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Bayside & Mornington Peninsula Edition

VOL 4 | EDITION № 05 01 - 14 Mar 2018

Pre-season questions for

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t’s usually a domain for fresh faces but this year’s AFL preseason competition holds extra significance - and questions - for a bunch of older hands.

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• GEELONG: Gary Ablett. Two Brownlow medals. Six club champion awards. Eight All Australians. A man with that resume surely has nothing to prove - but not in Ablett’s intriguing case. Will his second coming at Geelong confirm him as a true legend or offer evidence he’s a fading force?

• RICHMOND: Reece Conca. Surely it’s make or break time for the talented yet sporadic 86-gamer, who falls off-contract at season’s end. Will he finally live up to his hype as a No.6 draft pick, and can he get through a season without injury?

• ESSENDON: Jake Stringer.

Few footballers will be under the microscope this year like the exBulldog and 2015 All Australian. At his best, a breathtaking match-winner; at his worst, a disinterested wanderer.

Which Stringer will turn up? ... continued page 54 >>

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Night firebomb trial in national first

MAN ‘KICKED CHEVY CHASE IN SELF-DEFENCE’

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n Australia-first trial in Victoria will determine whether firefighting aircraft can be used to battle blazes at night, potentially saving lives.

The national trial, based at Ballarat Airport, combines technology including infrared systems and night-vision goggles with firebombing helicopters for the first time.

Lives and property could be better protected during major bushfires if the trial is successful, Emergency Management Commissioner

Craig Lapsley said.

“Fighting fires in the dark hours, in the cooler part of the night or in the early parts of the morning, would enable us to get on top of fires quicker, particularly those in remote parts of Victoria where access may be difficult,” he said in a statement on Monday.

“We are very keen to trial this capability, and understand how it would work in a system, and how we would fly and make it safe to do so.”

The trial, which has been

New York man says he kicked Chevy Chase in self-defence after the US comedian climbed into a vehicle and tried to punch him during a profanity-laced traffic dispute.

Chase told police he was cut off by another driver on February 9.

Thinking his car might be damaged, he followed the car across the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge. Both drivers pulled over in South Nyack.

A truck passenger, Michael Landrio, told the New York Post that the former Saturday Night Live star got into their vehicle and tried to punch him.

Landrio said that’s when he kicked Chase, sending him flying.

A spokeswoman for Chase said the actor didn’t get into the vehicle and didn’t try to attack Landrio.

approved by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority, will involve two aircraft, including one which will drop water on controlled fires after dark.

Mr Lapsley said the results would be used to inform operations in other states and territories.

Firefighting aircraft could take to the sky at night by next summer in Victoria, if the test is successful.

Acting Premier James Merlino said Victoria was a global leader in firefighting.

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VIC DRUG ACCUSED SEEKS MANSION REHAB

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Melbourne man allegedly caught with a car-load of drugs en route to a dance festival wants to be released on bail to live in a “beautiful” mansion at an exclusive rehabilitation centre.

Polysubstance addict Martin Mahoney, 35, was stopped at a service station near Ballarat in January and police allegedly found a variety of illicit drugs in his car.

It’s alleged the drugs, which included cocaine, cannabis and MDMA, were bound for the four-day Rainbow Serpent Festival at Lexton.

Mahoney, who operates a festival ‘glamping’ business, was arrested and charged with drug trafficking, He faced the Supreme Court on Friday for a bail application, seeking release from custody to stay at Bayside Private rehab in Melbourne’s south.

Clients at the centre live in a two-storey “mansion” with a tennis court and swimming pool.

VIC $55M LOTTO WINNER REMAINS A MYSTERY

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ix weeks after the winning numbers came up, the owner of a $55 million Powerball ticket is yet to come forward.

Purchased at Melbourne’s Scole Lotto and News by an unregistered player prior to January 11, the winning ticket remains the largest unclaimed prize in Australian history.

“We have no new leads, no information from the newsagency, no new information from the community ... it’s really died down,” Tatts’ Elissa Lewis told AAP on Monday.

THIRD CLAREMONT KILLINGS CHARGE LAID

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olice investigating the 1996 disappearance of Sarah Spiers, 18, the first suspected victim in Perth’s Claremont serial killings, have charged Bradley Robert Edwards with her murder.

Spiers disappeared after a night out with friends in Claremont in January 1996 and her body was never found.

Edwards, 49, of Kewdale, has already been charged with the subsequent murders of Jane Rimmer and Sarah Glennon.

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ALMOST 900 FIREARMS SEIZED IN QLD A Aussie surfers invent rubbish bin for sea

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wo Aussie surfers have invented a rubbish bin for the sea and after finding success in Europe, will bring the you-beaut creation Down Under.

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The concept started when Pete Ceglinski and Andrew Turton, both keen surfers, grew tired of spotting rubbish

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lmost 900 weapons have been seized in Queensland this month as police attempt to reduce the number of illegal firearms and related offences ahead of the Commonwealth Games.

Police Minister Mark Ryan and Commissioner Ian Stewart announced 869 weapons had been seized since February 1 as part of Operation Quebec Camouflage.

Commissioner Stewart said police regularly conducted operations to seize illegal firearms but with the Gold Coast Games starting on April 4 they had stepped them up.

“It’s not a coincidence that we’re about to go into the largest

sporting event in Australia for this decade,” he told reporters in Brisbane on Monday.

“It is very satisfying to have removed these firearms from the criminal environment.

“But can I say that this is always targeted (by police) in order to make Queensland safer.”

Police Minister Mark Ryan said the operation was a great success, however reiterated there were around 900,000 firearms in Queensland perfectly legally.

“As long as guns are lawfully owned under the weapons act, people are entitled to access to those guns,” Mr Ryan said.

“The number we are concerned about is the number of illegal weapons in the state.”

MILITANTS TO APOLOGISE FOR BALI BOMBINGS

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he Indonesian government is bringing together dozens of convicted Islamic militants and survivors of attacks in what it hopes will be an important step in combating radicalism and fostering reconciliation.

The director of deradicalisation at Indonesia’s counter-terrorism agency says about 120 reformed militants will apologise to dozens of victims including survivors of the 2002 Bali bombings and the 2004 bombing of the

Australian Embassy in Jakarta.

The three days of meetings at a Jakarta hotel that began Monday aren’t open to the media except for an event on the final day.

Febby Firmansyah Isran, who suffered burns to 45 per cent of his body from the 2003 bombing of the J.W. Marriot hotel in Jakarta, said he’d forgiven the perpetrators and now runs a support group for bombing victims.vehicle and didn’t try to attack Landrio.

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27-year-old man has been refused bail after he was arrested for importing hundreds of kilograms of ephedrine in a shipment of highlighter pens into Sydney from China.

Australian Border Force (ABF) agents detected “anomalies” after they x-rayed five pallets of stationery in Sydney on February 10.

The shipment of 21,000 highlighters contained nearly 300kg of ephedrine powder, the precursor chemical to the drug ice.

NSW Police will allege in court the chemicals could have made about 2.4 million hits of ice with a street value of around $120 million.

ABF agents and the police Drug and Firearms Squad then delivered dummy packages to a storage facility in Sydney’s inner west.

Three men, aged 26, 27 and 34, were arrested when they allegedly arrived to pick up the shipment.

Investigators then raided a home at Glebe where they seized evidence relating to the case.

The 27-year-old Yuhui Li, believed to be a Chinese

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National, was charged with importing a commercial quantity of a border controlled precursor.

ABF Investigations Superintendent Garry Low said the case “highlights” the complex and creative methods drug importers were using to try and bypass the border.

“It should serve as a warning,” he told reporters in Sydney on Monday.

“We’ve upgraded our (x-ray) facilities but we are also vigilant in what we’re doing.”

While the other two men were released without charge, Detective Superintendent Peter McErlain said further charges

were possible as investigators looked “up, down and sideways” to determine Li’s place in the criminal supply chain.

“The seizure, last week, consisted of around two and a half million ice hits which would absolutely devastate Sydney, NSW’s regional areas if it was allowed to get out on the street,” he said.

Li was refused bail when he appeared in Parramatta Local Court on Saturday and is expected to reappear at Central Local Court on Wednesday.

He faces a maximum 25 years in prison as well as a fine of $900,000 if found guilty.

isa Marie Presley, the only daughter of Elvis Presley, says she is facing financial ruin and has filed a $US100 million ($A140 million) lawsuit accusing her former business manager of negligence and mismanaging her finances.

Her former manager has filed his own lawsuit, accusing Presley, 50, of squandering her famous father’s inheritance because of her lavish lifestyle.

The lawsuit seeks $US800,000 ($A1.1 million) in unpaid bills.

The dueling lawsuits, filed earlier this week in Los Angeles Superior Court, follow the collapse in 2016 of Presley’s fourth marriage and her announcement that she was $US16 million ($A22 million) in debt.

Presley was just 9 years old when Elvis died in 1977, leaving her his sole heir. Her affairs have been managed by Barry Siegel since 1993, when she came into her inheritance through a trust.

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Cocaine charge dropped against Hunt

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ode-hopping footballer Karmichael Hunt has avoided a conviction for possessing cocaine but his future remains unclear after his latest court matter was brought to an end.

Prosecutors on Monday told Brisbane Magistrates Court there was insufficient evidence to prosecute the 31-year-old Wallabies player over allegations he was caught with cocaine in Fortitude Valley on December 30.

Following the withdrawal of that charge, Hunt pleaded guilty to possessing alprazolam - a Xanax tablet - and for failing to attend a police station when required a week later.

