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06 Grandpa gang guilty of record UK heist

08 Native animals shot

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09 PM's US trip to focus on terror

12 Accused Vic prison rioters face court

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PUZZLE & GRIN 24 Crossword 25 Puzzles & Grin 26 Adopt a pet BIG GUIDE 28 What’s on in Melbourne 29 Falls Festival rises from the ashes

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ictorians heading to the beach to escape rising temperatures are reminded to keep abreast of dangers in the water.

Emergency Services Minister Jane Garrett warned swimmers, who are expected to visit beaches in droves as the mercury rises, to stay between the flags and follow instructions of lifesavers at patrolled beaches.

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Jakarta attack could have been much worse T

he deadly terrorist attack in the centre of Jakarta confirms the growing threat Islamic State poses in Indonesia, but the outcome could have been much worse.

Indonesia specialist Greg Fealy, from the Australian National University, says that if the perpetrators had been more efficient terrorists, many more people might have been killed.

IS and the war in Iraq and Syria have been a source of inspiration for violent jihadists in Indonesia, but Thursday's attack was the first larger-scale effort claimed by the group in the world's most populous Muslim nation.

At least seven people were killed and dozens injured when the militants attacked a police post near a shopping mall in an affluent area of the capital, and set off multiple blasts including a suicide bomb near a Starbucks cafe.

IS has claimed responsibility, saying the attack was carried out by a detachment of its forces in Indonesia who "targeted a gathering of crusader coalition citizens".

The outcome could have been much worse, Associate Professor Fealy told AAP. "It was very crude. And the perpetrators looked like amateurs."

He said the taking of hostages - one who was Algerian and a fellow Muslim - was

"further indication that it was poorly planned and poorly carried out".

identified by police as Bahrun Naim, the leader of Katibah Nusantara, a Southeast Asian group attached to IS.

"Thankfully, because otherwise if they had been efficient terrorists they could have "It confirms the threat that ISIS poses to killed a large number of people in that place. Indonesia," Associate Professor Fealy said.

"If they had in mind a Paris-style attack, well Multiple targets were in Thursday's attack, then they've failed dismally at that." he said. "I think the jihadists are always very keen to kill police whenever they can and But Associate Professor Fealy said the the fact that they blew up that police post attack was also evidence of the growing was an indication of that. threat posed by IS. IS-inspired extremists have carried out smaller attacks in Indonesia but Thursday's assault is believed to have been organised from Syria by an Indonesian national A plainclothes police officer aims his gun at attackers during a gun battle following explosions in Jakarta, Indonesia as office workers watched in terror from highrise buildings.

"But they also clearly would like to target Westerners and to target elite Indonesians, and attacking the spot that they did yesterday served those purposes for them."

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ult leader and sex offender William "Little Pebble" Kamm will have to wear electronic monitoring equipment after he was deemed a high-risk of re-offending and placed under supervision for a further five years.

followers to rural areas after parole expired and supervision ended.

"There are also real concerns Mr Kamm will further re-integrate with members of his order and position himself in a rural area, away from scrutiny and in a manner that will provide ready access to under-age followers," Justice Harrison wrote in his judgment.

The 65-year-old has claimed he communicates monthly with the Virgin Mary, who will choose 12 queens to receive his "mystical seed" and bear his children, and "Mr Kamm's particular sexual was in November 2014 granted predispositions appear to be parole. almost intractable."

He had spent nine years in jail for having sex with two 15-yearold girls, claiming God and the Virgin Mary told him to use them to repopulate the earth.

Both victims had lived in Mr Kamm's religious community "The Order of Saint Charbel" at Cambewarra, near Nowra.

The stubby sex offender has been found to be at high risk of re-offending and cannot live in his group's community as part of the extended supervision order (ESO), handed down in the Supreme Court on Friday by Justice Ian Harrison.

The court is also worried about Kamms's future residence, Justice Harrison saying the order was needed to prevent him from luring under-age

Outside court Kamm said he would adhere to the many conditions imposed as part of the order.

"Of course, I always do anyway," he told reporters, holding the hand of a middle-aged woman who was with him in the court.

As part of the supervision order Kamm must stay way from females under 17 years old, adhere to a 10pm-to-6am curfew, provide authorities with plans for his movements, remain in NSW and avoid Nowra, among other areas.

In August Kamm said his order had 50,000 followers across the world who met in weekly prayer groups.

The supervision order is set to expire in January 2021.

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Two die in separate Vic drownings T

he drowning deaths of a Filipino woman and a Melbourne man in separate incidents have capped off a tragic two days on Victoria's Gippsland coast.

The woman, 34, was one of 15 people swept out to sea by a rip tide on Phillip Island just minutes after off-duty lifeguards warned the group about the rip.

The lifeguards were going for an evening swim at Cape Woolamai beach when they noticed 15 people wading in knee-deep water near a rip.

They asked the group to leave the water and a short time later "heard a commotion" and saw four people struggling in the water.

Two lifeguards and a surfer initially pulled two people from the water, while the other two were found floating face down up to 60 metres from shore, Life Saving Victoria said.

They performed CPR on them before paramedics arrived.

"I put my arm around her, held on to the board and I kicked in, then I went out to get another one but I just couldn't, and then the lifesavers were there and I let them handle it."

Lifesavers already at the beach sent messages to colleagues, and soon 17 assisted with the mass rescue.

A man and woman were flown by advanced life support paramedics to The Alfred hospital.

The woman died there on Monday while a man, 27, is in a critical condition.

Two men and a woman are also recovering Surfer Ed Borromeo said he found a woman in hospital. unconscious in the water.

Life Saving Victoria warned people not to swim outside patrol hours and not to panic if "I was just scared," he told reporters at the beach on Monday. caught in a rip.

Cops party poopers on Facebook I

f you're planning an illegal beach party with 6,000 guests, it's probably best to keep it off social media.

A Facebook event page called Triple J Hottest 100 Party 2016 at St Kilda Beach has had a visit from Victoria Police - and they've invited themselves to the party.

"Hi Jai and Clint. This is Victoria Police. We know this party is not sanctioned by Triple J, so we're assuming you haven't got any permits from Port Phillip Council either?" the Victoria Police post reads.

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Day and let's hope we don't spoil your party!"

The event has 19,000 people listed as "interested" and 6,000 attending.

"Bring a buddy, bring your beers, bring a little tradie radio and switch her to 107.5 ... this is an open event, spread the word and bring the gang!" the invitation reads.

Facebook users have reacted angrily, with many using the hashtag #nannystate.

"Uh oh, looks like the fun police are back in action," Phineas Gage said on the page.

"If you're caught in a rip current stay calm, conserve your energy and call out to seek help," Life Saving Victoria's Greg Scott said in a statement.

"If you float with the current, it may return you to a shallow sandbank."

On Monday afternoon, a 75-year-old Maribyrnong man drowned at Coronet Bay, minutes from Phillip Island.

Police say he was swimming with a relative and was found face down in the water.

An off-duty nurse attempted CPR but he died on the beach.

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Grandpa gang guilty of record UK heist T

hree men have been found guilty over the largest burglary in English legal history, a daring multi-million pound raid on a safe-deposit business in London's jewellery district led by pensioners who had spent a life in crime.

In a plot three years in the planning, the gang broke into the vault of the Hatton Garden Safety Deposit building during the long Easter holiday weekend last year.

They entered an elevator shaft and climbed down to the vault where they used heavy equipment to drill through a thick concrete wall.

A police officer exits the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit company in the City of London, England

Brian Reader, the oldest at 76 and one of the ringleaders, got to the scene of the crime on a bus using his senior citizen pass Initially thwarted, they returned the following entitling him to free travel. day and ransacked 73 deposit boxes, Reader was no stranger to such crimes and stealing jewels, gold and cash worth £14 had been jailed in the past over a notorious million ($A29.1 million).

1983 heist at the Brink's-Mat high security Only about a third of that has been vault at Heathrow Airport when £26 million recovered, including some which was pounds worth of gold bars was stolen. hidden under headstones in a London The audacious nature of the raid also graveyard. rekindled memories of other renowned The combined age of those involved was crimes such as the Great Train Robbery of about 500, with the youngest 42, while two 1963, when a 12-member gang ambushed a were in their 70s.

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While a lawyer representing one of the gang suggested the Hatton Garden raid could be made into the movie Bad Grandpas, detectives said the gang might be old but they were dangerous men, with a string of convictions for armed robbery.

identified and is still at large with a £20,000 reward on his head.

Although they disabled alarms as they went, one was triggered. A security guard who went to the scene saw nothing untoward and the police failed to send any officers, a mistake for which they have apologised.

The gang began the long process of drilling through the 51 centimetre thick concrete wall but initially could not get inside because a cabinet containing deposit boxes was in the way.

The next day they returned with new machinery, forced the cabinet out of the way and climbed into the vault where they opened 73 of the 999 boxes.

Detectives were able to trace a white Mercedes car they used to track down the main conspirators - Reader, John Collins, 75, Terry Perkins, 67 and Daniel Jones, 60.

They watched and listened in the next few weeks as the suspects met up in cafes and the Castle pub in Islington, north London, where the heist was originally planned to discuss what to do with the loot.

When they arrested the gang, they found a small smelting machine, diamond-testing equipment, and tools to separate gold from diamonds. Among other items recovered "We can't escape the was a Forensics for Dummies handbook. fact that these people Jewellery was also found in a bag hidden are callous, career criminals," Detective under the gravestone of the father and Superintendent Craig brother of Jones's partner.

Turner said.

The main figures in the heist pleaded guilty

"They had a long to conspiracy to burgle in September. history of criminal Two more, William Lincoln, 60, and Carl activity behind them."

Wood, 58, were convicted at Woolwich On the evening of Crown Court of the same charge on April 2 last year, Thursday while Hugh Doyle, 48, was found the gang met at the guilty of concealing stolen property.

Hatton Garden Safe Another man was cleared of any Deposit and were involvement while Perkins' daughter and her let in through a fire brother-in-law also admitted conspiracy to exit by a red-haired man known as Basil conceal criminal property.

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Drug lord Guzman faces extradition to the US M

exico aims to extradite drug lord Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman to the United States after security forces recaptured the fugitive cartel leader.

