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Door warning before Vic teen's train death A

train driver warned passengers to close carriage doors they had prised open as a train left a Melbourne railway station before a teenager fell to his death, a court has heard.

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Ministers head off climate sceptics G

overnment ministers have brushed aside Liberal MPs who argue the Paris climate deal is a lot of hot air.

The debate comes as climate groups and Labor say the government must be more ambitious in cutting emissions.

West Australian Liberal MP Dennis Jensen said the agreement was "essentially meaningless" and warned there was no reason to be "metaphorically burning our economy just to appear good on the global stage".

"I think it's a lot of hype about potentially nothing - basically countries set their own targets and there's no enforcing strategy," he said.

Another Liberal MP, Craig Kelly, joked on Facebook: "Hallelujah. The world is saved ... The polar bears can sleep soundly tonight."

An unfazed Environment Minister Greg Hunt took a different view.

"I think this is arguably the most important international environment agreement the world has ever had," he said.

"For the first time all nations pledged to reduce their emissions, or to reduce the rate of growth in their emissions."

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said the agreement struck the right balance.

"What was important about this agreement was that it balanced environmental concerns and ambitions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions with economic growth and economic activity," she said.

Five-yearly reviews would keep governments honest about meeting their commitments and give scope for bigger emissions cuts as technology improves.

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten told reporters in Sydney the coalition's direct action climate plan had been discredited at the summit.

us pull our weight towards limiting warming to below 1.5-2 degrees Celsius," he said.

Climate finding should be boosted to vulnerable countries and a plan should be put in place to replace existing coal-fired power plants.

Mr Shorten said coal remained important, but the market should be allowed to decide Australia's future energy mix.

"It is high time for Malcolm Turnbull to show some leadership, to scrap the deal he did with the extreme right of the Liberal and National parties in order to become prime minister, and take real action on climate change," he said.

The solution lay in an internationally-linked emissions trading scheme, he said.

Mr Hunt said the government would review its policies in 2017 and he expected international carbon permits would be allowed at that time.

The Climate Institute's John Connor said it was a strong deal but Australia needed to improve its post-2020 pollution reduction target and commit to net zero emissions by 2050.

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Killer targeted "rich" to amplify message

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ean Christian Price chose Melbourne teenager Masa Vukotic as the woman he'd kill when he saw her stop to talk to a bird "like Snow White", a court has heard.

for a while", Price told police following his arrest.

Price, 31, told police he had been thinking about stabbing someone for a while and he wanted to target a rich area to amplify his message, the Victorian Supreme Court heard.

He was under a supervision order when he went on his twoday rampage, the court heard.

Ms Vukotic was dressed up "like a yuppie" when Price saw her in a Doncaster park on March 17 and he thought he just had to kill her, prosecutor Michele Williams, QC, said.

Price also admitted charges of robbery, rape and attempted theft in the hours after the killing.

The day before his attack on Ms Vukotic, Price's corrections officer noted his behaviour was unusual, Ms Williams said.

He was hostile, agitated, staring intently and didn't complete his appointment with his corrections officer on March 16.

"She started talking to a bird like It had previously been noted that Price was paranoid, f***ing Snow White," he said. misogynistic, possibly becoming "This one just ended up being aggressive and "speaking about the one." women", Ms Williams said.

The 17-year-old student pleaded In mid-February a corrections with him not to hurt her, the court officer noted the high-risk heard. client's behaviour was "steadily Price stabbed her 49 times.

deteriorating".

He has pleaded guilty to the murder.

Defence barrister Mandy Fox said Price's early years were characterised by abuse and he started abusing alcohol as a teen, and later started having

He "just hated society" and had been "getting this urge

auditory hallucinations.

"His early childhood was all but destroyed by physical, sexual and emotional abuse," Ms Fox told the court.

in November 2010 he was jailed again for criminal damage and unlawful assault.

Before his release from prison on October 2, 2014 he threatened to kill a prison officer Price has admitted a string of prior violent and sexual offences. and his family, the court heard.

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Nurofen feels pain from false pill claims

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he consumer watchdog has given Nurofen a major headache.

The painkiller-maker has been ordered to pull its targeted pain relief range off shop shelves and could be fined more than $1 million after the Federal Court ruled it mislead consumers.

Reckitt Benckiser, the company behind Nurofen, has admitted to peddling identical products that were marketed to treat specific types of pain, and for almost double the price.

The competition watchdog launched court action against the UK-based pharmaceutical giant earlier this year, alleging Nurofen's treatments for back pain, period pain, migraine pain and tension headaches all contained the same active ingredient, ibuprofen lysine 342mg.

Nurofen spokesperson Montse Pena said Nurofen did not set out to mislead consumers.

"Nurofen has co-operated with the ACCC in relation to these proceedings and will fully comply with the court order made today," she said in a statement on Monday.

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims said the price of Nurofen's targeted pain relief range was significantly higher than similar painkillers.

"The Nurofen specific pain products were being sold at retail prices almost double that of Nurofen's standard ibuprofen products and the general pain relief products of its competitors," he said.

The Federal Court has ordered Reckitt Benckiser to remove the products from stores within three months and amend packets so consumers know that other painkillers are just as suitable.

The multinational was also ordered to publish website and

newspaper articles to clarify the status of the drugs, introduce a consumer protection compliance program and pay the ACCC's legal costs.

A court hearing about a likely fine is yet to be scheduled, but there are penalties of up to $1.1 million per offence.

"I imagine there is more than one contravention ... but the penalties clearly should be significant," Mr Sims said.

Ms Pena said Nurofen's targeted range was launched to help consumers work out their pain relief options, "particularly within the grocery environment where there is no healthcare professional to assist decision making".

But Mr Sims said the company was taking advantage of people's medical ignorance for profit.

"They were clearly, in our view, trying to mislead consumers to buy something they might not otherwise have bought, and pay more for it," he said.

He said any representations which are difficult for a consumer to test will now face greater scrutiny from the ACCC. "We're definitely having a crackdown on (companies) misleading consumers about health claims," Mr Sims said.

"There'll be more cases in the new year."

Australian Pain Management Association chief executive Elizabeth Carrigan welcomed the Federal Court's decision, saying people living with pain are vulnerable to Reckitt Benckiser's "exploitative" pricing regime.

"We hope that the penalty to be imposed by the court will be sufficiently sizeable to dissuade other companies from making unsubstantiated claims," she said.

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Pharmacists warn against cheaper meds

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he Pharmacy Guild is warning pensioners that Chemist Warehouse's $1 discount on prescription medicines won't leave them better off.

Pharmacists have been required to charge set fees for prescription drugs - $6.10 for concession patients and $37.70 for general patients, although this will rise to $6.20 and $38.30 next year.

five-year agreement with pharmacists to dispense medicines listed on the pharmaceutical benefits scheme.

Health Minister Sussan Ley says the optional discount will increase competition but admits some patients, especially in rural areas, will miss out because not all pharmacists will offer it.

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Bishop accused of protecting church A

n Australian bishop has been accused of not being candid about his knowledge of pedophile priests in a bid to protect himself and the Catholic Church.

to protect your church, isn't that right?" Mr Stewart said.

Bishop Finnigan disagreed, but said he had not intended to create confusion in his evidence.

Brisbane auxiliary bishop Brian Finnigan had not sought to help the child abuse royal commission's investigation into pedophile "If I have created confusion priest Gerald Francis Ridsdale's offending in because of various ways of the Diocese of Ballarat, the inquiry heard. expressing things, well, all I can say, I'm sorry."

Counsel assisting the commission Angus Stewart SC compared Bishop Finnigan's The Ballarat diocese supported evidence to church officials' response to pedophile priest Paul David child sex abuse complaints in the 1980s.

Ryan to the tune of $150,000 Mr Stewart said the former Ballarat vicargeneral and bishop's secretary's evidence lacked compassion and was not candid.

Bishop Finnigan disagreed, although he said the response of church officials was appalling.

Mr Stewart said Bishop Finnigan's public evidence was different to and far more restrictive than what he said during a July private hearing on the subject of what the College of Consultors, advisers to then Ballarat bishop Ronald Mulkearns, knew in 1988.

up to the end of 1996, the commission heard. He was stopped from working as a priest in 1993.

Brisbane bishop and former Ballarat vicar-general Brian Finnigan (right) leaves the Abuse Royal Commission public hearing

Bishop Finnigan said a diocesan special issues committee was adamant that there had to be a stop put to Ryan getting so much money.

Bishop Finnigan said the church today should have a one strike policy on child abuse.

The commission heard Bishop Finnigan wrote "this situation which some claim is scandalous cannot continue any further".

"I'm a firm believer that, when any act of molestation, not an allegation, but it's proven, the priest should be removed from ministry without any discussion. One strike and you're out."

But during his private hearing the bishop said it was scandalous "if people knew about it".

Ridsdale is in jail for abusing 53 children but the diocese has 78 child sex abuse claims against him.

"In your evidence in this public hearing you've consistently distanced yourself from On Monday he said: "With the benefit of any knowledge of child sexual abuse by hindsight, yes, I think it was a dreadful priests of the diocese to protect yourself and waste of money really."

The church has four claims against Ryan, 67, who was jailed for 18 months in 2006 for indecently assaulting one victim.

Auditor queries East West Link approval

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ony Abbott did not follow the usual process for approving funding for Victoria's East West Link road project, an auditorgeneral's report has found.

The report released recently said the then prime minister had approved $3 billion for the project in May 2014.

The "usual process" was for the infrastructure department to brief the relevant minister on its analysis of whether the project proposal is "in accordance with the legislated requirements".

"That did not happen on this occasion," the report found.

The auditor said that at the time the infrastructure department had not yet analysed material given to it by Victoria officials and the agency Infrastructure Australia had "unanswered questions from July 2013 about the underpinnings of the project's short form business case".

Infrastructure Australia did not receive the full business case until July 7, 2014 - two months after prime ministerial approval was given.

Also, the legal documents, or instruments, behind the project approval "inadequately set out the works that commonwealth funding could be used for, and any project costs that were not to be met from the commonwealth funding", the audit found.

"This situation reflected that specific information on the two stages of the project was not available at the time the advance payments were made."

The report recommended the return of $1.5 billion paid to Victoria in relation to the East West Link.

The Treasury said in response to the audit that it had provided advice to Treasurer Scott Morrison on options for recovery of the $1.5 billion.

"The commonwealth government and Victorian government continue to discuss options to resolve this matter," the Treasury said.

The auditor estimated Victoria would have earned more than $49 million in interest from the money as of the end of October.

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Murdered WA surfers commemorated

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urfers from around the world have gathered to commemorate Australian tourists Adam Coleman and Dean Lucas who were murdered in Mexico last month.

Social media was flooded with tributes to the West Australian pair, who were believed to have been shot by gang members in the volatile Sinaloa region before their van and bodies were burnt.

More than 30 surfers joined together off the coast of Sinaloa in a tribute to the two friends, while ceremonies were also held in Australia, including a small gathering near Trigg Beach in Perth.

Adam Coleman's sister Sarah Cattermole thanked those who took part in the worldwide tribute, saying the photos were helping to ease the pain.

"I have no doubt that Dean and Adam were out there with everyone today," Ms Cattermole posted to Facebook.

"I can see his big beaming smile in my mind and it's the small things like that that'll keep us going."

Mr Coleman and Mr Lucas' partners Andrea Gomez and Josie Cox met in Mexico and paid tribute to the murdered pair, recovered from Mr Coleman's taking to the waves themselves. burnt-out van is yet to be DNA testing of the two bodies completed, while Sinaloa

No parole for Russell St bomber

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Sun reporting he was recently transferred to a medium security prison that prepares prisoners for parole.

There is speculation he could be freed after serving 29 years for bombing Melbourne's police headquarters and killing a young constable, with The Herald

The Adult Parole Board says he has not applied for early prison release.

ussell Street bomber Craig Minogue is yet to apply for early release from prison.

"The Adult Parole Board is not currently actively considering the release of Craig

authorities have arrested three alleged bandits in relation to the crime.

Minogue on parole," a spokesperson said on Monday.

Minogue was sentenced in 1988 to life in jail with a minimum of 28 years for the 1986 bombing.

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Sweden nears deal to question Assange S

weden has reached a preliminary legal agreement with Ecuador that would pave the way for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to be questioned over a rape allegation, the Swedish government says.

"This is essentially a deal on legal assistance on a criminal matter, and when it is finalised later this week it will open the door for the Swedish state prosecutor to question Mr Assange," Swedish Justice Ministry official Cecilia Riddselius told AFP on Sunday.

Riddselius stressed the agreement was not specifically linked to the Assange case.

She described it as a deal that will allow authorities in the respective countries to help each other.

Ecuador said the deal will streamline future cooperation.

"The agreement is, with no doubts, an instrument that strengthens bilateral relations and will facilitate, for example, the fulfillment of judicial matters such as the questioning of Mr Assange, who is granted asylum in the embassy of Ecuador in London," said a statement from Ecuador's foreign ministry.