He was fined $600 but no conviction was recorded.

During the brief hearing Hunt’s lawyer Adam Magill said a conviction would “stifle” Hunt’s

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ability to travel overseas to play sport.

Magistrate Barry Cosgrove agreed and warned Hunt he had to be beyond reproach.

“You are a person in the public eye,” he said.

Mr Magill said Hunt had been unintentionally carrying the Xanax in the right pocket of his shorts when he was out.

Hunt had the prescription medication pill to help deal with stress and anxiety, the court heard.

“He can’t sleep and he had a tablet for that purpose,” Mr Magill said.

In explaining why his client had failed to return to the Fortitude Valley police station to provide fingerprints within a week of the charges, Mr Magill said he had gone into a self-imposed lockdown and “it simply slipped

his memory”.

But when Mr Magill was contacted by police he phoned Hunt, who went to police immediately, the court heard.

Outside court, Mr Magill said it had been a stressful period for Hunt and his family.

“It’s been hanging over his head for a few weeks,” he told reporters.

The utility back, who played six Tests for the Wallabies last year, had been stood down by the Queensland Reds after the incident and has been training by himself.

When asked about Hunt’s sporting future, just four days before the start of the Super Rugby season, Mr Magill said it was still unknown.

“He’s still got to make some inquiries with his manager,” he said.

ncome support for Australians living with permanent disabilities is projected to cost almost $4.8 billion less in 10 years time, as the government stems the flow of people onto the payments.

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pension covers roughly 760,000 recipients and is one of the biggest areas of federal government spending, costing $16.3 billion or 10.6 per cent of the social security budget in the past year.

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Hunt played seven seasons in the NRL with the Brisbane Broncos and four in the AFL with the Gold Coast Suns before switching to rugby for the start of the 2015 campaign.

Not long after starting with the Reds he was charged with four counts of drug possession and suspended for six weeks, fined $30,000, stripped of the vice-captaincy and instructed to undergo counselling.

He admitted it as a “terrible mistake” but denied he had a drug problem.

Tuesday, the Parliamentary Budget Office has significantly revised down its medium-term projections for spending on the pension, tipping it will average one per cent annual real growth in 2027-28.

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Call to BAN JUNK at supermarket checkouts P ublic health experts are calling for Australia’s supermarket giants to remove all junk food and soft drinks from their checkouts.

A first-of-its-kind study conducted by the Global Obesity Centre at Deakin University has assessed the nutrition policies of Australia’s major supermarkets, finding they could be doing much more to encourage healthy eating.

“Unhealthy diets and obesity are leading contributors to poor health in Australia. Tackling the issue requires a comprehensive societal response, including government policy and widescale action from the food industry, which includes our supermarkets,” lead author Associate Professor Gary Sacks said.

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Woolworths ranked the highest, scoring 46 out of 100, while IGA scored just eight points.

“Their food labelling was where they scored pretty well, most of the supermarkets have committed to rollingout the government’s Health Star Rating system that makes it easy to see which products are healthy,” Prof Sacks said.

Woolworths also scored “okay” when it came to promoting healthy food, but they

“fell down” due to the heavy promotion of unhealthy food, Prof Sacks said.

“The supermarkets are quite vocal about being healthy places to shop but the reality is once you are in the store there is heaps of promotion of unhealthy food,” he said.

“The end-of-aisle displays are typically filled with unhealthy products, it’s just chocolate and soft drinks at the checkouts; so it’s just really hard to stick to a nice healthy basket of food when you are surrounded by all of that.”

In the UK several supermarkets have committed to providing healthy checkouts with no chocolates, soft drinks or lollies on display and the researchers are calling for Australia to follow suit.

“The key is that those supermarkets have done it which means it’s feasible, they haven’t gone out of business and that is evidence that supermarkets can make that move and they are still viable as a business,” said Prof Sacks.

The researchers have also called for the supermarkets to have fewer price discounts on chocolates and chips and instead make healthy, fresh produce for affordable.

VIC HOSPITAL TAKES STAND AGAINST VIOLENCE

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ootage of a hostile patient throwing a chair at terrified staff has been released by a Melbourne hospital to raise awareness of increasing violence and aggression in the emergency department.

The video from Royal Melbourne Hospital was released on Monday to highlight the daily harassment and abuse staff cop at work, including almost 7500 incidents last year.

The collection of CCTV

footage and re-enactments, show patients hurling chairs at workers, throwing urine-filled bedpans on the floor and ripping computers from desks.

In one incident, a man attempts to smash through a glass door with a chair to reach workers.

“In healthcare we sometimes tend to think that occupational violence and aggression is ‘just part of the job’,” department manager Susan Harding said.

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EASY ON THE FRIES: JAPAN WARNS BALD PEOPLE

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apanese scientists have warned eating french fries will not cure baldness, after research was published suggesting that chemicals used in cooking fried potatoes could help fight hair loss.

A research team at Yokohama National University succeeded in producing clusters of 5000 hair follicle germs (HFGs), the base organs that produce hair, with the aid of dimethylpolysiloxane, a material that was key to cultivating large numbers of HFGs. The team also succeeded in growing hair on the backs of mice after transplantation in a relatively short period of time.

After dimethylpolysiloxane was reported as being used in oil to fry potatoes, researchers received a number of inquiries asking how many french fries people should eat to cure baldness.

“No matter how many fried

potatoes you eat, you’ll never grow more hair. That’s a total misunderstanding that’s gone viral,” lead researcher Junji Fukuda told Reuters.

Fukuda said the research, published in the journal Biomaterials this month, was a breakthrough as scientists had previously struggled to produce the large quantities of HFGs needed to generate significant hair growth.

“Up until now we’ve only been able to produce a few dozen hair follicle germs at a time, but with this new technology we’ve developed a simple method to produce hundreds and thousands,” Fukuda said.

The team have also received many serious inquiries from researchers and people seeking hair-regenerative medicine to offer their cells to test and develop the research, he said.

VIC SPRINKLER FITTER HAD BIG CANNABIS CROP

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Melbourne fire sprinkler fitter has been jailed for for growing a “sophisticated” hydroponic cannabis crop in his home, and stealing electricity to run it.

Jamel Mohtadi, 32, was arrested in May after police raided his two-storey home, finding 64 cannabis plants growing under lamps.

The plants, weighing nearly 80kg, were growing in two bedrooms and an open plan living and dining room.

An electricity bypass had also been set up so the power used was not recorded by authorities.

But Mohtadi was not the mastermind behind the crop.

He was a cocaine addict with a large debt to his drug supplier when he struck a deal to host a crop in his home.

“It was a sophisticated set up,” County Court Judge Meryl Sexton said.

“They had keys to your house and came with a truck and set everything up.”

Mohtadi's role was to turn the lamps on and off, and keep the plants fed and watered.

“You ensured the conditions were optimal for continued

growth - water, food and light,” Judge Sexton said.

The organisers of the operation have not been identified.

“The part you played kept the principal cultivators at arms length, and in fact allowed them to avoid detection,” the judge said.

Mohtadi was jailed for nearly four years on Friday after pleading guilty to cultivating cannabis, stealing electricity, and drug possession.

He was not home when police raided his house in May, but turned himself in the same day.

At the time Mohtadi was a fire services technician and engineer, working for his brother.

The judge commended his progress in custody where he has a paid job as a billet and has helped other inmates with drug issues.

She said he had “very good” prospects of rehabilitation upon his release from jail, given he stays away from drugs.

Mohtadi was sentenced to three years and eight months in prison with a non-parole period of 20 months.

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ustralian authorities took part in the global manhunt for a British academic who blackmailed more than 300 victims into sending him depraved images, that he shared on dark web forums.

Dr Matthew Falder, 29, a geophysicist employed as a researcher at Birmingham University in central England, has now been jailed for 32 years after admitting 137 offences, including encouraging the rape of a four-year-old boy.

He duped victims by masquerading as a depressed female artist on forums and mainstream online advertising websites.

He fooled them into sending him naked or partially clothed images of themselves before blackmailing them into sending more humiliating images by threatening to send the original pictures to their family, friends and employers.

Using the names “evilmind” and “666devil”, he then distributed the images on "hurt core" websites, hidden forums devoted to discussing rape, murder, sadism, torture, pedophilia, blackmail and degradation.

Britain’s National Crime Agency said he approached more than 300 people worldwide, with 45 victims represented in the charges against him.

The NCA set up a global task force with law enforcement officials from the United States, Australia and Europol and

enlisted the help of the UK’s eavesdropping spy agency GCHQ during a four-year hunt to track down Falder, who had used specialist anonymising techniques to remain hidden.

He was finally arrested in June last year and in October pleaded guilty to 137 charges which included encouraging rape, inciting sexual exploitation, making indecent images of children and voyeurism.

“It is a tale of ever-increasing depravity,” Judge Philip Parker said as he sentenced Falder at Birmingham Crown Court on Monday.

"The effects on the girls, women and men were devastating. The damage is ongoing for these individuals. It will never end. Time and again people begged you to stop. Time and again you ramped up the pressure."

At least three of the victims, who ranged in age from early teens to people in their 30s, tried to take their own lives.

Falder, a graduate of Cambridge University, also secretly filmed adults he knew when they were in the shower using hidden cameras he had installed at a number of locations.

“Dr Matthew Falder thought he wouldn’t be caught,” said NCA operations strategic lead Matthew Long. “He would stop at nothing to exploit (the victims), to make them feel sad, humiliated and unhappy. Ultimately that has devastated some people’s lives.”