He blew his cover through a series of slip ups, including an attempt to make a movie about his life.

The Mexican Attorney General's office will be working as fast as possible to establish the path to extradition, and Chapo could be sent to the United States by mid-year, a source familiar with the situation said on Saturday.

However the timing might depend on injunctions filed by Guzman's legal team.

Guzman, the world's top drug smuggler and boss of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel, is wanted by US authorities on a host of criminal charges.

His organisation has smuggled billions of dollars worth of drugs into the United States Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is made to face the press as he's escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs by soldiers and marines at a federal hangar in Mexico City. Guzman's second prison escape in 2015 from a top security prison though a and is blamed for thousands of deaths tunnel had embarrassed President Enrique Pena Nieto and made his capture a national priority. in Mexico and the United States due to Sending Guzman to the United States would watching impassively as Guzman ducked addiction and gang warfare. help allay fears the drug lord could use his behind a shower wall in his cell and out of Guzman's dramatic capture in the town of massive fortune to bribe prison officials and sight as he escaped through a hole in the Los Mochis on Friday followed a six month- escape from a Mexican maximum security floor. long intelligence operation during which the jail yet again.

En route, Guzman disposed of a bracelet drug lord relaxed his security just enough to Though the US Drug Enforcement that only he and a few other high-risk allow authorities to pick up his trail.

Administration and US Marshals helped in inmates had to wear, and smashed bulbs Among his errors, Guzman got in touch with the recapture, American officials have taken lighting up the tunnel as he fled. people in the film industry to have them no credit and instead lavished praise on In 2001, Guzman bribed guards to help make a "biopic" movie of his eventful life Mexico. him escape from a prison near the city of journey from rural poverty to untold wealth Deeply concerned that the world's most Guadalajara after a previous arrest in 1993. and dramatic jailbreaks. notorious drug kingpin, Joaquin "El Chapo" He was recaptured in northwestern Mexico "Another important aspect which helped Guzman, could escape for a third time, in February 2014. locate him was discovering Guzman's Mexico has beefed up security at his prison, "They are very secure centres. The failures intention to have a biographical film made. reinforcing the floor of his cell and placing a only come via corrupting the personnel," He contacted actresses and producers, guard on his door 24/7. said Jose Alfonso Carreon, who was the which was part of one line of investigation," Juan Pablo Badillo, one of Guzman's deputy director of the high-security jail in Mexico's Attorney General Arely Gomez lawyers, says his client is physically very Tepic in western Mexico, similar to the one said. weak and complains he is being exposed to which Guzman escaped from, between Perhaps more importantly, Gomez said "brutal psychological pressure".

2000 and 2012. security forces also identified a expert in In a prison break digging tunnels in Guzman's circle who was outfitting houses in the states of Sinaloa and worthy of Hollywood in 2015, Guzman's Sonora. accomplices Authorities caught wind of that and began apparently obtained carefully watching a house in Los Mochis, the plans to Altiplano Sinaloa. and during his 17 months inside built They spotted unusual activity when a vehicle pulled up before dawn on January 7, a tunnel fitted with and intelligence officials confirmed Guzman a tiny rail system mounted with a was on the property. A raid followed. motor bike that Mexican Marines chased Guzman and he then rode to his chief hitman through a drain and then freedom. nabbed them as he tried to flee by car.

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Native animals shot with arrows in NSW A

wildlife volunteer and fire brigade on the NSW Central Coast have made a plea to those killing native animals in the area: just stop.

A live goanna with an arrow shot through its stomach became the latest case of animal cruelty on Wednesday afternoon after being spotted by a member of the public up a tree on a fire trail at Wyee Point.

James Cooney from Wildlife ARC, a volunteer native animal protection group, attended the scene and found the injured animal “15 to 20 feet up the tree”.

“The arrow went through its back and came out through its stomach,” he said.

The goanna was taken to a vet clinic and put under general anesthesia where the arrow was removed.

Mr Cooney has been given a course of antibiotics to administer to the goanna twice a day.

He said despite goannas being like “a skink on steroids” he had seen reptiles die as a result of stress, and urged people responsible to “please stop”.

“Native Australian reptiles are all protected so you can’t kill them,” he said.

Other native animals in the area have not been as lucky.

A joey was shot with an arrow at the Wyee Point Park on Sunday and another adult kangaroo was “My best guess is that it’s killed on Wednesday morning, probably a couple of kids who a post on the Wyee Point Rural got a compound bow and arrows Fire Brigade’s Facebook page as a Christmas present, just reads. walking around the bush and shooting anything they can find.” “These killings have to stop,” the post said.

He said he had never seen The fire brigade is urging anything like it in almost 11 local residents to report any years of rescuing snakes and suspicious activity to police. lizards.

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PM's US trip to focus on terror T

he Jakarta terror attacks will be front of mind for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull when he sits down with the US president to discuss global security and the Islamic State threat.

The prime minister is set to receive the bells-and-whistles treatment - including residency at the prestigious Blair House when he arrives in Washington DC for his first official visit.

Terrorism, trade and the economy will dominate Mr Turnbull's two-day agenda in the US. Fresh from a whirlwind weekend trip to Iraq and Afghanistan, Mr Turnbull is likely to draw on his own first-hand insights into the military efforts to defeat Islamic extremists during talks with President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Ash Carter.

In Iraq, Mr Turnbull met with Australian soldiers training local forces as well as Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.

The federal government announced a $1 Mr Turnbull on Sunday met with Afghanistan billion innovation package in December President Ashraf Ghani and the country's while Mr Obama, in his farewell State of chief executive officer Abdullah Abdullah. the Union address last week, reflected on The prime minister received top-level disruption to traditional industries and called briefings about the NATO-led train-advisefor a new "moonshot" - a cure for cancer. and-assist mission Resolute Support, which replaced the previous International Security Assistance Force mission.

Mr Turnbull spoke with a number of the 250 Australian defence personnel involved in Afghanistan during his visit.

Radical extremism closer to home in Southeast Asia will also frame Mr Turnbull and Mr Obama's discussions.

IS has taken responsibility for a series of deadly bomb blasts and gunfire which jolted the Indonesian capital last week.

The events in Jakarta have some personal significance for Mr Obama who lived there for several years as a child with his mother and Indonesian stepfather.

He emphasised the most important boots on Mr Turnbull will also meet senior the ground in the fight against the Islamic economic figures including Federal State group, or Daesh, had to be Iraqi.

Reserve chair Janet Yellen and Australia did not intend to be in Iraq forever congressional leaders. and any further military commitment would The controversial Trans-Pacific depend on the circumstances, Mr Turnbull Partnership regional deal, North said.

Korea, China's role as a growing Canberra has formally rejected what Mr power and territorial tensions Turnbull described as a "form letter" US in the South China Sea are request for increased military contributions among other issues expected from its coalition partners. to be canvassed during highlevel talks.

Australia has 780 defence personnel deployed in the Middle East providing The TPP is a hot-button training and conducting air strikes over Iraq issue in a US election and Syria. year and the chances of congress approving it The US-led coalition's efforts appear to be before the presidential poll paying off with IS-held territory shrinking in November are low. by about 40 per cent from its maximum expansion in Iraq in 2015.

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Back-burning 'eased Vic surf coast fire risk' B

ack-burning failed to quell the Christmas Day bushfire on Victoria's surf coast, but the blaze may have been far worse without it, Emergency Management Commissioner Craig Lapsley says.

The fire, which destroyed 116 homes, was sparked by a lightning strike on December 19.

would mean we probably would have seen a resources they have used since then, we wouldn't have had a problem," Ms Smith told fire triple the size, or more."

AAP on Thursday.

He will meet affected residents to explain "What happened here is that a back-burn the decision. happened that shouldn't have happened ...

The government says the state's emergency United Firefighters Union secretary Peter with disastrous consequences."

Marshall is demanding a coronial inquiry management inspector-general will Environment Minister Lisa Neville praised into whether the burn and the bushfire are investigate. firefighters' efforts to limit the bushfire to connected.

Mr Lapsley says the decision to burn was 2500 hectares, saying they are "extremely He said the investigation is beyond the risky but was taken to reduce the fire's distressed" at questions about their tactics inspector-general's powers and resources, intensity. and commitment to community protection.

He said back-burning was the best of a bad and the coroner can probe non-fatal major She said all chief fire officers, including Mr incidents. lot of options.

Lapsley, have the government's full support.

Wye River resident Sherryl Smith lost "We reduced the fuel (with back-burning) The Department of Environment, Land, so it wouldn't come out as a raging bull," he everything in the blaze.

Water and Planning was savaged by a told 3AW on Thursday.

She backs an independent inquiry, and report into a controlled burn it set near says crews should not have fought the fire Lancefield that destroyed four homes and "Nothing else was working. We knew if we 3000 hectares in early October. didn't do something, the intensity of the fire with water. "If they used a quarter of those Three days later, a back-burning operation was ordered to reduce dry fuel in inaccessible bush around the fire, then covering less than one hectare.

Great white shark dies in Japan aquarium A

g reat white shark has died after barely three days in captivity in a Japanese aquarium.

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium says the 3.5-metre shark, which was accidentally caught in a net in southwestern Japan on Tuesday, had died early on Friday. The cause of death was under investigation.

Keeping a great white shark in captivity is extremely difficult

as it needs to keep swimming constantly to get oxygen and maintain its body temperature.

Aquarium officials say it suddenly weakened and sank to the bottom of the tank, and efforts to give it oxygen in a separate special tank failed.

An official for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, Asia criticised keeping the shark in captivity as "cruel and wrong".

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Accused Vic prison rioters face court

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hirteen men have faced court charged over their alleged roles in the prison riot that forced the Metropolitan Remand Centre into lockdown last year.

Former and current inmates appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court in person and via video link on Monday charged with rioting.

Filing hearings will take place in batches over the coming week.

About half of the alleged rioters are still in custody.

Ms Cameron has allowed prosecutors longer than usual to file the brief of evidence against the accused men because of its unusual size and nature.

