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ardinal George Pell was a strong presence in Phil Nagle's life as a Catholic schoolboy in Ballarat.

Mr Nagle grew up in a strong Catholic family and was eight when he transferred to the Christian Brothers-run St Alipius Boys' School in Ballarat East in 1973.

But as Mr Nagle told a Victorian inquiry in 2013: "Ballarat's St Alipius Primary School in Victoria Street was certainly not the place to be if you were a Catholic boy going to school in the 1970s."

Its 1973 staff included three pedophile Christian Brothers, with another also teaching there in the early 1970s.

The school chaplain was pedophile Gerald Francis Ridsdale, the Ballarat East assistant priest.

Cardinal Pell was the Ballarat East priest form 1973 until 1984 and, as episcopal vicar for education, oversaw Catholic schools in the Ballarat diocese during

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"For me George was a very strong presence around my school when I was there in the early 70s," Mr Nagle told AAP. "He was always around at the pool at our swimming sports, so I've got a lot of memories of him being there.

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Mr Nagle has travelled to Rome with other survivors to hear Cardinal Pell tell the child abuse royal commission about the church's knowledge and handling of pedophile clergy in the diocese and the Melbourne archdiocese.

"He's a Ballarat boy. We're at the stage now that we really want to disown him," Mr Nagle said.

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The Rome group say they are on a quest for truth and honesty.

"He was always around the school. We always saw him.

"We're a group of damaged men trying to get a message across: no more premature deaths and our children have to be safe."

"He was a significant part of all of our growing up."

Mr Blenkiron will also be in the Rome hotel conference room with Cardinal Pell as he gives his videolink evidence to the commission in Sydney.

"There's people in the Ballarat community that I've seen who say `leave Cardinal Pell alone, he's one of the best blokes that I've ever met'," Mr Blenkiron said.

"He might be. This is not a personal attack on him by any means.

"If not us, who? If not now, when?" Mr Blenkiron said.

The hype surrounding Cardinal George Pell may be allowing others in the Catholic Church to fly under the radar over the handling of child sex abuse, observers say.

Lawyer Dr Judy Courtin said Cardinal Pell's appearance at the child sex abuse royal commission was significant given his seniority but others must also be held accountable.

"They don't want to get lost under the radar," said Dr Courtin, who specialises in institutional sexual abuse.

"This is about what his job was and the directives that were given from the Vatican to all "Although Pell has to be bishops and all clergy about how accountable so do all the to deal with this stuff. This is others." about changing that.

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Above: Hundreds against the potential plan for skyrail on the Frankston line, organised via public Facebook groups, turned up at a community meeting in Edithvale on Sunday afternoon, attracting significant media and political interest.

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Vic skyrail consultation to take full year

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he Victorian government will spend all this year consulting with residents along one of Melbourne's busiest railway lines before deciding whether raised rail lines are appropriate.

Premier Daniel Andrews has not ruled out a "skyrail" plan for parts of the Frankston line which he says would eliminate dangerous level crossings.

"Isn't it great that we are talking about how we will remove them rather than if we should remove them," Mr Andrews told reporters.

to also be rolled out along the Cranbourne - Pakenham line, has already faced tough opposition from locals along the busy transport corridor.

Hundreds against the potential plan for skyrail on the Frankston line, organised via public Facebook groups, turned up at a community meeting in Edithvale on Sunday afternoon, attracting significant media and political interest.

"The consultation process will run for the whole of 2016 and we'll be listening to the community and engineers before we decide the best way to remove these dangerous level crossings."

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ictoria's scrapped East West Link project could be revived thanks to a report on the state's infrastructure needs for the next 30 years.

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The state government's new infrastructure body, Infrastructure Victoria, has been asked to prepare the report, which would highlight any projects the state needs over the next three decades, by the end of the year.

One of the many projects it may look at is the East West Link.

Premier Daniel Andrews said recently he was looking forward to seeing the report but wouldn't comment further.

"It will give a 30 year view of everything the state, and city, might need, everything from hospitals to public transport, and roads, those sort of things," Mr Andrews told reporters.

The government spent $1.1 billion to rip up the East West Link contract when they came to power in 2014.

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Commerical net fishing to go from Melbourne

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ommercial net fishing will be all but gone from Port Phillip Bay by April as most fishers opt to take the Victorian government's compensation package.

"We believe that the nets were not sustainable for the resources out there"

Out of the 43 commercial fishers operating in the bay, 33 will exit

by April 1, two will stay on for a while longer and eight will transition to line fishing.

Net fishing in the bay will be completely banned from Corio Bay from mid-2018 and across the bay by 2022 after a bill passed Victorian parliament in November.

Victorian Agriculture Minister Jaala Pulford, who made the announcement at the Albert Park Angling Club on Saturday, said the number opting out have "absolutely exceeded our [government's] expectations".

She said the 33 commercial fishers represented 73 per cent of the total catch, leaving recreational fishers with very little.

The outgoing licence-holders will receive $24.5 million out of the total compensation package of $27 million in the next few weeks.

But Seafood Industry Victoria executive director Jonathan Davies is scathing of the plan he says has made it hard for businesses to continue working for more than a year.

"It's hard for someone to stay in a job and take a 10 per cent hit if they're going to stay for seven years," he said.

He said the compensation package was structured to promote an early exit, with each year a company opted to stay until 2022 penalised by a 10 per cent reduction in the overall compensation packet.

About $310,000 has been promised as compensation for each commercial licence, with an additional $75,000 provided for equipment.

"Most people can't afford to stay sustainable seafood will be the in: the price of fuel, bait and gear losers," he said. keeps going up," he said.

However, the Andrews "All these people want is just to government says the ban will mean bigger fish and more be fishermen." recreational fishers.

Victorian Greens leader Greg Barber, whose party voted against the net fishing ban, says the latest science shows fish stocks remaining healthy and that Labor has not established a case for a commercial net fishing ban.

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Recreational fisherman Rex Hunt says it is "delightful" for a government to recognise the "social and economic values of recreational fishing".

"It's not about putting people out of work. We believe that the nets were not sustainable for the resources out there," he said.

Melbourne port lease almost ready to go

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ictoria is preparing to sell the $6 billion lease of Melbourne's port, with four consortiums lining up to buy it.

"I know that there are at least four consortiums, I am not advised who they are," Mr Pallas told reporters on Friday.

Treasurer Tim Pallas says the 50-year lease will be sold in the early part of 2017 after a deal on legislation was agreed on Thursday.

"For probity purposes the intention is to keep me separated from who may be bidders in these arrangements."

Long-running negotiations

on legislation to sell the port came to an end on Thursday night when the opposition and government agreed on the major points of a compensation scheme for the owners.

The new owners will be paid compensation if another statesponsored port is built within 15

years of the port lease being signed - as long as Melbourne hasn't reached its agreed capacity.

The opposition, Greens and cross-benchers are considering the latest amendments, with the port lease legislation set to pass through Parliament on March 8.

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Pill tests 'support' illegal drugs says Baird N

SW Premier Mike Baird has equated pill testing with supporting the illegal drug trade and dismissed a planned trial at music festivals as "ridiculous".

"We are not going to be condoning in any way what illegal drug dealers are doing," he told reporters in Sydney on Sunday.

"There is a very safe way to go about pills and that is, don't take them."

He said testing would give drug-takers a false sense of safety.

His comments follow a vow by Sydney doctor Alex Wodak, president of the Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation, to roll out a pill testing trial even if it means breaking the law.

Dr Wodak has announced he will begin fundraising $100,000 for a trial that he said would save young people's lives and reduce dangerous substances found in illicit drugs taken at festivals. sign up festival organisers because it would A stand will be set up at festival events with make their events safer and he would move the trial outside of NSW if needed. a machine that tests the content of pills and powders, reporting back to the user "It's keeping people alive," he said. on whether it contained life-threatening Federal Health Minister Sussan Ley said elements. she wasn't convinced by the proposal.

"It's not ridiculous, we're testing the drugs and people can make informed choices," he "I know it's a very strong debate but my approach at the moment is to be guided by told AAP on Sunday. what our police forces are telling us," she Dr Wodak said it wouldn't be too difficult to said.

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Victoria's Mental Health Minister Martin Foley said the government did not have plans for pill testing.

"Other activities to reduce the harm associated with alcohol and drugs include treatment for people suffering problems related to their drug use ... and measures to minimise harms such as overdoses and transmission of blood-borne viruses," he said in a statement.

Some 268,000 Aussies regularly use ice

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ore than half of the estimated 268,000 regular users of ice are dependent on the drug, says the first research quantifying the problem in Australia.

The estimates suggest the numbers have substantially risen during the past five years, while recent increases were most marked among those aged 15-34.

Overall the highest rates of methamphetamine use have consistently been among 25 to 35-year-olds.

"There is a need for both more health services and better engagement with and retention of clients in treatment services," say the authors of the research published online by the Medical Journal of Australia.

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Using sources including drug treatment and hospitalisation data, they estimated the number of regular and dependent ice users for each year from 2002

to 2014 and the numbers by age group.

Regular users had the drug at least once a month in the last year, while those with "impaired control" of their use and who continued despite health and other adverse consequences were deemed to be dependent.

They estimated that in 201314 there were 268,000 regular users, aged between 15 and 54, with 160,000 of them being dependent.

"This equates to population rates of 2.09 per cent for regular and 1.24 per cent for dependent use," said lead researcher Professor Louisa Degenhardt from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre.

The rate of dependent use had continued to increase since 2009-10, when the rate was estimated to be .74 per cent, and was higher than the previous peak of 1.22 per cent in 2006-07.

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NBN Co. rejects reports of a slow rollout T

he company rolling out the national broadband network has rejected reports it is falling well short of its construction schedule.

As at February 18, nearly 1.8 million homes could now order a service and more than 800,000 homes were already connected and using the network.

The NBN has met or exceeded every key target for six quarters in a row, it insists.

By the end of June the company was on track for nearly one in four homes to be able to order a service and

by June 2018 that would grow to three in four.

Fairfax Media, quoting an internal progress report, claimed the $46 billion network was facing mounting delays and rising costs.

The February 19 report, used

by Fairfax, says the "final design" process for connections - needed Connection costs to each house or business before construction can were also blowing out. start - was running far behind schedule.

Not so, says NBN Co. It said the giant infrastructure project had fallen twothirds short of its benchmark construction timetable.

"Mr Turnbull had left the NBN in a shocking mess"

The company was on track to meet or exceed its full-year targets of 2.6 million homes ready for service, with about one million homes using the network, and more than $300 million in revenue.

The company's management had proven repeatedly that it could effectively monitor risks and manage those risks.

While 1,402,909 premises should have been approved at the date of the report, the figure was sitting at 662,665 - 740,000 fewer than planned.

budgeted target for this period was more than three times this at 94,273.

Greens communications spokesman Scott Ludlam told reporters if the leaked report was accurate, the prime minister should call his model a failed trial and return to fibre to the premises.

Liberal Democrats senator David Leyonhjelm said the NBN was a "sunk cost" and should be split to speed up its privatisation.

Labor communications spokesman Jason Clare said Mr Turnbull had left the NBN in a shocking mess.

Mr Turnbull could "talk under water with a mouth full of marbles" but he was responsible for poor decision making on the NBN, he told reporters.

The snapshot says NBN Co has achieved 29,005 fibre-to-the"We will not be drawn on alleged internal node "construction documents, we report quarterly and our results are audited," it said in a statement on completions", while noting its internally Monday.

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A surfer rides a large wave courtesy of ex-Cyclone Winston at Kirra beach on the Gold Coast.

Cyclone Winston whips up huge Australian waves B

eaches on the Gold Coast remained off limits for the entire weekend and many on the Sunshine Coast remained closed as ex-tropical cyclone Winston whipped up huge waves and strong currents.

A woman broke her leg at the Gold Coast's Main Beach on Friday after she was knocked over by a powerful wave while walking on the sand.

flotation devices that the sailors were wearing," he said.

Rough conditions have caused a string of injuries, including dislocated shoulders and leg fractures.

In the past few days, surf life savers on the Sunshine Coast have carried out three rescues and seen six dislocated shoulders, seven back and neck-related injuries and a fractured leg.

The helicopter and volunteer marine rescuers worked together to get the pair out of the water.

"We're continuing to see some big swell and dangerous conditions and, at the end of the day, it's just not safe for people to be in the water..." SLSQ's Nathan Fife said.

Their 12-metre catamaran overturned in rough seas. CareFlight Aircrew Officer Dan Leggat said night-vision goggles helped the helicopter crew spot the sailors in the water.

Conditions have been rough for days, causing injuries and sparking rescues.

"We were able to detected the faint flicker of the small lights attached to the personal

"Those lights, however faint, were actually one of the first things we saw."

They were assessed by paramedics but did Surf Life Saving Queensland (SLSQ) not require hospital treatment. pleaded with swimmers to stay out of the Heavy Cyclone Winston seas have seen two water as waves up to six metres high pound people plucked from the water in a dramatic The Australian navy is sending its biggest ship to Fiji to help with the recovery from the coast. rescue off Fraser Island.

Cyclone Winston.

The authority closed all beaches bar three The pair were found clinging to the hull of HMAS Canberra is expected to arrive in on the Sunshine Coast on Saturday and their capsized catamaran 5km south of the Fijian waters early next week with 800 relief announced those on the Gold Coast would island, after authorities detected a signal personnel on board. remain shut on Sunday. from their emergency beacon.

Zika virus fears in Townsville suburb H

ouses in a Townsville suburb are being sprayed to kill any mosquitoes potentially carrying Zika amid fears a resident has the virus.

Health authorities say initial tests suggest the Oonoonba local, who recently returned from overseas, has either Zika or dengue.

Townsville Public Health Unit director Dr Steven Donohue said vector-control teams were deployed to the suburb.

area co-operated with authorities and removed potential mosquito breeding sites from their homes.

"I urge residents to co-operate with the usual control activities including spraying inside and around their homes," he said.

The symptoms of Zika are milder than dengue but the virus has been linked to microcephaly, a condition that causes babies to be born with abnormally small heads.

Dr Donohue said the risk of transmission was low as the resident was only home for a If the resident is confirmed as having couple of days while unwell.

Zika it would be the second case in north Queensland where the mosquito capable of But he said it was imperative those in the

The ship is also carrying three helicopters and about 60 tonnes of emergency relief provisions including water purification equipment and medical supplies.

Cyclone Winston has left 42 people dead and more than 30,000 homeless.

carrying the virus, Aedes aegypti, is found.

A FIFO mine worker in Rockhampton was confirmed as having Zika on recently following a trip to South America.

Authorities have been spraying for potentially infected mosquitoes within a 200m radius of the Globe Hotel in Depot Hill, which the man part owns.