Ecuador had demanded that such an agreement be in place before it would let Swedish prosecutors interview Assange, who has been holed up at Ecuador's embassy in London since 2012.

The 44-year-old Australian fears that if he

leaves the embassy he could eventually face extradition to the United States and a trial over the leaking of hundreds of thousands of classified military and diplomatic documents in 2010.

Swedish prosecutors offered in March to question Assange in London, dropping their previous demand that he come to Sweden to answer to the 2010 allegations.

But Quito refused to allow such a meeting until a bilateral judicial agreement was in place.

Baltasar Garzon, coordinator of Mr Assange's international legal defence team, welcomed the judicial cooperation agreement.

"The most important thing now is that it must provide the appropriate legal guarantees.

"Julian Assange's rights need to be respected by Sweden and the United Kingdom. These countries have failed to do so until now." Mr Garzon said.

"Julian Assange's only demands are that his fundamental rights are acknowledged and respected, including the asylum granted to him by Ecuador.

"Julian Assange has consistently demonstrated his willingness to cooperate during all this time."

Swedish prosecutors dropped a sexual assault probe against Assange in mid-

August after the five-year statute of limitations expired.

They still want to question him about a rape allegation which carries a 10-year statute of limitations that only expires in 2020.

Assange denies the allegations and insists the sexual encounters were consensual.

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Vic teen admits terror charge

Man training for Santa role dies in fall

Melbourne teenager arrested after a raid on his home has pleaded guilty to a single terror-related charge.

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24-year-old man has died in northern France after falling from a belfry as he was training to play the role of Santa Claus for a traditional Christmas event, local sources say.

The 17-year-old boy was due to face a committal hearing in a Children's Court today, but admitted one charge ahead of the hearing and prosecutors dropped two others.

"He was preparing for Christmas. Every year, Santa Claus descends from the belfry in Douai," a representative for the local fire and rescue team said after Sunday's incident. The event was due to take place on December 20.

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He pleaded guilty to engaging in an act in preparation for, or planning, a terrorist act between April 25 and May 8 this year.

After descending about one third of the way down the bell tower in the northern French town of Douai, the young man fell some 30 metres in front of about 20 members of the club he trained with and was declared dead on the spot, an AFP correspondent reported.

The teen looked down and quietly said guilty when asked how he wished to plead.

An investigation will determine if the equipment used in the descent was defective, the local department for public safety said.

He did not apply for bail and was remanded in custody to appear in a County Court on Thursday.

An autopsy will reveal if the young man suffered from a sudden sickness or fainting spell that might have led to the fatal fall.

The type of equipment used by the team is normally designed to prevent falls.

Kylie chokes up recalling Hutchence K

ylie Minogue has choked up while talking about her ex-boyfriend Michael Hutchence during a radio interview in Britain.

The 47-year-old singer was the guest on BBC Radio 4's long-running Desert Island Discs show on Sunday when she opened up about the INXS founder who was found dead in a Sydney hotel room in 1997.

Minogue, who reportedly dated Hutchence between 1989 and 1991, picked the INXS hit Need You Tonight as one of her desert island choices on the show.

"It's getting me very emotional," she said, her voice cracking.

"I met a new person and I fell in love. Yes, he was this wild guy, he was the rocker, he was all of that. But I'm always at pains to say, he was Byron-esque, he was poetic, he was cultured and hilarious and tender, he was all of these other things.

"I guess, I was at the perfect age, I was 21 years old, to get the butterfly wings and go out into the world and we collided at that time and I guess he just fast-tracked some of it. Anyway, it was a glorious time.

I loved it."

Minogue credited Hutchence, who died aged 37, with rebuilding her confidence as she learned how to perform live in front of audiences.

"Professionally, he was so supportive.

Someone called me the singing budgie in Australia as a knock.

"So I did this warm-up gig and we said. `It's the singing budgie, take that, own it and go out'.

"We did this little gig and I was so inexperienced at doing live performance.

I feel my career is backwards. I started successful then I had to learn everything in

front of everyone," Minogue said.

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"And it was at a time when so many people didn't."

Minogue also talked about the new man in her life, 28-year-old actor Joshua Sasse.

"I have a love in my life, which is a beautiful thing. I'm on cloud nine most of the time because of Mr Joshua Sasse, my beau."

The former Neighbours star also talked about the possibility of having children.

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Kerry slams Trump's Muslim ban proposal U

S Secretary of State John Kerry has slammed Donald Trump, saying the Republican frontrunner's calls to ban Muslims from entering the United States "endanger national security."

"It says to those in Islam who are trying to exploit people and recruit foreign fighters and otherwise, "To outright ban people, because it says look, look at America. they belong to one particular Here they've got a guy running religion? That's just stunningly contrary to the fundamental values for president who is waging war against Islam," Kerry said. of our nation, which were built "It's exploitable, whether he on tolerance," Kerry said in an intended it or not. And it allows interview with ABC's "This Week" for recruitment. It allows for program on Sunday.

America to seem like it is indeed Trump called for the temporary discriminatory against Islam, ban earlier this week after a against Muslims."

Muslim husband and wife killed 14 The chief US diplomat appeared people in a shooting rampage in California that has been classified on the television talk shows a day after envoys from 195 nations as a terrorist act. approved a historic agreement in The proposal, coming on the heels Paris to curb global warming. of other incendiary anti-Muslim Kerry said it was clear from his remarks by the billionaire real estate exchanges with other diplomats tycoon, set off a firestorm both in the in Paris that Trump's anti-Muslim United States and abroad. comments were damaging to US foreign policy.

Kerry said Trump's call "does endanger national security, "I think it's got a huge downside because it exhibits an attitude in terms of American foreign by one American who is running policy and I hear this from foreign for the highest office of our land ministers and others as I travel about a willingness to discriminate and engage with people in various against a religion." countries," he said on CBS.

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Vic teen admits terror charge A

Melbourne teenager arrested after a raid on his home has pleaded guilty to a single terror-related charge.

The 17-year-old boy was due to face a committal hearing in a Children's Court today, but admitted one charge ahead of the hearing and prosecutors dropped two others.

He pleaded guilty to engaging in an act in preparation for, or planning, a terrorist act between April 25 and May 8 this year.

The teen looked down and quietly said guilty when asked how he wished to plead.

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He did not apply for bail and was remanded in custody to appear in a County Court on Thursday.

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Australia, Japan, US in Pacific toy drop

The packages will support 20,000 people across 56 islands in Micronesia, the Mariana Islands and Palau.

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ustralian, Japanese and US air force planes are dropping food and toys on remote atolls in the Pacific as part of the American military's longest-running humanitarian relief mission.

The crew gathered items they had on the plane, attached a parachute and dropped them to the islanders.

that will help islanders maintain their largely subsistence lifestyle.

This year, each package will also include a soccer ball.

director of strategic plans at Pacific Air Forces, said the Christmas Drop offers a good trilateral training opportunity, It's a feel-good mission that also The planes fly low, look for a safe particularly in a time of budget constraints and busy units. helps the US achieve political spot to drop the bundles then The packages will support aims, namely deepening threerelease them from the back of Guillot said the three air forces 20,000 people across 56 islands way co-operation with close allies the C-130s. University of Guam have been increasing their coin Micronesia, the Mariana Australia and Japan, who are distance education staff use ham operation, noting they also come Islands and Palau. first-time participants. Analysts radios to talk to the islanders together for the annual Cope say the US has been boosting throughout the year and relay North exercise on Guam and The US Air Force began the Red Flag drill in Alaska. Inviting annual Operation Christmas Drop the trilateral relationship in recent their needs. in 1952 when a Guam-based air years as it keeps an eye on Japan and Australia each sent one Australia and Japan to Christmas China's growing military.

Drop was a logical extension of crew noticed residents on the C-130 to join three from the US. other work the countries have island of Kapingamarangi waving The boxes include books, canned US Air Force Brigadier General been doing, Guillot said. at them as they flew overhead. food and items like fishing nets Gregory Guillot, who is the

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Western arms makers see sales fall A

rms manufacturers in North America and Western Europe dominated international arms sales in 2014, but their market share dropped while Russian and Asian companies saw theirs rise.

According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), total turnover for the 100 biggest arms and military services companies declined for the fourth year in a row, falling by 1.5 per cent from 2013 to stand at 364 billion euros ($A546 billion).

The top company was US-based Lockheed Martin, which saw sales grow by 3.9 per cent to $US37.5 billion ($A51.45 billion) for 2014.

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Companies based in Western Europe and the United States continue to dominate the top 100, with 80 per cent of the total market share. But sales for Western European and US companies decreased by 3.2 percentage points between 2013 and 2014.

In Western Europe "a large part of the defence spending, which is missing, is from procurement. It's easier to cut procurement than to cut salaries - so the quickest thing to do is just buy less," said Siemon Wezeman, a senior researcher at SIPRI's Arms and Military Expenditure Program.

Meanwhile, the 36 companies representing the rest of the world on SIPRI's list saw their sales soar by 25 per cent, boosted by an almost 50-per cent rise in Russian arms sales.

"Russian companies are riding the wave of increasing national military spending and exports," said Wezeman.

The combined annual revenue growth of the 11 Russian companies on SIPRI's list from 2013-14 was 48.4 per cent, according to the report.

The top Russian company on the list was Almaz-Antey, taking 11th place with a turnover of $US8.84 billion.

Almaz-Antey manufactures the BUK missile, which was allegedly used to shoot down a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 on July 17, 2014 in Ukraine.

Much of Russia's weapons production is delivered to its own armed forces, but it also has large clients in other parts of the world, including India and China - both big players in the arms race.

Moscow has also provided arms to Syria since the Soviet era, though Damascus is now receiving very little, Wezeman said.

After an almost five-year conflict that has left 250,000 people dead and forced millions of others to flee, Syria no longer has the financial means to buy weapons from Russia.

"The Russians basically say: you pay, then we deliver, otherwise we don't do it," Wezeman said.

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he stakes are high in the hunt for Satoshi Nakamoto, the person or people behind bitcoin, not just for the journalist who gets it right first, but also for the cryptocurrency itself.

Newsweek's Leah McGrath Goodman, who identified Japanese American Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto in March 2014 as bitcoin's creator.

past year or two.

David Moskowitz, Singapore-based founder of start-up bitcoin brokerage Coin Republic, said knowing who Nakamoto was would be Dorian Nakamoto denied it - as has nearly significant "because people are looking for a everyone else alleged to be the mastermind core voice behind (bitcoin). It would help us An Australian entrepreneur and academic, Craig Steven Wright, is the latest candidate, credited with writing the paper, protocol and understand what Satoshi thought". software in 2008 that gave rise to bitcoin outed in articles by Wired magazine and Then there's the fact that bitcoin researchers and its underlying blockchain technology. technology news website Gizmodo hours believe he or she may be holding up to 1 before his home and office in Sydney were Unmasking the real Nakamoto would be million bitcoins, which if sold today would searched by police on Wednesday. significant both for the future development fetch $US414 million ($A574 million). of bitcoin and, potentially, the currency's Both articles said investigations based If Nakamoto chose to sell out, or even market value. on leaked emails, documents and web hinted that he might, that would push the archives pointed strongly to Wright being While any changes to the bitcoin protocol price down, reducing the incentive to mine can only be implemented by consensus, the which might in turn provoke a steeper fall in "Nakamoto". proven founder of the cryptocurrency could the currency.

"Either Wright invented bitcoin, or he's a hold considerable sway. brilliant hoaxer who very badly wants us to On the other hand, Nakamoto could help Wright has not commented publicly on the believe he did," said Wired. reduce uncertainty by reassuring bitcoin Wired and Gizmodo reports, and Reuters users he was not going to sell his holdings But the search has already tripped up attempts to contact him using various listed in one go or, more drastically, do something several journalists, most famously email addresses were unsuccessful. called "burning" - publicly deleting the coin by sending them to a bitcoin address to Fellow tenants at the north Sydney office which he or she did not have the key. building listed as the address of one of his companies described him as "an Moskowitz, who met Wright at a Singapore outgoing guy", who they nicknamed conference last year, said he was interesting "Mr Bitcoin" because he had once and pleasant to talk to. offered to pay for some work in "He's clearly very intelligent and fits the the currency. profile," he said.

And even if Wright did admit "But that doesn't necessarily mean he is to being Nakamoto, he Nakamoto." would still have to prove it.

That could be done by announcing he would move some of the bitcoin believed to belong to him, and then doing so, or signing a message with one of the encryption keys used in emails known to have been written by Nakamoto when bitcoin first appeared.

Wright has not been a prominent member of the bitcoin community, but he has appeared at several gatherings in the on the list, ahead of Seven Network Aussie band 5SOS fifth cooking show My Kitchen Rules' #MKR at six. maiden entry in the Eurovision rules Twitter in 2015 Australia's song contest this year, spearheaded by Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer is dominating Twitter as well as the charts in 2015.

The cut and thrust of federal politics figured prominently in Twitter's official Australian statistics in 2015, but 5SOS was everywhere.