The court heard last week 3000 videos from 100 cameras are The 13 assembled to disrupt the being edited to form part of an proper operation of the prison in interactive brief of evidence. a violent manner, according to It will include what prosecutors charge sheets. have called a "highlights reel" Ten of the accused were also for each of the accused. charged with damaging a public facility intending to cause major The accused will return to court starting from June 2. disruptions to government functions.

May 9 has been set aside for defence lawyers to raise any Magistrate Suzanne Cameron issues. previously heard the 102 men

Supplied image of prisoners seen at Ravenhall Prison in Melbourne, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. The Seven Network's news helicopter has filmed prisoners with their faces covered, carrying sticks and bashing doors at the prison.

facing charges over the state's worst prison riot were grouped into three tiers of offending: sabotage, rioting or aiding and abetting sabotage.

The June 30 riot at the Metropolitan Remand Centre at Ravenhall, sparked by a smoking ban, caused $10 million damage.

Vic turtle's two-year recovery nears end A Victorian sea turtle, once on the scheduled release back into the verge of death, is days from a Victorian waters. return to the wild.

The tank swim at the aquarium Loggerhead sea turtle Blair has put Blair face-to-face with sharks, swelled from a feeble four kilograms stingrays and local fish similar to to a shell-busting 25 kilograms those she will encounter in the wild. since washing up on Blairgowrie Proud aquarium staff, who estimate beach on the Mornington Peninsula Blair to be about 12 years old, will in December 2013. monitor her progress from afar via a She was guided through a practice swim by Melbourne Aquarium staff recently, one week from her

GPS tracking tag.

The data will also be available at www.turtlewatch.org.au/

Qld stockbroker jailed for $9m fraud A

thrill-seeking stockbroker's addiction to high-risk trading has landed him in jail after he lost almost $9 million of investors' funds.

their money was safely invested in blue-chip shares and even provided certificates of investment to back the claims up.

were pre-occupied by the markets."

Former Patersons Securities financial broker Thanh Tu was sentenced to nineand-a-half years' jail on Monday after he admitted using $9 million in investment funds from dozens of clients to feed an obsession with speculative share trading.

Instead, he diverted the money to personal accounts to trade using contracts for difference (CFDs) and warrants - both highrisk investments.

Among Tu's victims were his ex-wife and her parents, as well as Tu's sister and her husband.

The Brisbane District Court heard the 39-year-old told his 26 clients

Judge Smith said small wins of $20,000 in a day spurred Tu on, but he inevitably lost any profit he made.

He was forced to sell his house after a By the time the Vietnamese-born market crash in 2011 and paid some clients stockbroker's scam was discovered in 2013 their expected "interest" out of others' - after five years of siphoning clients' money investment capital.

- there was only $959,000 left.

The scam was discovered when a client Summing up the case, Judge Paul Smith tried to access money to pay for her said Tu was described as a gambling addict mother's surgery and was told Patersons who thrived on risk, worked long hours and had no record of her. shunned sleep and family to indulge his The disgraced stockbroker cooperated obsession with the stock market. with authorities and pleaded guilty last "It gave you a sense of thrill, and you November to 33 counts of fraud and 21 would continue to gamble despite mounting counts of fraudulent falsification of records. losses," the judge said.

He's been banned from ever providing "You'd hate the weekends because you financial services in Australia.

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Netflix to block proxy access to content

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ubscribers of video-streaming service provider Netflix will no longer be able to use proxies to watch content not available in their home country.

countries, but that it was working towards resolving that.

"Ultimately, the aim is to provide a service around the world that is more similar than not. Using VPNs Subscribers often resort to proxies, or or proxies to virtually cross servers that facilitate access to internet borders violates Netflix's content not available locally, to watch Netflix's popular shows such as House of terms of use because of licensing restrictions Cards and Orange is the New Black. on TV shows and "If all of our content were globally movies," a Netflix available, there wouldn't be a reason for spokesperson told members to use proxies or unblockers," Reuters.

David Fullagar, Netflix's vice president India, Nigeria, Russia of content delivery architecture, wrote in and Saudi Arabia were a blog. among the 130 countries The company said it would clamp down where the service was on these proxies or unblockers in a few launched last week. weeks.

"The strategy is simple The announcement comes just a week they have a responsibility to after Netflix went live in more than 130 content owners to only show countries, covering almost the entire that content in the geographies globe except China. for which they have a licence.

Netflix said at the time that all of Enforcing those restrictions is a its shows would not be available Netflix responsibility," Brian Blau, research director at Gartner said. immediately to subscribers in certain

Figures show dangers of using dating apps T

he number of alleged crimes potentially involving people's use of dating apps Tinder and Grindr increased more than sevenfold in two years including reports of rape, grooming and attempted murder.

allegations of violence against the person and 152 reports of sex offences, including grooming, rapes and the sexual exploitation of children.

Andy Phippen, professor of social responsibility in IT at Plymouth Just 55 reports of crimes in England University, said it was a "growing and Wales mentioned Grindr or Tinder in problem, particularly around sextortion2013, according to figures released to the type activities".

Press Association under the Freedom of He said: "If we are going to base the Information Act. formation of a relationship on a photo This jumped to 204 in 2014 and 412 in the and a few lines of text, how do we know year to October 2015, according to the 30 that person is who they say they are and police forces who gave figures. they have the right intentions?

There were 277 crime reports in which "And there will be people who are Tinder was mentioned in 2015 - up from using these apps to coerce and groom 21 in 2013. And 135 alleged crimes children, sadly." in which Grindr was mentioned were

The National Police Chiefs' Council's lead on violence and public protection, Deputy Chief Constable of Merseyside Police Andy Cooke, said: "The rising popularity of online dating apps and websites has contributed to an increase in the number of recorded crimes."

The figures come from police reports where the apps are mentioned in the crime report and does not automatically mean the app was used directly by the criminal.

But there have been documented cases in which they were.

Last August, Daniel Edwards and his partner Kristofer Wagner, from Gloucester, were jailed for blackmail after threatening to expose a married man recorded in 2015, up from 34 reported in An NSPCC spokesman warned that some they met on Grindr.

2013. children are being groomed online.

And former teacher Gary Pearce, from Sidcup in Kent, was jailed for five years Tinder is used predominantly by He said: "Dating apps are, by their last September for grooming a 14-yearheterosexual daters while Grindr is a gay very nature, not safe online spaces for old boy he met on Grindr. dating app. children. It's all too easy for children to say they are older, or for an adult to Grindr and Tinder did not reply to Reports of violent and sexual crimes requests for a comment. were the most common, with 253 pretend to be younger."

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Computer games now a spectator sport

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hey have names like Gronkh, Pewdiepie, Towellie and Trump. They build houses in Minecraft, get the creeps in Five Nights at Freddy's and battle monsters in League of Legends.

And millions follow their exploits on live streams on platforms like Twitch and the so-called Let's Play videos on YouTube.

Playing computer games at the top level has become a spectator sport.

For e-sports titles like League of Legends or Streamers also need a fast internet Hearthstone, they can cheer the players on connection. Upload speeds of 10 megabits while learning new strategies. per second should be enough, Holzbauer says. And a second monitor helps to keep Minecraft, popular above all with children chat streams in view while gaming. and young people, is a firm Let's Play hit.

Whoever wants to try producing a video or stream themselves doesn't need expensive hardware or software. "What's great now

All that's required is the right software. For recording and streaming, Open Broadcaster is a good free option. The open source program Audacity is useful for editing audio. Then there's the video editing.

What makes these videos and live streams so successful? "First and foremost, it's a way of partaking in others playing a great game," says Dennis Brammen, one of the operators of Pietsmiet, one of the most successful German games channels on YouTube.

"Most Let's Players use Premiere Elements," says Holzbauer. But there are also simpler alternatives such as Window's Movie Maker and Apple's iMovie.

Together with four friends, Brammen plays more or less every game, from classics to new releases. "It's like going to a LAN party, where you get caught up in the excitement of the play. I think that's the reason why people watch our videos," he says.

"The market for streams and videos is of course now relatively full," says Dennis Brammen.

More important than the technology is the content you present.

"In order for a channel to go through the roof, you need to have is that you can more or less do it with a new ideas." He advises newcomers to try standard computer," says Florian Holzbauer things out quietly at first without worrying from German computer magazine Chip. about a failure or embarrassment.

In this type of gaming channel, available in many languages, the games themselves are The computer being played on needs access to huge data storage, ideally not centre-stage so much as the players' funny comments about what they are doing. distributed across two hard drives.

Holzbauer advises budding Let's Play stars But there are other channels like the to invest in a good microphone: "The mics story-heavy The Last of Us where viewers on the popular gaming headsets are not become immersed in the full story of a sufficient." progressing game.

Computer games increase concentration

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laying computer games could help boost pupils' concentration levels and improve their results in the classroom, research suggests.

The study found that turning learning into a game helps stop the mind from wandering.

Professor Paul Howard-Jones, who conducted the research, said computer games have been "trivialised" in recent years, but that used properly, they can help to accelerate pupils' learning.

Most importantly, don't bore the public.

"Good videos are those that are fun and funny," Brammen says. "They must be quiet sometimes and at other times chaotic."

He also advises bringing friends aboard.

Prof Howard-Jones, an educational neuroscientist and presenter of Channel 4 series The Secret Life Of 4, 5 and 6 Year Olds, said that when the Default Mode Network is activated, the mind wanders to other things - such as dinner plans that are irrelevant to the task at hand.

He said: "It is important not to demonise technology. We hear about children spending too much time online, the important thing is what they are doing online."

Prof Howard-Jones added: "Computer games have been The study saw 24 uni students take part in three types trivialised," suggesting they of study session while having their brains scanned. can actually help to accelerate learning.

In the first session, they were given conventional He said: "Technology has questions to look at, in the second there were a reputation for doing bad multiple-choice quiz questions and the third was stuff to children's brains but a computer-based game in which the students it's important that we don't competed against each other to answer questions. demonise it. This is evidence that In return points were paid out on an escalating scale, computer games canbe good for learning if students were lucky, by a wheel of fortune. if we are careful about how we design and develop them.