A heavily pregnant woman who lives next door feared for the worst after being bitten by a mosquito and becoming unwell.

Jess Edwards is due to give birth in a week but said she had been assured by health authorities that women in the later stages in their pregnancy didn't have much to worry about.

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Tread carefully with Negative gearing, Howard warns M

alcolm Turnbull says he won't be rushed into making decisions on tax reform just because Labor has recklessly proposed making changes to how property investors are taxed.

One reporter said it sounded like the prime minister was ruling out making a change to negative gearing, to which Mr Turnbull replied: "It sounds like I'm doing my job as prime minister, looking at these issues very The federal opposition has proposed limiting very carefully, that's what Australians expect me to do." negative gearing to new properties should it win the election, a plan that has drawn Labor frontbencher Anthony Albanese support from voters. dismissed the claim it would diminish the It has raised suggestions that the prime minister is considering changes, such as capping the amount people can offset on their taxes through negative gearing.

But former prime minister John Howard has warned Mr Turnbull to tread carefully before making any change.

Mr Howard, who will celebrate the 20th anniversary of defeating Paul Keating as prime minister this week, says many people with modest incomes rely on the tax concession.

"Negative gearing has been around forever ... I'd be careful," Mr Howard told Sky news on Sunday.

Mr Turnbull agreed, saying Labor wants to inflict a tax change that would cause a huge shock at a time when "confidence is everything".

He said it would hurt the value of Australian families' single biggest asset when the global economy is turbulent and Australia is going through a transition.

"To administer such a big shock ... is very reckless," Mr Turnbull told reporters in Canberra after presiding over the coin toss for the annual Pollies versus Press Gallery cricket match.

He said that is why the government is taking time to look at these issues.

value of family homes.

"What you're doing is making sure first home buyers ... will enter the market and not be competing in an unfair way," he told ABC TV. The government has promised to make tax cuts to counter bracket creep, which will force many middle income earners into the second highest tax bracket before long just through wage inflation.

But an increase in the GST rate to 15 per cent from 10 per cent to pay for those cuts has already been ruled out because the government says modelling shows it provides little in the way of economic growth.

But Mr Howard, who introduced the GST in 2000, believes it will be necessary to raise or broaden the GST sometime in the future to allow for reductions in personal income tax and company tax, while providing greater efficiencies that don't rely heavily on direct taxes.

He said New Zealand has demonstrated that with a much lower rate of personal tax and a higher GST of 15 per cent, that has always covered everything.

"It's the purest GST ... in the world," he said, adding he regretted having to remove fresh food from the impost.

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Filmmaker on mission to "save humanity" I

t's a tall order to save humanity, but that's the mission of central Victorian filmmaker Lisa Heenan in her film Polyfaces.

The documentary follows US farmer Joel Salatin whose northern Virginian farm, Polyface, is run chemical-free, feeding more than 6,000 families, restaurants and cafes within a three-hour radius.

The award-winning film, being shown at film festivals worldwide, premieres in Australia this weekend.

The aim is to show agriculture need not damage the planet, says Heenan, who produced the film with her farm designer husband Darren Doherty and daughter Isaebella Doherty.

"It's almost like we're monks. We're on this mission to be a part of saving humanity," she told AAP. "There's a lot of people that are very wealthy and very greedy. They're doing their best to destroy the planet, using chemicals and making products that are not in any way helping humans or the planet.

"So I say every day you can make the choice as a consumer that you can support somebody who's helping to destroy the planet or someone who's helping to regenerate the planet."

It's been no small sacrifice for the

passionate family, who used $150,000 set "We've got farmers in Australia that are aside to build a new house to make the film. pulling out their orchard because we're importing so much fruit from overseas.

"I'm up to nearly my fifth year working on this and we haven't got any financial return from it," the mother-of-three said.

"I just think it's outrageous."

"It gets quite exhausting when you're in fundraising mode for so many years, so I don't want to ask anyone else for any more money. And we've used all of ours."

But Heenan says it has been worth it, with the film a powerful call for governments to enact regulations enabling smaller, ethical farmers to survive and consumers to be more conscious of their choices.

"I say if you eat, this movie's for you," she said.

"Are we supporting a local farmer who is regenerating their soil or are we supporting farmers in another country that are using fossil fuels to bring whatever their product is to Australia?

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Universities tap into craft beer growth W

ith an explosion in growth in the craft beer industry over the past decade, it's not enough to simply have a passion for brewing and beer when it comes to starting a brewery or working for one as the industry gets more competitive.

State University's College of Extended Studies also have business of craft beer certificate programs. Classes for San Diego State's program are held at local breweries and at the university, but not online.

So far, the University of Vermont program, Recognising that, some universities are now in a state that has made a name for itself offering programs on the business of craft for its craft beers, has drawn applicants beer. from around the country - Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Oregon and Texas, and about half In the last decade, the number of craft breweries has grown to more than 4,000 in are from the Northeast, Mr Dunkling said.

the US today, from more than 1,400 in 2005, The program costs about $4,400 for the according to the Brewers Association. two courses: one on the fundamentals of craft beer and a second course of students' A lot of breweries started out five or 10 choosing focused on digital marketing, sales years ago with a focus on beer, said Gregory Dunkling, director of the University or business operations. Apprenticeships with a network of breweries and distributors of Vermont's new online business of craft are also available. beer certificate program, which starts in February. Back then, a home brewer may have been able to create some great recipes but didn't have the business acumen so along the way hired staff to cover marketing, sales, the business operation, he said. It's harder to pull that off today.

Industry officials agree there's a need for education and knowledge in the industry and different ways to get it, whether through experience, hiring talent or training, which some breweries provide.

As outside investors and larger breweries become increasingly involved with craft brewing, Harpoon Brewery, which will be offering apprenticeships to the UVM students, feels a need to maintain its independence.

"Hiring talented people is a critical part of that effort," Rich Ackerman, Harpoon's director of human resources, said. But the company cautions anyone against thinking of craft brewing purely as a business.

"It's a passion project, first and foremost," he said.

As the industry has grown and become more competitive, the bar has been raised for those starting a brewery or working for one, said Bart Watson, chief economist with the Brewers Association.

"Certainly the demand for people with a high level of brewing knowledge has gone up and on the business side as well. So I think we're seeing a variety of different programs look for ways that they can capitalise on that," he said.

Portland State University in Oregon started an online business of craft brewing program in 2013, with the first cohort filling up in the first week with around 40 people. It's become one of the school's most successful professional certificate programs, drawing people from around the world, said Scott Gallagher, the university's director of communications.

"We discovered that there's a huge need for people who wanted to get a certificate. They didn't necessarily want to go to college or already had a college degree and wanted to open up a brew pub," Mr Gallagher said.

They needed some basic and more advanced knowledge, such as in marketing, he said.

The demand is so high that PSU is looking at how to develop and expand the program, Mr Gallagher said.

"The truth is ... it's not all about brewing and drinking beer. There's a lot of business behind it as well and that's usually what they're lacking," he said.

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very day is like living on a knife's edge for NSW parents Nyree and Grant Saxby who live in fear that a bump to the head or a cold could rob them of their little girl.

our eldest daughter Madeleine such a different life."

save Chloe, and I hope to God that we save enough money.

Seven-year-old Chloe has already lost the ability to walk because of a rare degenerative brain disease that will next claim her ability to see, hear, speak and eat before a painful, early death unless a cure is found.

They must watch Chloe constantly to make sure she doesn't hurt herself, get even a minor cold or become too stressed.

"But if something happens that we don't, at least we've contributed to saving the lives of other children."

"Every second of our lives, it's like being on a knife's edge. We walk on glass every day," Mrs Saxby said.

To donate, visit SavingChloeSaxby.com.au.

Chloe is one of just seven children in Australia and 170 worldwide with Vanishing White Matter Disease.

Her parents are on a mission to raise $2.6 million for a cure before it's too late.

Chloe was diagnosed at three and a half after coming down with a vomiting virus.

A week later she couldn't walk.

"We thought it was an inner ear infection," Mrs Saxby told AAP. But a trip to the pediatrician and an MRI indicated it was something much worse.

Her brain scans were sent to a professor in the Netherlands and VWM was confirmed eight months later.

"It's extremely painful and not a nice outcome for Chloe.

"She'll be very young. Chloe has one of the severe mutations and with her diagnosis at three and a half her outlook, if we don't find a cure, is not good."

But she is confident a cure is close and with funding it could be ready in time to save Chloe's life.

Israeli professor Orna ElroyStein has been working on a cure with promising results.

Pre-clinical trials are the next step.

"I fully believe she will find the The condition is genetic - Mrs Saxby carries cure to stop this disease," Mrs a severe gene mutation while her husband Saxby said. carries a mild mutation.

"But without this money it may be eight to 10 years away, and The chances of a child being born with the Chloe doesn't have eight to 10 disease in Australia are one in 3.5 million. years."

But in one bit of good news for the family, their eldest daughter Madeleine has tested After a year of running marathons, hosting barbecues negative both to having the disease and and selling chocolates to raise being a carrier. more than $50,000 the Saxbys It's not the life the Saxbys pictured have turned to crowd funding. enjoying caravanning with friends and days Their initial goal is to raise at the beach. $840,000 but ultimately they "This is absolute hell, you never picture this need $2.6 million. for yourself," Mrs Saxby said.

"If we can, I hope to God we "It has changed our lives completely, given

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he 2550 rare minerals that exist on Earth constitute a unique fingerprint that differentiates this planet from all others in the cosmos.

scientist at the Carnegie Institution of Washington's Geophysical Laboratory, told EFE. Hazen, who is also executive director of the Deep Carbon Observatory, which studies carbon on Earth, added that this is the reason why explorations carried out up to now on the moon and even on Mars by means of rovers "are not discovering anything very surprising in mineralogy".

The conclusion comes from scientists who, for the first time, have catalogued minerals in all their varieties.

Research scientists Robert Hazen and Jesse Ausubel on Friday published in American Mineralogist magazine the study On the Nature and Significance of Rarity in Mineralogy.

Ausubel, director of the Program for the Human Environment and senior research associate at The Rockefeller University in New York City, said the mineralogical riches on Earth are linked to its richness of life and that a world ecologically poorer translates into the presence of fewer minerals.

This catalogues the 2550 most singular minerals on the planet - minerals like fingerita, discovered in El Salvador, and amosite.

The scientists say that these rarities differentiate Earth from all other planets.

"Our conclusion is that every planet able to support life has a unique fingerprint of minerals, especially of rare minerals. It's also very probable that planets without life, like Mercury and even Mars, have much simpler minerals," Dr Hazen, a research

"It's an incredibly fascinating concept that has come to light over the past decade, the idea that minerals and life are absolutely linked. Life depends on minerals. Life could not have begun without some of the chemical properties that minerals provided at Earth's beginning," Hazen said.

Uber eyes motorcycle service in Bangkok S

martphone ride-hailing service Uber is placing a bet on motorcycles in the Thai capital, adding motorbike rides to its arsenal of on-demand services.

Uber announced Wednesday the launching of its UberMOTO service in Bangkok as a pilot project for services specifically developed for cities in emerging markets.

The new service is not original in concept or execution.

Motorcycle taxis are a long-standing tradition in many Southeast Asian cities, becoming especially popular after the economic boom of the 1980s brought an onslaught of new cars jamming city streets.

Uber's Singapore-based competitor GrabTaxi launched its GrabBike motorcycle ride ondemand service in Bangkok in July last year, and even earlier in Jakarta, Indonesia, and Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi in Vietnam.

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Fans pirate 500,000 copies of Kanye album K

anye West may find it hard to pay back that $US53 million ($A74.65 million) debt as his fans are using pirate sites to download his album for free.

West released his latest album The Life Of Pablo exclusively on Jay-Z's streaming service Tidal which is largely believed to have driven many to download the album for free.

TorrentFreak, a website which reports on piracy issues, says over half a million people have downloaded a pirated copy of the album since its release on Sunday.

Meanwhile, some fans who bought the album via digital download for $US20 ($A28.17) or were supposed to have received a copy when they bought tickets to his show at Madison Square Gardens, are also reportedly still waiting on the album which was supposed to drop on February 12.

Since then, West has tweeted that the album would only ever be available for streaming on Tidal.

"My album will never never never be on Apple.

And it will never be for sale ... You can only get it on Tidal," West tweeted on Tuesday.

However, pirated copies of the album have been available on torrent and pirate download sites since the first version dropped on Sunday.

TorrentFreak has been charting the album's popularity on peer-to-peer file sharing site BitTorrent and reports that an The album was released exclusively estimated 500,000 people on Tidal or for sale as a download on KanyeWest.com on Sunday, however within had pirated the album a day after its release. a few hours the download link was pulled from West's website.

The album is also leading The Pirate Bay's list of most shared music torrents, with close According to Consequence of Sound, the to 10,000 people sharing a copy of the most delay on the release of the final version is popular torrent at the same time, which they because West wasn't happy with some of say is unprecedented. the tracks and is remastering them.

West has caused even more of a stir as many fans who bought his album directly from his site were charged but never got their record, according to Billboard.

Many fans say they're pirating the album because West has decided only to release it on Tidal.

"About to pirate the life of pablo. No way in

hell I'm signing up for Tidal," Brett Novelli tweeted.

"Lord. Please everyone pirate #TheLifeOfPablo & don't sign up for @ TIDALHiFi" Rocko tweeted.

"I'll just pirate the life of Pablo, I'm just too lazy to set up a tidal account," Jonnyszn tweeted.

An official release date for the remastered album hasn't been revealed yet, according to Universal Music Australia.

Sit-stand desk workers 'more energised'

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orkers using sit-stand desks feel more energised and are just as productive as those using traditional ones, according to a small Australian study.

As experts warn of the adverse health outcomes associated with increasingly sedentary lifestyles, offices have become a target for strategies to reduce sitting time.

The study, published in Preventive Medicine Reports, measured productivity effects on 30 Optus call-centre workers over five months in 2013.

Half the participants used a sit-stand desk, while the others continued working at their usual desk.

"Our study found that workers who increased their standing by up to 60-90 minutes a day were more active and felt more energised than workers who used traditional desks, while not compromising their work output," said lead researcher Dr Josephine Chau, from the University of Sydney.

No significant differences were found in the two groups for talk time on call, hold time on call, wrap-up time on call, average call handling time, attendance days, sick days or customer ratings.

But the sit-stand group gave stronger "indication of feeling more sustained energy levels throughout the work day".

"A growing body of research suggests that prolonged periods of sitting is linked to a higher risk of developing chronic diseases, including obesity, heart disease and type 2 diabetes," Dr Chau said.

But she stressed that people shouldn't assume that using a standing desk meant they don't have to exercise.