The top 10 trending hashtags have been revealed by Twitter, with #AusPol, #LibSpill and #RefugeesWelcome taking positions one, two and four respectively and the ABC's politically charged #QandA program at number three.

In entertainment, the #5SOS hashtag was

singer Guy Sebastian, saw #Eurovision make number 10.

The remaining 10 most popular hashtags reflected Australia's obsession with sport.

The #NRL had the wood on the #AFL at seven and eight respectively, while the cricket world cup's #CWC15 came in ninth.

The most shared tweet in Australia in 2015 belonged to 5SOS guitarist Michael Clifford, who in June burned himself after accidentally walking into a pyrotechnic display at a concert at London's Wembley Stadium.

Pictured wearing a partial facial mask and head bandage and giving the thumbs up,

Hints as to Wright's own feelings on unmasking Nakamoto can be found on Quora, a website where users answer questions posed by other users and vote for the best answer.

In September someone with his name, position and profile picture "upvoted" another Quora user's comment that "as a currency that is meant to be 'for the people, by the people', it is probably smart that no one knows who exactly started this coin. It is perfect that Satoshi Nakamoto founded it and vanished."

Clifford tweeted: "What the f***s up. sorry I couldnt finish the encore, but at least I look like two face (an American comic book supervillain). thanks for worrying every1 x".

That message was re-tweeted 162,497 times.

Aussie rocker Cody Simpson is the most followed Australian on Twitter, with more than 7.59 million followers around the globe.

But the ever-present 5SOS were prominent here too, with Luke Hemmings at number two with 6.63million followers.

Clifford and Calum Hood were in the top 10 but Ashton Irwin missed out on the list.

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SPACE EXPLORATION

"Any materials American individuals or companies find on an asteroid or the moon is theirs to keep and do with as they please."

US space mining law to spark gold rush F

lashing some interplanetary gold bling and sipping "space water" might sound far-fetched, but both could soon be reality, thanks to a new US law that legalises cosmic mining.

In a first, President Barack Obama signed legislation at the end of November that allows commercial extraction of minerals and other materials, including water, from asteroids and the moon.

That could kick off an extraterrestrial gold rush, backed by a private aeronautics industry that is growing quickly and cutting the price of commercial space flight.

frontier in the 19th century, which led to the California Gold Rush of 1849.

But for the moment, the costs of pioneering the economic exploitation of space remain exorbitant and the risks high.

Large companies are still studying their options, but smaller startups are impatient to get going, like Planetary Resources, launched in 2012 by Google co-founder Larry Page.

"It has often been a question as to whether a commercial company will be able to go out and develop a resource," said Chris Lewicki, president of Planetary Resources, which bills itself as "The Asteroid Mining Company."

The US Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act of 2015 says that any materials American individuals or companies But now, the Space Act "allows us to give find on an asteroid or the moon is theirs to assurances to our customers and investors keep and do with as they please. as we build a resource business in space," While the Space Act breaks with the concept Lewicki said. that space should be shared by everyone on Earth for scientific research and exploration, "Since the passage of the law, we've been it establishes the rights of investors to profit getting a lot of support messages and our current investors are very excited," he from their efforts, at least under US law. added.

Christopher Johnson, a lawyer at the Meagan Crawford, vice president at another Secure World Foundation, which focuses ambitious asteroid miner, Deep Space on the long-term sustainable use of outer Industries, said that with the law's passage space, said the law sets the basis for the investors are no longer fretting that they are next century of activity in space. wasting their money.

"Now it is permissible to interact with space.

Exploring and using space's resources has "This is absolutely a big win for us. We don't seem crazy any more. We don't have to begun," he said.

The US move conjured visions of the great work very hard to convince investors." opening of the United States' Western

According to NASA research, of some 1500

asteroids within easy reach from Earth, possibly 10 per cent have valuable mineral resources.

Both companies see great possibilities in space: deposits of nickel, iron ore, gold and platinum that could support the space industry in the same way that the huge deposits of iron ore in the US upper midwest laid the foundations for the Detroit auto industry.

But their first target is water frozen in substantial deposits on relatively close asteroids.

The water's value, more than just to drink, is in providing hydrogen fuel for space vehicles.

It could supply a refuelling station for the rockets, for instance, destined to explore Mars.

And it could be used to refuel satellites in orbit.

Lewicki says an in-space fuelling station could save hundreds of millions of dollars in water transport costs.

"If we can store that water there, we can refuel rockets, satellites - it will be a huge opportunity.

"You can refuel your rocket in orbit; that makes it easier to get it there, and cheaper."

The first space prospecting missions could be launched from 2017, the companies say, and extracting minerals could begin as early as 2020.

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Planes aim to soar high into clean air U

ltra-light, fast and cheap: more than a century after the Wright brothers flew the world's first powered aircraft, a small Slovenian company now hopes to revolutionise the aviation industry with its award-winning electric planes.

Pipistrel's pioneering Taurus Electro is seen as a breath of fresh air in a sector responsible for 13 per cent of CO2 emissions from all transport sources.

Launched in 2007, around 20 orders are now put in every year for the two-seater plane, which is produced in a factory in the town of Ajdovscina, close to the Italian border.

The 110,000 euro ($A164,118) price tag is offset by the plane's inexpensive maintenance: at 70 cents an hour, the Taurus is 10 times cheaper to run than traditional twin-seater planes, according to Pipistrel.

Simplicity is key: you charge the battery, hop inside the cockpit and hit the "on" button to activate the fuselage's propeller.

The large-winged aircraft can thrust itself to an altitude of 2000 metres, after which the engine is retracted and the Taurus glides across the sky as a sailplane.

"You have just two buttons, up and down and full power, but you can always switch off immediately when you need to slow down the aircraft," explained pilot Nejc Faganelj, soaring high above the Slovenian countryside on a sunny winter's day.

But behind the deceptively easy usage lies a highly complex design. The most crucial

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element - and biggest challenge - is the lithium battery, which needs to be light yet sturdy so that it doesn't catch fire if it overheats.

"To copy a design from the car industry is not that difficult. But to make something that is lighter, more efficient - that is definitely something that has not been done before," said Pipistrel engineer Jure Tomaciz.

Green Flight award in 2011, worth $1.35 million.

The plane covered 650km (400 miles) in the space of two hours with an average speed of 172km/h.

Now Pipistrel has even loftier ambitions: to sell the world's first electric four-seater plane.

"The car industry, with all the money it has at its disposal, and practically no weight limitation, even today isn't capable of producing an electric car that would take four passengers for 600km at a speed of 200km/h," Pipistrel's founder, Ivo Boscarol told AFP.

Its Taurus G4 prototype - built by combining two twin-seaters - won NASA's prestigious

"We did that with our electric plane," he added proudly.

Facebook for pros to launch after tests F

acebook at Work, Facebook Inc's professional version of its social network, is expected to launch in the coming months, after spending a year in tests, a company executive said.

The service will be open to all companies once launched and Facebook plans to charge "a few dollars per month per user" for premium services such as analytics and customer support, a company spokeswoman said.

The new service, geared towards workplace The online career market, which collaboration, is nearly identical to its includes LinkedIn Corp and Monster ubiquitous social network, with a scrolling Worldwide Inc, is worth about $6 news "feed", "likes" and a chat service. billion a year, market research firm "I would say 95 per cent of what we IDC had said in August. developed for Facebook is also adopted More than 300 companies, including for Facebook at Work," Julien Codorniou, Heineken, Royal Bank of Scotland director of global platform partnerships at and jewellery company Stella and Dot, Facebook, told Reuters. are using Facebook at Work and Club However, Facebook at Work users will Mediterranee SA is set to be the latest maintain special profiles that are distinct adopter. from their existing Facebook profiles.

The French resort company will offer The company is also developing exclusive the service to all its 13,000 employees products for Facebook at Work, including through summer 2016, Anne security tools, Codorniou said.

Browaeys-Level, Club Mediterranee's Facebook started beta-testing the service in chief marketing and digital officer, told January and has kept it as a free, invite-only Reuters. service for companies so far.

Facebook's Codorniou said almost

everything on Facebook at Work is the same as the regular Facebook social network, with some minor exceptions.

"You cannot play Candy Crush on Facebook at Work."

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Computers coaxed to think like people F

In the study computers boasting the new algorithm and human subjects were presented with selected characters among a data set of about 1600 Researchers are now making important progress handwritten characters from 50 alphabets from around the world. toward that goal.

They even included a fictional Scientists said on Thursday they had created a alien alphabet from the animated computer model, or algorithm, that captures the TV show, Futurama. unique human ability to grasp new concepts from Among other tasks, the human a single example in a study involving learning subjects and computers were unfamiliar handwritten alphabet characters. directed to reproduce various or artificial intelligence and smart machines to really take off, computers are going to have to be able to think more like people, according to experts in the field.

That work and research like it have the twin goals of better understanding human learning and developing new, more human-like learning algorithms, New York University cognitive and data scientist Brenden Lake said.

characters after being given a lone example. Human judges were then asked to identify which characters were reproduced by a computer. The judges found the work produced by the computers "We aimed to reverse-engineer how people learn to be virtually indistinguishable about these simple visual concepts, in terms from that of human subjects. of identifying the types of computations that University of Toronto computer the mind may be performing, and testing these assumptions by trying to recreate the behaviour," science and statistics professor Ruslan Salakhutdinov said he Lake said. hoped the new work would The algorithm was designed to make a computer help guide progress in artificial able to learn quickly from a single example in the intelligence by leading to nextway people do. generation intelligent machines "that hopefully will come close to displaying "You show even a young child a horse or a human-like intelligence". school bus or a skateboard and they get it from just one or a few examples," Massachusetts The same approach used in the study Institute of Technology computational cognitive might be applicable to machine learning science professor Joshua Tenenbaum said. for many other tasks like speech Standard algorithms in machine-learning require recognition and object recognition, Lake said. tens, hundreds or even thousands of training examples to yield similar results, Tenenbaum said.

The research was published in the journal Science.

Apple Maps now dominates

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pple Maps quickly became the butt of jokes when it debuted in 2012. It overlooked towns and businesses and misplaced famous landmarks. It marked New York's Madison Square Garden as park space.

The service was a rare blunder for a company known for simple, easy-to-use products. It's a different story 3 years later.

Apple fixed errors as users submitted them. It quietly bought several mapping companies, mostly for their engineers and other talent. It then added transit directions for several major cities, narrowing a major gap with Google. Apple Maps is now used more widely than Google Maps on iPhones.

The quick turnaround also demonstrates how easily companies like Apple can steer people to their own services. Google Maps and various third-party apps offer many features Apple Maps lacks, yet Apple cleverly turned user inertia to its advantage.

Many people use Apple Maps just because it comes with the phone. Even if you've taken the trouble to download a competing app, other iPhone services such as Siri and Mail will invariably take you to Apple Maps.

to the Starbucks app, you can see all the nearby stores.

Google Maps has also been improving.

Apple says its mapping service is now used Last month, Google started letting motorists more than three times as often as its leading store mapping data on their phones so they competitor on iPhones and iPads, with more can look up businesses and directions even when mobile phone service is spotty. It's than five billion map-related requests each available on Android now and coming to week. iPhones soon.

Google still dominates among all US Its significant investment in fixing Maps smartphones, though, in part because Apple Third-party apps, meanwhile, have their own underscores how important maps and Maps isn't available on Google's Android innovations. Waze - now owned by Google related services are to tech companies. system, which is more prevalent than is a popular app for motorists to share traffic Location is key to helping phone users find information and avoid jams. Moovit is better restaurants and shops, discover things to do iPhones. than both Google and Apple at factoring in By making Maps a core iPhone feature, and just get around. It's also big business, Apple made it easier for outside developers temporary service changes in mass transit, as app makers tap into the core mapping while Citymapper offers suggestions on to include mapping features in their apps. functions of phones to direct people in When you go to Yelp, you can find directions whether to board the front, middle or back helpful ways and sometimes offer them to a business with one tap. When you go of a train. bargains based on where they're standing.

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Miranda Kerr sparkles in Swarovski

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ustralian model Miranda Kerr looked very festive in a red mini-dress at the launch of her new jewellery collection for Swarovski in Shanghai.

The former Victoria's Secret model designed necklaces, bracelets and earrings for the famous crystal company.

"So special to see my designs for @Swarovski larger than life! #shanghai #merrychristmas," Kerr said on Instagram next to a photo of a Christmas tree made from blue jewellery boxes.

Sacha Baron Cohen is back with new film

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acha Baron Cohen aka Borat is back, this time with a northern English accent for action comedy flick The Brothers Grimsby.

He's joined by two Aussie actresses - his real life wife Isla Fisher and comedian Rebel Wilson, who plays his on-screen wife.

Cohen stars as football-loving local lad Nobby Grimsby who is looking for his long-lost twin brother Sebastian - MI6's deadliest spy. The pair reunite and Nobby gets tangled up in an espionage mission, chaos ensues.

Mark Strong, Penelope Cruz and Precious star Gabourey Sidibe are also in the cast.