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ipsters rejoice - your craft beer may actually be healthier than a glass of red wine, a new study has found.

Work by Associate Professor Mike McCullough, at California’s Polytechnic State University, has found craft beer has health benefits overlooked by drinkers.

“We all know that a glass of red wine is good for you, but it turns outs a pint of craft beer is better, it has got more good things in it,” Professor McCullough told AAP. Those good things include niacin, know as vitamin B3, and brewers yeast which is fantastic for lowering bad cholesterol.

The basic premise and reason craft beer is healthier than mass

produced beer is that it is less pasteurised, Prof McCullough said.

“Your instances of heart disease and your instances of type 2 diabetes decreases on an amount that’s comparable, if not a little bit more, than if you are drinking red wine.”

He said science had long told us a glass of red a day helped reduce the risk of problems including heart disease and dementia.

But he said the health benefits of craft beers were overlooked because it was associated with an unhealthy lifestyle.

“You associate a beer drinker’s diet with nachos and unhealthy

eating habits but the trend with more differentiated beer and higher-end beer is that you are eating it with meals,” Prof McCullough said.

There has been an explosion in the production and consumption of craft beers over the past five years, with a recent report estimating the industry is worth $500 million a year in Australia.

Prof McCullough will present his findings at the annual conference of Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society in Adelaide.

tephen Fry has revealed he has been battling prostate cancer.

The TV presenter said he underwent surgery in January to have the prostate removed and that “it all seemed to go pretty well”.

Fry, 60, shared the news in a 13 minute long video posted on his Twitter page, alongside which he wrote: “For the last 2 months I’ve been in the throes of a rather unwelcome and unexpected adventure.

“I’m sorry I haven’t felt able to talk about it till now, but here I am explaining what has been going on.”

In the video, he said it was “all very personal and undignified so I might as well bite the bullet”, before explaining that he had seen his doctor in December in order to get a flu jab.

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procession of drones has replaced models on the runway at a Dolce & Gabbana show at Milan Fashion week.

The fashion crowd, including Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour, was mystified and then miffed when the show was delayed by repeated announcements that all Wi-Fi connections needed to be turned off.

Then, 45 minutes after the scheduled start time, relief at the sound of opening music turned quickly to awe as the doors of the mocked-up church facade opened and out flew a series of drones.

Each carried one of the fashion house’s quilted leather handbags of the season, named Devotion and featuring a heart-shaped closure.

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Winners crowned in NSW mullet contest P roud mullet wearers from across Australia have converged on a country pub in NSW’s Hunter Valley to crown a champion of the infamous hairstyle.

Hundreds of people made the journey to Kurri Kurri’s Chelmsford Hotel on Saturday for the inaugural Mulletfest - a celebration of the 1980’s hairstyle.

A victor was crowned in five categories - best everyday, ranga, junior, grubby and ladies mullet.

From those winners a best of the best winner emerged - Shane “Shag” Hanrahan of nearby Denman.

“This is the first trophy I’ve ever had,” he told AAP after drinking Jim Beam from the silver cup.

“I can’t believe it.”

Mr Hanrahan, whose waistlength mullet has gone uncut since 1986, said his wife Julie who is a hairdresser - signed him up for the festival.

He celebrated the win by

leading the band, the Stunned Mullets, in a rendition of Dirty Deeds

by AC/DC. Controversy swept through the pub after the judges failed to give crowd favourite, Victorian potato farmer and coal miner Laurie Manuel, a place in the finals.

“You get up on stage and you think you’re tough with the mullet,” Auburn everyday mullet contender Brad Macmillan said.

“But, when I look at (Laurie) all I feel is envy.”

But Mr Manuel, who flew his luscious hair from Gippsland to Kurri Kurri, said he was just happy to be a part of the festival.

“I just want the young guys to get inspiration from me,” he said.

“Even though you’re 60 years old you can have a really good mullet.”

“Any young guys get started yesterday - get a mullet and keep

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Maybe it was his time on the farm or down the mines but Mr Manuel said he thinks dust is the key to a good mullet.

He said he wished his sons, sporting mullet wigs to support their dad, had followed in his footsteps.

“It’s the family’s pride,” his son Paul said.

“Dad wears the mane of the family - it’s like a lion’s mane. It’s a symbol of his life and it’s been around all of his life.

“And I haven’t grown one just yet but, before they put the last nail in my coffin, I’ll have a mullet - just for the old man.”

The festival is expected to return next year.

he White House says it will see whether North Korea’s interest in opening talks with the US marks the first step toward removing nuclear weapons from the Korean Peninsula.

White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders says President Donald Trump remains committed to achieving the “complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation” of the peninsula.

Sanders says the US, South Korea and others agree denuclearisation must be the result of any dialogue with North Korea.

Her statement comes in response to a statement earlier Sunday from the presidential office of Olympic host South Korea saying that North Korea had expressed willingness to hold talks with the US Sanders says Trump’s “maximum pressure campaign” must continue until North Korea abandons its nuclear and missile programs.

Trump imposed new sanctions on North Korea last week.

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backing Australia's power A ustralians are in love with batteries and the bond of storage is only expected to grow stronger over coming years.

A new report from the Climate Council finds the market for household batteries tripled in 2017, with more than 20,000 new installations.

The year before, just 6750 households put in batteries.

As well, South Australia installed the high-profile Tesla mega battery and now Victoria, Queensland and the Northern

Territory are following suit, while the federal, Queensland and Tasmanian governments are considering developing pumped hydro storage projects.

The council expects the storage boom to continue as prices drop.

The cost of lithium-ion batteries has fallen by 80 per cent over the past seven years and is predicted to at least halve again by 2025.

This makes batteries and other forms of storage increasingly competitive with peaking gas plants - especially with gas prices

soaring - for underpinning renewable energy generation.

“Australia’s renewables and battery storage boom will keep the nation’s power grid fully charged, especially during extreme weather events, such as summer heatwaves,” climate councillor Andrew Stock said.

“We live in one of the sunniest and windiest countries in the world, so pairing affordable renewables with energy storage

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Tesla’s “Powerwall”.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is trying to steer his electric car company’s battery technology into homes and businesses as part of an elaborate plan to reshape the power grid with millions of small power plants made of solar panels on roofs and batteries in garages.

like batteries, pumped hydro and heat storage just makes economic sense.”

Polling in the report finds threequarters of Australians expect household batteries to become commonplace during the next decade.

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day after plans to scuttle Melbourne’s proposed Apple flagship store failed, the government says it is pushing on with the controversial development.

Planning Minister Richard Wynne has thrust his support behind the tech store at Federation Square after a Greens upper-house motion to block it was struck down 34-4.

Despite an online petition to abandon the plan attracting more than 53,000 signatures, Mr Wynne reaffirmed the Andrews government’s commitment to the project.

“The Apple store is going ahead,” he told ABC radio.

“We are continuing to have very productive conversations

“...WOULD REQUIRE PARTIAL DEMOLITION OF FEDERATION SQUARE” with the City of Melbourne around some design modifications.”

The proposal would see the city’s central riverside precinct become home to the southern hemisphere’s only flagship Apple store but would require partial demolition of Federation Square.

“This will open up the

square,” Mr Wynne said.

“I’ve looked very carefully at the Apple development. It is a good development for the city and indeed the original architect for Federation Square not only endorsed the plan ... (so) did the state architect.”

But the Greens are not backing down. “This fight isn’t over. We’ll continue building

public support to show the Andrews government exactly how unpopular this decision is,” Member for Melbourne Ellen Sandell said.

Coalition members in the upper house did not vote in favour of the Greens’ motion despite Opposition Leader Matthew Guy previously calling the plan “an abomination”.

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omputers and mobile phones are not the only devices likely to be targeted by cyber-criminals, with webcams, televisions and even fridges at risk, Interpol warns.

While many tech users are generally aware of the threat cyber criminals can pose to PCs and mobile phones, the international police organisation is highlighting how all devices which can connect to the internet - known as the Internet of Things (IoT) - are potentially at risk of a cyber attack.

It says cyber attacks targeting IoTs, which can include smart home devices, have increased significantly in the past two years and means police and cyber investigators are having

to develop their skills to learn how to collect evidence from connected devices other than computers and phones.

To help tackle this new threat, 43 investigators and digital forensics experts from 23 countries took part in investigating a simulated cyberattack on a bank launched through an IoT device as part of Interpol’s latest Digital Security Challenge.

In the scenario, cybercriminals attacked a bank in an attempt to steal large sums of money, with investigators discovering malware installed by the criminals was contained in an email attachment sent via a hacked webcam - making it harder to identify the source of the attack.

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ber is redefining the nature of flexible work and putting more power into the hands of its drivers, officials from the ride-sharing app have told a Senate committee.

Uber Australia general manager David Rohrsheim told a public hearing into the future of work and workers that “flexibility” had scared staff in the past, as it usually meant unpredictable shifts or hours.

“Flexibility in our world means these drivers can log on whenever they want,” Mr Rohrsheim told senators in Sydney on Wednesday.

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n Australian university is banking on Blockchain, the technology behind the lucrative yet volatile cryptocurrency industry, by launching a nation-first course in the emerging sector.

Australia’s first short course on Blockchain strategy, aiming to educate the nation’s next wave of tech start-up entrepreneurs, will take flight on Tuesday at Melbourne’s RMIT University.

“Blockchain is now becoming a core part of contemporary digital literacy,” Vice Chancellor Martin Bean said.