"We need to sit less and move more," she said.

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Bill Gates - Young can solve energy problem B

ill and Melinda Gates want young people to get involved in solving major world problems, like finding clean energy sources and changing the division of household and childcare labour between men and women.

The couple, co-chairs of the largest private foundation in the world, has made a tradition of releasing an annual letter on philanthropy. This year's edition, released on Monday, called on the young to be a driving force for innovation and change.

their commitment that we'll see by 2050 the kind of dramatic change that we need to see," Bill Gates told The Associated Press, speaking about energy solutions.

energy. He called on young people to study hard and come forward with their ideas to come up with what he called "an energy miracle".

In her section of the letter, Melinda Gates decried the ongoing disparity in unpaid household labour between men and women. On much of the globe, she wrote, responsibilities for maintaining a home, raising children and caring for the elderly still fall primarily on women and girls, sometimes keeping them from education and paid work.

"I've seen miracles happen before. The personal computer.

The internet. The polio vaccine.

None of them happened by chance. They are the result of research and development and the human capacity to innovate."

"When I say 'miracle', I don't mean something's that impossible," he wrote.

The couple framed the letter around a question once posed to them by a group of high school Young people, she said, can help change cultural norms. students: If you could have one superpower, what would it "The way we change societal be? Their answers were more norms is by role-modelling "Who are the innovators? It's publicly what the right thing to do energy, and more time. this next young generation is," she said.

On a global level, lack of energy and it's not going to Bill Gates, in his section of and time are some "of the things happen overnight, that lock people into poverty", the letter, talked about the it's only through importance of cheap, clean Melinda Gates said.

'Every year could bring a heat wave' W

ithout reductions in planet-warming emissions, blistering heat waves of the strength that now typically occur once every 20 years could happen annually on 60 per cent of the Earth's land areas by 2075, scientists are warning.

And intense heat waves defined as three exceptionally hot days in a row - will become far more extreme if greenhouse gas emissions continue unchecked, said a new study published in the journal Climatic Change.

The researchers said a worsening of extreme heat could have potentially deadly effects.

"Imagine the hottest day that you can remember and instead of 42C, it's now 45C. That's going to have a dangerous impact on the poor, the old and the very young, who are typically the ones dying in heat waves,"

said Michael Wehner of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the United States.

By 2050, heat waves that happen on average once in 20 years would be at least 3C hotter on 60 per cent of the Earth's land areas than now.

In 10 per cent of the world, they would be at least 5C hotter, the researchers said.

In December, around 195 countries agreed a new UN deal to try to restrain the rise in global average temperatures to "well below" 2C above pre-industrial levels.

But the emissions cuts they have pledged so far are not enough to meet that goal.

The new research - part of a larger project to quantify how emission reductions could affect health, agriculture, hurricanes, sea level rise and drought - found that stringent mitigation measures could reduce heat waves

significantly.

"The study shows that aggressive cuts in greenhouse gas emissions will translate into sizable benefits, starting in the middle of the century, for both the number and intensity of extreme heat events," said Claudia Tebaldi of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, where the project is based.

"Even though heat waves are on the rise, we still have time to avoid a large portion of the impacts," she added.

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Govts should rethink on tech investment G

overnments must radically rethink their technology investments, which are feeding wasteful consumption, driving inequality and worsening the global warming that is pushing our planet to crisis point, a charity says.

"We need to see more public funding being used to stimulate R&D (research and development) into problems that are critical but currently lack market drivers," the report said.

Contrary to popular thinking, it is governments, not businesses, that often invest in high-risk, cutting-edge research - only to let the private sector scoop up the profits from the resulting products, Practical Action says.

There is minimal spending on agricultural technologies such as improved seeds and irrigation systems that could cut poverty among African farmers and boost global food supplies, it said.

A relatively small number of people benefit from the vast majority of innovations, which rarely address basic needs like health and access to food, water and energy, Practical Action's senior policy adviser, Amber Meikle, says.

Africa spent $US4 billion ($A5.73 billion) on agricultural research in 2000 compared with $US574 billion spent by the United States, it said.

"Take the iPhone - it is almost entirely dependent on technologies developed through government-funded programs including the internet, GPS, touchscreens and Siri (a voice activated personal assistant)," she said.

"The state should recoup more of this investment and re-invest in further innovation for social and environmental good, instead of providing the high-risk investments for huge corporations without fully profiting from it."

Innovations to provide people with clean energy for cooking and clean water and toilets would save five million lives a year, the charity said in a report.

Similarly, the lion's share of medical research focuses on health problems affecting

said, pointing to the overuse of antibiotics, which is creating resistant superbugs.

Some 80 per cent of antibiotic consumption in the US is by animals, often to promote growth rather than treat diseases, public health advocacy groups say.

Fossil fuels, whose use is the main contributor to global warming, receive $US5 trillion in subsidies each year, International Monetary Fund data shows.

"It is time to disinvest from these technologies and to invest instead in the accelerated development of sustainable alternatives, and in innovation that delivers on needs that are difficult to commercialise," the report said.

the richest 10 per cent, it said.

The unsustainable use of some technologies is damaging the environment and creating problems for future generations, it

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The social network launched a pilot of "Reactions" - which allows users to select from seven emotions including "Angry", "Sad" and "Wow" - in Ireland and Spain in October.

In a video accompanying a blog post, the five new buttons appear as animated emoticons that pop up when the "Like" button is held down on mobile devices. The buttons appear on desktops when users hover over the "Like" button.

The "Yay" emoticon, which was present in the pilot launch, was not seen in Wednesday's video.

"We will initially use any Reaction similar to a Like to infer that you want to see more of that type of content," Facebook said in separate blog post.

The company said that over time it hoped to learn how different "Reactions" should be weighted differently by the Facebook News Feed to customise it for individual users.

Facebook said "Reactions" would have the same impact on ad delivery as "likes".

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Kesha breaks silence after court ruling

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inger Kesha has broken her silence after losing her contract dispute with Sony bosses in court last week, insisting the case was all about making music "without being afraid, scared or abused".

The Tik Tok performer filed a sexual abuse lawsuit against her onetime mentor and producer Dr Luke in October, 2014, accusing him of subjecting her to years of sexual, physical, verbal and emotional abuse.

She even went as far as to claim his actions led to her 60-day stint in the Timberline Knolls rehab clinic in Illinois two years ago, and asked to be released from her Sony contract, claiming she was unable to continue with her music career, because she had been prohibited from working with any another producer other than Dr Luke.

A judge in Manhattan was unmoved by her argument and dismissed the lawsuit as Kesha sobbed in the courtroom.

Now the 28-year-old has taken to Facebook to update fans.

"This case has never been about a renegotiation of my record contract it was never about getting a bigger, or a better deal," she wrote.

"I think about young girls today - I don't want my future daughter - or your daughter - or any person to be afraid that they will be punished if they speak out about being abused, especially if their abuser is in a position of power," she added.

"Unfortunately I don't think that my case is giving people who have been abused confidence that they can speak out, and that's a problem," she added.

Kesha's case was also a hot topic at the Brit Awards in London on Wednesday night, with the event's first trophy winner, Adele, taking a moment to show her support during her acceptance speech.

"I'd also like to take this moment to publicly support Kesha," Aele said as she waved her award in the air.

"This is about being free from my abuser. All I ever wanted was to be able to make music without being afraid, scared, or abused."

The star added the issue is now "bigger than just about me," and fans seemed to agree, clocking up more than 8,000 'likes' in the five minutes immediately after the post went online.

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Elton John slams Jackson for 'lip-syncing' S

ir Elton John has stunned fans by launching a scathing tirade against Janet Jackson, accusing his fellow superstar of duping fans by lip-syncing on tour.

Jackson, 49, launched her music comeback last year with the release of Unbreakable, her first album since 2008's Discipline, and then hit the road for her Unbreakable World Tour.

The live shows, her first in four years, kicked off in Vancouver, Canada in August to great reviews, but Sir Elton can't understand raving reviews because he's convinced Jackson no longer sings live.

"You know, f***ing music magazines writing a review of Janet Jackson saying, 'This is the greatest show - four and a half stars,'" the outspoken Brit told Rolling Stone magazine.

"It's f***ing lip-synced!

Hello! That's not a show!"

"I'd rather go and see a drag queen," the 68-year-old declared, before adding, "F*** off."

Representatives for Jackson, who recently had to halt her trek to undergo throat surgery, are yet to comment on Sir Elton's harsh critique.

The Candle in the Wind singer is well known for his blunt and brutally honest opinions. He famously attacked his former foe Madonna back in 2004, accusing her of miming her way through shows, after she was nominated for the Best Live Act honour at Britain's Q Awards.

"Madonna, Best Live Act? F*** off," he told the shocked audience.

"Since when has lip-syncing been live? Sorry about that, but I think everyone who lip-syncs on stage in public, when you pay like 75 quid to see them, should be shot. Thank you very much. That's me off her Christmas card list, but do I give a toss? No." The pair has since made amends after years of petty fighting, and now Sir Elton admits the Queen of Pop didn't deserve the vitriol he threw her way.

"I say what I feel," he continued to Rolling Stone. "I probably went too far with Madonna, and I got very personal and I wrote her (to apologise) - she was very gracious."

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Your Horoscopes ARIES Nothing is as changeable as man and you are the best example. You think people are fickle in your vicinity, but you are also a bit crazy. That’s okay as long as you don’t end up in tricky situations.

TAURUS An encounter with an interesting person could put both your feet back on the ground. You had hoped there was more to it but in the end you will see you were saved from a disaster. If you no longer want to keep your money on the bank because the interest rates don’t pay off it would be okay to consider a wise long-term investment.

GEMINI Emotional waves could take you up high first to let you crash downwards afterwards. Your partner can hardly keep up with this so ensure there is balance. Have a close look at yourself.

CANCER Safety and security are important to you but you will have to get used to the fact that life is unpredictable.

Something unexpected could happen. This could startle you but you could also be pleased about this adventure.

LEO A new friendship is lurking around the corner but you have to sneak a peek first. That doesn’t necessarily have to turn into a romantic encounter immediately but then again... Something is heading your way so it is important that you keep an eye out for new opportunities to increase your income.

VIRGO Surround yourself with people who are important to you. Ignore whoever is using up your energy. That difference is important and you will discover it by paying attention to whom is taking advantage of you.

LIBRA Your urge to experience an adventure could get out of hand if you don’t control yourself enough. It’s nice to flirt but to go beyond that? Before you realize it you get tangled up in all kinds of situations and obligations.

SCORPIO You need happiness and fun. This need is caused by the fact that you have just gone through a very negative period.

Sing, dance, laugh and be amazed. Accept every invitation and make yourself look beautiful.

SAGITTARIUS Close the curtains, light some candles, make sure you are warm and comfortable and lie down with your loved one. Surrender to the pleasure of the intimacy and get over an obstacle. Financially you should wait now even though there are temptations around you everywhere.

CAPRICORN The turbulence in your life is over for now. Enjoy the peace and quiet in your love life. It’s harder for some of you to be quieter but it’s necessary to maintain the harmony. You dream of a second home in a foreign country after a weekend get-away.

AQUARIUS That attractive person whom you’ve recently met seems a nice match but don’t be disappointed when you don’t hear from him/her anymore. It was probably just a fling.

Sometimes perseverance is all that matters. Shifting to a higher gear is demanded at times when things don’t want to work out.

PISCES Can you keep a secret? That shouldn’t be a problem for you because you often have a lot of secrets. Suppress the tendency to share this with your loved ones because that could cause the wrong reaction.

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Jackman mixes it up in Eddie the Eagle

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ussie Hugh Jackman has never felt pigeonholed in Hollywood as a result of his Wolverine role.

The 47-year-old actor has taken on a wide variety of roles, including playing Wolverine in the X-Men movies and their spin offs.

Despite perhaps being best known for starring as the clawed mutant, Jackman isn't concerned about being typecast.

"People ask me all the time, 'Are you afraid of getting typecast?'" Jackman told aintitcool.com.

"There was a period around X-Men 3 where I did notice things were ... I had done other things. I had done Peter Allen on Broadway (in The Boy from Oz), but things just started to get narrow in the offers I was getting. I didn't know if that was from the filmmaker point of view or scripts, but from Les Miserables, Prisoners, things like that, I never really felt that feeling of being trapped.

I've really enjoyed being able to do that."

The film stars Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service) as Eddie, and Egerton's versatilty as an actor is a trait Jackman envies.

"Taron has got more, like I would say he's 10 years ahead of me in terms of his confidence in terms of his choosing and waiting to choose, and the idea of coming out with Eddie straight afterwards, it seems like the smartest choice now, but that's a bold choice," he said.

"I can't think of any actor alive today who could pull off those two movies in a 12-month period so successfully."

Jackman's latest role is as trainer Bronson Peary in Eddie the Eagle, a movie about the British ski jumper.

Deadpool tops Gods of Egypt at box office A

group of ancient Egyptian deities couldn't take down the merch with a mouth.

Marvel's antihero blockbuster Deadpool continued to dominate North American movie theatres over the weekend, earning an estimated $US31.5 million ($A44.16 million) in its third week and besting newcomer Gods of Egypt, according to comScore estimates Sunday.

The total domestic haul for 20th Century Fox's comic book adaptation starring Ryan Reynolds as Marvel's foul-mouthed mercenary now stands at $US285.6 million, making it the third highest-grossing R-rated film behind American Sniper and The Passion of the Christ.

Lionsgate's Gods of Egypt featuring Gerard Butler as a rebellious Egyptian god debuted in second place with $US14 million. The

film, which reportedly cost $US140 million and also stars Brenton Thwaites and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, is Hollywood's first major flop of the year.

"Lionsgate went for it, and I think the unpredictability of this marketplace made it too tough for them," said Paul Dergarabedian, comScore's senior media analyst.

"I think we'll probably have to wait until 'Batman v Superman' to see another massive opening weekend."

Other newcomers that failed to topple Deadpool this weekend included the feel-good Olympic tale Eddie the Eagle, starring Australian Hugh Jackman, in fifth place with $US6.3 million and the heist romp Triple 9 in sixth place with $US6.1 million.

The Revenant was the only Academy Award contender to crack the weekend's Top 10 with $US3.8 million in its 10th week of release. The survival epic leads Oscar nominees with 12 nods at Sunday's 88th annual ceremony, including best picture, best actor for Leonardo DiCaprio, best supporting actor for Tom Hardy and best director for Alejandro G Inarritu.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at US and Canadian theatres, according to comScore.