The Brothers Grimsby will be released on March 10.

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Ben Mendelsohn nominated for Golden Globe

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en Mendelsohn says his role on the US TV series Bloodline is a gift.

It has also earned him an automatic invite to Hollywood award shows.

Christian Slater (Mr Robot); Alan Cumming (The Good Wife); and Tobias Menzies (Outlander).

Fellow Australians Cate Blanchett, lead actress in a film drama for Carol, and The 46-year-old actor from George Miller for directing Melbourne was nominated and producing Mad Max: for a Golden Globe on Fury Road, received Globe Thursday for playing nominations.

Danny Rayburn, the dark sheep of a Florida Keys After decades working in family in the Netflix drama. Australia, Hollywood has in recent years become a Earlier in the year he also fan of Mendelsohn, with received an Emmy nod for roles in The Dark Knight the role.

Rises, the 2016 Star Wars film, Rogue One, and "Danny Rayburn is a the critically acclaimed fantastic gift to an actor," Mississippi Grind.

Mendelsohn said.

Competing with Mendelsohn for the Globe supporting actor in a TV series, movie or miniseries category are: Damian Lewis (Wolf Hall);

The Golden Globes ceremony will be held on January 10.

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Your Horoscopes ARIES The urge to do something crazy is connected to your inner restlessness but what is the cause? You can use your enthusiasm to push an annoying even aside and end it. A fresh start with new opportunitie.

TAURUS There is a fire burning inside of you and it can’t be put out. Check what you lack and do something about it. Then the fire will blaze even higher. You can turn that passion into love for someone who really needs your warm attention.

GEMINI Things will go great if you are able to repel an attack of gloom. You have that ability even though you have the tendency to give into it. It demands that you don’t run away from an obstacle that could appear.

CANCER Your loved one is willing to help you out so arrogance or cocky behaviour will only sabotage that. You will receive some romantic opportunities if you are well rested and start every day of this week with fresh courage.

LEO You want freedom but at the same time you want to reap the fruits of a relationship. That’s a dilemma you have to think about to make the right choice. If you don’t, you’ll just get stuck in chaos.

VIRGO Unfortunately it is impossible to swim to two sides even if you would prefer to do nothing less. Think about your direction and choose the route that will have the most effect in love. Don’t doubt.

LIBRA What is very important now: ensure that you keep on giving enough attention to your partner. A lack of commitment is out of the question. Don’t let anything or anyone distract you even when the temptation is big.

SCORPIO Your love for nature makes you meet like-minded people with whom you can experience a promising connection.

It’s going to be a week where romance flourishes. You don’t have to wait for luck and happiness.

SAGITTARIUS This could become a restless week because you still have to switch to the positive side of life and you don’t really know how to handle that. Don’t respond in a forced way because than you’ll just reach the opposite.

CAPRICORN You are extremely critical in love but this week you can let go of control for a bit. Open up to the people who approach you because that definitely offers new perspectives.

The rules of the game at work could change and then it will be necessary to go along with them.

AQUARIUS You sometimes look for the wrong people to force a showdown. That will cost a lot of energy and what will you gain from it? Some people aren’t even worth the troubles so limit your aggression to the minimum.

PISCES Your partner would be happy to stand by your side and it’s really not a shame to admit that you sometimes have a hard time. Look up and ahead because yesterday is a part of the past. Worrying about a financial crisis and the consequences it has for you will not get you anywhere.

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Prince George's Xmas excitement revealed T

he Duke of Cambridge says he expects Prince George to be "bouncing around like a rabbit" as the family prepare for their first Christmas as a foursome.

William, the Duchess of Cambridge and their children George, two, and Charlotte, seven months, will honour tradition by going to church on Christmas Day, before watching their eldest "try to tackle his presents as he tries to unwrap them".

The Duke said he foresaw a few sleepless nights, joking: "Well, if I get any sleep on Christmas Eve it'll be good, because George will be bouncing around like a rabbit.

"I think George will be extremely bouncy this year because he's suddenly worked out what Christmas is all about. So that will be two children, one who suddenly appreciates Christmas, which could be quite challenging. But I'm looking forward to it.

"It's a very different experience at Christmas, having a family of your own."

The Prince also showed his romantic side, revealing his Christmas wish is for people to "have some love in their lives" and for snow on the day itself.

He made the comments during an interview for Big Issue with an aspiring journalist he met in a Centrepoint hostel four years ago, when she was homeless.

Witherspoon Twins on the way for gains rights to Stones' Wood, 68 R Barbie story

olling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, 68, is to become a father again as his wife is expecting twins.

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Wood's wife is 37-year-old wife Sally Humphries, who owns a theatre production company.

he back-story of the iconic Barbie doll is set to be brought to the big screen by Reese Witherspoon.

"Sally and Ronnie Wood are delighted to announce that they are expecting twins in June 2016," said a spokesperson for the band.

"Needless to say, they are thrilled and overjoyed with the wonderful news."

Witherspoon's production company Pacific Standard, which she operates with Australian producer Bruna Papandrea, has acquired the film rights to Barbie and Ruth: The Story of the World's Most Famous Doll and the Woman Who Created Her, according to The Tracking Board.

The couple dated for six months before getting married at London's Dorchester Hotel in December 2012.

The 2010 book, written by Robin Gerber, chronicles the true story of US businesswoman Ruth Handler, the daughter of Polish Jewish immigrants, and her creation of the industry-changing toy in the 1950s.

He has nine grand-children.

Wood already has four children: Jesse Wood, with his first wife, former model Krissy Wood; daughter Leah and son Tyrone from his second marriage with Jo Wood; and Jamie, Jo's son from a previous marriage who Wood adopted.

Wood, who joined the Stones in 1975, is the youngest member of the four-piece band.

The group are due to play a string of stadium dates in South America in February and March on their "America Latina Ole" tour.

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ritish actor Timothy West has spoke of his sadness in watching "the gradual disappearance" of his actress wife Prunella Scales, who has dementia.

Scales, 83, played Sybil Fawlty opposite John Cleese in the hit TV comedy Fawlty Towers.

She and EastEnders star West have been married for 52 years.

West told The Sun he first noticed something was wrong with his wife about 15 years ago when she performed in a play.

"It wasn't that Pru had forgotten her lines or didn't say them properly, it was that I could see her thinking," said West.

"The sad thing is, you just watch the gradual disappearance of the person you knew and loved and were very close to," said West.

"A lot of her has left, but we still enjoy life and there's still a lot Pru is able to enjoy and we are able to do together."

Scales continues to work in radio and TV. The couple recently starred in travel show Great Canal Journeys alongside their children Joseph and Samuel.

Millie-Belle Diamond The Sydney toddler rose to fame after @FashionKids shared a pic of her wearing a leopard-print outfit. She now has 143,000 followers and her own fashion label, MBD The Label, which sells tiny leather caps.

Chanel Nicole At just two-weeks old, the daughter of rapper Ice T and model Coco Austin has nearly 200,000 followers on her own Instagram account.

She made her social media debut five minutes after being born.

The tiny star has already done a photo shoot wearing a diamond headpiece and posing at the top of a Christmas tree made from designer shoes.

Ioni James Conran Model Coco Rocha's eight-month-old daughter shows off her designer gifts on her own Instagram account. Fashion designer Zac Posen sent the newborn a tree and later gifted "the coolest blanket made from fabric from the his resort collection." Ioni has worn Jean Paul Gaultier, Kardashian Kids and Missoni. She even has a Mercedes toy car with personalised plates.

Blue Ivy Cartner The three-year-old accompanies Beyonce pretty much everywhere, whether it's on tour with her own microphone covered in Dora the Explorer stickers, on holiday cruising around the Mediterranean on her parents' super yacht, or dressing like African royalty for a Coming To America-themed Halloween outfit.

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ith little more than a week to go before Star Wars: The Force Awakens hits theatres, the plot of the hotly anticipated film is still a closely guarded secret.

But director JJ Abrams promises it won't be a nostalgic trip down memory lane.

The latest instalment of the blockbuster sci-fi saga - the first in a decade - opens in Australian cinemas on December 17 and keen fans can't wait.

The cast - beloved veterans of the original films Harrison Ford (Han Solo) and Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), as well as fresh faces joining the franchise - gathered in Los Angeles on Sunday at an undisclosed location.

But they didn't let much slip.

"I wanted to keep audiences surprised," Abrams told reporters.

"It's gratifying to be part of this," he added.

"It's always nice to anticipate working in something that you know people will have an appetite for."

Han Solo returns among other things to bridge the future with the past.

Not to be forgotten are the beloved droids R2-D2 (Kenny Baker) and C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) as well as Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew), Han Solo's Wookiee co-pilot.

Luke Skywalker is among the great unknowns of the new movie. The Jedi master is notably absent from the official poster and Hamill - who features in the film's credits - did not attend Sunday's press conference, building suspense.

The film's new faces include Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o and rising Hollywood star Oscar Isaac, as well as virtual British unknowns John Boyega and Daisy Ridley.

The Force Awakens features several new female leads.

The 23-year-old Ridley plays the scavenger Rey, one of the main characters.

What we know so far is that, since the age of five, Rey has lived alone on the desert planet Jakku and been left to her own devices in order to survive.

"She's brave, she's vulnerable," Ridley said.

"And it's fun to play with these toys again," he joked.

Another movie mystery are Rey's roots. Her last name has not been revealed and there

The director, also known for his successful reboot of the Star Trek films, added: "It's not a nostalgic trip - we had to go back in order to go forward."

The Force Awakens - Episode VII in the saga - takes place 30 years after Return of the Jedi.

Star Wars has attracted generations of loyal fans ever since the first film arrived nearly 40 years ago, creating a signature moment in the history of pop culture and launching one of the biggest movie franchises ever.

It turned Ford, Fisher and Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) into stars overnight.

Ford said it didn't take much to step back into Han Solo's boots.

"I was interested in the described path of the character ... it was easy," he said.

is some speculation about a possible link to Princess Leia, Han Solo or Skywalker.

Gwendoline Christie, who made a name for herself in Game of Thrones, personifies Captain Phasma, one of the film's villains.

Nyong'o, meanwhile, will slip into the skin of pirate Maz Kanata, for which the actress used motion-capture technology.

"I could work with my body in new ways," she told reporters.

With fans counting down to the film's opening, industry experts are predicting it will be a massive hit - at the box office and beyond.

Advance ticket sales already smashed records two months before the release and analysts expect merchandise sales to reach up to $US5 billion ($A6.88 billion) this year, with everything from lightsabers to action figures and even pet gear on offer.

"I'm aware of the value that's placed on these films by the audience and I'm gratified that they had been passed on generationally through families and that there's still an audience," Ford said.

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He's reprised his role as Star Wars character Han Solo and now actor Harrison Ford has confirmed he will bring back another iconic character to the silver screen - Rick Deckard from Blade Runner.

The 73-year-old actor told fans in Sydney a sequel to the 1982 futuristic sci-fi flick is in the works.

"We've got a really good script, a good story and a good director and a wonderful cast for the continuation of this story surrounding Blade Runner. I start that on the fall of next year," Ford said at a Q&A with Star Wars actor Jay Laga'aia outside the Sydney Opera House on Thursday.

Ridley Scott has been working on the script for a couple of years but will hand the directing reins over to Denis Villeneuve of Sicario fame.

Actor Ryan Gosling will star alongside Ford in the film based on Philip K Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

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amily Feud host Grant Denyer has Since it returned to air, Family Feud no room for error after admitting has delivered solid ratings for Ten in his contract to host the series is the 6pm timeslot. renewed every six months.

On the odd occasion it sneaks into Denyer has been at the helm of the the top 10 most watched shows Network Ten game show since it was although it mainly lurks between 10th resurrected in July 2014. and 15th spot on OZTAM's overnight In 2016, he will also front the spin-off ratings with about 600,000 viewers per night. series Celebrity Family Feud which will air outside the regular six days a "It was a risk bringing it back but I week, 6pm timeslot. don't think it's a risk now," Denyer said.

Denyer said that since he signed on The game show made headlines when for the show his contract has only one question posed by Denyer were ever been for six months at a time. considered 'misogynistic' and another "It's up for renewal in six month lots. was deemed an attack on cyclists.

That's the kind of bites we look at," he told AAP. During one episode Denyer asked "name something people think is a He admitted that he was initially not woman's job" after having already keen on a spin-off celebrity version because it had the potential to dilute asked the the same question about men. the main product.

Denyer dropped his guard, however, when he heard the short-run Celebrity Family Feud would not impinge on the six nights a week show and would be a very short run.

"It was completely unintentional but it didn't hurt the show," Denyer said.

"It terrified us to start with because we didn't see it coming, it blindsided us to be honest, and we felt like we had done something wrong.

"The idea for this came up a while ago and I was afraid it might dilute the growth of a show that was already "For a while I was second guessing going very well," he said. the questions and how to ask them "Now that we are more established ... ... it was nice to see people watching the show that closely and cares."