The online eight-week program is set to begin in mid-March with students given the chance to hear from global experts in the growing space.

Blockchain is a decentralised, shared ledger that - with the help of complicated cryptography - records transactions in a verifiable, secure and permanent way.

Before Blockchain’s birth in 2008, it was impossible to place value on virtual currencies like Bitcoin as there was no way of distinguishing a legitimate digital coin from a copy.

The same principal applies to managing real money digitally, with banks slowly grasping Blockchain’s potential benefits as a faster, inexpensive and autonomous system.

“There is a real demand for Blockchain training and a skills gap in the market that needs to be addressed,” Alan Tsen, the Melbourne manager of financial tech company Stone and Chalk, said.

As demand presently outstrips supply in the US, there is a desperate need for more programmers in the growing industry predicted to be worth $176 billion by 2025, according to Gartner Research.

Aside from banking, the database system has potential applications for tracking the ownership history of realworld items, electronic voting, cybersecurity and electricity management.

In 2017, the Australian government tipped in $2.57 million to help power a cuttingedge start-up project that could make peer-to-peer solar energy trading a reality.

time, or they can stop doing it for a couple of months, but it’s completely in their control. It’s flexibility so they can fit in work whenever it works for them.”

Almost half of Uber drivers in Australia clock less than 10 hours per week, often supplementing other incomes.

Senators were told if drivers were not earning enough income on Uber, they were free to find work elsewhere, including

other ride-sharing platforms.

Uber officials were lukewarm on requests to calculate the average earnings per week of its drivers, saying there were “80,000 different stories” across the country.

When pressed on their reluctance to offer an average wage, Uber officials said their drivers could be logged onto other ride-sharing apps at the same time.

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dvances in workplace technology are allowing employers to know how long workers are spending in the toilet in a level of surveillance that an economist has labelled “offensive”.

It’s no coincidence that technology benefits employers over employees, according to James Stanford, who told a parliamentary inquiry that innovation is solving the problems faced by those paying for it.

The Centre for Future Work has recommended limits be placed on how companies use electronic systems to monitor, survey and discipline workers, including CCTV, GPS tracking and computer monitoring.

“I think the use in an unregulated format of some of this electronic surveillance is ... offensive to the dignity and privacy of workers,” Dr Stanford, the centre’s director, told a Senate inquiry into future employment on Wednesday.

While Dr Stanford has some concerns about technological advancement he doesn’t think mass unemployment as a result is likely, but admits technology is partly to blame for under-use of workers.

While official figures put unemployment at 5.5 per cent, he says the true rate of underutilisation is around 15 per cent.

“Our research suggests that less than half of the Australian

labour force today fills what we once considered a standard job, a permanent full-time job with entitlements that they can count on to support themselves and their families,” he said.

Significant groups of workers will be “displaced and harmed” by the way technology is implemented, he predicted.

But artificial intelligence expert Toby Walsh told the Sydney hearing there would always be a preference for the human touch in some professions, including doctors, psychologists and sales people.

“And there will be lots of peoplefocused jobs where it’s emotional intelligence that’s very important,” Prof Walsh said.

The inquiry also heard the hospitality sector is struggling to find skilled workers, blaming negative perceptions around workplace-based training compared to university education.

A survey of final year school students last year found only a third saw vocational education and training (VET) and university as equal, Restaurant and Catering Australia policy manager James Coward told the committee.

“So when they’re not actually viewing these things on a level footing it creates this idea hospitality sector work is only a temporary or a transitional kind of work, which is a very damaging perception for hospitality to have to contend with,” he said.

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acial recognition technology could be rolled out on Perth’s extensive public transport network, a counterterrorism parliamentary inquiry has heard.

The Perth Transport Authority will consider adopting the security software after reviewing the success of

a live trial on the Gold Coast’s public transport network during the Commonwealth Games.

“We’re lucky enough to have one of our senior executives on secondment over there helping at the Commonwealth Games and we’ll take notes and consider them when they come back,” PTA Richard Sellers told reporters on Wednesday.

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bodyhacking scientist is preparing to launch legal action against the NSW government after they cancelled an Opal card (Sydney’s Myki equivalent) he had surgically implanted in his hand.

Meow-Ludo Disco Gamma Meow-Meow, which is his legal name, cut down the Opal chip, had it encased in biocompatible plastic and then implanted it just under the skin on his left hand by a piercing expert in April 2017.

But Transport for NSW

cancelled the card earlier this week, he said.

TfNSW, in a statement to AAP, said it would not comment on the case but advised cards may be cancelled if their terms of use were broken.

Mr Meow-Meow - who ran as a candidate for the Science Party in the New England by-election last December - is expected before a Sydney court on March 16 to contest a $200 fine he received last year for riding the train without a valid ticket.

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ydney’s often-polluted harbour has played a starring role in the development of a new CSIRO water-filter coating that could save lives around the world.

The new graphene filter coating is so effective, says CSIRO scientists, water samples from the harbour were safe to drink after passing through it.

CSIRO scientist Dr Dong Han Seo says the tiny membrane, named Graphair, supercharges water purification, making it

simpler, more effective and quicker. “In Graphair we’ve found a perfect filter for water purification,” Dr Seo said in a statement.

The graphene membrane, which is made of a single layer of carbon, could eventually replace current multi-stage processes with a single step.

The research scientist and his CSIRO colleagues used water from Sydney Harbour as the test for Graphair’s water purification abilities.

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ans of the latest Netflix show Altered Carbon probably don’t know that one of the stars is an Australian who got her start on Neighbours.

Dichen Lachman, originally from Adelaide, played Katya Kinski on the soap over a decade ago but since then she’s made the leap to Hollywood, landing roles in TV shows such as Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Shameless.

And her latest role, playing the manipulative villain Reileen Kawahara in the Netflix adaptation of Richard K Morgan’s sci-fi series, will put her on the map.

“Every actor in Hollywood wants to be on a Netflix show,” Lachman told AAP in Sydney.

She cites the creative freedom offered by the streaming giant

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ennifer Aniston fans have speculated about a possible reunion with her exhusband Brad Pitt, following her separation from Justin Theroux.

Aniston and Theroux, who married in August 2015, confirmed they are splitting in a statement to “reduce any further speculation” following rumours that they were parting ways.

They said the decision to split “was mutual and lovingly made at the end of last year.”

However, in the midst of

as one of its most attractive features, along with its accessibility.

“They’re not tethered to ratings or rules and

regulations in terms of where you can take the content and what you can say, and what you can do, so as an actor it’s very liberating to work in that space,” she said.

“And in terms of access, Netflix is really egalitarian. Everyone has access to it all over the world,

simultaneously most of the time, so it’s not excluding any one country or group.”

Altered Carbon falls into a genre called cyberpunk, a subgenre of science fiction that exists in the future.

It explores social and moral themes, pitting Reileen as the

villain against her brother the anti-hero, Takeshi played by House of Cards star Joel Kinnaman. This is a world where people have the ability to come back from the dead, but only if they’re wealthy.

“I would imagine there will be a lot of people who won’t like me after watching the show,” Lachman said.

One of her most striking scenes

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Aniston and Pitt started dating in 1998 and quickly became one of the most highprofile star couples of the moment.

They married in 2000 but split in 2005, and Pitt then became romantically involved with his Mr & Mrs Smith co-star Angelina Jolie, who he later went on to marry and have children with.

required Lachman to engage in a naked sword fight. It offers a different, more powerful, representation of a naked woman on screen.

“I don’t think it’s ever been done before, a woman in that context, in that position; a woman so unapologetic and with no sense of being self-conscious or anything,” Lachman said.

“Not only is it a pivotal moment for the character and pushing the story forward but it’s a powerful image for a woman to be depicted like that.”

All the women in the show are complex and pivotal to the storyline.

“The females in this story, every single one of them no matter how small or big their role, they have such a clear intention and they’re the ones that are really driving this story forward and the diversity of the women is a really powerful thing,” she said. * Altered Carbon is available now on Netflix

euters - Comedian Amy Schumer has married chef and cookbook author Chris Fischer, announcing the nuptials via an Instagram post showing photos of the pair at their secret seaside ceremony.

The Trainwreck screenwriter and star, 36, wrote the simple comment “Yup,” alongside eight photos of the wedding, including one of the couple holding hands and smiling at each other.

Other photos showed two small black dogs participating in the ceremony and actress Jennifer Lawrence kissing Schumer on the forehead.

The two were married in a private ceremony in Malibu on Tuesday, according to People magazine, after dating under the radar for several months.

In a separate Instagram post,

Schumer said she did not want any gifts, but urged followers instead to donate to Everytown for Gun Safety, a group that advocates for stricter gun laws.

Schumer has called for increased gun control since a gunman in 2015 killed two women at a Lafayette, Louisiana movie house during a screening of Trainwreck.

She also said she was not pregnant.

Schumer’s new husband, Fischer, is the author of The Beetlebung Farm Cookbook, which was inspired by ingredients grown on his family farm on Martha’s Vineyard.

Schumer will appear in the upcoming film I Feel Pretty, about an insecure woman who wakes from a fall believing she is beautiful and capable.

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t took just one song to make Vance Joy a household name.The Melbourne artist now tours the world regularly and has notched up nearly one billion Spotify streams, largely thanks to his 2013 hit Riptide.

But everything that’s come since Vance Joy, real name James Keogh, released that song has proven he’s not a onehit wonder.

His debut album Dream Your Life Away became a number one record and he was chosen

by Taylor Swift to support her on the US, UK and Australian

dates of her 1989 tour in 2014.