Researchers found that when students tried to study by just reading notes and looking at example The study is linked to a bigger classroom study questions, a "Default Mode Network" in the brain which will involve 10,000 UK secondary school - which makes the mind wander - was activated. pupils. Both will be launched at the Association But this disappeared when students took part in the for Science Education annual conference in Birmingham. game-based session, and their learning increased.

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Pinterest alive with diet plans W

ith the New Year, resolution-makers have lit up Pinterest with ways to declutter and eat healthier.

"Over the last five years, we've seen the growth of more than 100 million special diet pins on Pinterest," said Christine Schirmer, a spokeswoman for the site.

"But in 2016, we see top health and fitness pins focus on a more balanced approach to well-being, including meditation, bullet journalling and minimalism."

Pinners have saved millions of diet, recipe and work-out ideas.

For the first time, the site is seeing

pinners ditch crash diets. Overall, pins related to crash diets were down 70 per cent in 2015 over the year before.

Pins of low-carb recipes have decreased by 40 per cent since last January and Paleo diet pins were down 32 per cent, according to data supplied by Pinterest.

Since Christmas, pins for "hourglass work-out", a full-body approach hell-bent on lean, sexy curves, increased 83%.

Pins for "cloud bread", a grain-free, lowcarb bread replacement, were up 73 per cent, an indication the world is not yet ready to completely embrace carbs again.

BMW HUD concept helmet

In the period between Christmas Eve and January 2, pins for "bullet journals", which is a minimalist organisational notebooking system, increased 67 per cent, while "minimalist lifestyle" pinning in general went on the rise 19 per cent and those on the subject of decluttering rose 35 per cent.

Other New Year, New You topics included jujitsu and its calorie-burning perks, pins on all things "holistic", and the "21-day fix", with guides for portion control, meal planning and clean eating.

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n road traffic, it only takes a fraction of a second or a brief distraction to put the rider in a dangerous situation. In 2003, BMW became the first European automobile manufacturer to introduce a head-up display as optional equipment for BMW automobiles.

head-up display function. This enables the projection of data directly into the rider's field of view. This means that the rider no longer has to glance at the instrument panel and he is able to concentrate fully and without distraction on the road traffic.

The BMW head-up display projects necessary or desirable traffic or vehicle information directly into the rider's field of view, allowing him to maintain constant observation of the traffic on the road, with no distraction. This would appear even more important with motorcycles than it is with cars, because it can sometimes only take a brief visual distraction to put the rider in a critical road situation.

All displays are freely programmable; ideally, to provide the best-possible support for rider safety, only information that is helpful and relevant to the current situation should be displayed to the rider at any given moment.

The helmet with head-up display also offers interesting possibilities for making the highly emotional experience of motorcycle riding even more intensive and at the same time safer. For instance, an action camera pointing forwards, located inside the helmet, can record video footage of the journey directly from the helmet. A second camera oriented towards the rear could at some point in the future perform the function of a 'digital rear-view mirror'. And last but not least, this technology also enables the visualisation of other riders in a motorcycle group. This enables the rider to see where his companions are at any given moment.

The display options comprise safety-relevant information, for instance data relating to the technical status of the motorcycle, such as tyre pressure, oil level and fuel level, travel speed and selected gear, speed limit and road sign recognition, plus warnings of impending dangers.

The helmet, which is also fitted with an integrated mini-computer and loudspeakers, is controlled from the left-hand handlebar fittings using the BMW Motorrad multicontroller. As well as operating the camera, this allows the rider to comfortably select the information he requires.

By means of the future V2V (vehicle-tovehicle) communication, it might also be possible to display information in real time, for example to give due warning of any suddenly impending hazards.

The necessary information display technology can be integrated in existing helmets, without affecting either wearer comfort or rider safety.

The operating time of the system with the two replaceable batteries is around five hours.

Moreover, the head-up display also allows the visualisation of content designed to increase rider comfort. An example would be the planned route along with navigation advice prior to commencing a journey.

BMW Motorrad wants to develop this innovative technology to series-production level within the next few years, thus adding a further safety feature to its already wide range of rider equipment.

With a view to offering this technology in motorcycles of the future, a predevelopment process was conducted in which a BMW Motorrad helmet was fitted with an innovative

Gamers bring cult film to big screen M

ove over Star Wars. Sci-fi comedy Lazer Team has already sold more than 8,000 pre-sale tickets without a single shred of Hollywood hype.

And while you may not have heard of it, the internet certainly has.

The film is the crowd-funded effort from the American pioneer of video game entertainment, Rooster Teeth.

The Aussie fan base of the group, which has over 25 million YouTube subscribers, is using local cinema-on-demand platform Tugg to bring Lazer Team to the big screen.

Rooster Teeth started in 2003 as a group of Texan university students making online skits out of video games and has transformed into a fully-fledged production company which views HBO and Netflix as content competitors.

Nearly 40,000 fans worldwide ploughed $2.5

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million into helping Rooster Teeth make Lazer Team, its first movie.

One Australian devotee even pledged $10,000 to receive an executive producer credit.

Outside of the United States, Australian supporters donated the most to the film's making, warranting a red-carpet premiere with cast and crew in Sydney on January 22.

With such a huge audience, the film has more than 70 screenings across the country despite having no studio backer.

Instead, fans have used a new distribution model, Tugg, which allows people to hold one-off showings at their local cinema.

With the screenings promoted on social media, all that's required is a minimum presale of 50 tickets, a demand level Lazer Team has far exceeded.

"Every capital city has got multiple screenings with the biggest ones, 500, 400 seat theatres, all sold out and other ones being added," Tugg Australia chief executive David Doepel said.

perfect example of an audience elevating a niche work.

"The industry has been waiting for stories like this where we've translated a really passionate, devoted subscriber base from the small screen to the big screen and everyone benefits."

The film kicks off Tugg's second year in Australia with a bang. At least 30 more films - ranging from documentaries to film festival Lazer Team has become Tugg's biggest movie picks - are slated for the big screen in the next on record, with Mr Doepel describing it as the few months.

Driverless taxi offers glimpse of future

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South Korean university is testing a sedan that can pick up and transport passengers without a human driver, giving a glimpse into the future of autonomous public transport.

Seo Seung-Woo, director of the Intelligent Vehicle IT Research Center at Seoul National University, said the university has been testing the driverless taxi to transport handicapped students around campus.

The vehicle, called Snuber, has been navigating the 4,109 square metre campus for the past six months without any accidents. It works in conjunction with a hailing app created by the university.

Companies around the world are betting that automated driving technology will transform public transportation.

In Japan, a company called Robot Taxi Inc. plans to offer a full commercial service in 2020. In Greece, driverless buses called CityMobil2 have been tested in real traffic.

General Motors Co. says it is investing $500 million in ride-hailing company Lyft Inc. and forming a partnership that could eventually lead to on-demand, self-driving cars.

South Korean companies, however, have been slow to embrace the self-driving technology. The country's largest carmaker, Hyundai, said it expects to roll out a fully automated car in 2030. Only this month, Samsung Electronics created a team to focus on autonomous driving.

On the campus of Seoul National University, many heads turn as the grey sedan passes.

It has a turret on its roof with devices that scan road conditions. Seo's team outfitted the

Genesis sedan with a camera, laser scanners and other sensors.

For now, due to regulations banning autonomous vehicles on the roads, a driver is behind the steering wheel and can override the automation in emergency situations.

The car cannot travel faster than 30 kilometres per hour because of the speed limit on campus. There are no full traffic lights but researchers have programmed Snuber to navigate around other challenges.

The vehicle applies a brake pedal at a red stop sign and at a pedestrian crosswalk.

When another vehicle stops in the middle of the road, the automated sedan will scan the other lanes to detect vehicles travelling from

the opposite direction. If there are no other vehicles, the Snuber moves into the oncoming lane to pass the vehicle.

However, it is not yet ready for use outside the relatively controlled campus environment.

"It will take a huge amount of time and effort," said Seo. "We need more tests in real traffic conditions."

He said in early 2020, a driverless car will be running between tollgates on highways.

A door-to-door pickup service using a selfdriving car is likely in early 2030, he said.

Experts said such services have the potential to change delivery businesses, not only mass transport.

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Hemsworth to promote Aussie beaches A

ustralian actor Chris Hemsworth has been announced as Tourism Australia's new global ambassador.

The Thor star will focus on pumping up tourism around Australia's aquatic and coastal experiences.

"In Australia you're surrounded by the most incredible natural beauty.

Being in the water or near to it is a way of life for us," Hemsworth said in a statement.

"It wasn't a hard decision to move back to Australia because this part of the world is such a special place.

"This is the place I want my kids to grow up - that's the world I want them to be part of."

Hemsworth will help launch the new campaign in New York on Australia Day eve.

"I'm really looking forward to launching this new campaign in New York and sharing with the rest of the world just how amazing this country really is," he said.

Tourism Australia's managing director John O'Sullivan said Hemsworth provides an authentic Australian voice to help tell the country's story globally.

"Chris truly embodies the Australian way of life and his love of his home country, with all its natural beauty, makes him an ideal ambassador, he said in a statement.

"From learning how to surf on Phillip Island, fishing with his brothers in the Northern Territory and family beach holidays, Chris has grown up in Australia in and around water and his own personal experiences bring a truly authentic and influential Australian voice to our campaign."

Hemsworth wins People's Choice award

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hris Hemsworth has won Hollywood's beefcake battle.

The former Home & Away star turned Marvel superhero Thor claimed the People's Choice Award on Wednesday for favourite action star, beating the muscle-laden Dwayne Johnson, Vin Diesel, Chris Pratt and Robert Downey Jr. "It's a pretty special thing being able to go to work each day and not feel like work and instead feel like a childhood dream," Hemsworth told the audience at Los Angeles' Microsoft Theatre.

The ceremony, voted on by fans, was not such a good outing for fellow Australian Rebel Wilson, who was trumped by Melissa McCarthy for favourite comedic movie actress.

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"I have to say it's a little strange to receive an award for being nice and generous," DeGeneres said.

"That's what we are supposed to do."

The comedienne joked with the crowd, telling them she would show off her generosity.

She then shared a photo of a shirtless Hemsworth.