1. Deadpool, $US31.5 million.

2. Gods of Egypt, $US14 million.

3. Kung Fu Panda 3, $US9 million.

4. Risen, $US7 million.

5. Eddie the Eagle, $US6.3 million.

6. Triple 9, $US6.1 million.

7. How To Be Single, $US5.2 million.

8. The Witch, $US5 million.

9. Race, $US4.3 million.

10. The Revenant, $US3.8 million.

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Naomi Watts, Cate Blanchett, Isla Fisher and Margot Robbie stunned with their choice of gorgeous designer gowns.

Mad Max:Fury Road director George Miller didn't let the side down either: Naomi Watts - The actress at the Oscars to support partner Liev Schreiber from Spotlight, nominated for Best Film, made sure all eyes were on her in a navy and purple, strapless, shimmery Armani Prive figure-hugging gown, accessorised with a Bulgvari necklace.

Cate Blanchett - While Blanchett isn't the frontrunner to win the Best Actress gong, she certainly slayed it on the red carpet wearing a mint green Armani Prive gown. Her romantic, mermaid style gown was covered in handsewn flowers and feathers, with Swarovski crystals attached from head to toe.

Margot Robbie - The Wolf of Wall Street star looked stunning in a gold, longsleeved, low-cut Tom Ford dress.

Isla Fisher - The actress, who walked the red carpet with husband Sacha Baron Cohen, looked like a fairytale princess in a off-the-shoulder white Marchesa dress with a floral pattern and silver belt.

George Miller - with his quirky, round glasses in place, the Australian director wore a tuxedo but mixed up the classic look with a white shirt and white bow-tie combo.

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22 ENTERTAINMENT

Kylie Minogue marks 10 years cancer free

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ylie Minogue has marked 10 years of being cancer free with a heartfelt post on social media, before hitting the red carpet at London's Brit Awards with her new fiance Joshua Sasse.

Doctors praised Minogue for bringing the disease to the fore, encouraging more women to get regular checks, in what they called the "Kylie effect".

The Australian singer posted a black and white photo of herself as a child and thanked her "nearest and dearest", before thinking of those who are still suffering from the deadly disease.

Newly engaged to actor Sasse, Minogue revealed her fiance is preparing to run the London Marathon to raise money for breast cancer care.

"Behind the tears were relief and thanks and thoughts," she remembered of her diagnosis. Minogue encouraged her fans to reach out and support Sasse, who has never "Thoughts of all those who are making their run a marathon, and donate "so we way towards this landmark, those who are can raise as much as possible". past the landmark and of those who we sadly miss."

The duo made their first public appearance since they confirmed Minogue was 37 when she was diagnosed their engagement on Wednesday with breast cancer, and underwent night, walking the red carpet of the Brit chemotherapy, which Awards arm-in-arm. she likened to "experiencing a nuclear bomb".

Minogue showed off her stunning She took her battle with cancer public, engagement ring, while sporting a trendy bravely showing off her lack of hair after it fell black hat to match her black prom-style out from treatment. lace dress.

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ustralian music veteran Paul Kelly is releasing a Shakespearean album.

Kelly has been inspired by the Bard to release Seven Sonnets & A Song on which he sings six of Shakespeare's sonnets and a song from the play Twelfth Night.

The singer-songwriter even picked a Shakespearean date for the album's release, it will be available to download from midnight Greenwich Mean Time as April 22 ticks over to April 23, the day of Shakespeare's death 400 years ago.

Kelly has been influenced by Shakespeare's writings throughout his career and cites his 20kg three volumes of the Collected works of William Shakespeare as one of his most treasured possessions.

"Just about anything you want to say, Shakespeare's said it already," Kelly said.

Over the past 18 months, while touring his ensemble record The Merri Soul Sessions, Kelly managed to fit in the recording of this new record in various studios.

He has teamed up with some of

the country's finest musicians including Lucky Oceans and Alice Keath, along with regular members of his own band Peter Luscombe, Bill McDonald, Ash Naylor, Cameron Bruce, and Vika and Linda Bull, to record the album.

Vika Bull also takes the lead vocals on a non-Shakespearian piece, My True Love Hath My Heart, written by his contemporary Sir Philip Sidney.

There will also be videos released over the coming months for Sonnet 73 by Sunny Leunig, Sonnet 18 by Lucy Dyson and My True Love Hath My Heart by Andy Doherty.

Kelly will launch the record with a live appearance at the Sydney Writer's Festival and in conjunction with Bell Shakespeare at the State Library of NSW on April 23 and at The Wheeler Centre in Melbourne.

He will again appear at the Sydney Writer's Festival on Monday, May 16, to speak about Shakespeare and perform several sonnets. *The record will be available digitally and on vinyl on April 23.

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avid Bowie's son Duncan Jones has announced he is to be a father for the first time.

The 44-year-old posted the news on Twitter and also made a reference to his father's death from cancer.

A hand-drawn cartoon of a baby with an umbilical cord protruding from its stomach and a speech bubble with the words "I'm waiting" accompanied the message.

"One month since dad died today.

Made this card for him at Christmas.

Due in June. Circle of life. Love you, granddad," he wrote.

The award-winning director of Moon is the late British rock star's eldest child. He is married to photographer Rodene Ronquillo.

In 2013, Jones' wife was given the all-clear following her own cancer battle which saw her undergo a double mastectomy.

"My fiance, at the time, ended up finding my lump, it was right underneath my breast, above my rib," she said in an interview with Popsugar.

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The couple were married in 2012.

Jones is the only child from the 10year marriage of Bowie and first wife Angie, who was recently a contestant in Celebrity Big Brother in the UK. He has been estranged from his mother for nearly 30 years.

On January 10, he confirmed his 69-year-old father had lost his 18-month fight with liver cancer on Twitter.

"Very sorry and sad to say it's true," his tweet read. "I'll be offline for a while. Love to all."

Jones, the director of the upcoming film adaptation of Warcraft, was also at the helm of sci-fi thriller Source Code.

The couple's first child would have been Bowie's first grandchild.

Meanwhile, Bowie's widow Iman broke her silence on social media for the first time since her husband's death.

The 60-year-old former supermodel posted a simple message on her official Twitter page that read: "Love & gratitude" on Saturday.

She added the "very awkward place" was probably why it had been missed The couple were married in 1992, two years after they met. previously.

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What’s onINin Melbourne WATERAID WATER CHALLENGE WaterAid Australia is conducting their first annual Water Challenge coinciding with World Water Day on the 22nd March 2016. This year, Australians can choose their challenge to Just Drink Water for 14 or 30 days, or, get active and Walk for Water, with the goal of walking 10,000 steps between the 14th and 20th of March. Fundraising from WaterAid’s Water Challenge will go towards working with local partners to set up practical and sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene products that meet the needs of the world’s poorest and most marginalised communities. To join or donate go to www.waterchallenge.org.au When: Tuesday 1st of March to Thursday 31st of March 2016

SILVERS GRAND MAGIC CIRCUS | BAYSWATER Our big top is now air cooled for customers comfort in the summer months. Silvers Extravaganza is suitable for all ages includes the Phoenix Riders in the Globe of Death, the Wheel of Steel, aerial acts, clowns and the latest in Los Vegas illusions. Established in 1976, Silver’s Circus still travels Australia and provides world class family fun. Over 15 international acts perform live on stage every day, in matinees and evening 2 hour long performances, bringing a magic and acrobatics-based take on classic circus entertainment. Direct booking: 0413 880 044 and 0400 456 157 Ticketmaster: 136 100 Where: Corner Canterbury Road and Dorset Road, Bayswater When: Wednesday 24th of February to Sunday 20th of March 2016

LEO CLUB OF BRIMBANK | ‎CAR BOOT SALE & SECONDHAND MARKET A fundraiser for the Leo Club of Brimbank, a youth subsidiary of Lions International, the Leo Club is excited to present their first ever Car Boot Sale and Secondhand Market. Consisting of community members selling their unwanted items, craft market stalls, child entertainment, sausage sizzles and more, the day is going to be a blast! Books, shoes, clothes, hardware, homewares, magazines... who knows what sort of bargain you’ll pick up on the day! We are currently recruiting stallholders, at only $15 a spot or $25 for two! Jump in quick to secure your spot before they’re all sold out.

Where: 214 Glengala Road Sunshine When: 10am-2pm, Saturday 5th of March 2016

MEGA CITY | CLUE PUZZLE GAME Situated within the central areas of Melbourne, you will need to work through the clues, search buildings, signs and land marks, and force your brain to think outside the square. Each clue is submitted by Mega City to you via email to your smart phone. And each puzzle you have to work through will involve the things you see around you and random off-beat cryptic messages that will require assistance from the World Wide Web. Dress up is optional, but encouraged. The games have themes, so we hope that you will adopt that theme and play the game as it was meant to be played. For more information go to www.melbourneoutabout.com When: 10am-6pm, Saturday 5th of March to Thursday 31st of March 2016

ELVIS LEAVES HIS MARK Elvis spectacular. One of the worlds bests Elvis impersonators Mark Andrew captures the unique voice and stage performance of the one and only. March 12th at Freccia Azzurra Club 784-796 Springvale Rd Braeside. Two course dinner and show for only $70ph. For bookings call Raelene 0438493533 or Samantha 0416147955 Where: Freccia Azzurra Club, 784 - 796 Springvale Rd Braeside When: Saturday 20th of February to Wednesday 9th of March 2016

GNOCCHI I LOVE YOU AS PART OF THE 2016 MELBOURNE FOOD & WINE FESTIVAL Join us for a gnocchi Masterclass and enjoy a twocourse lunch with matched wines $78 per person | Also includes a goodie bag to take home! SESSIONS: 12pm Saturday 5th March 2016 | 12pm Saturday 12th March 2016 Bookings essential. For more information, contact us on 03 9650 0900 or office@terrarossarb.com.au Where: Terra Rossa Restaurant Bar, 87 Flinders Lane, Melbourne When: 12pm/2pm, Saturday 5th of March to Saturday 12th of March 2016

RIVERSIDE POP-UP SEAFOOD FESTIVAL A boisterous afternoon in the sun with lawn games, live music and more crustaceans than you can poke a stick at. From oversized lawn games, live music, competitions, delicious wine and more! Join us on the banks of the Yarra and savour some of the best seafood WTC Wharf has to offer. The ultimate Seafood pop-up will highlight local Victorian seafood from the Mornington Peninsula to the Great Ocean Road. Laze the afternoon away with a group of friends or family, hire a banquet table or put on your lobster bib to enjoy an endless variety of special dishes from soft shell crab to fresh oysters and mussels.

Where: WTC Wharf | World Trade Centre 18-38 Siddeley St, Docklands When: Friday 4th of March to Sunday 6th of March 2016

BLUES AT THE BRIARS FESTIVAL 2016 After its amazing debut featuring blues legends like Lloyd Spiegel, Geoff Achison, Chris Wilson, Shannon Bourne, and up and comers such as Blue Eyes Cry and Blues Mountain and many more, the festival is evolving year by year. A determination by the organisers to feature the highest talent available has seen the festival become a “must see” event.

Blues at the Briars have a strong commitment to affordable and family friendly access, all set in the amazing setting of the Briars Historic Homestead. A dedicated secure children’s area will ensure there is plenty for the little blues lovers to keep them amused. Book online at www.bluesatthebriars.com Where: The Briars Park & Homestead, 450 Nepean Hwy Mount Martha When: Saturday 5th of March 2016

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hannon Noll’s everyman appeal lies in his honesty, he strikes a chord with legions of music fans, tapping into a pure emotion that’s both his own and instantly relatable. Since taking to the stage and commencing his successful recording career, Australia’s favourite son “Nollsie” has on to receive acclaim with certified tripleplatinum sales, number #1 hits, five top 10 albums, has 17 platinum and three gold accreditations, and boasts a reputation as the only Australian male artist in national chart history to have ever achieved ten consecutive top ten singles.

PEARL spoke to the homegrown-hero in the midst of his national We Only Live Once Tour, and while he’s no longer championing the classic flavour-saver, it’s clear that he’s still the honest and passionate bloke we came to know through our TV screens all those years ago.

While Noll is humbled by the positive reception of his new release, he agrees that We Only Live Once has a broad appeal that comes from its uplifting hooks and strong positive message, particularly at a time when the media, government and global climate is not so positive.

“That’s the beauty of music; it can take you away from the troubles in your life at the time. We don’t get too many breaks from the seriousness of what’s going on in the world these days; everywhere you turn there seems to be something heavy going on. I think to be able to be able to shut all that out for a little song is a great gift to give and receive.”

In addition to his new material, Shannon Noll has been treating crowds to classics like What About Me and In Pieces, and even taking on a new cover of Sia’s huge hit Chandelier.

“Obviously the recognition and the profiling was the advantage on our year. I think the disadvantage; particularly for us as the first year products, was the actual concept of the show itself.

We had to put up with a fair bit of backlash from the industry, people not wanting to accept it. Today it’s standard practice to make a break through in these shows but we really had to weather that storm.”

Does he believe he’d have experienced the same success had he been on a different talent show or even a later season of Idol?

“That’s been a bit of a stand out for the show. Being such a big hit by “Probably not. I think ours was a very special year because it was a female artist it’s a little scary to perform at times, but it’s gone over the first time that anyone had seen that kind of show in Australia.

We were on a rollercoaster ride ourselves and I think the public was well so far!” taking that ride with us because it was so honest and so fresh and Indeed Noll has been fortunate (and hard-working) in earning the innocent really. I think that’s what made it very unique.” love of Australian fans over the years since earning the runner-up title in the debut season of Australian Idol. With reality shows coming Shannon Noll’s returns to Hallam Hotel on Friday April 22.

Tickets and more info at hallamhotel.com.au at us thick and fast these days, it’s interesting to have the insight of an original reality-star.

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ell known to many Australian’s as the resident talking saxophone player on the widely popular television show Hey Hey it’s Saturday, Wilbur Wilde has been one of Australia’s most celebrated musicians, media celebrity and all-round entertainers for decades. King Willie’s back in town Labour Day weekend for a fun filled afternoon at Mornington’s Bay Hotel on Sunday March 13.

Wilbur Wilde became a household name during his 15year run as member of the house band opposite Red Symmons on Hey Hey it’s Saturday from 1984 through until the last episode in 1999. He has made many other TV appearances including Countdown, The Paul Hogan Show, Blankety Blanks, Sale of the Century, MTV, Getaway, Spicks and Specks and The Russell Gilbert Show.

Wilbur Wilde first rose to prominence as saxophonist with

the bands Ol’ 55 and Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons.

Over the years, he has performed with some of the biggest names in music including Skyhooks, Tom Jones, Split Enz, Roy Orbison, Cold Chisel, Dire Straits, the Angels and Paul Kelly.