As he prepares to release his second album, Nation of Two, he reveals that he’s intent on playing the long game.

“I noticed that if I looked at artists I really admire, they have a bunch of albums and their albums are quality. I guess that was always in my mind,” Keogh told AAP. But it’s hard to get to that second album when the first one has taken over your life so much.

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on tour by recording snippets on his phone or “collecting ideas” as he describes it.

“Some of them ended up as songs, a lot of them maybe get mashed into other songs, it was a lot of attempts and a lot of songs that didn’t quite work out,” he said.

Keogh invited a few collaborators to write with him for the first time, working with songwriters Dan Wilson (Adele, Taylor Swift) and Dave Bassett (Rachel Platten) on some of the album’s tracks.

“I did feel a bit apprehensive about co-writing,” Keogh said.

“It was because I’d written songs on my own, and it’s such a rewarding thing to write songs on your own. I feel like my most rewarding experiences have been when I feel like I’ve cracked a code myself.”

But with the added pressure that comes with creating a second album, Keogh felt

encouraged through his collaborations.

“You still don’t know when you might have a good idea. Sometimes you need reassurance or a positive word, or someone to notice something special that you’re doing, and you think ‘OK maybe that is a good idea and it’s worth pursuing’,” he said.

After the album’s release, Keogh will be back on the road, hitting Europe, the US and back home to tour Australia in September with 13 new songs he hopes will stand the test of time.

“You do want to write songs that you want to play over and over again, and if they’re made well they can stand up for a long time of playing, and playing, and playing.” * Nation of Two is out on Friday. * Vance Joy will perform at Sydney City Limits on Saturday and will return for a national tour on September 14.

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anadian rapper Drake has dropped a music video to match his song ‘God’s Plan’ on Friday in which he gave away almost $US1 million ($A1.4 million) in cash to people in the US state of Florida.

Drake, the world’s best-selling artist of 2016, followed it up with a challenge on Instagram urging his fans to “go out and be nice to each other”.

The ‘God’s Plan’ video up-ended the usual lavish efforts from music production companies, and instead

showed Drake handing out wads of cash to struggling families, toys to children, scholarships to students and cheques to a women’s shelter and a youth club in Miami.

“The budget for this video was $US996,631.90. We gave it all away. Don’t tell the label,” says the message at the start of the video.

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elbourne filmmaker, Greta Nash, has won Tropfest for a film inspired by a shopping trip taken with her Mum. Her short film, Two Piece, was chosen by a jury, headed up by esteemed Hollywood actress Susan Sarandon, to take home the top prize at the annual short film festival in Parramatta Park in Sydney’s west on Saturday night.

The film depicts a teenager’s shopping trip to find a swimsuit for a family trip to the beach.

“I was inspired to write it after I was at a film festival last year and had to find a dress for opening night,” Nash told AAP. “ I found a dress and I loved it but it was a little bit tight but I was told it was the largest size. And so I left, but I took it out on my mum.”

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he first treatment to help prevent serious allergic reactions to peanuts may be on the way.

A company said on Tuesday that its daily capsules of peanut flour helped children tolerate nuts in a major study.

Millions of children have peanut allergies, and some may have life-threatening reactions if accidentally exposed to them.

Doctors have been testing daily doses of peanut flour, contained in a capsule and sprinkled over food, as a way to prevent that.

California-based Aimmune Therapeutics said 67 per cent of kids who had its treatment were able to tolerate the equivalent of roughly two peanuts at the end of the study, compared to only 4 per cent of others given a dummy powder.

The study involved nearly 500 kids ages 4 to 17 with severe peanut allergies.

They were given either

capsules of peanut flour or a dummy powder in gradually increasing amounts for six months, then continued on that final level for another six months.

Neither the participants nor their doctors knew who was getting what until the study ended.

About 20 per cent of kids getting the peanut powder dropped out of the study, 12 per cent due to reactions or other problems.

The results have not yet been reviewed by independent experts, but will be presented at a medical meeting next month.

The company plans to file for US Food and Drug Administration approval for the treatment by the end of this year, and for approval in Europe early next year.

Health and Society, who was involved in the study, said: “Our study shows that acute alcohol consumption may have beneficial effects on the pronunciation of a foreign language in people who recently learned that language.

“This provides some support for the lay belief (among bilingual speakers) that a low dose of alcohol can improve their ability to speak a second language.”

Dr Fritz Renner, who was one of the researchers who conducted the study at Maastricht University, said: “It is important to point out that participants in this study consumed a low dose of alcohol.

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The study looked at whether Dutch courage would boost people’s ability to speak a second language or whether it would turn their words into Double Dutch.

It looked at 50 native German speakers who were studying at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands and had recently picked up the local language.

The group were given either an alcoholic or nonalcoholic drink and then held a conversation in their nonnative language.

Researchers found those who were slightly intoxicated had better pronunciation than their sober colleagues.

Dr Inge Kersbergen, from the University of Liverpool’s Institute of Psychology,

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Can you imagine a more chill weekend breakfast than looking over Port Phillip Bay? The Bistro serves breakfast from 9-11:30 Sat and Sun,

menu items start at $5. But if you’ve slept in – lunch kicks in from 11:30. Food is served til 9pm. Every day.

So what’s on the menu?

There’s plenty of seafood.

And for the non-pescatarian, check out the steak options.

Don’t forget the specials— what about Salmon or Barra topped with prawns for under $25? The menu caters to all ages and tastes.

February is Seniors month which means half-price lunch Monday to Friday. There’s an indoor playground to keep kids occupied. Check the website for food and drink specials and book a table— it’s instantaneous.

In the sports bar, nothing on the menu is over $18. TAB, Trackside and Sportbet are all available.

Wednesday night is trivia

night and Friday has happy hour (8-10pm), raffles and live entertainment. And if you can’t shut off your technology—there’s free wi-fi throughout.

Perhaps you have a function coming up? The Dolphin Room caters for corporate events and the Deck suits more personal celebrations.

Fill in the online form and someone will contact you to help you plan your event.

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staycation? The Sandy has 10 rooms, so it’s ideal for the break you have when you don’t have time for a break. Take a train from Flinders Street and walk 200 hundred metres from the Sandringham Station. Your room has ensuite, free wi-fi, bar fridge and don’t forget the great views.

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In fact, the Harvard School of Public Health states that the biggest influence on blood cholesterol level is the mix of fats and carbohydrates in your diet - not the amount of cholesterol you take in from food.

Today, eggs are part of a healthy diet - so much so that recently the country’s leading weight loss service announced that eggs are now included on its zero points list. Keep in mind, though, that not all eggs are created equal. When shopping for eggs, look for Eggland’s Best eggs, which have significantly more nutrition than ordinary eggs.

“Many health and nutrition organizations are finally recognizing eggs for the nutrient powerhouse they are,” says Blatner. “Eggland’s Eggs Best eggs have six times more vitamin D, more than double Shunned for many years, eggs were believed to be bad the omega-3s and more than double the vitamin B12 of for heart health due to high ordinary eggs, making them cholesterol levels. However,

hroughout history, misconceptions, misinformation and popular culture have influenced Americans’ eating habits. Many foods that were previously eaten daily are now considered unhealthy.

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“Nutrition is exciting. Just about every day there is new research about how certain foods work in our body,” says Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist Dawn Jackson Blatner. “Over time as research is done, foods that were once considered unhealthy can be found to actually play a key role in healthy diets.”

What historically “unhealthy” foods are now considered wholesome?

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Nuts Snacking on nuts today is typically considered a healthy way to keep hunger pangs at bay, but it wasn’t always that way. Nuts used to have a bad reputation for being high in fat and calories, and were often avoided, especially for people who wanted to lose weight.

Today, many nuts are considered the ideal nutritious snack as they contain heart-healthy monounsaturated fats.

For example, the versatile almond is relatively low in calories when compared to other nuts and has more calcium than other varieties, according to Health.com.

Plus, almonds are rich in fiber and vitamin E, an important antioxidant.

“Nuts can make a great snack or wonderful addition to recipes,” says Blatner.

“The one thing to be mindful of is sodium intake.

Opt for raw nuts or dryroasted varieties. These are minimally processed and typically won’t contain the salt and oils you’ll find in other varieties.”

Carbohydrates Due to empty calories and low nutritional value, cutting carbs has been at the heart of diet fads for decades.

The problem with this is that it assumes all carbs are equal, which is false.

“The important thing to realize is there are highquality and low-quality carbs,” says Blatner.

“Instead of shaming all carbs, focus on high-quality sources of carbohydrates that fuel the body and give you energy - skip the refined grains like white bread and focus on whole grains.”

Want to try a recipe that uses some of these formerly misunderstood foods?

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Eggland’s Best Spinach & Avocado Egg Sushi Makes two servings.

Ingredients: 2 Eggland’s Best Eggs (Large), 1 tablespoon milk, 1 dash of salt, 1 dash of ground black pepper, 1 large whole wheat tortilla (12 inch), 1/2 avocado (mashed), 1 cup fresh baby spinach For the spicy sauce: Mix 2 tablespoons plain Greek yogurt, 1 tablespoon Sriracha (or other hot sauce) and 1 teaspoon milk in a small bowl.

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STEEL PANTHER – Sunset Strip Live @ The Forum Home she’s in!).

The tour takes the boys to Melbourne’s third trip out to Australia since 2016 - and The Forum on 16th May, Sydney’s Big Top it seems like Australia can’t get enough of on the 18th, Brisbane’s Eatons Hill on the the raunchy Panther boys from LA! 20th and finishing in Perth on the 22nd The Steel Panther boys are coming to May at the Astor Theatre.