I think it's going to be ok.

Ten is yet to announce when "My problem was if you are going to Celebrity Family Feud will return do a Celebrity Family Feud you are making the regular shows less special." in 2016.

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Sinatra's hometown celebrates his birth In this Dec. 12, 2007 file photo, Frank Sinatra's daughters Tina Sinatra, right, and Nancy, are shown at the unveiling of a 10-ft. image of the Frank Sinatra commemorative postal stamp during a ceremony commemorating Sinatra's 92nd birthday, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Sinatra, who died in 1998, at 82, would have celebrated his 100th birthday on Dec. 12, 2015.

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rank Sinatra's hometown has dedicated a plaque in his honour, capping celebrations of the singing legend's centennial year despite his ambivalent relationship with Hoboken, New Jersey.

A century after "Ol' Blue Eyes" was born in the working-class town across the Hudson River from New York, several hundred fans turned out to remember him - mostly local residents, but with a smattering of die-hard Sinatra fans from around the world.

Tony Hebden, who said he has listened to Sinatra for 40 years, travelled to Hoboken from Leeds, England.

capping celebrations of the singing legend's centennial year despite his ambivalent relationship with Hoboken, New Jersey.

Hebden came with his wife, Anne, and said that they earlier got married in Hoboken out of love for Sinatra.

A century after "Ol' Blue Eyes" was born in the working-class town across the Hudson River from New York, several hundred fans turned out to remember him - mostly local residents, but with a smattering of die-hard Sinatra fans from around the world.

"This is a bit of a cliche but it was a bit the soundtrack to my life - sad songs, joyous songs, swinging songs," he said.

The hometown ceremony culminates a busy centennial year that was packed Befitting a celebrity who moved to California with Sinatra tributes as well as book and and rarely looked back at his place of birth, recording releases. the Hoboken Historical Museum on an Among the biggest events was a nationally unusually warm December day unveiled a star in the fashion of the Hollywood Walk of broadcast concert in Las Vegas - one of Sinatra's adopted home bases - organised Fame on the brick walls of its entrance. by the Grammy Awards.

The star to mark one of the 20th century's great In a sign of Sinatra's massive influence over entertainers, who died in 1998, read, "Francis contemporary music, interpreters of his Albert Sinatra, 'The Voice.' Born in Hoboken." songs ranged from pop singers Lady Gaga, Zach Alexander, a poised 20-year-old, Alicia Keys and Sam Smith to country stars serenaded the Hoboken crowd by singing some of Sinatra's best-loved tunes including Garth Brooks and Carrie Underwood to My Way, Strangers in the Night, I've Got You Latin rocker Juanes.

AFP maur HOBOKEN, United States, Under My Skin and - with the Manhattan skyline visible from a distance - Theme from Dec 12 AFP - Frank Sinatra's hometown New York, New York. has dedicated a plaque in his honour,

Befitting a celebrity who moved to California and rarely looked back at his place of birth, the Hoboken Historical Museum on an unusually warm December day unveiled a star in the fashion of the Hollywood Walk of Fame on the brick walls of its entrance.

The star to mark one of the 20th century's great entertainers, who died in 1998, read, "Francis Albert Sinatra, 'The Voice.' Born in Hoboken."

Zach Alexander, a poised 20-year-old, serenaded the Hoboken crowd by singing some of Sinatra's best-loved tunes including My Way, Strangers in the Night, I've Got You Under My Skin and - with the Manhattan skyline visible from a distance - Theme from New York, New York.

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Tarantino will only make two more movies US director Quentin Tarantino says he will only make two more films.

Tarantino broke the news during The Hollywood Reporter's Director Roundtable, which included The Martian director Ridley Scott.

"Well I'm probably only going to make 10 movies, so I'm already planning on what I'm going to do after that," Tarantino told the panel.

"That's why I'm counting them. I have two more left. I want to stop at a certain point."

The I Kissed a Girl singer earned $US135 million ($A187.32 million) in 2015, according to Forbes magazine.

This places Perry at at No.1 on the mag's annual rich list - up 22 places from last year.

British boy band One Direction come in second on the new Forbes list with earnings of $US130 million, while Garth Brooks, Taylor Swift and The Eagles round out the top five.

Last year's richest musician, Dr Dre, fell to No.28 on the 2015 list.

Rounding out the top 10 are Swift's DJ boyfriend Calvin Harris, Justin Timberlake, Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Fleetwood Mac and Lady Gaga.

The director, who is about to release western The Hateful Eight, continued the discussion with what he planned to do once he stops making films.

"I want to write novels and I want to write theatre and I want to direct theatre," he said.

Although not known to write or direct for the stage, Tarantino said he was keen on adapting his films.

"I actually want to do a theatrical adaptation of Hateful Eight because I actually like the idea of other actors having a chance to play my characters and see what happens from that." *The Hateful Eight opens in cinemas in January.

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AWKWARD CHRISTMAS PORTRAITS AT MELBOURNE CENTRAL Looking to add a little humour to your Christmas photo album? A visit to Melbourne Central’s Awkward Christmas Portraits is a sure-fire way to add some laughter to your mantel piece. In true Melbourne Central style, the traditional Santa photos will be replaced this festive season, with the return of Christmas Awkward Portraits. Bring your friends, family and partner down and strike your best pose with hilarious props, daggy Christmas jumpers and old-fashioned backdrops. The portrait pop up will be kicking off on 1 December and running Thursday to Sunday up until Christmas.

Where: Level 2, near Frozen Melbourne Central, Cnr LaTrobe and Swanston Streets, Melbourne

NEW YEAR’S EVE - MIDNIGHT IN OLD HAVANA A New Year’s Eve of old school Cubana Soul, 1930s style! CUBAN SOUL BAND & DJ | RIVERSIDE VIEW OF THE FIREWORKS. Dinner & Party Package Available. For more information go to www.worldrestaurantbar.com.au Where: World Restaurant and Bar, Shop 4, 2 Riverside Quay, Southbank Telephone: (03) 9690 6999 When: 8pm – 3am, Thursday 31st of December 2015

NEW YEAR’S EVE: WORLD CARNIVALE This exclusive NYE event will feature no less than 5 different party zones in one stunning location. Guests will be invited to enjoy food and entertainment in each zone. Check out the World Carnivale website for more details: www.WorldCarnivaleNye.com.au Tickets from $195 pp and include: 5 hour quality drinks package including beer, wine, sparkling and soft drink. Themed food stations and roaming canapés.

Access to: Lights, Love and Lanterns; The Melbourne Lawn; Venice on the Yarra and Rio Grade Optional Spirits package $15 pre-purchase or $20 at the door

BACK TO THE 80’S | NYE This year we we will be transporting the venue ​back to the 80’s spanning over 4 LEVELS for a massive New Years Eve party! 7 HOUR DRINK & FOOD PACKAGE including: - Cocktail on Arrival - 15 Types of Premium Bier & Cider on tap - Basic Spirits / Red, White & Sparkling Wine / Soft Drinks - Pizza from 9pm! - Canapés - Entertainment - Live Band and DJ\’s - Win PRIZES for best dressed! Prizes include: 1 x Fireball Electric Guitar, 1 x Alize Longboard Skateboard and novelty items - Opportunity to watch fireworks from rooftop - Passouts to go to the Treasury Gardens (3 min walk) to watch the midnight fireworks (free to come and go as you please) Where: European Bier Café, 120 Exhibition Street Melbourne When: 7pm – 3am, Thursday 31st of December 2015

NAGAMBIE NEW YEARS EVE FIREWORKS & TWILIGHT MARKET Nagambie Lakes Tourism & Commerce run a New Years Eve event for the community. The event includes a dedicated Children’s Carnival type component in a ‘safe’ area, a Twilight Market and then Fireworks will be released over beautiful Lake Nagambie at 10pm. The event is family friendly in the main street of Nagambie and surrounding parkland. In previous years crowds have exceeded 5000. Entry is free. Kids amusements and market stalls.

Where: Jacobson’s Outlook Nagambie When: 3pm – 10.30pm, Thursday 31st of December 2015

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BRITISH INDIA TO ROCK AUSTRALIAN OPEN

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ustralia’s top music performers will join the world’s best tennis players at Australian Open 2016. An all-star entertainment line-up was announced today for the first Grand Slam of the year, with indie rockers British India set to return to Melbourne Park as the headline act on women’s final day.

Lead singer, Declan Melia said that the band was looking forward to returning to the Australian Open.“Playing at the Open was an amazing experience for us all and we can’t wait to get back to Melbourne Park and perform in front of such a great crowd again,” he said.

Also returning to Melbourne Park are The Rubens, who will rock the Heineken Live Stage on Grand Slam Oval on Australia Day, and the Pierce Brothers. ARIA award winning singersongwriter Dan Sultan will kick off The Open Sessions on Monday 18 January, followed

by Katie Noonan’s Vanguard, nine-piece soul outfit Saskwatch and Jackie Onassis as just some of the big name acts in the first week of the tournament.

Hot Dub Time Machine, the world’s first time travelling dance party, will star on Heineken Saturday on the middle

weekend of the tournament, a day that drew a record 81,031 fans to Melbourne Park in 2015. Created and performed by DJ Tom Loud, Hot Dub Time Machine is a singing and dancing entertainment powerhouse featuring songs from 1954 to 2015.Legendary Aussie rockers Diesel and James Reyne also feature in the line-up, with Reyne set to entertain fans ahead of the men’s final.

Australian Open Tournament Director Craig Tiley said the impressive music lineup would cater to all tastes. “This year’s home grown line-up has something for everyone, from well-known music names to independent and emerging artists,” he said. “Fans flock to Melbourne Park not just for the world class tennis but also the

fantastic carnival atmosphere. The Open Sessions are sure to add an extra layer of entertainment.”

Mushroom Group Chairman Michael Gudinski said he was delighted to team up with the Australian Open once more.

“Mushroom is very proud to be involved with the Tennis. Stage, music and sport are a wonderful combination. It’s fantastic to see Tennis Australia getting behind Australian music and looking at a wide range of artists to showcase the many visitors to Grand Slam Oval during the Australian Open,” he said.

The Open Sessions featuring performances daily from 6pm at the Australian Open January 18-31. For music schedule visit www.pearlhq.com.au.

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THURSDAY DECEMBER 17TH The Continental Hotel 2 Brothers Brewery Bay Hotel Grand Hotel Rosebud Hotel Side Street Humdinger Bay Hotel Backyard Bar

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Sorrento Moorabbin Mordialloc Mornington Rosebud Mordialloc Frankston Mornington Mornington

David Patterson Simon Phillips Funky Bunch Trivia Grand Trivia Rosebud Trivia Open Mic Night w Simon Imrei Humdinger Trivia Plugged In Thursdays Backyard Karaoke

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FRIDAY DECEMBER 18TH Rosebud Country Club 2 Brothers Brewery Sandown Park Hotel Mordy Supper Club The Westernport Hotel The Seaford Hotel The Sound Bar Daveys Beretta’s Beaches Rosebud Hotel The Deck Gods Kitchen The Continental Hotel Bank Coffee House & Wine Bar

Rosebud Liz Bradley Moorabbin Jules Boult Noble Park Phil Para Band Mordialloc Danny Z San Remo Jim & Richie Laing Seaford Andy Phillips & The Cadillac Walk Rosebud West Tom Millington Frankston Rob & Tarquin with Superfly DJ’s Langwarrin Dan Milan Duo Mornington Fudge Rosebud Tim Morrison Frankston Sea Circus 28’s Mornington Ben Smith Sorrento Live DJ’s on the Balcony Warragul Graham Hawes

7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 9.00pm 9.00pm 9.00pm 9.00pm 9.00pm 9.00pm 9.00pm

SATURDAY DECEMBER 19TH Moonah Links The Cove The Royal Hotel Mordy Supper Club Baha’s The Sound Bar Canadian Bay Hotel God’s Kitchen The Seaford Hotel The Continental Hotel Bank Coffee House & Wine Bar

Fingal Patterson Lakes Mornington Mordialloc Rye Rosebud West Mt Eliza Mornington Seaford Rosebud Warragul

Chris Doheny Paul Chox Sarah Rzek Louie Batour President Roots Paige Renee Court & Darcy Fox Andy Phillips & The Cadillac Walk The Antidote Fudge Live MusicLive DJ’s on the Balcony 3 Fold

2.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 9.00pm 9.00pm 9.00pm

SUNDAY DECEMBER 20TH The Deck Moonah Links The Sound Bar Daveys GPO Hotel Side Street God’s Kitchen Mordy Supper Club

Frankston Fingal Rosebud West Frankston Rosebud Mordialloc Mornington Mordialloc

Sunday Sessions w Live Acoustic followed by DJ’s Tim Morrison Maria Cassar Sunday Soultrain w Geoff Achison & The Soul Diggers Andy Phillips Acoustic Duo Aimee Francis Liv Cartledge Chris Cockburn

2.00pm 2.00pm 2.00pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 5.00pm 5.00pm 5.00pm

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 23RD Portsea Hotel Daveys Bank Coffee House & Wine Bar

Portsea Frankston Warragul

Oscar Key Sung Superfly DJ’s Luke Matthews

12.00pm 9.00pm 9.00pm

THURSDAY DECEMBER 24TH - CHRISTMAS EVE The Continental Hotel 2 Brothers Brewery The Deck Bar Mordy Supper Club The Sound Bar Bank Coffee House & Wine Bar

Sorrento Moorabbin Frankston Mordialloc Rosebud West Warragul

David Patterson Jules Boult Coursey & Col’s Christmas Eve Reunion Chris Cockburn, Oisin Kelly,Ryan Caswell & Danny Z Brad Martin Project Luke Matthews

6.00pm 7.00pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm

SATURDAY DECEMBER 26TH - BOXING DAY Peppers Moonah Links The Royal Hotel The Cove The Sound Bar The Seaford Hotel God’s Kitchen The Continental Hotel The Deck Bar Bay Hotel

Fingal Mornington Patterson Lakes Rosebud West Seaford Mornington Sorrento Frankston Mornington

Tim Morrison Aimee Frances Tim Morrison Andy Phillips Fudge Antidote Live DJ’s on the Balcony DJ Lukas Brock followed by Guilty Pleasure Joe Laf Trio

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Flight Facilities Countdown To New Year New Years Eve ‘80s’ Party Live Music and dancing with ‘Totally 80s’

Tks $30 in advance - BOOK NOW! Dinner & entrance $60

Open for Dinner Wednesday through Sunday Over 20 Parma varieties on offer!