From 1992 to 1999, Wilbur toured with The New Rocky Horror Show, contributing to more than 750 performances along the way. His CV also boasts a string of movie credits including Mad Max, Coolangatta Gold, Jenny Kissed Me, Dead End Drive-In, Cool Change, The Bit Part and Star Struck.

Wilbur has also enjoyed an enduring career as a radio announcer with Melbourne stations 3XY, 3UZ, Gold 104 and Vega 91.5. His media experience extends to that of producer, writer, event and tour manager and music producer/director. In 2007, he was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.

During the same year Wilbur had the honour of being an Australia Day Ambassador. He is also a past Deputy Chair, of the Helpmann Awards Contemporary Music Panel. Wilbur Wilde has a large amount of media experience and is an unshakable master of ceremonies and keynote speaker.

Wilbur performs regularly with a number of bands including The Good Rockin’ Daddies, Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons, and his own outfit, Wilbur Wilde’s Blowout.

Catch Wilbur Wilde and his boys for some blues, soul and rock’n roll at the Bay Hotel, Main Street Mornington on Sunday March 13 from 3pm.

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Funky Bunch Trivia Grand Trivia Rosebud Trivia Open Mic Thursdays hosted by Simon Imrei Humdinger Trivia Plugged In Thursdays Bootleg Rascal Backyard Karaoke

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FRIDAY MARCH 4TH The Continental Hotel Red Hill Pavillion One Fourteen The Berwick Hotel The Courthouse The Seaford Hotel Baha Bay Hotel Backyard Bar Bay Hotel The Deck Beaches Of Mornington The Sound Bar The Westernport Hotel Rosebud Hotel

Sorrento Red Hill Show Grounds Mentone Berwick Warragul Seaford Rye Mordialloc Mornington Mornington Frankston Mornington Rosebud West San Remo Rosebud

Friday Night Live Sally Seltmann, Younis Clare, Jessie Lloyd, Tash Parker Absolut & DJ Craig Williams Casey & Adam Live Music Bag o Nails James Thomson Band Live Duos & DJ’s in The Beer Garden Backyard Karaoke FriBays – Acoustic Jam, RNB Party Room Sea Circus 28’s Single Income All The Animals & The Farm The Brow Tim Morrison

SATURDAY MARCH 5TH Hickinbotham The Continental Hotel The Royal Hotel Continental Hotel Hallam Hotel Bay Hotel Rosebud Hotel Sandringham Hotel The Grand Hotel Beaches Of Mornington The Sound Bar Bay Hotel The Cove

Dromana Sorrento Mornington Sorrento Hallam Mornington Rosebud Sandringham Mornington Mornington Rosebud West Mordialloc Patterson Lakes

Rob Pappalado Alex Jozsa Blues Mountain Conti Saturdays Sound Stage 28’s Bay Saturdays w resident DJ’s upstairs & Rob & Tarquin Live downstairs Live Music So You Think You Can Sing w Andrew Hosking Cruze Saturdays w Resident DJ’s Right Brothers Andy Phillips & The Cadillac Walk 23 Past Jacob Butler

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SUNDAY MARCH 6TH Hickinbotham Dromana Estate Winery Bay Hotel Daveys The Sound Bar The Westernport Hotel The Cove Side Street

Dromana Tuerong Mordialloc Frankston Rosebud West San Remo Patterson Lakes Mordialloc,

Jules Boult Andy Phillips & The Cadillac Walk Sunday Sessions In The Garden Sunday Soultrain w Safari Motel The Jump Devils Sugarcane Collins Dylan Boyd Chris Doheny

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THURSDAY MARCH 10TH Bay Hotel Grand Hotel Rosebud Hotel Side Street Humdinger Bay Hotel Backyard Bar The Seaford Hotel

Mordialloc Mornington Rosebud Mordialloc Frankston Mornington Mornington Seaford

Funky Bunch Trivia Grand Trivia Rosebud Trivia Open Mic Thursdays hosted by Simon Imrei Humdinger Trivia Plugged In Thursdays Backyard Karaoke Paul Woseen

7:00PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 8:00PM 8:30PM 9:00PM 5:00PM

FRIDAY MARCH 11TH The Continental Hotel One Fourteen The Berwick Hotel The Courthouse The Seaford Hotel The Grand Hotel Canadian Bay Hotel Bay Hotel Backyard Bar Bay Hotel The Deck Beaches Of Mornington The Sound Bar Bank Coffee House & Wine Bar The Westernport Hotel Rosebud Hotel

Sorrento Mentone Berwick Warragul Seaford Mornington Mount Eliza Mordialloc Mornington Mornington Frankston Mornington Rosebud West Warragul San Remo Rosebud

Friday Night Live Absolut & DJ Craig Williams Casey & Adam Live Music The Andy Layfield Sound Pierce Brothers + Tom Millington Andy Phillips & The Cadillac Walk Live Duos & DJ’s in The Beer Garden Backyard Karaoke FriBays – Acoustic Jam, RNB Party Room Sea Circus 28’s Fudge Yasin Leflef Tiana Pain Teresa Dixon Aimee Francis

SATURDAY MARCH 12TH Hickinbotham The Continental Hotel Continental Hotel Hallam Hotel Bay Hotel Rosebud Hotel Sandringham Hotel The Grand Hotel Beaches Of Mornington The Sound Bar Bay Hotel The Cove The Royal Hotel

Dromana Sorrento Sorrento Hallam Mornington Rosebud Sandringham Mornington Mornington Rosebud West Mordialloc Patterson Lakes Mornington

Simon Trist Alex Jozsa Conti Saturdays Sound Stage 28’s Bay Saturdays w resident DJ’s upstairs & Rob & Tarquin Live downstairs Live Music So You Think You Can Sing w Andrew Hosking Cruze Saturdays w Resident DJ’s Copyrite Malcura 23 Past Chris Doheny Joe Laff

SUNDAY MARCH 13TH Westernport Hotel Hickinbotham The Sound Bar Bay Hotel Daveys The Westernport Hotel The Grand Hotel Bay Hotel The Cove Side Street

Hastings Dromana Rosebud West Mornington Frankston San Remo Mornington Mornington Patterson Lakes Mordialloc

Aussie Outlaws feat Alfi Rocker & Paul Woseen Mamma’s Mountain Jug Band Cardboard Kitchen Wilbur Wilde & The Troublemakers Sunday Soultrain w Itchy Fingers Gwyn Ashton Absolutely 80’s ft. Brian Mannix, Scott Carne, Dale Ryder Fudge Jason Dean Tim Morrison

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Aussie Outlaws Westfest Encore

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ake one part Screaming Jet, and one part Dirty Deed, and shake repeatedly on a rock n ‘roll roadtrip for 25 years, and you end up with one hell of a lethal concoction that is the Aussie Outlaws. Jets bass-man Paul Woseen and Dirty Deeds front man Alfi Rocker are heading back to town with the Westernport Hotel in their sights for a rock n ‘roll rampage on Labour Day Eve Sunday March 13.

Dirty Deeds, Australia’s original ACDC tribute show gave fans exactly what they expected on the main stage at last months Westernport Festival. Front man Alfi Rocker was later joined on stage by The Screaming Jets key songwriter and bass man for surprise finale after the fireworks, leaving an electric crowd hungry for more.

Both founding members in their own bands, both celebrating 25 years on the road with recent anniversary tours, Pauly and Alfi take time out of their busy schedules and head south for the summer and a night of Aussie classics not to be missed. One would have to expect some Acca Dacca and Jets anthems in the mix…but then again, anything could happen with these two boys and their band mates, already winning over fans around Melbourne with their rockin new Aussie Outlaw combo.

LIVE MUSIC

Labour Day Weekend Fri: Fudge Sat: Copyrite Sun: Feelix Player

Catch the Aussie Outlaws on Labour Day Eve Sunday March 13 from 8pm at Westernport Hotel, High St Hastings.

For more details contact the venue on Ph 5979 1201 or visit www.westernporthotel.com.au

WEAR BLUE FREE ENTRY March 20th Dingley Community Day Dingley Village is having a HUGE Community Day ‘Wear Blue Dingley Community Day - proudly supporting beyondblue’, March 20th between 12 and 5pm on Corrigan oval, Marcus Road behind the community hall.

Our objective is ‘promoting inclusion, generating awareness of mental health issues and raising funds for beyond blue’.

WEAR BLUE - TO CREATE A CROWD OF BLUE AND FOR A CHANCE TO WIN THE FANTASTIC PRIZES. Everyone is invited to join in the fun, including two jumping castles, magician, face painting, balloonist, temporary tattooist, show bags, music for young and old, sausage sizzle, food trucks and over 20 market stalls, mini golf, and amazing prizes including a week in Hamilton Island, golfing package and much more.

Where: Corrigan Oval, Marcus Rd, Dingley When: 12 – 5pm, Sunday 20 March 2016 www.wear-blue-dingley.com

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Bistro menu Wed-Sun

$12 PARMAS Wed, Thurs & Sun

Ph: 5975 0966 www.beachesofmornington.com.au

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SARAH RZEK 'THIS TOWN' ‘Molly’ Meldrum brings new single to life!

Sarah Rzek is an old musical soul in a young body.

The fresh faced Melbourne Bayside singer/songwriter with a unique, soulful voice has been recording music for over five years and described as a fresh faced talent and has appeared on shows such as Australia’s Got Talent and the Planet Unearth TV show.

More recently, influential music writer Cameron Adams from the Herald-Sun named her among only 3 musicians that he identified as being hot in 2016!

It was in 2015 when Sarah first came to the attention of one Ian ‘Molly’ Meldrum who has lost none of his talent for hearing a great voice and recognising amazing talent when a demo recording of ‘This Town’ found its way to him.

Within weeks, Molly was recording the song with Sarah and her band at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne with the assistance of renowned violinist Sally Cooper, the divine Colleen Hewitt with the Wesley College Elsternwick Choir and talented young engineer Matt Neighbour.

‘This Town’ is Sarah’s first major commercial release and is a gorgeous introduction to the twenty-one year old, who’s soaring, yet smoky vocal and unique gift for song writing finds her positioned well beyond her years. Sarah is a very welcome new addition to the LUXOR label under the mentorship of Molly.

Sarah is also gaining a strong live hometown following and is planning to tour across the country as the year unfolds. So, ‘Do yourself a favour!’

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The 2016 Mahindra Genio

Great value for the Australian ute buyer CARS $1,001 $5,000

FORD FAIRMONT AU SEDAN 2000

Auto. A/C. P/S. Eletric Mirrors & Electric Windows.

Cr/Control, C/Locking. Cd Player. Remote Control For Stereo On Steering.

Towbar. Drives Very Well.

123,000Kms. 11Mths Reg. Rwcert. Excellent Condition. Well Maintained.

Always Garaged. Call For More Information $4,500, Ph 0412 930 344 REGO PXO-859, CLAYTON

SUZUKI HATCHBACK 1996

MAZDA 2 NEO 5DR HATCHBACK 2003

5spd man, ONLY 33000kms.

1 owner.

Always garaged. Towbar.

RWCert, 10mths reg.

Sparkling Silver. A/C. P/S. Very reliable & economical.

Ideal first car. Call for more information, $3,900, Phone 0414787850, REGO SLM466, MOUNT ELIZA

TOYOTA CAMRY 4D SEDAN 2007

FORD FAIRMONT 4D SEDAN 2008

FORD FALCON 4D SEDAN 2006

Powerful 4.0L engine converted to dual fuel.

Extremely economical and very honest. Regularly serviced, well maintained with heaps of extras such as automatic headlights, central locking plus heaps more. Comes with new tyres and reg till end of March. RWC available on request. Excellent buy, $5,000 NEGOTIABLE, Phone 0413163384, REGO UCP 311, ROWVILLE

CARS $5,001 $10,000

Swift Cino model, 5spd man, 15in alloys. New tyres, brakes & battery.

New seat covers throughout. T/windows.

JVC CD/radio. Very good inside/outside. Reg servuced. Red colour with Cream interior. Great first car. No reg. Includes RWCert.Good reliable car.

Call for more information, $1,595, Phone 03 97542694, AH 0426 797 395, VIN JSAEAA35S00268120, BELGRAVE

Engine runs perfect, new starter motor and battery put in 500 kms ago. Comes with 4 months reg and RWC. This car runs like a dream. Please call 94285693 for inspection.

Please contact Amalie on 045671154, $8,000, Phone 0497387811, REGO WIL 697, SOUTH YARRA

CARS $10,001 $15,000

KIA CERATO S HATCHBACK 2012

FORD FAIRLANE LIMO 1997

Comes with 18” mags and black leather seat cover and 3 months rego. Has always been kept fully serviced and up to date, this car is immaculate, $8,999, Phone 0470436897, REGO WIO941, DANDENONG SOUTH

TOYOTA CAMRY 4D SEDAN 2007

MERCEDES-BENZ C200 COMPRESSOR SEDAN 2001

Auto. A/C. P/S. ABS brakes. White with Grey interior. Full service history, 179645kms. Vic Reg. IBM 5X0. Great reliable car. Will impress when seen.

Genuine buyers only.

Phone Des 0408 690 482 or Ron 0422 468 435 or After Hours 02 60254394, $8,500, Phone 0422 468 435, AH 02 60254394 , REGO IBM 5XO, ALBURY

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Electric front seats, new leather seat covers, 18” alloy wheels. Drives like a dream, never had an issue, regularly serviced, this car is amazing. Genuine buyers only please, $8,891 NEGOTIABLE, Phone 0470436897, REGO URQ 649, DANDENONG SOUTH

CALLING ALL LOCAL BUSINESS We have you covered!

Auto. Elec windows/ sunroof, t/windows, DVD player. Engine & transmission reconditioned, 12mths reg ZKW-216, RWCert, VGC. Any Test welcome, $13,500, Phone 0404559100, AH 0408301068, THOMASTOWN

HOLDEN CLUBSPORT R8 2001

manual, 305kw to rear wheels, rip shifter, big cam, 6lt manifold 90ml throttle body, over radiator air filter, 3.9 diff gears, twin 2 1/2 Pacemaker exhaust & extractors, immac cond in and out, 120,000kms, lowered, GTS later model wheels, sunroof, call for 12mths reg, no RWCert, UHM192 call for more info, offers over, $13,000, Phone 0422639811, FRANKSTON AREA

6spd Man with beautiful gear change.

ONLY 17,000kms. IMMACULATE CONDITION. Racing Red colour. Easy to drive.

4 Alloy wheels (hardly used). Steel spare in back. Special spanner for removing wheels. 2yrs manufacturer’s warranty remaining. Disc brakes all round. A/C, P/S, Elec/ heated mirrors. Full set of mats. Protection for bonnet, headlights & all windows.

Full service history. Well maintained.