Australia to show off how it all started Steel Panther have been prolific in their for them - playing venues like The Viper output in the past few years, releasing Room in Los Angeles, playing all the best album “All You Can Eat” in 2014, Live hair metal songs of all time, eventually DVD “Live from Lexxi’s Mom’s Garage” in becoming the Steel Panther everyone 2016 and album “Lower the Bar” in 2017. loves (Well, maybe not your Grandma.

Their catalogue of hits is unstoppable; featuring hits like “Death to All But It kind of depends on what Old Folks’ ....continued

Metal”, “Community Property”, “17 Girls in a Row” and “Poontang Boomerang.”

Don’t miss the raucous, irreverent, all-out hair metal assault on your senses (and probably your genitals) that is Steel Panther’s “Sunset Strip Live” tour this May in Australia!

Steel Panther perform their only Melbourne show on Wednesday May 16 at The Forum. Tickets go on sale 10am Wednesday February 28 at mjrpresents. com. For more information, head to mjrpresents.com/steelpanther

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‘Want You Back’ is the band’s first new single in nearly two years. After 18 months on the road in support of their No.1 sophomore album “Sounds Good Feels Good”, the band has spent the last year living, writing and recording their new album in Los Angeles, set for release later this year.

5SOS told fans, “Finally… It’s been 3 years since our last

album and we are so ready to share new music with the world. After spending the last 5 years on the road since the age of 16, it was important we took time to reflect as individuals and now we’re coming back stronger and more unified than ever.

These songs mean the world to us and we have held nothing back in writing and recording this album. We’ve been rehearsing a lot of the new songs live and can’t wait

to get back out on tour to connect with our incredible fans.”

Hailed as the “biggest new rock act in the world” by Rolling Stone, 5SOS is the only band in history to see its first two full-length studio albums enter the Billboard 200 at No.1. Their self-titled debut album has sold more than three million units worldwide and their sophomore release “Sounds Good Feels Good” won the group two ARIA

awards for “Best Australian Live Act” and “Song of the Year” in 2015.

Australian fans will be among the first to get up close and personal with the band – this one’s not to be missed with tickets expected to sell fast!

5 Seconds Of Summer perform Tuesday May 29 at 170 Russell in Melbourne.

Tickets go on sale at 1PM, Friday March 2. For complete tour and ticketing details, visit: livenation.com.au.

WHAT’S ON MELBOURNE SAND SCULPTING AUSTRALIA: ALADDIN & THE ARABIAN TALES

Sand Sculpting Australia returns with Aladdin & The Arabian Tales at Frankston’s Waterfront this summer. Explore the magical stories of the 1001 Arabian Nights, made completely from sand. This exotic theme will feature sculptures of Aladdin and Princess Jasmine with the Genie, Sinbad the Sailor with mystical monsters plus Ali Baba and the cave of jewels. Alongside the sand sculptures will be a range of children’s activities workshops, sand art and craft, face painting and an interactive family game zone.

Where: Nepean Highway, Frankston When: Until 25 April

ROSS NOBLE – EL HABLADOR

Ross Noble returns to dance around the stage spinning out all the nonsense in his head into a hilarious stand up show. Following 14 sell-out tours, the king of improvisational comedy is back with another mind-blowing Australian tour. Ross Noble will be showcasing his talent in his brand new show, El Hablador. With an on-stage presence like no other, his exuberance, spontaneity and cerebral style have established him as one of The World’s best-loved comedians. The master surrealist uses an infinite imagination and plenty of tomfoolery, which is sure to have audiences in fits of laughter. For more information phone 03 9784 1060 Where: 27-37 Davey St 3199, Frankston When: Tue 13 Mar at 8:00pm - 10:00pm

REGIONAL WORLD’S LONGEST LUNCH

Join us at this property of unparalleled magnificence, a purpose built space for a garden party by local landscaper and artist Colin Hyett. This one long table lunch set on the immaculate lawns is all about finding your connection to the land. The award winning gardens are designed to capture you and evoke a sense of calm – much like the journey through flavours by Finesse Catering who will present a three course feast of local and fresh produce paired with local wines. For more info 0400 688 916 Where: 41 Barretts Lane, Langwarrin South When: Fri 16 Mar at 12:00pm - 4:00pm

TRILOGY OF SOUTH AMERICAN WOMEN BY KATHY AGUIRRE

As a part of the Ventana Fiesta we present the Trilogy of South American Women by Kathy Aguirre. No bookings required. For more events, exhibitions and workshops visit the Frankston Arts Centre.

Where: Frankston Library, 60 Playne St, Frankston When: Sun 11 Mar at 1:30pm - 2:30pm

PLAZA PALOOZA CRAFT MARKET

Indoor/outdoor craft market. Featuring local artisans and their craft. Something for everyone. Jewellery, candles, bags, pet accessories, tutus, resin wares, plants and lots more. Situated in the Langwarrin Plaza with Woolworths, cafes, butcher, lotto, massage, chemist, bakery, nail salon and a gym. Every Thursday.

Where: Langwarrin Plaza 385 Cranbourne Frankston Road Langwarrin When: Thu 1 Mar at 9:00am - 4:00pm

FREE CARNIVAL WORKSHOP

Free carnival workshop at Frankston Arts Centre. Drum, dance and sing. Every Wednesday Feb and march 6:30pm . Free.

Where: Frankston Arts Centre When: Wed 14 Mar at 6:30pm - 9:00pm

ART DEMONSTRATIONS WITH JEFF GILMOUR

Jeff Gilmour, a local artist, will be at Frankston Library to demonstrate how he works.

Jeff’s art career began in the printing industry as a layout artist working for newspapers, magazine and book publishing companies. He also ran a successful freelance business combining his skills as an illustrator, graphic designer, calligrapher, cartoonist and caricaturist which includes an extensive list of illustrated childrens’ books.

Where: Frankston Library, 60 Playne St, Frankston When: Sun 25 Mar at 1:30pm - 3:00pm

LIVE MUSIC PRESENTS MATTHEW FAGAN

Matthew Fagan is a gifted virtuoso guitarist and specialises in playing a custom 10 String Spanish guitar and Celtic String Guitar. Matthew always surprises audiences with his original arrangements, modern interpretations and virtuosity on guitar.

Matthew’s performances can includes genres that cross from Spanish Classical and Flamenco, Celtic, European Folk, Jazz, Latin American & World Music to Bluegrass finger-style and electric rock.

Where: 60 Playne St, Frankston When: Sun 8 Apr at 1:30pm - 3:00pm

FUNKY BUNCH TRIVIA AT SETTLEMENT HOTEL

Funky Bunch Trivia have changed the way pub trivia is played. For over 10 years we have been “funking” up pubs around Melbourne. Come down and play. Rock out at great music events near you.

Where: South Gippsland Hwy , Cranbourne When: Thu 22 Feb at 7:00pm - 9:30pm

DRAWING @ THE OLD CHEESE FACTORY

Drawing with pencil or ink. All materials are provided by the students. All levels welcome – The only criteria is that you like drawing. Support and assistance is provided by the tutor and other members.

Where: 34 Homestead Road, Berwick When: Fri 23 Feb at 10:00am - 11:30am

AFTER DARK – BERWICK WITH ALEXIS HARVEY

Join us for an evening of networking and honest conversation about our business highs and lows. We’ll have guest speakers, the opportunity to meet and mingle with the likeminded passionate and driven women that make up our community, and to make real connections while enjoying some delicious food and a glass of wine - and you’ll walk away with our signature gift bag. For more info go to www.soarcollective.com When: Wed 18 Apr at 7:00pm - 9:00pm

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Chelsea Heights Mezz Live - Adult Bistro & Live Music Patterson Lakes William Paul Croydon Joe Laf Mount Martha Music, Wine & Graze Frankston Poker Night Wheelers Hill Family Night w Corey Black Ben Walters Dandenong Cadillac Drifters Frankston Live Music Mornington Irish Music Bryson Mulholland Berwick Casey & Adam Acoustic & Brilliant Live in The Club Lounge Gods Kitchen Mornington Good Fridays w Guest DJ Hallam Hotel Hallam Radio Chaos Trio Seaford Hotel Seaford Backyard Brew Side Street Mordialloc Funky House DJ Matthew Scott Brass Razu Mornington Whiskey Gypsies Rosebud RSL Rosebud Craig Amy & Lee Duo Vespar Somerville Live Music Backyard Bar Mornington Backyard Karaoke Beaches Of Mornington Mornington Andrew Wallace Band Dorset Gardens Hotel Croydon Live Bands + Dj Mark Vinyl Publican Mornington Dj Royce C Rosebud Hotel Rosebud Tim Morrison Sands Hotel Carrum Downs Karaoke Friday Westernport Hotel Hastings Fudge Mordy HQ Mordialloc Takin Cover

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Rob Papp Tim Morrison RnB Saturdays w DJ Chris Passa on The Deck Red Gum BBQ Red Hill Wilson & White Mulgrave Country Club Wheelers Hill Live Music Workers Club Dandenong Replay Zigis Bar Flinders Marty Williams Rosebud Hotel Rosebud Ian Rickard Cranbourne RSL Cranbourne Beat That Frankston RSL Frankston Ian Duchesne The Dubliner Mornington Irish Music Cove Hotel Patterson Lakes Tim Morrison Croydon Hotel Croydon Cam Brown Gods Kitchen Mornington Bo Jenkins Side Street Mordialloc Resident DJ House & Funk anthems