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ollowing their extraordinary and truly sensational show last month with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, BEYOND THE VALLEY is thrilled to announce FLIGHT FACILITIES as the artist who will be front and centre on the main stage at Lardner Park, counting down the seconds in what promises to be a spectacular farewell to 2015 and an unforgettable welcome to 2016!

“New Years is a pretty special time in the year, we are honoured to be bringing in 2016 at Beyond the Valley”.

- Flight Facilities Flight Facilities gold-selling, 3 times ARIA nominated debut album ‘Down To Earth’ features Brisbane’s Emma Louise, New York’s soulful comedian Reggie Watts, rapper Bishop Nehru, and the unmistakeable vocals of Melbourne’s Owl Eyes.

With all three-day tickets selling out within a matter of weeks and two-day tickets now rapidly approaching SELL OUT, the confirmation of Flight Facilities as the artist festival goers will be bringing in the New Year with is nothing short of the “icing on the cake” and further cements BEYOND THE VALLEY’S rapidly escalating reputation as Australia’s coolest new festival.

Celebrate New Years in full festival style over three days at Beyond The Valley from December 29 until January 1. For full details visit www.beyondthevalley.com.au.

SUNDAY SESSIONS Now Open from 12noon Sundays for Lunch!

Live Music From 5Pm

Ph: 5975 0966 www.beachesofmornington.com.au

55 Barkly Street, Mornington

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SUNDAY DECEMBER 27TH The Deck The Cove Peppers Moonah Links Beretta’s - 220 Cranbourne Daveys Side Street The Sound Bar

Frankston Patterson Lakes Fingal Langwarrin Frankston Mordialloc Rosebud West

Sunday Sessions w Live Acoustic followed by DJ’s Dylan Boyd Joe Laf Lee Harding Duo Sunday Soultrain w Chris Wilson Band Tim Morrison Backyard Brew

2.00pm 2.00pm 2.00pm 2.00pm 3.00pm 5.00pm 6.30pm

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 30TH The Westernport Hotel

San Remo

Pierce Brothers

THURSDAY DECEMBER 31ST - NYE

Baha The Sound Bar Portsea Hotel Chelsea Heights Hotel GPO Hotel The Westernport Hotel Side Street Merchant Lane The Deck Bar Rosebud Hotel

Rye Rosebud West Portsea Chelsea Heights Rosebud San Remo Mordialloc Mornington Frankston Rosebud

The Mystic Tip Rats NYE’s Freaky Tiki Party w Aimee Francis Portsea’s Annual NYE Beach Party w DJ Horizon Absolutely 80’s Simon Dodd w President Roots NYE w Olly & Scuzzi Fudge Duo NYE On The Lane NYE Old School Disco w DJ Scotty G & Funky Col Element & Superfly DJ’s

FRIDAY JANUARY 1ST

Portsea Hotel Red Hill Pavillion The Deck

Portsea Red Hill Frankston

Dom Dolla, Kaz James, Torren Foot, Benson & Running Touch MOTH w Rob Snarski & Madeleine Duke Sea Circus 28’s

SATURDAY JANUARY 2ND

The Continental Hotel The Sound Bar Bay Hotel

Rosebud Rosebud West Mornington

Live MusicLive DJ’s on the Balcony President Roots Joe Laf Trio

SUNDAY JANUARY 3RD

The Deck Daveys The General Lounge The Westernport Hotel

Frankston Frankston Mc Crae San Remo

Sunday Sessions w Live Acoustic followed by DJ’s Sunday Soultrain w Rosie & The Mighty Kings Andy Phillips & The Cadillac Walk Jimi Hocking

8.00pm 5.00pm 6.00pm 6.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 10.30pm 6.00pm 7.00pm 9.00pm 9.00pm 10.30pm 11.00pm 2.00pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 5.30pm

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CHRIS WILSON’S FIRST CLASS FINALE S

unday Soultrain at Davey’s in Frankston is recognised as one of Melbourne’s integral Sunday sessions presenting some of Australia’s finest Blues, Soul and Rock’nRoll artists ‘Live & Free’ every week. In a year where Blues dominated local stages, Soultrain fans were treated free shows from artists like Jimi Hocking, Wilbur Wilde, Owen Campbell, Shaun Kirk, Blues Mountain, Geoff Achison, Sammy Owens, Mick Pealing and ‘Best Blues Album’ winner Fiona Boyes. In a first class finale for 2015, Sunday Soultrain welcomes the essential Bluesman Chris Wilson on Sunday December 27.

Chris Wilson has been an essential part of blues and rock music in Australia since taking the stage with the Sole Twisters twenty years ago. Stints with Harum Scarum and Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls followed, and the end of the 80s saw Wilson as one of our finest vocalists, harmonica players and songwriters, fronting the superb Crown of Thorns.

His instrumental gifts have often been utilised on recordings from artists like James Reyne, Hunters and Collectors, Vika and Linda, Renee Geyer, Archie Roach and Diana’s Kiss from Deb Conway and Ross Hannaford. Chris has enjoyed the company of Australia’s best musicians on stage and in the studio when realising his own visions in song.

Chris has performed in the U.S. at SXSW and two Folk Alliance Conferences. He has won the respect of many overseas artists, among these Joe Henry, Charlie Musselwhite and Tony Joe White. Bob Dylan once made a special trip backstage to shake Chris’ hand after a show together in 1992! Chris has appeared at every major Australian festival and his performances, filled as they are with his own brand of sensuality and the dynamic power that leaves his audiences so satisfied, are always a highlight. Chris’ stage presence, voice and talent are all as big as the country he lives in. Chris Wilson is a master of his craft.

Sunday Soultrain presents Chris Wilson and his band on Sunday December 27 at Davey’s Hotel, Nepean Hwy in Frankston. Chris and crew perform three big sets from 3pm with no cover charge. For details on who’s playing in January keep a lookout for Sunday Soultrain on Facebook or visit www. daveys.com.au SIMON MILLS

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MERCEDES-BENZ A CLASS HATCHBACK 2002

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V6 Auto, reg 04/2016, RWCert. Very Reliable.

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Ideal first car or family car, VGC. Well maintained.

Reg serviced. Drives well.

More photos online at www. tradertag.com.au, $2,700, Phone 0417081152, REGO PXN-317, FOSTER STH GIPPSLAND AREA

Auto, A/C, P/S, RWCert, 12mths reg. New brakes pads & tyres, 185,000kms, Great first car. Will not be disappointed, $2,500, Phone 97702202, VIN KMHCF31BR1U128730, FRANKSTON SOUTH

TOYOTA YARIS 3D HATCHBACK 2005

Black, Man, EC. High end stereo, alloy wheels, A/C, P/S, c/locking.

Good reliable car. Well maintained & looked after.

Will not disappoint. Great first car. Can sell with reg/ RWCert or without. Also can sell with Mercedes Benz A Class 4D hatch at additional price. Call for more information, $2,000 ono, Phone 0488471163, REGO YIG-479, SEAFORD

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Boss 260KW, auto, A/C, P/S, c/locking, cruise/ climate control, Hayman Reece towbar. Always undercover, 2.1/2in exhaust. Looks sounds and goes great. Excellent condition inside/outside.

Well maintained vehicle.

Regretful sale. More photos online at www.tradertag. com.au.

GENUINE BUYERS ONLY, $9,500, Phone 0400275283, REGO SLA-188, BAXTER

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

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HOLDEN RODEO SPACE C/CHAS 2004

Regularly serviced, runs beautifully, never had any problems at all. Comes with 3 months rego, buyer will be pleased with this ute, $5,999, Phone 0470436897, REGO 1ED 6CE, DANDENONG SOUTH

ONE lady owner. Very low kms - ONLY 49,900kms, 1.6ltr Auto, 5 Door. A/C, P/S, Airbags, t/windows.

4 wheel disc brakes, Electronic Stability control.

Full service history.

Last service completed 20/6/15.

Metallic Sky Blue.

Reg 02/2016, RWCert. Meticulously well maintained.

Showroom condition.

Will not disappoint. Great reliable car.

Very economical.

Call anytime for further information.

More photos online at www. tradertag.com.au, $9,000, Phone 98034283, AH 0409804733, REGO XNA006, MOUNT WAVERLEY

MITSUBISHI CHALLENGER 4D WAGON 2001

MITSUBISHI COLT RG HATCHBACK 2010

Auto. ONLY 95,000kms, A/C, P/S, elec windows/ mirrors, c/locking, duel airbags, Anti block braking, CD player, Alloy wheels.

Full service history.

Includes RWCert, reg 2016. Lady owner. Very reliable Top condition.

Will not disappoint. Great first car, $7,990, Phone 0422458355, REGO WYG912, MELBOURNE

2007 5 Door hatch, Black, auto, full electrics, great condition, WCN-664, $7,499, Deeb Auto X Change, Phone 03 9555 5122, AH 0447 446 944, CHELTENHAM

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HYUNDAI TERRACAN 4D WAGON 2005

SUBARU OUTBACK 4D WAGON 1998

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, $19,500 Neg, Phone 03 5674 2915, REGO TVS-978, WONTHAGGI

AWD 4x4 wagon, 2.5ltr Auto, White & Grey, Elec windows/mirrors, c/ locking, cruise control, ABS brakes, 294,000kms, towbar, driving lights, roof racks. Drives very good.

Reg 03/2016. NO RWCert (Very close to RWC). Full service history with books.

Well maintained, GC. Call for more information, $2,400 neg, Phone 0412930344, REGO OSB404, CLAYTON

TOYOTA CAMRY 4D SEDAN 2007

HONDA ACCORD 4D SEDAN

2004, 4 Airbags, reversing camera, Brand new Sat Nav & GPS. Full service history, sold with RWC, 173,000km. Drives amazing. Very reliable.

Must sell. Going overseas, $6,595 ono, Phone 0450623799, REGO SSN655, SKYE

TOYOTA YARIS YR HATCH

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

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CADILLAC DE VILLE 4D SEDAN 1962

Two Tone Grey, 5spd man, 6 seater, bullbar, towbar, winch, driving lights, UHF, Long range fuel tank, 8ft tray with canvas canopy.

Registered. Mag wheels.

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Mechanically perfect condition. Regretful sale.

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REO FLYING CLOUD SEDAN 1935

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

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Mint condition, engineering inspection/ approval.

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FASTIDIOUS PREVIOUS OWNER. FEATURES INCLUDE AUTO, AIR COND, P/STEERING, ABS BRAKES, CRUISE CONTROL, TRACTION CONTROL, ELECTRICS, AIRBAGS, 6 STACK CD WITH AUX INPUT, CENTRAL LOCKING & MORE. YVL263

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2007 TOYOTA RAV 4 TRANSPORT TRAILER 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

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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.

Always garaged. Extremely reliable. Must see!! Will not disappoint, $21,000, Phone 0458643769, REGO 31747H, PORTARLINGTON

Commercial Car Carrier, dual axles, spring suspension, hydraulic operated decks, LED lights, Manual ramps, punch hole floor, 235/75R17.5 tyres, Modified by Transmech in 2003, $34,000 +GST, TopStart Trailers, Phone 03 9799 6544, DANDENONG SOUTH

AUTO, AIR COND, P/STEERING, ABS & CRUISE CONTROL, ELECTRICS, TINTED WINDOWS, HARD WHEEL COVER, MANY EXTRA’S, REG TILL MAY 2016 & COMES WITH RWC & WTY. UTF575

SPORTY TURBO 7 SPD SPORTS AUTO GTI, AIR COND, P/STEERING, ABS BRAKES, CRUISE CONTROL, AIRBAGS, ELECTRICS, BODY KIT WITH REAR SPOILER, TINTED WINDOWS, CD/MP3/AUX INPUT, FOG LAMPS, SPORTS TRIM & SUSPENSION. YOD933

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The New Generation Mercedes-Benz A-Class Mercedes-Benz Australia has announced pricing and specification for the new generation Mercedes-Benz A-Class which goes on sale in January 2016. Combining benchmark driving dynamics and safety technologies with enhanced design and connectivity features, the new A-Class is sportier than ever, and ready for a new generation.