Regretful Sale. Retired owner no longer using. Ideal first car.

Don’t miss out on this car.

Will not disappoint when seen. More photos online at www.tradertag.com. au, $10,750 ono, Phone 0414907779, REGO ZIX870, BANGHOLME

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HYUNDAI TERRACAN 4D WAGON 2005

MITSUBISHI CHALLENGER 4D WAGON 2001

Turbo Diesel, Automatic, 140,350kms, 7 seater.

Reverse camera. Towbar.

Nudge bar. Trailer wiring.

Roof bars. 1 Owner.

Service history with books.

Always been garaged and Well maintained. Cruises wonderfully towing Roma Off Road Caravan (Caravan for sale - refer Caravans). Great buy. Will not disappoint. Call for more information, $14,500 Neg, Phone 03 5674 2915, REGO TVS-978, INVERLOCH

Beautiful SUV, very reliable car and extremely comfortable. Just recently serviced, comes with 4 brand new tyers and 5 months rego. Buyer will be pleased with this wagon, $5,200, Phone 0435929596, REGO 1EP 4SZ, HAMPTON PARK

BMW 323I SEDAN 2008

The 2016 Mahindra Genio Great value for the Australian ute buyer

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ahindra has released the 2016 Genio single cab and dual cab ute and cab/chassis into a highly competitive market segment where value for money and functionality are the major attractions for buyers of working vehicles.

Powered by the 2.2 litre, four cylinder, turbocharged mHAWK diesel engine and with a five-speed manual gearbox, the new 2016 Genio offers one of the most spacious cabins in its class, with impressive head, shoulder and leg room making it of particular appeal to Australian Tradies.

With its compact frontal design and minimal overhang the Genio makes full advantage of being able to minimise engine intrusion into the passenger compartment, increasing available space in the cabin. Also significant are the large, uninterrupted door openings for front and rear seat access that makes entry and exit much easier than many other popular ute designs.

Mahindra has kept to the design parameter of a ute being a working vehicle. With a strong focus on practicality, Genio offers sufficient power and performance with an impressive payload for those buyers that want a comfortable work vehicle at a sensible and affordable price.

Available in both single cab and dual cab variants and in 4x2 and 4x4, each model is powered by the same 2.2 litre, four-cylinder diesel with variable geometry turbocharger that produces 88kW (120bhp) at 4,000 rpm with peak torque of 280Nm rated through from 1,800-2,800 rpm. Gear selection comes only in the form of a five-speed manual transmission, it runs on 215/70R15 tyres on alloy rims (optional) and it offers a fuel tank capacity of 75 litres.

The single cab, base model 4x2 cab chassis, including base heavy duty aluminium tray has a driveaway price of $19,990, with the 4x4 driveline adding a further $3,500. The drive-away price structure for the 4x2 dual cab chassis and ute models is identical at $24,990, plus the $3500 upgrade to 4x4.

When it comes to payload, the Genio offers a full 1260kg for the single cab in 4x2 form and 1100kg for the dual cab, dropping 100kg for each model if the 4x4 driveline is selected. The tow weight capacity for a braked trailer is restricted to a maximum of 1800kg.

The cab/chassis versions come

with a high quality alloy tray from Queensland manufacturer Triple MMM, with tray dimensions of 2700 x 1777mm for the single cab and 1950mm length x 1777mm in width for the double cab. The removable drop-sides and tailgate are 250mm in height and the GVM is 2980kg.

In line with normal conventional ute suspension systems, Genio uses a double wishbone, front independent design with coil springs, while at the rear, the semi-elliptical multi-leaf springs provide a well controlled ride through the variations of light load to fully laden operation. Brakes are disc front and drum rear.

The fitment of 15-inch rims and tyres means a low tray deck height of 910mm unladen, reducing the need to lift cargo higher than waist level and facilitating the reach of the cargo from either side or the rear of the tray.

From a safety perspective there are SRS airbags for the driver and front passenger, side intrusion beams in the door construction, crash protection and crumple zones incorporated in the design, a collapsible steering column, and ABS braking. Air conditioning, power steering, central locking, cruise control, power windows and audio controls mounted on the steering wheel are standard and the optional Bluetooth phone accessory operates through a push button control on the dashboard.

The on-board Digital Drive Assist System (DDAS), trip meter and data indicator (Dual Cab Only), covers a wide range of information displayed in a central binnacle on the dashboard. Information highlighted includes interior and exterior ambient temperature, date and time, speed, fuel consumption and gear ratio selected.

Interior stowage areas are particularly useful, with a slide-out tray under the driver’s seat, plus storage space under the rear seat squab on dual cab variants to locate clothing, tools and other items.

“The 2016 Genio really holds its own against competitors by setting out to provide functionality and practicality in a cost affordable overall package.

With the best in class interior space and high-level of standard equipment the Genio looks set to become a firm favourite with Aussie Tradies.” said Russell Thiele, National Sales Manager – Auto at Mahindra Automotive Australia Pty Ltd.

Powerful 2.5 litre 6cyl engine, bluetooth phone technology, 6 airbags plus much more. Offers luxurious travel in true BMW style. Sure to impress and priced to sell, $20,500, Phone 0409944741, REGO C88AV, RIVERSIDE

BMW X1 E84 MY11 SDRIVE 20D WAGON 2010

Steptronic 6spd Auto This economical Diesel Has travelled only 35000kms. It comes with many standard features expected from BMW, including cruise control and all wheel drive.

It has a five star Ancap safety rating and would suit new car buyer wanting to save $. It comes in black with charcoal leather interior and is in Immaculate condition inside and out. Will not disappoint.

Call for more information.

More photos online at www. tradertag.com.au, $29,950, Phone 0411761950, REGO YCF372, SAN REMO

FORD MONDEO 5D HATCHBACK 2012

Top of the range - fully loaded with all the extras.

Turbo diesel, blind spot sensors, heated seats, adaptive cruise, sun roof, parking sensors, remote central locking, integrated blue tooth system, 18” alloy wheels, fuel economy is fantastic. One owner, low kms, recently fitted with brand new set of 4 tyres, $23,400, Phone 0400 027 900, REGO ZJI780, ESSENDON

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ISUZU D-MAX TWIN CAB 2011

3ltr turbo diesel, Auto.

Canopy, has wiring and new rubber seals. New tubliner. A/C, P/S, t/ windows, c/locking, towbar, CD player, Isuzu Bluetooth, reg 11/2016 Isuzu agents service record. Well maintained. Extremely reliable. Great ute.

Regretful sale. More photos online at www.tradertag. com.au. Selling as is, $17,900 Neg, Phone 0408037621, REGO 1FM8WZ, MILLGROVE

JEEP WRANGLER SPORTS UNLIMITED 2008

ONE OWNER. Manufactured Dec 2007 but is 2008 model. No real off road u . Turbo Diesel 6spd man. All factory options including T/windows. C/ locking. Alarm. A/C, P/S, Towbar. Mags. Roof Rack, Sides steps & Soft top kit (Never been used).

RWCert, Reg Dec 2016.

Factory Original 4WD. No modifications. New timing belt just fitted. Full service history. Always garaged.

Well maintained. Will not disappoint when seen.

More photos online at www. tradertag.com.au, $18,400 ono, Phone 0404048091, REGO WDY-594, CRANBOURNE NORTH

HONDA CRV 4X4 2000

KEEP CALM Excellent condition, 5 speed manual. Service books.

Reg CHL62DF, $1,950, Phone 0448469655, MERNDA

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NISSAN PATROL 4WD 1982

Man, Roof rack, Front & rear bullbars, Registered, Low kms (Country kms).

Two Tone duco. Beige interior VGC. Great Reliable towing vehicle or 4Wheel driving. Always shedded. Will not disappoint. Call for more information, $4,500, Phone 0478586153, REGO FSQ-128, BUNYIP

TOYOTA LANDCRUISER PRADO 2010

Purchased new. ONE owner. Look no further if you are looking for a genuine vehicle that has been extremely well looked after all its life. Extras include: Rear roof mounted Clarion DVD player with 2 sets of headphones.

Prodigy brake controller. 4 new tyres will be fitted for the new owner. Genuine Toyota towbar, t/windows and the leather treated.

5spd Sports Auto, 59897kms. Will not disappoint, $48,888, Phone 0419 627 637, REGO XXE-072, ASHBURTON

CLASSIC & UNIQUE CARS CHEVROLET C-10 PICK UP SWB UTE 1977

Step side tub. 350/350 Eng/ Trans. Edelbrock Intake manifold. Exhaust headers.

Flow Master mufflers, 8.1/2 / 10 inch Indy mags. Bench seat. Hayman Reece tow bar. Excellent runner/driver, GC. Maroon colour. P.B, P.S. Call for more information. More photos online at www.tradertag. com.au, $12,500, Phone 0414722732, REGO 3A21981, BAXTER

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$6,999 2001 HONDA CRV SPORTS

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$7,999 2012 HYUNDAI I20

Excellent little car, bluetooth, air bags everywhere plus more. 1GC7XV

CAR OF THE WEEK 1985 JAGUAR XJ6 SOVEREIGN

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$5,500 Heaps of room, great family car, rego and roadworthy. XZT294

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172,795kms, very clean inside and out.

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Excellent car to drive, 151,757kms, service history, great family car, WVQ-131

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7 seater, great project car, 1/2work done. Interior trim completely restored, body complete and 1/2restored.

Mechanically only needs head and diff. Perfect for restoration to Hot Rod or to it’s former glory, $10,000 NEGOTIABLE, Phone 0409437511, REGO NOREG, ROWVILLE

VOLKSWAGEN BUGGY 1968

4 door Van, White, a/c, 5spd man, r/racks. Very clean inside/outside, reg 12/2016 RHL-844. Nothing to spend, VGC throughout.

Great Van. Will not disappoint. Call for more information. Selling with RWCert $5,200 or with out RWCert, $4,800, Phone 0416328341, WERRIBEE

CARAVANS & CAMPER TRAILERS AUSSIE WIDE 2006

CHRYSLER CENTURA 4D SEDAN 1975

Ex drag car, rolling shell, 9” diff, roll cage, big engine bay, was running big block motor. Has been in storage for many years, body in mint condition, ready to drop a motor in and go, $10,500, Phone 0407807195, VIN JCW 3729618, LILYDALE

Still starts & drives.

Reasonable condition.

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Vin:S31673.

Call for more information, $3,800, Phone 0415759963, CRANBOURNE

UTES & VANS CHEVROLET C-10 PICK UP UTE 1977

23ft Caravan. Tare Weight 2700kgs. Rear Separate shower & toilet. Vanity basin plus washing machine. Cafe seating.

Fully equipped kitchen. TV. Air conditioner. Queen bed.

4 Solar panels plus 4 batteries. Semi off road chassis. Outside shower.

Roll out awning. Plus lots more. Selling ONLY, $37,900, Phone 0401548812, COBURG

CARAVAN 16FT VISCOUNT

HOLDEN EH SEDAN

Unfinished Project. All in undercoat. Ready to be sprayed. 186 motor bored out to 192 motor. Centreline wheels.

Vin:EH6175M. Regretful sale, $7,800, Phone 0415759963, CRANBOURNE

M.G. MGB MKII 2D ROADSTAR 1970

Fleetside Tub. Late 350CI Tuned Port Injected engine.

700R Auto. Flow Master exhaust.

Bench seat.

Tacho. Rally steel wheels.

Power Brakes.

Power steering. Tilt steering wheel.

Excellent driver. Good paint. Light Tan colour.

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Is this the BEST C4 in Oz!! Auto, 350 TPI engine.

Fitted with custom rims, Woodgrain steering wheel, sound system and Andrews exhaust. Vehicle is in excellent condition and available for inspection in the Geelong area.

Regretful Sale. Selling due to purchase of new car.

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Original car. One Lady owner 35 years. Red duco. 4spd Manual with overdrive. MGB Workshop manual. Tonneau cover.

140,000 miles from new.

No rust. Chrome wheels. 2x 60 batteries. Meticulously maintained.

Always garaged.

Will impress when seen.

Excellent condition. Genuine buyers only. No time wasters. No commercial callers. Please call for more information.

More photos online at www. tradertag.com.au, $28,650, Phone 97875438, REGO LBC-848, FRANKSTON STH

V6 T-bar auto. D/fuel.

Towbar.

Bullbar.

P/S. 12mths reg. RWCert. Good condition throughout. Reg serviced & Well maintained.

Good reliable vehicle.

Call for more information, $6,800 neg, Phone 0409 184 802, AH 03 5967 3533, REGO TOC-259, LAUNCHING PLACE

Viscount Grand Tourer.

Early 80s model.

Unregistered. Aluminium frame not wooden. Approx 16 ft. Elec fridge and microwave. Full caravan annexe, 240 wiring working.

Clean and tidy and water tight. Please no message or emails - phone calls only.

Can Deliver Locally, $2,650 negotiable, Phone 0407365103, BALLARAT AREA

CAMPER TRAILER OFF ROAD

Built for long range touring.

Fully off-road. Quick set up. Annexe complete.

Roll out kitchen. Dust-free interior. Carrys Complete spare springs, 2 spare wheels, 2 fuel cans, spare h/duty spring, twin gas bottles. Complete 12V. Registered with legal 3way hitch. Plus many more extras. Regretful sale.

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HONDA SL70 1971

SCOOTER & BILLBOARD Exceptionally clean Custom made and designed, Sleeps 4, 21.6ft, Light and airy with a large table can be either put down to make a large double bed,plenty of cupboard space/2 wardrobes/one with a full length mirror, middle kitchen with oven/separate grill/full size microwave, good sized sink/large fridge,back bedroom with dividing door for privacy/full size innerspring double bed, battery back up power,full annex, front veranda/clear walls. Large hot/cold water tanks, cd/ am/fm surround sound system/aerial for a tv. This caravan is ready to go!, $33,500, Phone 0425 702 034, ROSEBUD

JAYCO DESTINY OUTBACK

2007, This One Owner Outback Destiny has it all....

Comes with Shower/Toilet combo, Herron air conditioner, 12v battery set up, full annexe, L-shape lounge, cooktop/grille, Dometic 3 way fridge, water heater, 2 x water tanks etc.

A credit to it’s previous owner as the van is in immaculate condition throughout. We can organise Australia wide delivery....Call NOW to secure your Destiny!!!, $28,990 ONO, Peninsula RV Centre, Phone 03 86691397, AH 0419391669, SEAFORD

JAYCO STARCRAFT POP TOP

15ft 6 2014 model. Tare 1222kgs. GTM 1402kgs.

ATM 1522kgs. Ball Mass Empty 120kgs. Ball Mass Loading 150kgs. Double Island bed. Innerspring mattress. L-shaped kitchen, 3-way Dometic fridge.