Other winners were: Furious 7 (favourite movie and favourite action movie); Sandra Bullock (movie actress); Johnny Depp (dramatic movie actor); Dakota Johnson (dramatic actress); Supergirl (TV drama); singer Shawn Mendes (breakout artist).

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Salma Hayek produces new animated film

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ctress Salma Hayek says producing The Prophet "took over" her life and is aimed at once again making people love the simple things in life "that make us all human and unite us."

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Your Horoscopes ARIES Your feeling of happiness isn’t synced with that of your partner. You are in great shape and you feel wonderful but your other half is a bit edgy. Be patient, it will pass automatically if you don’t pour oil on the fire.

TAURUS With all these nice evenings it’s fun to do pleasant things with your partner and if you don’t have a partner you can do things with a good friend. You should invite people, you haven’t seen for a while, for dinner or a party.

GEMINI It doesn’t always have to be great and compelling.

Happiness can be found in a small corner. You will find it if you try your best because it lies hidden. When you discover you’ll feel as if you are in seventh heaven.

CANCER You want to connect with people whom you can share your feelings with. Eroticism plays a subordinate role. It is primarily the emotional intimacy you are looking for. A setback could throw you of balance but it’s not as a bad as you think.

LEO This week will start with fireworks but once it is extinguished a calm period starts. You show your good side by helping others and by making an effort for a good cause. That will earn you credits.

VIRGO Through others, especially that special person, you will learn to know yourself better if you are open for clues and maybe even criticism. Take this in a positive way and fit it into your life as if it was the missing piece of the puzzle.

LIBRA You are enjoying all the attention and compliments, which is well deserved, but still. You want to believe it all too eagerly. Try to make a distinction between who means it and who doesn’t.

SCORPIO It’s okay to be busy but it’s not okay if you don’t pay enough attention to the people you love. Take a look at whom you need to free up some time for. If you keep on running you will miss out on some interesting opportunities to increase your income.

SAGITTARIUS Someone close to you could irritate you and the best remedy is to just ignore it. Let things go and don’t let something small ruin your pleasant mood. Rise above it. The windows of the shops are smiling at you and want to lure you in.

It took Hayek six years to bring the animated movie, based on the same-named 1923 book by Lebanese poet and philosopher Khalil Gibran, to the silver screen.

"It's a film that is the fruit of the love of hundreds of people who have been working on it with lots of passion, lots of patience," she said at a Mexico City press conference.

Gibran's book has sold more than 120 million copies worldwide to people of all religions, she said, and the secret to that is that it speaks of love, death, the appreciation of food, friendship, children - the things that unite all people.

Hayek said that the animated film is not only designed for children, but rather people of "all ages," although it's also for "children who have the potential to change the world."

Hayek provides the voice of Kamila, the mother of the protagonist Mustafa, in the film's English version.

CAPRICORN You know the grass is always greener on the other side and still you keep fantasizing about it. It’s fine to dream but reckless behaviour isn’t a good idea. Desires don’t always have to be fulfilled.

AQUARIUS You could get caught up in the blues this week. You just sit and stare, wondering what you have to do now with yourself and the rest of the world. Wallow for a little bit but not for too long.

PISCES It is never pleasant to lose something or someone. Still there is a lesson to learn there: letting go. That’s an art and it demands some practice but this week is the perfect time to start with that.

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The Revenant is Oscar front-runner

Leonardo DiCaprio as Hugh Glass, in a scene from the film, "The Revenant," directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.

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rueling revenge movie The Revenant emerged as the Oscar front-runner on Thursday in nominations that pit big-budget movies against small personal dramas and once again shut actors of colour out of the industry's biggest honours.

The hashtag #OscarsSoWhite was quickly revived on Twitter. It had emerged last year, when only white actors received nods.

Will Smith, who stars in football injury drama Concussion, and Idris Elba from Beasts of No Nation were among the black actors who were not nominated this year. The black cast and director of hip hop biopic Straight Outta Compton were also left out of the race.

"In a year with an extraordinary number of great performances by black actors that were embraced by audiences and embraced by critics, for them all to get ignored is tragic," said Reginald Hudlin, who will produce the February 28 awards ceremony hosted by comedian Chris Rock.

The Revenant, an ambitious pioneer-era saga, led with 12 nominations, including best picture, best actor for Leonardo DiCaprio and best director for Mexico's Alejandro Inarritu, who won the top Oscar last year for the dark showbiz comedy Birdman.

The Revenant will compete with gritty action adventure Mad Max: Fury Road and space film The Martian. All three boast budgets above $US100 million ($A143.19 million).

The best picture nominees also include independent films Room, Spotlight and Brooklyn as well as studio productions The Big Short and Bridge of Spies, which had budgets in the $US20 million to $US40 million range.

Amid the excitement from nominees, others in Hollywood were nursing their wounds.

Straight Outta Compton and Star Wars: The Force Awakens were left out of the best picture race, while Ridley Scott, director of best picture nominee The Martian, did not make the grade in the director category.

The Revenant, about a fur trapper mauled by a bear and left for dead by

his companions, Best Supporting Actor brought nominations List of oscar for DiCaprio, who has Rylance - Bridge of Spies nominees in main Mark never won an Oscar, Sylvester Stallone - Creed and supporting actor for categories Christian Bale - The Big Short Tom Hardy.

Mark Ruffalo - Spotlight Best Picture Tom Hardy - The Revenant "We gave it our all The Revenant on this film, and this Foreign Language Film The Martian appreciation from Son of Saul - Hungary Spotlight the Academy means Mustang - France The Big Short a lot to me and my Theeb - Jordan Bridge of Spies colleagues who made Embrace of the Serpent - Colombia Room it possible," Inarritu A War - Denmark Brooklyn said in a statement.

Mad Max: Fury Road Animated Feature Film Champagne and Mezcal will run tonight!

Best Director Inside Out The Oscars, chosen Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - The Revenant Anomalisa by the 6000 members Shaun the Sheep Tom McCarthy - Spotlight of the Academy of Movie Boy and the World George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road Motion Pictures Arts When Marnie Was There Adam McKay - The Big Short and Sciences, can have Lenny Abrahamson - Room Documentary Feature up to 10 best picture Best Actress Amy nominees, but voters The Look of Silence Brie Larson - Room selected just eight.

Cartel Land Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn While diversity was What Happened, Miss Simone?

Cate Blanchett - Carol lacking in the acting race, Winter on Fire: Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years the films nominated reflect Ukraine's Fight for Freedom Jennifer Lawrence - Joy a variety of genres.

Original Score Best Actor "Look at the range of Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant movies we're discussing," The Hateful Eight Bryan Cranston - Trumbo film critic Leonard Maltin Bridge of Spies Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl said. "A lesbian love Carol Matt Damon - The Martian story, a brutal story of Sicario Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs survival and everything in between."

Original Song Best Supporting Actress Previous Oscar winners Earned It - Fifty Shades of Grey Rooney Mara - Carol Cate Blanchett and Manta Ray - Racing Extinction Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs Jennifer Lawrence Simple Song #3 - Youth Rachel McAdams - Spotlight returned to the best Til It Happens To You - The Hunting Ground Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl actress race, which has Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight Writings On The Wall - Spectre no obvious front-runners.

At 25, Lawrence, is Director Inarritu will face off with George the youngest four-time acting nominee.

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Potter fans honour Rickman in London

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The Die Hard star lost his battle with cancer on Thursday at the age of 69, and there has since been an outpouring of tributes from his famous fans, friends and colleagues.

Rickman is best known for playing Hogwarts teacher Severus Snape in the films based on JK Rowling's Harry Potter books, and fans of the franchise have been laying flowers at a special monument inside King's Cross station.

The north London terminal was mentioned in the books and films as the site where young wizards caught the Hogwarts Express to school from platform nine and three quarters, and a monument has been placed where the fictional platform would have stood.

The sculpture, which shows a luggage trolley disappearing into a brick wall, has become a magnet for Potter fans wishing to pay their respects to Rickman, and it has been covered in flowers and messages.

Rickman's Potter co-stars including Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint, as well as author Rowling, all mourned the actor's loss on Thursday.

"Alan Rickman is undoubtedly one of the greatest actors I will ever work with. He is also, one of the loyalest and most supportive people I've ever met in the film industry," Daniel wrote in a statement posted online.

"He was so encouraging of me both on set and in the years postPotter. I'm pretty sure he came and saw everything I ever did on stage both in London and New York. He didn't have to do that...

"As an actor he was one of the first of the adults on Potter to treat me like a peer rather than a child...

"I will carry the lessons he taught me for the rest of my life and career. Film sets and theatre stages are all far poorer for the loss of this great actor and man."

David Beckham honoured for charity work

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ormer English soccer star David Beckham has been honoured for his work with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) during a starstudded gala in Los Angeles.

Beckham, who is a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations, accepted the Danny Kaye Humanitarian Leadership Award at the UNICEF event, which was held at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on Tuesday.

The award was presented to Beckham by his longtime friend Sir Elton John in honour of his work with his Seven Foundation charity.

#UNICEFBall. I can't wait to continue doing all I can for Unicef and my 7 Fund, 7.org, to help children across the world," Beckham captioned the pic.

His wife Victoria Beckham was unable to attend the glitzy event, but she sent her congratulations to her husband via social media.

"We r (are) so proud of @ davidbeckham receiving the @UNICEFUSA humanitarian leadership award at the #UNICEFball X You are an Inspiration to so many people with the incredible work you do... we love u (sic) so much Victoria, Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz and Harper x..." she wrote on Instagram.

Other stars who attended the gala included Mariah Carey, Australians Nicole Kidman and Miranda Kerr, Selena Gomez, He acknowledged the honour in a post on Instagram, sharing Jennifer Connelly and her a picture of himself surrounded husband Paul Bettany, Michelle Rodriguez and Heidi Klum. by children.

"Extremely honoured to receive the @UNICEFUSA's Humanitarian Leadership Award this evening at the

Carey also performed at the event, thrilling guests with a rendition of hit tracks including Always Be My Baby and Hero.

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avid Bowie's cancer was in remission six months ago, but he was dealt a devastating blow in November when he was told the disease had returned and his condition was terminal, according to producer Tony Visconti.

The Starman singer died on Sunday, 18 months after he was fell ill with liver cancer and just two days after the release of his final record, Blackstar.