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KELLY BROUHAHA THE SANDS HOTEL 71 Hall Rd, Carrum Downs – T. 03 9788 9900 www.sandshotel.com.au facebook.com/TheSandsHotel

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Winey Cow Workers Club Gracefield Café Hickinbotham Beach 162 Beretta’s Langwarrin

Mornington Dandenong Rye Dromana Frankston Langwarrin

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Croydon Hotel New Atrium Publican Rosebud RSL Frankston RSL Dorset Gardens Hotel Mordy HQ Gods Kitchen Side Street Workers Club

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Bennsong Fusion Accustic Sessions Beat That! Band Live Music Sunday Sessions Live Music on The Deck Simon Imrei Two Phase Duo Summer Series DJ’s on the Deck Sunday sessions on Deck 117 Tom Baeppler Sunday Sessions w Live Bands JMZ Tim McMillan & Rachel Snow Live Music Alternating DJs Flash & Jeff

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Sound Bar Rosebud West Console War Wednesdays Chelsea Heights Hotel Chelsea Heights Poker Night Mulgrave Country Club Wheelers Hill Instrumental w Lindsay Joseph + Trivia (7.30pm) Casa de Playa Mornington Karavana Flamenco Manhattan Mornington Rob Papp Hallam Hotel Hallam QuizzaMe Trivia Berwick Inn Hotel Berwick Trivia Baha Rye Jam Night (every 2nd Wednesday) Flanagan’s (Pier) Frankston Frankston’s Got Talent Karaoke Beaches Of Mornington Mornington Karaoke Kool Gods Kitchen Mornington Gods Trivia

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Mr Paul’s Wine Bar The Heights Sands Hotel Gods Kitchen Sound Bar Rosebud RSL Baha Backyard Bar

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Bennsong Pub trivia by Quiz Meisters The Guilty Party McRobin Free Salsa Classes Bingo Beer Garden Jam Sessions Backyard Karaoke

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The researchers, from Museums Victoria and the University of Melbourne, published a joint study on Wednesday which sheds new light on the long-gone animal’s juvenile transformation from pouch-dwelling marsupial to canine-like creature.

Using CT scans of 11 rare joey specimens, sourced from as far away as Prague, the Melbourne-based team created developmental 3D models of the thylacine, more commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger.

“This kind of technology is letting us see into the past,” the study’s senior co-author Dr Christy Hipsley told reporters.

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The beyond-the-grave reconstruction indicated the

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“That pouch period for marsupials is really critical ... they’re undergoing huge amounts of change,” Ms Hipsley said.

“For us to have that entire period from basically the first week up to the 12th week, when they’re emerging from the pouch, was just really lucky.”

Despite the tiger’s evolution as a dog doppelganger, the same Melbourne team - in a joint 2017 study sequenced its genome for the first time and found the species had not shared canine ancestry since the Triassic

period, 160 million years ago.

“The fact that they’ve overcome that amount of time to look almost indistinguishable is one of the best examples we have of convergent evolution,” she said.

In a twist to the stripy tale, two of the thylacine samples provided by the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery turned out to be incorrectly labelled - showing the technology’s usefulness to verify delicate, old specimens.

The native tiger, which was isolated to Tasmania after disappearing off

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It was hunted out of existence, with the last known tiger dying in captivity at Hobart Zoo in 1936, but repeated ‘sightings’ have continued to cement the species’ place in Australian folklore.

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Genuine buyer Looking to buy Oil tins - Golden Fleece, Ammoco, Ampol, Mobil, Castrol, etc. Oil bottles, Petrol bowsers, Enamel signs - Anything Petrol, Oil, Milkbar related and Old Motorcycles.

Will pay CASH, Phone 0418940437, CARRUM

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Phone Calls Only, Phone 0408547699, CHELTENHAM

MOTORBIKES WANTED

Buying not going, in need of repair or unwanted. Private collector. Cash on pick up. Phone or text, Phone 0439828509, LILYDALE

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Records & CD’s. Cash Paid. Mornington Peninsula & Surrounds - Will pick up.

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Saturday 17th February 8.30am-2.00pm.

Sunday 18th February 10.00am2.00pm. No early callers.

Moving sale. Bonsai trees.

Plants. 1960s Furniture.

Clothing. Bric’a’brac. Plus more, FRANKSTON

wanted oil bottles oil tins enamel signs petrol bowsers anything petrol I will buy your Old VINYL related, Phone 0418940437, RECORDS. Good prices CARRUM paid. Happy to Travel to you.

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Coins & Banknotes, Local or CARLTON JUMPER Foreign. Vintage Fountain WANTED Carlton football jumper pens, Old Silver objects. Fair wanted with knitted price paid. Will travel witihin from Frankston.

CFC monogram, Phone 40kms 0411739139, MOUNT Please phone Dan, Phone 97820246, FRANKSTON MARTHA

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Kitchenware. Collectables. Private Collector Pays Cash Assorted, GLEN WAVERLEY for OLD Football Memorabila, Old badges, Old Australian KARINGAL Coins, Racebooks and Most 6 Genoa Court Sunday 4th Things Old and Interesting.

March 8.30 - 2.30 Moving Plus OLD GMH Publications.

House Tools, Furniture, Please call, Phone 03 Books, Cloths, Bits & Bobs, 59791078, HASTINGS Video’s, CD’s, KARINGAL

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Plus more, SOMERVILLE

CHESS SETS/ BOARDS/TABLES

Wanting to buy Quality Chess sets/Chess Boards/Chess Tables in undamaged condition.

Contact on mobile or send details via email address: checkmate.1000@ yahoo.com.au, Phone 0434349637, FRANKSTON

1 Bedroom available fully furnished with BIR, half of electricity, no gas or water in 2 Bedroom unit in Seaford. Available Start of March. Bus stop right out the front. Walking distance to Kananook station, $300 per fortnight, Phone 0408139910, SEAFORD

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Quiet 2 bedroom unit (front unit, only 2 on block) available after mid February 2018 Lounge, dining area, kitchen with new dishwasher and gas appliances. Gas central heating, gas water heating, air conditioning in lounge, main bedroom with walk-in robe and air conditioner, bathroom with bath & separate shower, separate toilet, separate laundry with door leading to covered walkway with rear access garage door, single lock up garage, secluded small front garden. Would suit single professional person or couple with no children.

Non-smoker preferred. No pets ( negotiable ) 1 year lease minimum. Area:Frankston High School zone, close to transport, hospital, shops, botanical parks. Address: - 1/22 Summit Road, Frankston South. Rental A$ 1430.00 per calendar month ( A$ 330.00 per week ), Phone 0481 387 537, AH 03 9787 5113, FRANKSTON SOUTH

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BUY RECORDS FOR 23 Docker Street. Saturday CASH 3rd March. 9:00am-4:00pm.

No Early Birds. SEVERAL HOUSEHOLDS. Furniture, Clothing, Artwork, Books, Vinyl, Cassettes/CDs, Kids toys, Shoes/Bags, Kitchenware. All general household goods. Bric-abrac, ELWOOD

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Looking for Long Term respectable working person or International student. In quiet clean home, 2 mins to bus, 5 mins to fountain gate shopping center, quick access to freeway, No Pets as owner has 2 cats.

2 weeks Bond required.

Includes bills & Undercover parking. Previous tenants very happy, $180 per week, Phone 0419598881, NARRE WARREN

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CHILDS GYM SWING

3 rings, 3 swings and 2 seater swing. Good condition. Very solid. No rust. Painted Green, $40, Ph 03 59811829, MCCRAE

CRICKET BAT

Couger Cricket set. Medium helmet, Pads, Gloves, Thigh, White pants & shirt. Excellent condition, $200 the lot, Phone 0408139910, SEAFORD

HEALTH & WELLBEING PRIDE GO GO SCOOTER

Jassy Select Elite model.

Never been used. Original owner has passed away and never used the scooter, comes with a book and receipt.

Call anytime.

Original Price $ 2,450. Sell only, $1,500, Phone 03 5977 8194 , AH 0433131238, SOMERVILLE

By Marshall Cavendish 8 volumes, 112 books in total.

Very Good condition. Photo online www.tradertag. com.au, $120 neg, Phone 0404221138, AH 59962280, CRANBOURNE

BOOKS & MAGAZINES MILITARY BOOKS

Mercedes Grosser WWII German Officers car book, VGC. Eichman Minister of Death by Quentin Reynolds. The Gestapo Rheinhardt Heydrich, Old book, Rare. The Hitler/ Hess deception, hard cover book, GC. Ribbentrop Hitlers diplomat by Michael Block, $100 the lot, Phone 0413508726, CLAYTON S

COMPLETE KITCHENS COMPLETE DESIGNER KITCHEN

WHEELCHAIR

Sunrise Medical Brand. Only used 6mths, VGC, push type.

Folds up to 260mm Width.

Bargain, $150 ono, Phone 0478 226 260, SOMERVILLE

FASHION

PRINTING BUSINESS

JEWELLERY A OPAL BUYER

Looking to Purchase Cut Stones or Set in Jewellery, Rough & Specimens. Will pay cash & Travel, Phone 0425749849, LYNDHURST Complete business on a WIWO basis. Owner keen to retire. Factory lease option. Would suit person with Print experience.

Business operating approx 20yrs in Dandenong Industrial area. Akiyama 426 four colour A2 printing press. GTO 52 printing press with number & perforating unit. Heidelberg cylinder 460x585 die cutting press. Polar 82 EL programme guilotine. Toray waterless plate processor 860 kll.6. Exposure unit A2 size. Faltex A3 folder.