Microwave, 3 gas/1 electric Grill/Stove. Electric HWS. Pantry. Reverse/cycle airconditioner. L-shaped lounge, LCD TV/DVD player. Rollout awning.

External cold tap. Level rides. Driving mirrors.

Hoses. Ground sheeting.

Privacy screen. Level wedges. Freshwater tank.

Many Extras. Always garaged. Easy to tow. Will impress when seen. More photos online at www. tradertag.com.au, $24,000 ono, Phone 0427839017, AH 97839017, FRANKSTON

Fantastic entry level van waiting for a new owner who will appreciate me...

This 2001 12ft, back door entry, single beds, oven/grill never used, electric brakes, as new condition never used, $12,500, Phone 0417143507, SEBASTOPOL

ONSITE CARAVAN TOCUMWAL

Reluctant sale - My little piece of heaven @ Timeout Holiday Resort in Tocumwal. A very clean and much loved 18 foot Millard permanent onsite van with permanent annexe and flyover. Outdoor kitchen with ILVE gas hotplates.

WIWO. Sleeps up to 6. En suite ready to connect to septic. ‘Hills’ washing line.

Side shed. Hot water service and Reverse Air Con and Heating only 12 months old. 3 pushbikes also included. Resort has it’s own private beach and boat ramp, $27,000, Phone 0419308384, TOCUMWAL

OPAL SOUTHERN EXPLORER

This caravan is in Immaculate Condition, Luxurious caravan with front queen size bed/pillow top innerspring mattress,2 door fridge/freezer. 2x 140w solar panels on roof, Extra room in lounge room and en-suite/large shower,Double glazed windows, washing machine, shade Annex. this is a beautiful van that will become your second home!, $68,000, Phone 0419 001 424, WERRIBEE

PARAMOUNT 19.6FT CARAVAN

Selling this Immaculate 2005 Paramount Delta Series 2 Caravan. 19.6 ft long (external) 25 ft overall, 17.6 ft long (internal).

Comes with air conditioning, grill/oven, fridge/freezer, toilet/shower, gas hot water, solar and full annex. Kept undercover and is well maintained. Call for more information. Will not disappoint when seen.

BARGAIN. More photos online at www.tradertag. com.au, $32,000, Phone 0448885700, ROSEBUD

Caravan is Great for free camping, 2014, 21’ ,Airconditioner, Gas ducted heating, Reversing camera, 16” tyres, 2 x 140w solar panels, 2 x batteries,Checker plate toolbox, Generator box, 600mm black checker plate, 6’ pole carrier, Picnic table,Washing machine, 2 x jerry can holders, 4 seasons hatch, Charcoal club leather lounge, Pillow top mattress and many more extras, $67,000, Phone 0422464844, AH 0400462223; leanne, MULGRAVE

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This unique factory built motor home has been fully restored costing over $175K, Is fully Luxurious and has 455 CI V8 engine fuel injection, 450 HP fully rebuilt in 2001,custom built auto transmission, header and exhaust system/disk brakes on all 6 wheels, dual air-conditioning units, 6.6 KW generator, Carin DPS navigation system/Global star Satellite telephone, Panasonic AM-FM-CD with 8 disk changer, Flex steel 8 way pilot and co-pilot chairs custom interior to private jet standard,26 ft long, Right Hand Drive, on Victorian ëHí plate rego. sleeps 5 separate toilet/shower, lots of storage mood lighting around windows, under bench top/under cupboards. will consider part TRADE, $125,000 Neg, Phone 0404099994, HALLAM

TOYOTA 2006 CAMPERVAN

This troopy is in Top Condition, ARB bullbar & winch. Back & side annexe, 60ltr water tank.

Hot & Cold shower. White colour. Never driven on the beach. Inland only. Reg XFO-931. Reg serviced.

Always garaged. Call for more information, $34,500, Phone 0408320071, OFFICER

Dual wheels, LWB 1987 model. Self Contained Motorhome, 497,000kms.

4ltr diesel 5spd man. New Conversion (done by Auto Elec mechanic). All Italian appliances. Insulated.

Shower/Toilet. Huge double bed. All LED lights. Fiamma Awning. Mechanically A1.

Ingal fridge/freezer. Heaps of storage. Drives A1. 12ltrs per 100 at 90kms p/hr.

VERY ECONOMICAL. .

RWCert, Reg 11/2016, VGC. Ready for that dream trip. More photos online at www.tradertag.com.au, $38,500 ono, Phone 0429652494, YARRA GLEN AREA

MOBILE HOMES CABIN 2 BEDROOMS

Holiday Home or residence.

Only 3kms from Front & Back beach. Great lifestyle living. Call for more information. Genuine buyers only, $145,000 NEG, Phone 0419365777, RYE

Orange colour Trail bike.

Complete. Good condition for it’s age, $800 neg, Phone 0488471163, SEAFORD 3 Available, 250cc Sym Scooters with billboard.

Great business opportunity for the right person. Call for more information, $12,000 the lot, Phone 0411110108, SEAFORD

GOLDWING GL1500 1995

This magnificent bike is luxurious, forgiving and reliable. It can go anywhere and can tow upto 500kg trailer. Complete with books. New front/rear tyres. original tool kit & luggage bags, AM/FM radio/cass, reverse gear, helmet audio plug-in points for rider/ pillion, CB radio with intercom. Plus many more features. More photos online www.tradertag.com. au, $11,000 ONO, Phone 03 87258139, AH 0425204911, SANDHURST

HARLEY DAVIDSON

2007 Softail Custom 1584 (FXSTC) 4-stroke, Air cooled, 2-Valve, OHV, Twin Cam, V-Twin, 2-cyl, comes with RWC and 5 months reg. Runs like a dream, $25,500, Phone 0419767803, ASCOT VALE

HONDA XR400R 2001

Rec reg 80-390. 5000kms.

22ltrs Acrebis tank plus original tank. B & B Bashplate. Barkbusters. S & S alloy pipe. New chain & sprockets. Mature owner Not riding anymore. Very Good tidy reliable bike. Call for more information, $3,300, Phone 0427809115, MOE AREA

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Has been converted to Power boat. 2 Brand new Lombardini diesels. Brand new power steering. New Re glass hull. Solid Front & Back deck. Upstairs TV, Fridge and Driving station.

Sleeps 8 in 2 doubles & 2 single small rooms. Solar panels. 3ltrs per hour at 12 nots. New shafts & props.

New hand rails Upper & Lower deck. Been around the world Twice. World Cruiser. With mooring in Ballina NSW. Upholstery supplied, small job to do.

Small galley. A must see.

Deceased estate.

DO NOT TEXT. RING ONLY. Genuine buyers onlyl Less than 3rd value price! More photos online at www. tradertag.com.au, $75,000, Phone 0419718750, BALLINA

Fishing/Ski Boat. Evinrude 120HP outboard.

Five seater boat. Power cut off. Bilge pump. Full safety gear. Large fuel tank. Boat is as New Excellent Condition. Will impress. Call for more information, $10,250, Phone 0402323248, AH 97733441, PATTERSON LAKES

Factory race model with over $5000 spent on the jet unit alone, 43 hours use, great Ski, comes with heaps of extras and spare head, $4,500 n, Phone 0418561549, HODDLES CREEK

WHITLEY VOYAGER 18FT

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NBC 110cc 2015 model.

Only 5000kms. RWCert & reg IL5RY. Excellent condition. Red colour. Vin: LT M J A 2 3 4 8 D 5 0 0 2 5 0 7 , $3,500 ono, Phone 0488471163, SEAFORD

HONDA 250 RR

34,000kms, new tyres, brakes and chain, unregistered, $4,000, Phone 0400261827, BAYSWATER

HYOSUNG AQUILLA 250 2011

Perfect Condition.

Black & Silver. Only 4000kms. EFI injected.

Great reliable bike. Vin: KM4MJ54A4B1501806, $2,200 neg, Phone 0488471163, SEAFORD

Fantastic Cruiser 31FT, all set up suitable to Live in or Travel. Twin 350HP Mercuries, 2 New batteries.

New TV, 2x HWS - 1 Elec/1 Motor heated, New GPS, Fishfinder & Plotter. Elec stove/kettle,Toilet/shower, Master bed & 6 berth, New 4.5HP KVA Generator, 2x 200ltr petrol tanks,1x 150 aluminum watertank. New 600 Holley Carbies, 2 new Petrol pumps, Plus many more extras... More photos online at www.tradertag. com.au, $360,000 Neg, Phone 0458121615, WARRACKNABEAL

ALUMINIUM 3.6M TINNY

Dehavilland model. Mercury 7.5HP motor. Oars. 50L petrol tank. Plus 2 swivel seats. Fire extinguisher. All in GC. Call for more information. Heavily reduced for quick sale.

Don’t miss out!, $800, Phone 0417363362, BULLEEN

Fish/Ski/Dive Boat. Power buy Yamaha 130HP, V4.

Large fuel tank. Fully enclosed floor on trailer.

First to see will buy.

Genuine & Private buyers only, $16,500, Phone 0418380141, DOREEN

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V-Drive Ski/Drag Boat.

327C.I Chev small block engine. Twin Tunnel ram intake with Holly carbs. 202 Slant Plug heads. Hiper Cam etc. Over Transom exhaust, 2 Speed manual shift Powerglide trans.

Adjustable Cavitation Plate.

Casalle V-Drive.

Twin bucket seats. Reversible Observer seats.

Ski Holders. Tandem Axle trailer with electric brakes.

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Genuine buyers only. More photos online at www. tradertag.com.au, $18,500 ono, Phone 0414722732, BAXTER

Whittley Impala Series 2 1997, 5.3 Metres, Mariner 135HP V6 2 Litre 2 Stroke 110 Hours,Vengeance SSteel Prop,Full Towing Covers/Full Camping Covers/Half Cabin Cover/ Internal Cabin Cover with New Clears, Stress Free Marine Electric Anchor Winch/Sarca Anchor, New Dual Batteries, New GME Marine CD Radio Stereo/ large Tilt up Antenna ,Sink/ Running Water/Stove/Toilet, 3 Person Bed, Lowrance X 85 Fish Finder,Hydraulic Steering, Owned Had Since New kept in storage for 8 years $29,000, Ph 0407549732, MORNINGTON

SALEM 6.2M 1994 SKI BOAT

620i model. Mid mount 350 Chev inboard. Depth Sounder Alarm.

Rego DR564. Eng no 17453693.

Trailer 1994 custom made from manufacturers, Reg C60727 - Engine hours 88hrs. Reg on trailer paid to 10 December 2016 and Registration on boat paid to 30th November 2016 Plus ski gear. More photos online at www.tradertag. com.au.

REDUCED PRICE FOR QUICK SALE, $20,500 neg, Phone 0409853057, WARNEET

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Motty, local angling celebrity managed to dong a nice size Hammer Head while chasing Gummies down in the Western entrance of the Port, and there has also been some great captures of Gummy Sharks with some heading up to the 20kg mark.

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"I hit a lot of good putts, some didn't go in but fortunately that was enough in the end"

Curry heroics save Golden State at OKC

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tephen Curry's 32-foot bomb with six-tenths of a second remaining in overtime gave visiting Golden State a thrilling 121-118 victory over the Oklahoma City on Saturday night.

Durant fouled out in the extra session, but the Thunder still held a 118-115 lead with 33 seconds to play after a layup by Andre Roberson off a nice feed from Russell Westbrook, who had 26 points and 13 assists.

Curry scored 12 of his 46 points in overtime as the Warriors (53-5) won their fifth straight But Thompson tied it with a three-point play, and after Westbrook missed a jumper, Curry game and continued their march toward dribbled upcourt and caught the Thunder's NBA history. defence backpedalling.

The win keeps the Warriors ahead of the pace of the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls, who hold the NBA record with 72 wins.

Curry was 12-of-16 from the arc as he tied the NBA mark for three-pointers in a record shared by Kobe Bryant and Donyell Marshall.

Curry was particularly happy with the win after the Warriors got a rare spray from coach Steve Kerr at halftime when they were down 57-46.

"I think it lit a fire under us to go out and get this win," Curry said.

"A lot of heart and never quit has been our mantra all year.

"A lot had to go our way down the stretch, huge stops that ended possessions and I just had enough daylight to get it in."

He has 288 three-pointers this season, surpassing his NBA record of 286 from last season.

He launched a long three-pointer that splashed through before celebrating with his teammates on the bench.

Despite the Warriors' win the San Antonio Spurs won't let their tilt at the Western Conference title go and also won their fifth straight game with a 104-94 victory over the Houston Rockets.

LaMarcus Aldridge led the Spurs with a huge double-double that featured 26 points and 16 rebounds, while Australian Patty Mills had a quiet night, scoring just two points in 20 minutes.

In the Eastern conference the injury-ravaged Chicago Bulls dropped their second straight game with a 103-95 home loss to Portland that has them close to falling out of the top eight.

Even a Pau Gasol triple-double wasn't enough to get the Bulls close, the All Star centre finished his night with 22 points, 16 The Warriors led for less than 30 seconds in rebounds and 14 assists. the entire game.

"It's up to us to continue to compete, They trailed by four points with 14 seconds continue to do the right things on the floor, play like every game is critically important, left in regulation after a three-pointer by because it is. And they are," Gasol said.

Kevin Durant (37 points and 12 rebounds) before Klay Thompson made a layup.

Chicago are now just one game ahead of the Detroit Pistons in the East, with Golden State then trapped Durant, who Washington, Orlando, New York and threw away a pass and fouled Andre Milwaukee all still with their playoff Iguodala, whose two free throws with 0.7 hopes alive. seconds left forced overtime.

"A lot of heart and never quit has been our mantra all year"

Scott wins Honda Classic in Florida A

dam Scott has claimed his first US PGA Tour title in almost two years, winning the Honda Classic in Florida by one shot.

The Australian carded a last-round evenpar 70 on Sunday to finish at nine-under for the tournament and triumph in a finalgroup battle with Spaniard Sergio Garcia.

It is 35-year-old Scott's 12th official win on the US PGA Tour - the most of any player under the age of 40 - and his first since the Crowne Plaza Invitational in May 2014.

"My game has come into a really good spot since the back-end of last year and now starting this year," he said after the victory.

"I've been working hard to get it there, because it was slipping a little. It was a bit loose last year - the consistency wasn't there and I made some nice progress in all areas.

"Especially probably noticeably on the greens and it paid off this week."

The victory will go a long way to erasing any doubts about world No.13 Scott's ability to adapt to the short putter, after a rule change forced him to discard the long one he used so successfully in several of his big wins in recent years including the 2013 Masters.