Visconti, who worked with Bowie on many of his hit albums over the years, has now revealed the music legend broke the news of his health crisis to him a year ago after he started chemotherapy and lost his hair.

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"He just came fresh from a chemo session, and he had no eyebrows, and he had no hair on his head," Visconti told Rolling Stone. "There was no way he could keep it a secret from the band. But he told me privately, and I really got choked up when we sat face to face talking about it."

Visconti went on to explain that Bowie appeared to be winning his cancer battle in the middle of last year, but he was given a terminal diagnosis in November when

doctors found the disease had spread.

"He was optimistic because he was doing the chemo and it was working," he added.

"And at one point in the middle of last year, he was in remission. I was thrilled. And he was a bit apprehensive.

He said, 'Well, don't celebrate too quickly.

For now I'm in remission, and we'll see how it goes'.

"And he continued the chemotherapy. So I thought he was going to make it. And in November, it just suddenly came back. It had spread all over his body, so there's no recovering from that."

Bowie even started working on a follow-up to Blackstar and recorded five demos before his health took a turn for the worse, but Visconti was convinced the album had been deliberately written as a farewell to fans. "(I told him) 'You canny (clever) b**tard. You're writing a farewell album'..." he added. "He was so brave and courageous. And his energy was still incredible for a man who had cancer. He never showed any fear. He was just all business about making the album."

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avid Bowie has posthumously scored his first number one album in America with Blackstar.

Bowie's final album, released in Britain just two days before he lost his battle with liver cancer at the age of 69, has shot to the top of the Billboard 200 chart, ending Adele's reign at the top - as it did in the UK on Friday.

Adele's 25 falls to number two after spending seven weeks at number one, while Justin Bieber's Purpose rounds out the new top three.

Bowie's Best of Bowie compilation re-enters the chat at four, while Twenty One Pilots' Blurryface closes out the top five.

On Friday, 18 of Bowie's albums re-entered the UK Top 40, while Blackstar rocketed to number one.

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adonna has been accused of performing her most recent concert while under the influence.

Some fans in Louisville, Kentucky were confused at the `Unapologetic B****' singer's antics on Sunday, where she apparently arrived three hours late to her Rebel Heart concert, forgot what city she was performing in and trashtalked the locals.

Celebrity website TMZ says one fan claimed Madonna even "spoke in a fake hillbilly accent".

Another fan, Macauley Miller, said on twitter the concert was one of the "weirdest experiences" of his life, adding "I'm pretty sure Madonna is hammered drunk on stage".

In one conversation caught on video and uploaded to YouTube on Sunday, Madonna is heard apologising for confusing Louisville for Oklahoma.

"Maybe someone slipped some bourbon into my throat coat tea or something?" she says.

"I'm mixing everything up. My choreography, my words, I put my skirt on backwards, forgot to zip my shoe. I don't even know who I am."

Other fans lapped up the antics, saying Madonna was quite funny.

Madonna herself seemed to be on the same page, posting a photo on her Instagram of her laying down on stage, with the caption "Working on my stand up laying down. Thanks Louisville! The tears of a clown soon to follow."

Madonna is currently on her Rebel Heart world tour and will be in Australia in March.

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dele and James Bay will lead the way at the 2016 Brit Awards after landing four nominations apiece.

The soulful superstar's comeback hit Hello will compete for British Single and British Artist Video of the Year, while her record-breaking 25 release is in the running for British Album of the Year.

Bay will fight for the Best Male Solo Artist honour against Mark Ronson, Jamie XX, Calvin Harris, and Aphex Twin, while he is also up for British Breakthrough Act, and will challenge Adele for British Single and British Album of the Year for Hold Back the River and Chaos & the Calm, respectively.

Harris and Glynne also look set to celebrate a big night after scoring a total of three nominations each, while Justin Bieber, Drake, The Weeknd, Lana Del Rey, U2, and Eagles of Death Metal have all earned nods in the international categories.

Her fourth nod is for Best Female Solo Artist, in which she will face off against Florence + The Machine, Jess Glynne, The Brit Awards 2016 will take place at London's O2 Arena Laura Marling, and the late Amy Winehouse. on February 24.

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What’s onINin Melbourne 21 GUN SALUTE | AUSTRALIA DAY A annual event on Australia Day each year is the traditional 21 Gun Salute at the Shrine of Remembrance by the 2nd/10th Light Battery to mark Australia Day. Where: Shrine of Remembrance, Corner St Kilda Road and Domain Road Melbourne When: 12pm, Tuesday 26th of January 2016

AUSTRALIA DAY AT DOCKLANDS Everyone can enjoy the fun, food and entertainment on offer before securing a prime position for the breathtaking fireworks display after sundown. NewQuay Piazza will play host to the main stage, where some amazing artists will be performing including: The Getaway Plan and Tim Rogers and the Bamboos. Free activities and entertainment will be aplenty along the NewQuay Promenade and Piazza with a unique and interactive social media zone, roving entertainment, activities, games and giveaways.

Where: Docklands NewQuay Piazza & Promenade Docklands When: 4pm – 11pm, Tuesday 26th of January 2016

PAW-SOME SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM There’s educational activities which put kids into the shoes of someone who is blind along with fun activities too like making dog biscuits which can be taken home to treat their special furry friend. Kids can also cuddle Seeing Eye Puppies, watch them play in their ‘Puppy Play Centre’ and go on a guided tour while completing their very own activity book. The book also conveniently includes additional activities to keep them entertained during the rest of the holidays.

Where: SEDA’s National Puppy and Kennel Centre, 17 Barrett Street, Kensington Ph: 1800 037 773 When: 10:00am to 12:00pm, Friday 8th January to Monday 25th of January 2016

SUMMER CHILLS & THRILLS AT O’BRIEN GROUP ARENA O’Brien Group Arena is the perfect venue for family fun these school holidays with a jam packed skating program for all ages to enjoy. The return of the super entertaining craze ‘Bumperballs on Ice’ is set to be bigger and better than ever before. Suitable for ages 12 years and upwards, Bumperballs involves visitors strapping into an inflatable bubble suit so they can bounce, roll and laugh their way around the rink all while playing the craziest game of soccer they’ll ever experience!

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Where: Melbourne Public Bar & Restaurant, 11 Dukes Walk South Wharf Telephone: 03 9268 7600 When: 6pm – 1am, Monday 25th of January 2016

GO FESTIVAL 2016 | WOMEN'S EXPO & CONFERENCE GO Festival is a celebration of all Women! GO Festival was born from the desire to give back to females in the community that work so hard to fulfill all the roles that we place on ourselves. GO Festival is an opportunity for girls of all walks of life to enjoy a fun day out. It is a non political, non religious celebration of women. For one weekend we are inviting the girls to take a day off and join us.

Where: Melbourne Showgrounds, Corner Epsom Road and Langs Road, Ascot Vale Ph: 03 9281 7444 When: 10am – 4pm daily, Saturday 6th of February to Sunday 7th of February 2016

GEORGY GIRL - THE SEEKERS MUSICAL Celebrating one of Australia’s most loved groups, Georgy Girl - The Seekers Musical will have its world premiere at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne. The musical will tell the remarkable story of legendary pop group The Seekers, the first Australian band to achieve international success. It will feature all their hit songs including The Carnival is Over, I’ll Never Find Another You, Morningtown Ride, A World of Our Own and of course, the Oscar-nominated Georgy Girl. For more info go to www.georgygirlthemusical.com Where: Her Majesty's Theatre, 219 Exhibition Street Melbourne Telephone: 03 8643 3300 When: Tuesday 15th of December 2015 to Sunday 6th of March 2016

THE GREAT PENINSULA PADDLE 2016 The Peninsula Paddle is a race between Sorrento & Portsea to raise funds for the Portsea Surf Life Saving Club and Reclink, and raise awareness about people living with disadvantage. Bring your family. Invite your friends. Take on the team challenge. The Reclink Australia Great Peninsula Paddle is back. Courses are designed to for fun and are suitable for beginners through to experts. This year the event will feature a new TEAMS RELAY and KIDS FUN PADDLE. For more info go to www.reclink.org Where: 3154 Point Nepean Road Sorrento 3943 Phone: 03 9598 5621 When: 9.30am, Sunday 24th of January 2016

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hen bad things happen in life you can cry, scream and give up hope, or you can embrace the change and make the best of the situation! That is exactly what the iconic Falls Festival did when the devastating fires nearby Lorne forced them to relocate. What I experienced was thousands of music loving, laid back people all there to start the New Year at one of Australia’s oldest and most respected events!

Within 48 hours of informing festival goers the event was moving to Mt Duneed estate (the home of a Day on the Green) they not only managed to lay down the stages, lighting and sound equipment but they also raised over $100,000 for the Red Cross bush fire relief. They released additional tickets with 100% of proceeds going to the appeal. It is not surprising they sold out so quickly with the previous tickets selling out months in advance.

Gary Clark Jr is flagged as “the king of summer festivals” by Rolling Stone. With a title like that I was eager to see what the alternative blues singer from Texas had in store! His performance was captivating from start to finish.

Having never been to the Lorne estate I really cannot compare the two sites. I spoke to a few Falls veterans and they said it was just “simply different”. The Mt Duneed estate was beautiful and located not far from the surf coast off the Great Ocean road (15 minutes from Geelong and 1 hour from Melbourne). The site was full of picturesque vineyards and a sunset I will never forget.

What I loved about this festival was the anything goes attitude with an almost “hippy vibe”. From baggy hemp pants, fluorescent stockings, floppy hats and platforms, it really didn’t matter what you was wearing, as long as it was a smile!

of fascinators, earrings, dream catches, pom pom pets, crystal necklaces and crochet water bottle holders. You could indulge in a massage, tarot reading or a reiki session; the list just goes on.

I had to show some love to Perth born Birds of Tokyo. This is a name that almost goes hand in hand with Australia. It was however my first opportunity to see the rock band live and I loved every minute of it.

With so many artists and shows on offer I did my best to see them all. The music ranged from hip hop to folk, electronic pop and rock and roll which kicked off everyday around noon until well after midnight.

