton champion Chris Judd is set to miss six to eight weeks with an ankle injury.

Police: Teen fell out of divvy van

divvy RUMOUR CONFIRMED: Police are investigating an incident at Kilmore last month after a teen girl fell out of the rear of a police divvy van.

Expect more point-to-point cameras

Speed camera commissioner Gordon Lewis told Neil Mitchell there was still unfinished business. LISTEN: Victoria’s road safety camera commissioner has revealed why he’s signed on for another year.

Caulfield goes ahead, despite heat

Racing Victoria refuses to cancel tomorrow's meeting at Caulfield. LISTEN: Racing Victoria has rejected calls to cancel tomorrow’s meeting at Caulfield despite the forecasted extreme heat.

Shaw's a 'traitor', 'destroyer'

Independent MP Geoff Shaw NEIL MITCHELL: Geoff Shaw is not just an arrogant and apparently self-obsessed man. I think he is a traitor. And here's why...

Rape charges against 13yo wife

Police are investigating a death near Geelong. SYDNEY: A Sydney man has been charged with raping a 13-year-old girl who he's believed to have married in a religious ceremony.

Flying wheelie bin breaks leg

Wheelie Bin OUCH: There was a dramatic crash in overnight, which resulted in a pedestrian being struck by a flying wheelie bin.

Where have all the cicadas gone?

cicadas TOM ELLIOTT: What’s happened to that most satisfying of sounds that’s synonymous with summer serenity?

'Abbott needs to step in and fix this'

funeral NEIL MITCHELL: This week the tax department started an expensive survey to find out what we think about them.

Terrifying bowls club sting

a Rumour File caller told 3AW Breakfast of a terrifying ordeal at a bowling club in which a large sum of money was stolen. RUMOUR CONFIRMED: Police have confirmed they are investigating an armed robbery at a Ferntree Gully 'sporting club' at the weekend.

Tough new rules to clean-up AFL

AFL AFL: AFL players will be banned from betting on any football competition and mobile phone use will be restricted under a major league integrity crackdown.

Police search for Laini Diamante

Laini POLICE: Police are appealing for assistance to locate a woman wanted in relation to the kidnapping of two people at Clayton last month.

'Hitman services required'

gumtree LISTEN: A woman looking online for a job yesterday says she was stunned when she came across an ad requesting a hitman.

Howes: Let's play nice

Paul Howes. LISTEN: Union boss Paul Howes is calling on government, business and unions to come together and negotiate a new enterprise deal to rein-in high wages and lift productivity.

AMA's push for vending machines

Syringe SYRINGE USE: The Australian Medical Association has thrown its support behind the introduction of syringe vending machines in Victoria.

With this bacon, I thee wed

Couple wed in bacon-themed wedding. LISTEN: A couple in the US loves bacon so much so, they decided to have a bacon-themed wedding.

Airport drivers' theft warning

Anne was unloading bags at a Tullamarine drop-off zone when the thief struck. LISTEN: A woman has described how she clinged to her car as it was being stolen at Melbourne Airport last week.

Confirmed: Ford cuts 300 jobs

Ford plant in Geelong <i>(FFX)</i> LISTEN: Ford has confirmed it will cut 300 Victorian jobs in June. The AMWU tells 3AW Drive there will likely be compulsory redundancies.

Simplest of summer curries

Chickpea curry BOB HART: Hot curries are great for hot weather - they confuse our system and our bodies apply the cooling down levers. Try this chickpea curry this weekend.

Mum: Help, my teen's smoking dope

Mother 'Sue' says this is not the first discussion she's had with her son in recent months. LISTEN: A concerned mother is desperate for help after discovering her 15-year-old son was smoking dope.

Melbourne's heat trouble spots

And a new study has revealed which suburbs will feel the heat most. HOT, HOT, HOT: And a new study has revealed which Melbourne suburbs suffer in the heat most.

CCTV from Forest Hill burglaries

CCTV DO YOU KNOW THIS MAN?: Police are searching for a man they believe scaled the roof of a Forest Hill shopping centre to commit five burglaries over the week of Christmas.

Four arrests over Hoffman death

Philip Seymour Hoffman UW_01786.jpg US: Four suspected drug dealers have been arrested as part of the investigation into actor Philip Seymour Hoffman's death.

Breakfast’s workplace ‘blitz’

kitchen LISTEN: With random drug and alcohol tests to be mandatory on all state government worksites, Ross and John have made their own workplace 'blitz list'.

'Why the hell didn't they protect us?'

Former cricketer Ian Chappell has slammed reports sledging is part of the game. LISTEN: Melbourne Stars chairman of selectors Ian Chappell has attacked Cricket Australia for its reaction to allegations of salary cap rorting in the Big Bash League.

Corby to 'smoke a joint' on release

schapelle BALI: Schapelle Corby's former lawyer has no regrets about suggesting the convicted drug smuggler will "smoke a joint" on her release.

'We are in a state of repair'

The Bombers will hold a media conference this afternoon. LISTEN: Essendon caretaker coach Mark Thompson tells Sports Today that the club has to do a lot of good work to keep its supporters on a day when the Dons rehashed its sash.

Kids can tweet, but can't tie shoes

Shoelaces LISTEN: Tom Elliott says kids are soft these days. A study shows that techno-savvy kids can work their way around an iPad or iPhone with ease, but don't know how to tie their shoelaces.

Stokehouse to rise from the ashes

stokehouse ST KILDA: Planning applications have been fast-tracked to allow St Kilda's iconic Stokehouse restaurant to rise from the ashes this Sunday.

Drug problem at street level

COMPELLING INTERVIEW: A long-term heroin addict has told how he relies on his local council for syringes.

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