Scott's day began with an opening-hole 14-foot putt for birdie which helped continue his form from last week's secondplace finish at the Northern Trust Open in Los Angeles.

"I got off to a good start and hit one on the first and that definitely relaxed me," said Scott.

"I hit a lot of good putts, some didn't go in but fortunately that was enough in the end.

"But this is a tough track it's hard to get it close all the time. I played exceptional yesterday so I had to reel in my expectations today and the pressure off Sunday."

Americans Blayne Barber and Justin Thomas finished four shots off the pace in a tie for third.

John Senden was the next highest-placed Australian, finishing at one-under for the tournament in a four-way tie for 10th.

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PSG's 36-game unbeaten streak ends at Lyon

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aris St Germain's league record 36-game unbeaten streak came to an abrupt halt in Ligue 1 as they lost 2-1 at Olympique Lyonnais on Sunday.

Maxwel Cornet and Sergi Darder, with an audacious piece of skill, scored the first-half goals that handed PSG their first league defeat since a 3-2 loss at Bordeaux in March last year.

PSG are still 23 points clear at the top of the French table and remain untouchable favourites to win their fourth consecutive title.

"Congratulations to Lyon," PSG defender David Luiz told Canal Plus television. "They played well.

"We didn't play well tonight and the manager told us to wake up a bit at halftime but it was too late.

"We played badly and although we scored a goal, we were tired."

Yet in their 28th game of the campaign, their chance of beating the league record unbeaten run of 32 games in a single season, set by Nantes in 1994-95, was ended despite a Lucas Moura goal after the break having offered them hopes of maintaining their extraordinary sequence.

Lyon have flattered to deceive this season but started strongly and took the lead in the 13th minute when

Cornet brought the ball down inside the box, evaded Gregory van der Wiel and slammed the ball past Kevin Trapp.

Darder doubled Lyon's advantage in first-half injury time when he received a cross from Rafael, flicked the ball over the head of PSG captain Thiago Silva and finished emphatically.

Paris were lucky to go in at halftime with eleven men, midfielder Thiago Motta escaping with a yellow card after punching Jordan Ferri in the face in the 23rd minute.

They improved after the break when manager Laurent Blanc introduced Javier Pastore for Benjamin Stambouli.

Pastore was quickly influential as PSG got back into the game in the 51st minute, the Argentine playmaker tearing into the Lyon box before flicking the ball into the path of Lucas, who beat Anthony Lopes with aplomb.

Lyon move up to third on 42 points, eight behind second-place Monaco, who could only draw 0-0 draw at Nantes on Sunday.

Marseille's match at Gazelec Ajaccio was postponed due to bad weather while Caen moved above Nice into fourth after securing a 2-1 victory at St Etienne, whose own European aspirations have been dented after going three games without a win.

Bisping beats Silva in UFC in London

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ichael Bisping survived a wild ending to the third round and beat Anderson Silva with a unanimous decision in the main event of UFC Fight Night 84 on Saturday night.

To add to the tension, Bisping was struck with a low blow, while Silva (163) was inadvertently poked in the eye.

Bisping was bleeding from several cuts on his face by the end, but the final scorecard had him winning unanimously 48-47.

Silva and numerous ringside officials thought Silva had won the fight near the "I wanted this fight my entire life," end of the third round after he knocked Bisping said. "I don't know what to say. down Bisping with a Muay Thai knee.

I'm crying.

Just before the blow, Bisping (18-7) "I worship this guy. This guy is the had signalled to referee Herb Dean greatest martial artist of all-time. That's after losing his mouthpiece, and Dean why I'm so emotional right now." ruled the fight would continue to the fourth round.

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Eight NRL round one talking points

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ight talking points ahead of the opening eight matches in round one of the new NRL season:

Eels v Broncos, Pirtek Stadium, Thursday March 3, 8.05pm Kieran Foran's first outing in the Eels halves comes up against 2015's leading pairing in Ben Hunt and Anthony Milford. How will Foran's new combination with Corey Norman hold up against the Broncos duo?

Sea Eagles v Bulldogs, Brookvale Oval, Friday March 4, 8.05pm Oft deried as soft during a disappointing 2015, Manly's beefed up pack gets the chance to prove they are anything but marshmallow up the middle in their opening game against the NRL's biggest pack.

Raiders v Panthers, GIO Stadium, Saturday March 5, 3pm Can Raiders coach Ricky Stuart mould

Aidan Sezer and Blake Austin into an effective halves combination? Can new Panthers mentor Anthony Griffin help aging pairing Jamie Soward and Peter Wallace discover their old magic?

Tigers v Warriors, Campbelltown Stadium, Saturday March 5, 5.30pm The two most under pressure coaches in the NRL go head-to-head in this one. Both the Tigers' Jason Taylor and the Warriors' Andrew McFadden will be desperate for a round one win to keep that hubbub to a din.

Cowboys v Sharks, 1300 Smiles Stadium, Saturday March 5, 7.30pm It is a return to the scene of the Sharks' finals horror show, the visitors can show how much they have learned in the off season with a win here. Conversely, premiers the Cowboys can illustrate why so many pundits believe they can go back-to-back.

Roosters v Rabbitohs, Allianz Stadium, Sunday March 6, 4pm.

What impact will Sam Burgess' return from rugby union have for the Rabbitohs and will the Roosters' collection of off-season offfield woes translate onto the field with a host of stars missing?

Titans v Knights, Cbus Super Stadium, Sunday March 6, 6.30pm Very little is expected from either side this year. Just how little we might find out straight away.

Storm v Dragons, AAMI Park, Monday March 7, 7pm How successful can Josh Dugan's move to the centres be and will the Dragons miss him at the back? The Storm Big Three are a year older, has Father Time finally caught up with them?

Victory, Sydney holding onto hope

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oth Big Blue managers are adamant their sides can rise to the top two of the A-League by season's end despite a result neither wanted on Saturday night.

Victory coach Kevin Muscat was barely short of apoplectic when discussing the result, coming after a 1-0 home reverse to Adelaide.

Against Melbourne City next week, they'll need to find a new defence after Jacques Faty, Seb Ryall and Rhyan Grant picked up suspensions against Victory.

positive football.

"In both the games we were the better team," he said.

David Carney's first goal for Sydney FC since re"Tonight we were by far the better team but we don't joining the club after a nine-year break earned the Sky find that resolve."

Blues a 1-1 draw, cancelling out Kosta Barbarouses' In a familiar refrain, both men took aim at referee Kris opener for Melbourne Victory.

Griffiths-Jones, but for different reasons.

The result leaves both of last year's grand finalists in Arnold - who saw five of his players in the book and a rut.

Faty red-carded - thought Barbarouses should have Victory haven't won in five matches since a 1-0 been dismissed for a first-half challenge on Milos success over Sydney on Australia Day. Ninkovic.

Sydney's run of woe is now seven, including that Muscat stressed his side would take responsibility match and an Asian Champions League trip to Japan for the result but pointed out the foul count - 23-9 last week. weighted towards Sydney - wasn't conducive to

Alex Brosque re-injured his troubled hamstring and Matt Simon was hospitalised with a suspected damaged spleen on Saturday night too.

As he prepared to take his team to Japan for their own ACL date, Muscat said claiming a top two position and defending their championship was still possible.

"That belief will remain," he said.

"If we play to our maximum, regularly and consistently, But Arnold can see signs of regeneration in the there's no reason we can't go on a run and claw back comeback at AAMI Park, particularly so after they were those points." reduced to 10 men with Jacques Faty's dismissal.

Arnold said Sydney FC could join them in the top two "I couldn't be prouder of the effort against the with the aid of a "decent" final six games. champions here in Melbourne and we'll build on that," "It's still achievable," he said. he said.

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Glouftsis Crowley adds to AFL roles impresses in C AFL debut

arlton fans were onto Ryan Crowley as soon as he first touched the ball in Sunday's AFL pre-season match.

Regardless of the guernsey, the former Fremantle star and new Essendon replacement is always the subject of opposition supporters' vitriol.

10 replacement players who took to the field against the Blues.

Sam Michael, Sam Grimley, Jonathan Simpkin and Crowley all had solid games as Essendon overwhelmed a young Carlton team.

Grimley has a suspect goalkicking action, but he and Joe Daniher worked But while that was the same for Crowley, well as key forwards. it was not just his team that had "Neither of them are going to be the changed. target for us - as in just one key target,"

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FL umpiring director Wayne Campbell admits his daughter's race earlier on Sunday did not make him as nervous as the start of the CarltonEssendon match.

Eleni Glouftsis, the league's first female field umpire, had asked if she could take the first bounce.

The man who drove opponents to distraction with his tagging at Fremantle is exploring different roles with the Bombers.

Worsfold said.

He started Sunday's 10-goal win as an opportunistic forward and when Crowley went into the midfield after half time, it was with much more of a free rein.

Michael worked hard in the ruck, a position Worsfold wants him to make his own.

"My daughter was in a race this morning at Nippers and I was a little bit nervous for that," Campbell said.

"He's not going to finesse too much," Worsfold said with a grin.

"I was very nervous for Eleni.

"But she's a really competent bounce.

Fellow top-up players Matt Dea and Mark Jamar will probably come into the team for next Saturday's Shepparton game against Geelong.

"We get a bit nervous when all of them are bouncing, really - but obviously the first female to do a game at this level, first bounce, (a crowd) of 18,000.

But James Polkinghorne has a calf muscle injury, while Nathan Grima, Mathew Stokes and James Kelly are another week away at least from playing.

"There's probably a little bit more riding on it."

That will no doubt change when the need arises, but coach John Worsfold has now said several times that he wants to try Crowley in different roles.

"We'll have a look at him where he's not accountable for anyone, which was the second half ... but we also want to see what he brings in that forward line," Worsfold said.

"At this stage we'll just keep throwing him around - in season, it still may be a real mix."

Crowley was among four of Essendon's

"They're both going to be able to play higher and push back to the goalsquare as well."

Youngster Jason Ashby also rolled his ankle in the last quarter of Sunday's match.

Boxer Browne treated like movie star

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ustralia boxer Lucas Browne is enjoying "movie star" star treatment including an armed detail of three security officers leading into his world heavyweight title challenge in Chechnya.

"I think after the first day of being here and experiencing what's going on, I'm 100 per cent relaxed and ready to get on and focus on what I need to do."

At 196 cms and around 115 kilos Browne The Sydneysider has the whole 25th floor can look after himself, but he had no of a five-star hotel in the capital Grozny qualms about having the additional restricted solely for use of his party and he security of three men armed with features on large road-side billboards. revolvers.

Browne (23-0, 20 KOs) will attempt to become the first Australian to hold a portion of the heavyweight crown when he takes on Uzbekistan's regular WBA champion Ruslan Chagaev (34-2-1, 21 KOs) on Saturday.

Browne admitted before flying in that he was nervous about travelling to a city which was hard hit in two recent wars and once rated the most-destroyed city on earth.

"I came over and wasn't sure what to expect," Browne told AAP from Grozny.

"I was a bit apprehensive, but I can honestly say that I have been treated with the utmost respect.

"The people here are extremely humble and extremely open. I've been treated like a movie star, it's been absolutely sensational.

"It's little bit strange, I'm generally quite a private person and being a bigger lad myself, no-one tends to bother me anyway," Browne said.

"At the same time it is extremely reassuring to know that there are people here to look after us and to show us around. They are very nice fellows."

Browne's manager Matt Clark described the training facilities as world class and made it clear the fight was being treated as a big event.

"Lucas and Chagaev are on enormous billboards on the main road into town," Clark told AAP. "They've turned one side of a building into what looks like a makeshift heavy bag.

"There's life-sized cardboard cut-outs of the fighters."

While the bounce did not go perfectly straight, it was good enough not to need a recall and Glouftsis was on her way.

In the last week Glouftsis has been that sporting rarity - a positive story about umpiring.

She has spoken impressively and earned wide praise for her trailblazing achievement.

The 23-year-old was applauded before and after the pre-season game at Ikon Park and had a solid match.

Asked to rate herself, Glouftsis said her game was a six or seven out of 10.

Campbell simply said she was "wonderful".

"I really wanted to take the first bounce and get it out of the way," Glouftsis said.

"I wasn't 100 per cent happy with it, but I think the rest of the day I bounced well.

"There are a lot of things to work on.

"It was just really good to see that intensity and see the pace of the game, know what I have to strive for."

Glouftsis is one of 12 rookies in the AFL umpiring system.

This season she will be on the bench at AFL matches, as well as continuing to umpire VFL games.

The next step would be graduating to the AFL senior list.

Whatever the future, Campbell likes her attitude.

"The fact she took the first bounce shows enormous courage," he said.

"It shows she's not going to shy away from any hard calls.

"She looked comfortable, paid the frees that needed to be paid ... it was a good result."

Cats to meet full strength Dockers FOOTBALL

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remantle are set to treat their final NAB Challenge clash against Geelong as a full dress rehearsal for the Round one clash against Western Bulldogs.

Fremantle's fringe players will make way for their senior teammates.

Giant ruckman Aaron Sandilands, who'll miss the clash against the Bulldogs on March 27 due to suspension will be left out of the side after he received a one-game ban by the Match Review Panel for a high bump on Richmond's Ben Griffiths during the NAB Challenge clash in Mandurah.

"I think people that are trying to cement spots, certainly I didn't think there was anyone that really sewed it up.

After holding on to beat Adelaide in a thriller in Mt Barker on Sunday, Dockers coach Ross Lyon said new club captain David Mundy, forward Hayden Ballantyne, new recruit Harley Bennell, defender Lee Spurr and ruckman Zac Clarke would all potentially play against the Cats in two weeks time.

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"I thought a couple didn't put their best foot forward today," Lyon said.

"I thought they were solid without stamping it."

Only two Dockers - Tom Sheridan (28) and Nat Fyfe (26) - reached 20 possessions, but the likes of Brady Grey, Sam Collins and Ethan Hughes failed to impress, although they had only limited opportunities.

Lyon may find it harder to ignore Lachie Weller and Ed Langdon who both showed that they aren't too far off.

Weller, in particular, is showing plenty of run and an ability to hit the scoreboard. He kicked the first goal against the Crow on

Sunday, a long shot that should have been a nine-pointer, but was incorrectly given just six.

Its a good thing they won by two points.

Jon Griffin was the leading ruckman on Sunday, with Crow Sam Jacobs and Sandilands both missing from the content - the latter a late withdrawal from the extended squad.

Jack Hannath may struggle to keep his place in the side with Clarke likely to play against the Cats.

Sandilands was fit to play, but with Lyon now focused on Round 1, he will need to complete his pre-season on the training track.

"We probably won't even play him against Geelong, to be truthful, because he doesn't need it," Lyon said.

"He had a great summer."

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