Gang of Youths who claim to be “dad rock” had all of the festival running when it was time for them to play. Within minutes of them starting there were thousands of hands in the air with smiles from ear to ear; the There were so many highlights. Aussie rock atmosphere was incredible. star and winner of Triple J album of the year Falls really is so much more than just Courtney Barnett played to extreme sun and the music though. The early birds could still managed to pull a crowd showing us all start the day with a yoga or meditation how to “carve a carrot into a rose”. session followed by crazy craft making

It was 4 days of fun, making new friends and learning about the meaning of life! Falls has so much to offer and is really something you need to experience at least once in your life time. I suggest if you do plan on making your way to the next Falls Festival that you keep an eye on the ticket ballot to avoid disappointment. For those of you still with the energy there are a bunch of side shows happening around Melbourne and Sydney.

The Falls Festival 2015 (Mt Duneed Estate, Victoria) Words: Jodie DS Photography: Ryland Pearson McManus

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idestreet is fast becoming Mordialloc’s newest hidden treasure and now featuring live boutique artists performing every Sunday…everybody’s talking! If you’re after some tasty food to share with friends, accompanied by a glass of regional Victorian wine, boutique beer or house-made infused vodkas, then Sidestreet is right up your alley!

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Maintaining Sidestreet’s first class benchmark in free live music each and every Sunday, Sidestreet welcomes Jacob Butler making his Mordy debut on Sunday January 24 for the long weekend.

In his native Australia, singer songwriter Jacob Butler is moments away from becoming a household name. With blistering live performances ranging from beer stained pubs, to the iconic Sydney Opera House, to national television appearances watched by millions, Jacob is no stranger to the big or small stage. A 21st century love child of John Lennon and Elvis Costello, Jacob has forced his way into view.

A 2005 top five finalist in The X Factor Australia and a 2007 top eight finalist in Australian Idol, Jacob should not to be mistaken for a pop star wannabe…

Independently releasing his debut EP Coma in 2009, under his own label Lions Share Recordings, the single peaked at number nine on the AIR Australian Independent Charts, with many in the industry citing a Neil Finn quality to Jacob’s songwriting. Coma was played on over 100 radio stations nationally and featured on a network television promo for Neighbours - Australia’s longest running television series that screens in over 65 countries around the world.

Featuring Neighbours stars Pippa Black and Sweeney Young in the video clip, Coma generated extensive Australian media coverage.

Side Street is located at 501 Main Street Mordialloc and offers everything you need for a cosy kick back or Summer Sip. Sunday January 24 Sidestreet presents Jacob Butler from 5pm. For more details find Sidestreet on Facebook.

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f you made a list of the most influential dance music artists of all time there is no doubt that Fatboy Slim would be a very popular and worthy inclusion. Responsible for some of dance music’s most popular tracks, Fatboy Slim aka Norman Cook has gone on to transcend the music industry and become a global icon.

Whether he is DJ-ing in the Brazilian Big Brother house, or closing the 2012 Summer Olympics ceremony, or hosting a party for 250 000 people on a beach, or playing to 5000 people alongside Great Wall of China, there isn’t much that Fatboy Slim hasn’t achieved.

It’s been 3 long years since Melbourne experienced a Fatboy Slim set, and even longer since he has performed in Melbourne outside of a touring festival.

That is all set to change this coming Australia Day with the announcement that the legend himself will finally be playing an exclusive Melbourne headline set on the waterfront of Riva at St.Kilda Beach.

For those looking to take the day to the next level there are tickets available which will include a complimentary cocktail on arrival, free gourmet BBQ and access to the upper deck (the ultimate viewing

platform from which to peruse the whole event).

Make no mistake; this will be the biggest event in Melbourne this coming Australia Day! Tuesday January 26th, RIVA St Kilda Beach, doors open 2pm-10pm.

Tickets on sale 9am December 21st via www.fatboyslimbbq.com.

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ake one part Screaming Jet, and one part Dirty Deed, and shake repeatedly on a rock n ‘roll roadtrip for 25 years, and you end up with one hell of a lethal concoction that is the Aussie Outlaws. Jets bass-man Paul Woseen and Dirty Deeds front man Alfi Rocker bring their own fermented blend to the Sandown Park Hotel for a night filled with more than just a few hops in their barrel.

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

Catch Aussie Outlaws featuring Paul Woseen and Alfi Rocker this Friday night January 22 ‘Live & Free’ at Sandown Park Hotel, Crn Corrigan Rd & Princes Hwy, Noble Park from 8pm. For more details visit www. sandownparkhotel.com.au

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he Audi h-tron quattro concept car offers a preview of what future mobility could look like. It offers excellent range, swift refuelling and sporty road performance, combining a highly efficient fuel cell with a powerful battery that can provide a temporary boost of 100 kW. The car can be fully refuelled with hydrogen in around four minutes, and is then ready to drive for up to 600 kilometres.

The technology study also provides a glimpse of things to come in the fields of piloted driving and piloted parking technology. Audi will go into production with this technology in 2017, with the next generation of the A8 luxury sedan.

The Audi h-tron quattro concept is another milestone along the path towards future mobility.

Whether with purely batterypowered drive, plug-in hybrid, combustion engine or fuel cell – Audi has a command of all alternative drive technologies and offers tailor made solutions for its customers worldwide.

The Audi h-tron quattro concept is closely related to the concept car Audi e-tron quattro concept.

This latter concept car of a purely electric-drive SUV was first showcased by the brand with the four rings at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show. Both are based on the second-generation modular longitudinal platform (MLB evo). This concept is especially flexible. For example, both cars use a virtually identical floor assembly despite their different technology.

The Audi h-tron quattro concept presents the fifth generation of fuel cell technology from Audi and Volkswagen. Lighter materials reduce the weight and improve performance, responsiveness, service life and efficiency. With an efficiency rating in excess of 60 percent, the fuel cell now surpasses any combustion engine. The ‘stack’ comprising 330 individual cells is

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Bird re-signs with Sharks until 2017 T

he tug of war over Jack Bird is officially over with Cronulla re-signing the NRL young gun until the end of 2017.

Now all Cronulla coach Shane Flanagan has to do is figure out where to play him.

The NRL rookie of the year on Friday ended months of soul searching, resisting the temptation to return to ex-club St George Illawarra in 2017.

Bird, 20, was a revelation at pivot in his NRL debut year, helping Cronulla make the 2015 semi-finals.

He also earned Country Origin honours.

However, Bird had been agonising over his future after receiving a lucrative deal from the Dragons who had groomed him through the under 20s system.

Then, there was the off-season arrival at Cronulla of James Maloney and Chad Townsend who look set to bump Bird out of the Sharks' halves in 2016.

Flanagan was happy to finally get his man but admitted he still had no idea where to play his budding star this season.

spot vacated by Michael Gordon (Parramatta) or switch to the centres.

"There is a lot of competition for spots in the team, which is a great position for us to be in and Jack understands that," Flanagan told the Sharks' website.

"He'll be in the team somewhere and training and trials before the start of the season will determine where that is."

Bird claimed it did not matter where he played in 2016 despite admitting last season his preferred position was five-eighth.

"I'm not demanding a position at all. I'll just be happy to be in the team and to play where Flano needs me to play," he said.

Cronulla captain Paul Gallen revealed last month Bird was struggling so much with his "hard decision" that he had sat down with the young gun to offer advice.

But Flanagan said he was quietly confident of nabbing the prized signature of Bird who agreed to new terms for this season and a 12-month extension into 2017.

"The members and fans might Bird looks set to vie with Valentine Holmes for the fullback wonder why it all took so long,

but I was always confident he was going to stay," he said.

"It was just drawn out due to the details of the contract.

"He has a long career ahead of him and it started here so we look forward to having him around for a few more years.

"Young players like Val Holmes, Ricky Leutele and Sosaia Feki are the future of our club and it's great Jack will also be a part of it."

Bird made his NRL debut in round four and played the next 22 games straight, scoring eight tries.

Bird's re-signing might also affect the future of veteran Dragons pivot Benji Marshall.

The off-contract Marshall, 30, was expected to move on or retire at season's end if Bird had opted to return to the Dragons in 2017.

Cotchin confirmed as Tigers skipper

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rent Cotchin will captain Richmond for a fourth straight AFL season, with Alex Rance and Shane Edwards also added to the Tigers' leadership group.

The pair join vice-captains Brett Deledio and Ivan Maric on the five-man leadership panel, with experienced duo Troy Chaplin and Steve Morris dropping out.

"Alex and Shane both continuously drive the standards that we expect at our football club, and we know they'll continue to do that in the responsibilities of their new roles," football chief Dan Richardson said.

"Although the team has an official leadership group, we place a significant emphasis on the continual leadership development of all of our players, so that we can improve collectively as a football team, and we expect all 45 players

to show leadership at different times."

Rance is coming off a stellar season where he took out the Jack Dyer Medal and earned AllAustralian honours for a second straight year.

Edwards has come a long way since he first joined the club as a shy youngster via the 2006 national draft.

"It definitely gives me a lot of confidence to say what I think and to bring up things that I think are important, which coming from a while back at the club I haven't really had that," Edwards said.

"I've been pretty shy, so it's good to know that I've got the backing of my teammates and coaches."

Richmond's leadership group is nominated by the players in consultation with Damien Hardwick and his coaching panel.

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I was very, very lucky to get back on my feet and walk again, let alone get back on a dirt bike

Aussie Price back from brink to win Dakar A

s Toby Price lay in hospital with a broken neck, he never imagined that less than three years later he would be the first Australian to win the Dakar Rally in any category.

Following that performance he signed for the Red Bull KTM team, whom he raced for during this year's victory.

The 28-year-old from the NSW Hunter Valley finished almost 40 minutes in front of his nearest rival in the motorcycle division to make history in the gruelling race in Argentina on Sunday.

"It's amazing. I'm over the moon and I still can't believe it."

"This is the very first day I've woken up and been able to process this," Price said.

The two-week event covered more than 9,300 kilometres with competitors contending with stifling heat, treacherous In April 2013, Price crashed during a race terrain and headache-inducing altitudes and broke three vertebrae in his neck, peaking at 4600m - all on three to four narrowly avoiding becoming a quadriplegic. hours sleep a night.

