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Film: This Is 40
THIS IS 40 (MA15+) When: Opens January 17 Where: On general release Preview: Myke Bartlett There’s something symbolic in the sprawling mess that is Judd Apatow’s…
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Time up for Plenty Gorge pests as Sporting Shooters embrace cull order
More than 200 foxes have been shot in Plenty Gorge Park and now authorities have rabbits in their sights. The feral rabbits damage the habitat…
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Family violence: Whittlesea the state’s worst municipality
THE City of Whittlesea has won the dubious title of Victoria’s worst municipality for family violence after a spike in domestic incidents last month. In…
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Australia Day’s all Greek for ‘true blue’ barbie converts
SOFIA Rosenlis and Toula Prantalos are the face of Australia Day in the northern suburbs. The Greek migrants, who came to Australia more than 50…
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Police warn Whittlesea parents to lock cars as thieves target child care centres
A SPRINT from the car to collect your child from care could cost you your valuables, police have warned. Thieves are targeting cars parked near…
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Wollert family’s trees fall to developer’s axe
A WOLLERT farmer whose pioneer family settled in the area in the 1800s is upset at the removal of 23 river red gums on a…
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Lalor shooting: Shot over ‘friendly wave’
A MAN driving a modern BMW gives a friendly wave. Another man, sitting in the passenger seat of a passing car, waves back as he travels…
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Thomastown linen business destroyed in fire
POLICE are investigating a $1.2 million fire that destroyed a Thomastown linen business in the early hours this morning. More than 50 firefighters were called out…
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Film: Gangster Squad
GANGSTER SQUAD (MA15+) When: In general release from January 10 Details: visit gangstersquad.warnerbros.com The good guys get nasty in this colourful tale of Los Angeles…
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Goolagong leads Lalor Tennis Club’s drive for social inclusion
Decades ago, a young Aboriginal boy played with a borrowed ball and a tennis racquet on the battered courts of a NSW Riverina town where…
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Meadowglen tracks towards AV Shield finals, despite injury hurdle
Meadowglen Sporting Club is hoping a late-season push will be enough to get some of its teams into the finals of the AV Shield. The…