“The progressive new A-Class continues the success story of our compact car range” said Horst von Sanden, CEO and Managing Director, Mercedes-Benz Cars Australia/Pacific. “Since 2013, the A-Class model range has enhanced the youthful appeal of our brand, and been one of the real highlights in our product offensive.

This latest generation delivers even greater comfort and value to our customers.”

The new generation A-Class model range provides exceptional value right from the entry level A 180. Consuming just 5.8 L/100km from a 1.6 L turbocharged engine, the A 180 includes 17” wheels, Garmin® MAP PILOT navigation, Blind Spot Assist, reversing camera, KEYLESS Start, DYNAMIC SELECT and a Diamond Grille in black as standard.

The A 200 (petrol) produces 115 kW of power and 250 Nm of torque from a 1.6 L engine and includes 18” wheels, a Mirror

Package and sports seats with lumber support in addition to the entry level equipment. Sharing the identical level of specification, the A 200 d consumes just 4.2 L/100km, while producing 100kW and 300Nm from a 2.1 L diesel engine.

The A 250 Sport 4MATIC now produces 160 kW of power in combination with the 7G-DCT dual-clutch transmission. Arriving with 4MATIC all-wheel drive as standard, the A 250 Sport 4MATIC also includes 18” AMG wheels, AMG Bodystyling, AMG Ride Control suspension, LED fixed headlamps, KEYLESS-GO, a panoramic sunroof and ambient lighting with 12 colours.

The Mercedes-AMG A 45 4MATIC delivers performance that is unrivalled in its class – the new car accelerates from 0 - 100 km/h in just 4.2 seconds and produces a maximum output of 280 kW and a peak torque of 475 Nm. The revised gear ratios, aerodynamic fine-tuning and the new AMG DYNAMIC SELECT driving modes raise overall performance to a higher level, and underline the claim to leadership in this market segment. Completely new for the Mercedes-AMG A 45 4MATIC, the AMG

DYNAMIC PLUS package sharpens up the vehicle dynamics even further. One major component is the newly developed, mechanical front axle locking differential, which significantly improves traction in sporty driving environments. The greatest advantages become apparent during fast acceleration out of bends, where the locking differential allows maximum grip and high rates of lateral acceleration.

The Mercedes-AMG A 45 4MATIC arrives with 19” AMG wheels, AMG Performance Seats, AMG Performance Exhaust, AMG DYNAMIC SELECT (including Race Mode), COMAND Navigation, Harman Kardon DISTRONIC PLUS and Heated Front Seats as standard.

The exciting new generation MercedesBenz A-Class range is now available to order.

PSA Peugeot Citroen offer Festive Tips for Modern Motoring

As the festive season nears motorists are acutely aware of traditional motoring tips, so PSA (Peugeot Citroen) have released its top ten tips for modern motoring this festive season.

1. Radar-based safety systems: It’s very easy to forget that your vehicle has a range of passive safety systems, including active cruise control. Ensure that any festive decorations for your vehicle do not obscure the radar or sonar-based units. These items could include red noses sitting over grille badges (which house radar units), or windscreen stickers that block radar units.

2. Blind spot monitoring: While it’s fun to adorn your vehicle with festive mirror covers ensure these are fitted correctly and do not obscure any warning indicators.

3. Cruise Control with speed limiter: This feature can be particularly useful over long distances, giving the driver greater control of the vehicle while ensuring that upper speed limits are not exceeded. Simply set the speed limiter to the posted speed limit and continue to apply the throttle, the vehicle will then maintain the pre-set speed.

Furthermore, when required the limiter can be overridden by full application of the throttle, before returning to the pre-set speed.

4. DAB+ (Digital Radio): In areas where the DAB+ network is present DAB+ can provide you with more than just dedicated

Christmas stations. Some stations broadcast live traffic updates to your vehicle’s infotainment screen but, for those looking for entertainment, Elf Radio and Christmas Hope will provide you with all your carol needs.

5. TPWS (Tyre Pressure Warning Sensors): Before setting off on your road trip ensure all of your tyres are set to the recommended pressures, and the system reset. While doing this it’s also a good idea to check your spare wheel or tyre inflation kit to ensure everything is in good order.

Furthermore, if the TPWS system does signal a problem check it immediately as it could save you from greater damage to your vehicle.

6. Climate Control and Air Conditioning: Australian summers can be brutally hot, so ensure that your Climate Control or Air Conditioning System is in good order. A simple update to your cabin filter can have a marked impact on system performance.

It’s also important to note that many vehicles have automatic override of the stop-start system in extreme temperatures, or will priorities vehicle power over cooling performance under heavy acceleration – so plan your overtaking or acceleration points in advance to reduce undue load on the vehicle and system.

7. Cooled Glove Boxes: Many Peugeot and Citroens have cooled glove boxes as

standard. Use these to your advantage housing water bottles or fresh fruit on those long trips.

8. Toll Passes: Vehicle windscreens are quite complex with some featuring dedicated mounting areas for your toll pass.

To ensure your tag is fitted in the right place, consult your owner’s manual. If fitted in the wrong place, you may find your toll tag will not function, leading to extra charges on an interstate road trip.

9. HUD (Head-up display): Providing improved visibility, head up displays are a great way to convey information to the driver without moving your eyes away from the road. However, polarised sunglasses may block the incoming reflected light, rendering HUD useless. To avoid this check that your glasses offer polarisation at the right orientation for your vehicle’s HUD unit.

10. Connectivity: With many vehicles offering mobile and media device connectivity ensure you have the right cables and software to enjoy fully synchronised motoring. Always ensure that your device is contained within an approved cradle or mounting device to avoid any undue distractions or fines.

PSA Peugeot Citroen wish all motorists a safe and enjoyable festive season and recommend contacting your local dealer or owner’s manual for any assistance with the features of your new vehicle.

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Huge L-shape seating across back of van, well appointed kitchen with stove top, microwave and grill, plenty of storage, roof air and heating, breakaway system, double bed, full annexe, batter pack, $25,990, Amazing Caravans & RV’s, Phone 9786 7711, SEAFORD

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Galvanised checker plate, free jockey wheel, frame 50x50x2.5mm RHS with cross member spacing of 285mm, front and rear tailgates, 1000mm cage with gates front and rear, plus more, priced from, $2,295, U Beaut Trailers, Phone 0417 057 129, SEAFORD

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Double bed, a/cond, stove top, grill, microwave, fridge, full annexe, awning, brakes, battery pack, pole carrier on front, spare wheel on back, overall length 22ft, width 7.5ft, height/roof down 6.8ft, $19,990, Amazing Caravans & RV’s, Phone 9786 7711, SEAFORD

FAMILY VAN - XMAS SPECIAL

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Tare Weight 1990kgs, 3 Rear Bunks. Centre Lounge in Soft Leather. Fully Equipped Kitchen. Queen bed. Roof Air Conditioner.

Battery Pack. Front boot.

Bumper & Spare. Bargain at ONLY, $39,900, Phone 0401548812, COBURG

FRANKLIN 20FT CARAVAN Popular Pop Top, very good condition, stove top, grill, microwave, fridge, double axle, rear camera, awning, brakes, hot water, Wineguard antenna, double bed, TV, DVD, battery pack, shower, toilet, built in privacy curtain/flyscreen, slide out pantry, $31,990, Amazing Caravans & RV’s, Phone 9786 7711, SEAFORD

Registered 1990 model.

Situated in Grantville (Close to Phillip Island).

Sleeps 4.Tandem wheels.

Double Island bed, gas stove/oven, 2way fridge, TV, microwave. Everything included crockery, linen, pots, cutlery, fan, heater.

All in good condition. Ideal for renting out or teenagers retreat. Easy to tow. Private callers ONLY, $7,000 ono, Phone 0405696642, AH 98955138, BLACKBURN SOUTH

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2012 Model Caravan, Air/ con, Wineguard Antenna, Queen Bed, Front Kitchen, L Shape Table, Lounge opposite, Roll Out Awning, Full Annexe, Hayman Reece Hitch & Extras.

Lovely Van, $34,000 ONO, Phone 0417389139, DONCASTER EAST

FRANKLIN CARAVAN 12FT

GALAXY ODYSSEY 17’6

2010, air con, battery system, caravan cover, reverse camera, bbq bayonet, TV, wineguard antenna. Very good condition - terrific value!, $27,450 ONO, Opal Caravans, Phone 03 9357 1430, FAWKNER

IMPERIAL CROWN 21’6

JAYCO CAMPER TRAILER 1987

7 Berth.

Sleeps 7.

Features 3 way fridge.

Gas cooker. Sink. Annexe.

Good condition for it’s age, $6,500, Phone 0401548812, COBURG

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OUTBACK 2009 Dandenong

Double bed at rear. Front couch or single bed.

Middle kitchen with sink & fridge. Mains power & 12V. Everything working.

Easy to tow, $2,750, Phone 0415759963, CRANBOURNE

Brand new, leather cafe dinette, full ensuite, 184ltr 2 door fridge, reverse camera, solar, slide out battery, roll out pantry, plenty of storage, semioffroad, full warranty. Top of the range - luxury living.

Don’t miss out!, $59,950, Opal Caravans, Phone 03 9357 1430, FAWKNER

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2x double beds, table Contact ussingle today drops down to bed, stove top, fridge, gas forgrill, great bayonette, BBQ, awning, Advertising battery pack, 12vrates! external outlet, L-17ft, PH: 1300 BIG W-6.11ft, NEWS H-5.6ft, $18,750, Amazing Caravans & RV’s, Phone 9786 7711, SEAFORD

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Brand New! Easily Towed by most small cars, the Kamparoo Weekender is an ideal getaway camper trailer. With double bed, stainless steel roll-out kitchen, lift-up under bed storage, standard awning, 240 &12v power outlets, water tank, gas bottle, sink with hand pump as well as the hard floor and easy wind system.

This featurered camper also includes a roll out stainless steel pantry for easy access and storage for all your kitchen needs, $13,480, Cub Campers Vic, Phone 03 9289 2282, CAMPBELLFIELD

ON SITE CARAVAN

Beautiful Bright near alpine ski resorts of Mt Hotham, Falls Creek & Mt Buffalo. Free access to pool, playground and riding tracks. Comes with annex, and all accessories and furniture all you need is a TV. Annual fees charged, discuss with park owner, contact Tracy, $12,500 ono, Phone 03 5750 1001, CARRUM DOWNS

Pop Top 1997. Custom built. 4.8mL (15ft 9) x2.12mW (7ft). Overall length 6.5m (21ft 9). 2x Freshwater tanks. Solar lighting.Gas oven, sep grill/ 4-burners.

2-way fridge. Shower. Toilet (Porta Potti). ONE owner. Plenty of cupboards. Carpeted.

S/S sink. Always garaged.

Well maintained. Serviced before every trip - Service books. Enjoy the peace & quiet. Travel at your own pace in comfort. Very easy to tow. Also available for sale - Hyundai Terracan 2005 model (Tows Roma caravan with ease). Call for more information, $24,500 neg, Phone 03 5674 2915, WONTHAGGI

VISCOUNT SUPREME 22.5FT

Tandem Model. Twin doors.

Rear island double bed, Centre kitchen, 3/4 elec/ gas fridge. Stove. L-shaped lounge/table (drops to double bed). Front bunks.

New carpet, curtains & lino.

Tows well. Overall in Good Clean original condition.

Can deliver, $5,850 ono, Phone 0418990346, AH 59963853, CRANBOURNE

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ROYAL FLAIR VAN ROYCE

Royal Flair Pop top caravan, Van Royce 16’6, excellent condition, light blue decor, double island bed, 3 way fridge, gas cooktop, microwave, full annex to roll out awning, rear bumper with spare wheel.

Please see more photos online at www.tradertag. com.au, $15,350 Neg, Phone 0438188468, AH 97877377, FRANKSTON

STEP THROUGH CAMPER

Toyota Coaster 7M 1996 with 1HZ motor, travelled under 1000kms since rebuild, new Motor & clutch, d/bed, toilet, shower, TV/ DVD, microwave, all Dometic fittings, 4.5m awning, gas stove, sink, fridge, GPS, Reverse camera, Driving lights.

Many more extras, Only 236,000kms. 8mths Reg. Great Motorhome. Runs well.

Well maintained.

Selling as is. Great little traveller.