"I was very, very lucky to get back on my "It's physically draining and mentally feet and walk again, let alone get back on a draining," Price said. dirt bike," Price told AAP on Monday.

"The elements, the altitude - it's a struggle "My main goal was getting back on the dirt to breathe up there let alone to try and bike and starting to ride again. race.

"Three years later I definitely could not "It's very tough and demanding. The imagine winning the Dakar Rally. conditions we're riding in the middle of the "The hard work, the training and all the work behind the scenes finally all paid off."

desert - heat, sand dunes."

And navigating these tricky stages are a Price raced motocross and supercross until key part of any rider's success.

2009 when he made the switch to Enduro "I know how to ride the motorbike. I know racing.

I can ride fast, but it's another thing to mix After switching, he won the Australian Off- riding fast and trying to navigate," Price Road Championship in his first season - a said. race where he has tasted success four "Two, three, four degrees off can lead you times - before going on to record multiple in the wrong spot." wins in the Finke and Hattah desert races.

Price will now head back to Australia for In his debut Dakar last year, Price became a break, but aims to return to the famous the second Australian to achieve a place race in 2017 to defend his title. on the podium.

Olympics will help Simmons: Delly Australian NBA star Matthew Dellavedova believes the upcoming Olympics can help college prodigy Ben Simmons translate his game to the pros.

Widely expected to be the No.1 pick in the next NBA draft in June, Simmons' status for the Rio Olympics is uncertain as he prepares to move into the association.

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Collingwood stars in nude photo scandal

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ollingwood president Eddie McGuire has labelled star players Dane Swan and Travis Cloke "idiots" after explicit videos, photos and texts were reportedly leaked to the media.

Swan sent graphic video, sexually-charged texts and full-frontal nude pictures while Cloke sent nude pictures and a video of him performing a sex act, according to a report in Woman's Day. The report alleges the material was sent to women who were not their partners, but it is unclear if the players were in their current relationships when they were sent.

"It would seem that somebody's sucked these idiots into sending out photos and as a result they've got them and sold them to the media," McGuire told Triple M on Monday.

Nude photos of Lachlan Keeffe, who is on the club's rookie list while he serves a two-year suspension for testing positive to banned substance clenbuterol, and delisted player Tony Armstrong have also been published by the magazine.

"The club is aware three currently listed players were involved in consensual exchanges of messages + pictures via Instagram," the club tweeted.

"The exchanges have been on sale to media outlets for some time + as a result have been obtained + published by a media publication."

McGuire said he didn't believe it was a scandal for the club.

"It's got nothing to do with Collingwood, ring their managers and the players' association," he said.

The AFL's social media policy states the league is likely to view "accessing, downloading or transmitting any kind of sexually explicit material" as inappropriate.

McGuire agreed the images and videos appeared to contravene the policy.

"Good to know Swanny's got some room for some more tats," McGuire joked.

Cloke, 28, is engaged to Rebeccah Panozza while Swan, 31, has been in a relationship with Taylor Wilson for eight years.

Collingwood said on Monday it was a private matter for the players and they would not take any action.

Bulls great Grant backs Aussie NBA clash

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BA great Horace Grant has backed Andrew Bogut's recent calls for Australia to host a regular season fixture.

Grant won three successive championships as the bespectacled member of the legendary Chicago Bulls side of the early 90s alongside Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen and now works as a global ambassador for the NBA. He also won a fourth title with the LA Lakers in 2001 and believes Australia should be offered the chance to emulate London and Mexico City and host a game.

The 50-year-old said the distance and time difference between the US and Australia shouldn't be an issue and given the interest in the sport and the growing number of Aussies playing in the NBA it makes sense to take a game there.

"It's very important for the NBA to have global games around the world to keep in contact with all the fans," Grant told AAP in London ahead of Thursday's clash between Orlando Magic and Toronto Raptors.

"It's not too far at all. I was in Australia last year doing

some coaching in Sydney and Melbourne and the passion of basketball is still alive there.

"The raw talent is very strong and you are seeing with (Andrew) Bogut and (Patty) Mills they have players good enough to play in championship-winning teams."

Raptors coach Dwane Casey is also open to the idea and believes a day will come where the NBA has internationallybased franchises.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE NBA TO HAVE GLOBAL GAMES AROUND THE WORLD TO KEEP IN CONTACT WITH ALL THE FANS "These trips are tough for the teams but it is good for the NBA," Casey told AAP. "You can't look at the distance.

Flying to London is like going from Toronto to LA, it's just another road game.

in some year, a point will come where there are professional teams around the world.

"I don't know when that will be, but with technology, speed of travel it's something that will happen."

NBA rules prohibit coaches from discussing college players, so "I don't know if they will take Casey was unable to comment a game to Australia soon but I on the progress of Melbournethink at some point at some time born starlet Ben Simmons,

tipped to be the No.1 draft pick in June, but he said Australia is a fertile hunting ground for colleges searching for raw talent.

"Australia has always produced good players," he said.

"I was coaching in college when Andrew Gaze was playing at Seton Hall (University) and he showed first what a deep talent pool that country has."

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Manning leads Broncos to win over Steelers

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ustralian punter Jordan Berry's hopes of playing in this year's Super Bowl were snuffed out by the Peyton Manning-led Denver Broncos.

Berry's injury-ravaged Pittsburgh Steelers held a one-point lead with three minutes to go, but Manning orchestrated the matchwinning drive to take Sunday's game in Denver 23-16.

It sets up an AFC Championship clash next weekend between Manning and his old foe, New England Patriots' Tom Brady.

Manning and Brady have played against each other four times in the playoffs, with the wins split 2-2.

The victor of the Broncos-Patriots will play in the Super Bowl on February 7 against the winner of Sunday's NFC Championship

clash between the Carolina Panthers and Arizona Cardinals.

"I think our defence is guiding us," said Manning, deflecting any praise for himself after the Broncos' win.

"Let's make that clear. They played great all season and were dominant today against a high-powered offence."

The Broncos were expected to have little trouble with the Steelers, who lost star widereceiver Antonio Brown and running back DeAngelo Williams to injuries earlier in the week.

Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, suffering a separated shoulder, was heroic, connecting with 24 of his 37 passes for 339 yards.

Berry had a poor day punting, shanking two

first-half punts for just 27 yards each and finishing with an average of just 29.3 yards for his six punts.

Manning connected with 21 of his 37 passes for 222 yards.

The Panthers moved into next weekend's NFC Championship clash with the Cardinals after a 31-24 win over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.

Carolina ran up a 31-0 first half lead and then hung on to fend off the late-charging Seahawks.

"It was really excruciating to watch," Panthers quarterback Cam Newton, describing watching his defence attempting to halt the Seahawks, said.

"It was a tale of two halves and we have to be better than that."

Hird takes some AFL supplement saga blame ...continued from back page >> and their careers, a lot of them, are either ruined or they have gone back a long way.

"I don't know whether Bruce has taken enough responsibility or not. That is something you will have to ask Bruce but I do know that he has worn a lot of criticism for this."

Hird said he still believed the substances given to his players were legal.

"At no time did I ever, ever consider that banned or performance enhancing drugs would be at our club," he said.

"It is just something that never entered my

mind. I still to this date don't believe that anything banned was given to our players."

Hird said no one can say what substances the players were given.

his supplements and believes Dank had no reason to deliberately dope Essendon players.

"Sports scientist Stephen Dank can say for certain what they were injected with.

"No one knows except Stephen Dank what they put in those injections. I don't see why he would do it," he said.

"But if that is the case, if no one can say for certain what they were injected with, how can 34 men be found guilty?"

The saga had taken a terrible toll on his family, Hird said.

It had also changed him.

Hird said Dank showed he and others photographs of thymomodulin, an approved supplement, and thymomodulin appeared on spreadsheets related to the supplements program.

"Definitely, an experience like this can't help but change certain elements of you as a person.

Hird said he questions where Dank obtained

"You are a lot harder. You don't trust as much.

Hird takes some AFL supplement saga blame FOOTBALL

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ormer Essendon coach James Hird says he accepts "a level" of responsibility for the supplements scandal that has rocked the AFL.

interviewer Tracey Holmes.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport this week upheld the World Anti-Doping Agency's appeal against the AFL tribunal decision to clear 34 players of taking a banned substance while Hird was coach, handing 34 past and present players a 12-month ban.

I MADE DECISIONS IN REAL TIME THAT IN HINDSIGHT, I THINK WERE WRONG

Speaking to the ABC, Hird said he should have done more to prevent the situation that has now enveloped the club, cruelling its performance since 2012 and potentially ending careers.

But Hird said others at Essendon made the situation worse and, while he had no objection to ASADA freely conducting its own investigation, he hinted the AFL had denied the club and the players a fair hearing.

"It is not just 2016 that it has wiped off (for the players) and potentially beyond but it has been 2013, 14 and 15 where they weren't able to get the opportunity to play the football to their ability," he told

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"I have a level of responsibility in that. I should have known more. I should have done more when the opportunity came.

"I feel extremely guilty for that and bad for that. I can only apologise for that. I made decisions in real time that in hindsight, I think were wrong."

"I don't feel like a victim myself but those 34 players are victims of this situation, a situation that, at the first instance, is the responsibility of the Essendon Football Club," he said.

"The football club and as a part that I had in it, has to put up its hand and say we made mistakes.

"Those mistakes were compounded by people in authority and outside the club.

"When I feel guilt, sadness, devastation for the players, I am also upset at the way the procedural fairness or process was enacted to deny our players procedural fairness and the football club fairness."

Hird said part of the blame should be shared by club doctor Bruce Reid, who he said approved supplements for use, because he had a better understanding of the supplements and their effects than other members of the club's hierarchy.

Dr Reid remains at the club.

"We all should have done more and Bruce would admit he should have done more as well," Hird said.

When asked at what point he thought Dr Reid should have taken more responsibility, Hird said: "I don't think Bruce should have to leave the Essendon Football Club.

"Bruce's primary concern at all times is the welfare of players. Bruce is a very, very good man. I think he has paid a price - not the price that the players have paid - the players have paid the ultimate price for this

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