More photos online at www.tradertag. com.au....Heavily reduced for Quick Sale - Selling only, $48,000, Phone 0448050142, DANDENONG AREA

VW 2005 LWB 2.5LTR CAMPER

ONSITE CARAVAN

OVERLOOKING OVENS RIVER - 5 MINUTES FROM BRIGHT (ALPINE REGION) Large Van with hard annexe onsite at Porepunkah Bridge Caravan Park. Sleeps 8-10, TV, DVD, A/C, microwave, full size fridge, oven and heaps more. WIWO. Park has pool, kids playground, general store and is dog friendly. Van has flyover, fenced verandah and is great for family vacations, $15,800 ONO, Phone 0408 852 920, LANGWARRIN

Eagle Camper is only three years old only been used five times,almost like brand new.Independent coil shock suspension, front storage box, two Jerry can holders,2x9kg gas bottles, lockable side storage boxes,Internal slide out draw bedside table and storage box, 12 volt power supply with 3 power outlets, Velcro strip lights, big slideout kitchen, three burner cook-top with wok burner underneath, slide out storage draws, builtin sink with 85 lt water tank, 65lt slide out fridge, queen size mattress, many more non standard extras, $22,600 Neg, Phone 0438447074, ROWVILLE

Diesel, Auto. 1 Owner, Silver. As New. Fully insulated. Medium high roof, 5.5mL x 2.165mH. Features include: Flyscreens.

Air vent.

Curtains to all windows.

17in mag wheels, A/C, ONLY 35,000kms, RWCert, Reg 28/4/16 NEW-100.

Sleeps 2, 2 Burner stove.

Engel Fridge/freezer, 55ltr water tank, Fiamma 3m Awning. Towbar. Thule dual bicycle carrier. Ample storage. EC. Many extras, $49,000 ono, Phone 03 9589 1237, CHELTENHAM

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Westernport has seen some awesome catches of King George whiting, good bags of snapper and trevally coming in from all over the port.

Snapper: have been firing after the strong wind and bag limits being achieved by anglers, however the fish seem to be of the smaller variety. So get in now as they won’t be there for much longer.

Whiting: have really turned it on in most areas from super shallow water right up to 16 metres. If you can plan a deep water whiting trip when the difference between the high tide and the low tide is not that great you can easily fish the deep water with great success and usually larger specimens. All the local charter boats are having great success for their customers, so if you don’t have a boat and want a nice feed of King George whiting give the guys a ring.

Offshore: when conditions are right anglers are turning their sights to offshore chasing Mako shark, however they haven’t

kicked into gear yet, but the signs are very promising. There have been some great flathead caught offshore by the anglers fishing the deep blue. Some of these flathead have been heading towards the 60cm mark which are nice size frogs.

Port Phillip Bay: Snapper are still being caught from black rock up to 4 kg at 19m, there have also been good reports coming in from Frankston and Carrum with specimens of up to 6kg with one whopper caught weighing in at 11kg at a depth of 16-18m. There have also been good numbers of squid and whiting at point cook RAAF base in 4 metres.

Now for the most exciting news, good mate Andrew Suttie and his friend Steve Hobbs entered the cod classics at Lake Mulwala.

Amazing Bait and tackle sponsored these guys and they caught a beast on a shimamo bait caster outfit and won this prestigious event landing a 115.5 cm Murray cod beating thousands of other anglers. The great thing about this story is that they caught this fish from a 3 metre tinny and an entry level fishing combo. So it just goes to show you, you don’t need to spend a million dollars to get to the top of the tree. Amazing Bait and tackle is very proud to have been involved with this

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Power sign up skipper Boak

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ravis Boak has signed a contract extension to lengthen his stay at AFL club Port Adelaide until the end of the 2019 season.

boys are out on the track to have a good 2016."

Boak played every game in 2015 as the pre-season flag fancies tumbled down the ranks to finish ninth.

The 27-year-old Power skipper added He will lead Port's efforts to return to another year to his deal which will the finals in 2016. ensure he plays on to a 13th season Coach Ken Hinkley said Boak's at Alberton. leadership was crucial to bringing Boak, who turned down the advances through the next generation of Power of home-town club Geelong in 2012 players. to stay at Port Adelaide, said any "We are very fortunate to have a chances of him leaving the Power captain of Travis' character at our ended back then. club," Hinkley said, "he sets the "Ever since I made the decision to standard for the boys and they stay at Port Adelaide a few years ago follow."

I thought I'd be a one-club player and Boak has played 177 games for Port this is a great vote of confidence in Adelaide and won the club's best and me from the club," he said. fairest in 2011.

"While we didn't have the year we wanted you can tell how hungry the

Pipeline Masters hit by more delay A third successive lay day has been called at the season-ending men's World Surf League event in Hawaii.

Small surf, reaching no more than a metre, at the famed break of Pipeline on Oahu's north shore on Sunday (Monday AEDT) caused organisers to once again delay the start of the sudden-death round three at the iconic event which will decide this year's world title.

"Small surf again today but were looking at some good swell coming this week," WSL Commissioner Kieren Perrow said.

"We'll be back tomorrow to make another assessment, but it's looking like the swell will begin to fill in on Tuesday."

Australia's Mick Fanning, top of the standings, is shooting for his fourth world crown, but will need to stave off a number of Brazilian challengers: Filipe Toledo, Adriano De Souza and Gabriel Medina.

Medina will be first in the water when competition commences against South Africa's Jordy Smith while Fanning faces 32-year-old Hawaiian Jamie O'Brien, who grew up near Banzai Pipeline and won the Masters in 2004.

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"It's disappointing, of course it is"

McQueen ready to spearhead Titans revival

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orced out of South Sydney due to salary cap pressure, new Gold Coast signing Chris McQueen is looking on the bright side, resolving to help steer the NRL's problem child through yet another rough patch.

McQueen's recruitment on a two-year deal last week was a welcome piece of good news for the Titans at the end of a year in which they've been battered from pillar to post.

From the cocaine scandal to the Daly Cherry-Evans circus, serious financial problems and now the loss of star man James Roberts because of a forged signature on his contract, Gold Coast's 2015 has redefined 'annus horribilis'.

But McQueen, a former Queensland Origin representative and NRL premiership winner with more than 100 games of first-grade experience, said he wasn't spooked by any of that and is looking forward to spearheading the Titans' revival effort.

"Every club has their ups and downs," McQueen told reporters after his first training session on the Gold Coast on Monday.

"It was a long process getting here but that didn't deter me at all, I'm really excited to be here.

"There's a lot of young boys here, I think that's a good thing.

"If the boys can get the hard work under their belt, I think there's a lot of promise.

"They've got a lot of footy in front of them. I'm a bit older now so playing with some young, fresh boys will bring some excitement back into the game for me."

McQueen's exit will allow the Rabbitohs to accommodate Sam Burgess' rich new contract, but he said he had no hard feelings towards his former club.

A shift back to Queensland has long been rumoured for the 28-year-old back-rower, whose mother lives in Brisbane and his father in Cairns.

"I was lucky enough to be at Souths for seven years but that's the way it is, it is a bit of a business now," McQueen said.

"With the salary cap, it does make things a bit harder to keep players at clubs for an extended period of time.

"Things got a bit tight there, unfortunately I had to move on but I'm absolutely stoked to be up here on the Gold Coast."

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Muscat not fretting over Victory losses

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evin Muscat is alert to Melbourne Victory's A-League table slide, but he's not alarmed.

The Victory lost a second match on the trot for the first time in nearly two years on Saturday when they were undone 2-0 by in-form Western Sydney, with winger Romeo Castelen creating the assist for Mark Bridge's opener and scoring the second himself.

The scoreline mirrored last week's against Wellington on a dodgy pitch and leaves the former ladder leaders in third and six points adrift of the first-placed Wanderers.

Despite being customarily classy, the defending champions are developing a concerning pattern of not banking wins away from home.

But any suggestion they are on the verge of a mini crisis was nonsense to Muscat.

While vexed his team missed early chances and conceded a goal in transition, the coach was quick to point out the quality Victory were facing in the Wanderers.

"It's disappointing, of course it is," Muscat said.

"But that performance on another night away from home gets you three points.

"We came up against a team that was good on the night also, and in the main moments they took their goals.

"We've had a bit of a tough spell, couple of games away from home and we travel to Perth on Wednesday so we look forward to that now and righting a few wrongs."

Victory are midway through a testing schedule involving three away matches in 11 days and travel spanning New Zealand to Perth.

The squad will have four days to recover for Wednesday's Glory clash at nib Stadium before returning home for the season's second Melbourne derby.

However Muscat was unwilling to use it as justification for the losses.

"I'm not going to sit here and try and even allude that that's any part of the reason or excuse," he said.

"We've got to go away ... it's a challenge, it's a great challenge.

"Winning this competition is not easy, and along the way there's some difficult challenges you've got to overcome."

Muscat was hoping to have more news about the length of Carl Valeri's absence early next week after the ill captain undergoes more tests.

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Bucks end Warriors' record NBA run

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olden State's record 24-game winning streak to start the NBA season came to an end with a 108-95 loss to the Bucks in Milwaukee on Saturday.

The stunning defeat came at the conclusion of a gruelling seven-game road trip for the weary Warriors, who needed a double overtime marathon to beat the Boston Celtics on Friday and extend the streak to 28 straight regular season wins dating back to last season.

"The losses are going to come. We didn't have it tonight," said Warriors coach Luke Walton.

"We turned the ball over too many times tonight.

"Losing sucks even if you are 24-1."

The Warriors fell just five wins shy of equalling the NBA all-time record of 33 straight victories set by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1971-72 season.

The Bucks also stopped the Lakers' winning steak in 1972.

Golden States' streak stands as the second longest in league history and the longest to start a season.

It has been just over two weeks since they set the record for the best start in history at 16-0.

Reigning NBA MVP Stephen Curry paced the Warriors' attack with a team high 28 points in front of a crowd of 18,700 at the Bradley Center.

Australia's Andrew Bogut bagged just two points for the Warriors to go with six rebounds and four blocks.

Both clubs were playing the back end of consecutive Friday-Saturday contests.

But the Bucks were able to battle through the fatigue better than Golden State, who were hoping to become the first NBA team to sweep a seven-game road trip.

Golden State knew it wouldn't be easy as they were coming off their most trying contest of the season, a hardfought 124-119 win over the Celtics in Boston.

Centre Greg Monroe tallied 28 points and 11 rebounds for the Bucks, who looked surprisingly fresh after losing 90-83 in Toronto on Friday.

"We wanted to come out with a lot of effort and energy," said Monroe.

"We were at home, a packed house. It was a great opportunity for us."

Milwaukee will have Sunday and Monday off before beginning a four-games-insix-days trip that includes a visit to Golden State next Friday.

Meanwhile, the San Antonio Spurs' winning streak against the Atlanta Hawks stretched to 11 games and Mike Budenholzer is 0-6 against coaching mentor Gregg Popovich.

The Spurs - the NBA's top defensive team at 88.2 points per game - held Atlanta to 25 points in the first half and romped to a 103-78 victory over the Hawks.

Kawhi Leonard scored 22 points to lead San Antonio in scoring for the 15th time. Manu Ginobili added 17 off the bench as the Spurs led by as many as 28 in the third quarter.

Australia's Patty Mills had seven points and five assists for the Spurs.

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McGregor stops Aldo in UFC in 13 secs MMA

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FC star Conor McGregor backed up every word he ever said to Jose Aldo with one spectacular punch.

The Irishman stopped Aldo with a left hand to the jaw just 13 seconds into the first round in Las Vegas on Saturday night, claiming the undisputed featherweight title at UFC 194.

McGregor (19-2) finished the fight with an electrifying exchange shortly after the opening bell, slipping Aldo's lead right and cracking the champ with his formidable punching power.

Aldo (25-2) actually finished his punch and hit McGregor with a left, but the champ fell senseless to the ground.

McGregor pounced, only to be pulled off in his fifth consecutive knockout victory.

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"What I say happens, happens," said 27-year-old McGregor.

"There is no doubt now."

deserved to go a little bit longer, but I still feel at the end of the day, precision beats power and timing beats speed. That's what happened."

Brazilian Aldo had won 18 consecutive fights Former plumber McGregor, who was over the past 10 years, but not even the fairly late to take up mixed martial arts as only previous 145-pound (66kg) champion a career, has won 15 consecutive fights in UFC history could survive McGregor. since November 2010 while building an The loquacious Irish brawler goaded Aldo international celebrity on his combination of throughout the promotion of their delayed MMA skill and verbal dexterity. bout, only to earn a victory that was even He is 7-0 in UFC bouts, stopping all but one more dramatic than he predicted. opponent with his vaunted punching power.

McGregor's victory was the fastest title fight in UFC history, surpassing Ronda Rousey's After recovering from the knockout, Aldo called for a rematch in the cage, saying 14-second win over Cat Zingano at UFC through an interpreter that it "wasn't a real 184 in February. fight."

"Precision beats power, and timing beats "The trash talking didn't affect me," Aldo speed," McGregor said. said. "I don't care what he says."

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