Paper drill. Duplo 6m A3 collater. Mitsubishi forklift.

Mitsubishi forklift 2.5.ton.

All office equipment, Benches, Desks, Heaters & Trolley, $45,000, Phone 0408564416, DANDENONG

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SPORT & LIFESTYLE

AVON NEVER BEEN USED

Still in boxes. Can no longer buy sets of Necklace & Earrings $15. Necklaces $10.

Plus other jewellery items, Ph 0408139910, SEAFORD

COMMUNICATION & COMPUTERS COMPUTERS REFURBISHED COMPUTERS

Old stock XP Windows computer Towers & Desktop boxes comes with Various size hard drives/ram, $20 each, Phone 9786 7915, AH 9775 8207, LANGWARRIN

Made by Clive Champion the kitchen specialist in Custom made kitchens.

White laminex cupboards, drawers & 2 deep drawers (used for pots). Solid Granite benchtop approx 3in Deep x 340L x 80w.

Includes Miele Dishwasher, 2x Miele ovens, Miele Microwave & 24 bottle wine rack. Beautiful kitchen. Will be ready for removal by buyer Mid June. Genuine buyers Please call After 6pm anytime to discuss and View. More photos online www.tradertag. com.au, $8,800 ono, Phone 0433563000, AH 0438055072, SANDRINGHAM

FURNITURE & FURNISHINGS GENERAL CHAIR & CABINET

Swivel chair Grey fabric with armrests. GC. Filing cabinet, 2-drawers, Oak veneer,GC. Selling, $30 each, Phone 0419803261, DINGLEY VILLAGE

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SWISS DIAMOND WOK WASHING MACHINE Swiss Diamond Wok same SIMPSON standard as circulon As New Cost Double selling price, $150, Phone 0359734449, AH 0359734449, MORNINGTON

CHAIRS 3OF

Cane Basket. Like Sunchair Good condition, $40 the pair.

Plus Dining chair, Brown vinyl seat with wooden back & legs, $25, Phone 0419803261, DINGLEY VILLAGE

DINING CHAIRS VELOUR X6

Purchased from Freedom Marrakech 2.5 & 3 seater.

Beautiful Rich Paprika fabric. Exellent Condition & Very Comfy, $400 ONO for both, Phone 0417137279, CARRUM

DINING SETTINGS DINING SETTING 7PCE

Excellent condition.

Were made to order.

Very comfortable. High backs.

Natural stain.

Purchased $350. Selling only due to Decor change.

Advertised elsewhere.

Pick Up only, $650 the lot, Phone 0419512196, SOMERVILLE

Solid Timber Extendable table.

Converts from 6 seater to 12 seater.

Includes 4 Chairs & 2 Carvers. Lovely Timber colour. Good condition, $250, Phone 03 9789 3384, AH 0429810577, FRANKSTON

BEDROOM CHEST OF DRAWERS

RECLINER ARMCHAIRS X2

Champagne coloured fabric, $15 each, Phone 9772 3539, PATTERSON LAKES

SETTEE

Excellent Condition, 2.1/2 seater. Warwick fabric Moss Green, Pink/Blue/White plaid.

Complete with fitted cover in Pale Gold, $100, Phone 9772 3539, PATTERSON LAKES

LOUNGE SUITES COUCH 3 SEATER

Brownish Tan, very comfortable, highback seats.

Selling as no longer using.

VGC. Can deliver locally for additional price. Photo online at www.tradertag.com.au, $50, Phone 0419006112, CRANBOURNE

COUCH 3 SEATER

Extremely comfortable. Both end seats recline. Dark Brown Leather look. 1 head rest has peeling. Otherwise Good Condition. Selling only, $40, Phone 03 97872749, MOUNT ELIZA

JASON RECLINER 2 SEATER

Beige with Burgandy pattern, $40 Plus free Wooden coffee table, Phone 0408139910, SEAFORD

SOFA BED

6 Drawer unit. Solid timber, 1.32mL. Good condition.

Must sell, $100, Phone 0400736202, AH 03 59751696, MORNINGTON

DRESSING TABLE

white on 4 legs, 2 drawers & mirror, glass top VGC, $75, Phone 03 59811829, MCCRAE

SINGLE BED

Practically new. Includes Timber headboard (optional), mattress and base. Only used for 6 weeks. Perfect condition.

Photo online www.tradertag.com.au, $85, Phone 0452264000, AH 03 59752219, MORNINGTON

HOMEWARES

Dusky pink, Exc Cond, Drop 1130 x Wide 710, $20, Phone 0359734449, AH 0359734449, MORNINGTON

VERASOL PLEATED BLIND

Exc cond, Dusky pink, Drop 1125 x Wide 1310, $35, Phone 0359734449, AH 0359734449, MORNINGTON

VERASOL PLEATED BLIND

Metal Candlesticks Black mottled with Dark green Bought from Mt Eliza Boutique, $20 Each, Phone 0359734449, AH 0359734449, MORNINGTON

AIR CON SPLIT SYSTEM

Celestial aircondtioner.

Brand New. In Original box. 3.5kw cooling. 4.3kw heating, $395, Phone 0413993858, CARRUM

BOX FAN

Made from Bricks & Concrete, From 20mm to dust. Ideal for Foundation & Cross over. Great price, $25 per metre. Screened soil, $20 per metre. Free Delivery on 10m loads subject to distance. Call now!, Phone 03 5978 8846, MOOROODUC

WATER FEATURE

Stainless Steel Height 900MM, Base is Pyramid Style see the Sun shine on it. Pond is Oblong. A square base in the Middle has a Chrome Ball resting on it $300. I have 2 square Water Features Free Standing totally different $90 and $150.00. Please ring for a Better Description.

Better still have a look no obligation to Buy, Phone 59734449, MORNINGTON

PLANER, SAW & GRINDER

Black and Decker Electric Planer, $50. Ryobi Craftline Saw Model 660x 18.4mm, $50. XU1 Angle Grinder 500 W, $40, Phone 5977 2920, MORNINGTON

TILER TOOLS

cutter, colour tiles etc, excellent package for beginners, $120 ono, Phone 97862978, SEAFORD

WELDING RODS

Tig and Aluminium Welding Rods Unused $20ea Negotiable, $20, Phone 0359734449, AH 0359734449, MORNINGTON

INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY LARGE SHED FRAME WANTED

Steel “I” Beam type with or without Iron cladding/ purlins. Size approx 20m Wide x 50m long (65ft x 165ft) or can be larger, Phone 0438546799, VICTORIA

RURAL & FARM FARM MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT METAL GRID

TRADE & INDUSTRY

VERTICAL BLINDS

Dusty Pink.

Excellent condition. 2x 2160 Drop x 2460 Wide, 1x 2000 Drop x 1400 Wide, 1x 2140 Drop x 2930 Wide. Call for Prices, Phone 03 59734449, MORNINGTON

Outfront Mower, 2200 Hours. Yanmar Diesel engine, 72in Deck. Tidy and Runs well, $8,450 ono Incl GST, Phone 0407 660 799, BITTERN

JOHN DEERE X595

ELECTRICAL & WHITEGOODS As new, Small model, approx 2ft high with 2 shelves, $120, Phone 0411739139, MOUNT MARTHA

FROZEN DRINK MAKER

Diesel. Ride on, 48in cut.

High Hours. Runs and Drives well. Power steering.

Hydraulic Dec lift. Very Tidy.

Phone Jeff, $5,850 ono Incl GST, Phone 0407 660 799, BITTERN

VICTA 4 STROKE MOWER

NEVER USED. Still in sealed box.

Nostalgia Electrics brand.

Great present or for any party.

Make your own frozen drinks.

Please text message and I will call you back.

Advertised elsewhere, $50, Phone 0410442139, CARRUM DOWNS

Stainless Steel Ice Bucket Brand New Make S & P, SIMPSON WASHING $35, Phone 0359734449, AH MACHINE 0359734449, MORNINGTON 6kgs top loader. Still working order. Sell for, $150, Phone SUITCASES 0427729571, FRANKSTON Australian Traveller 2of, each 75H x 48W x 28D in SIMPSON WASHING Dark Blue, Two wheel type, MACHINE VGC. Used only once, $30 Top loader 5kg, Good each or $50 for both, Phone condition, $80 ono, Phone 0407568804, MOUNT ELIZA 0458535199, BONBEACH

TIMBER & HARDWARE TIMBER

long load bearing HW Oregon 7x3.50m 15cmx5cm assorted, $200, Phone 97862978, SEAFORD

TOOLS & WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT

BAR FRIDGE

Log Basket Steel Brand New painted Matt Black can be used for magazines, $25, Phone 0359734449, AH 0359734449, MORNINGTON

METAL CANDLESTICKS

AIR-CONDITIONING & COOLING

CRUSHED ROCKS & SOIL

Mistral Gyro Aire Beige/ Brown, Retro style. GWO, Verasol Blind Dusky $10, Phone 0402414582, Pink Exc Cond, Drop CARRUM 1125 x Wide 1555, $35, Phone 0359734449, AH PORTABLE AIR 0359734449, MORNINGTON CONDITIONER Dimplex DAC 9005 model on VERTICAL BLIND wheels. Comes with spare DUSKY PINK venting kit and instruction Dusky Pink, 2 same size book. As new. White colour, RENOVATION Drop 2160 x Wide 2460, $250, Phone 0447047993, $35, Phone 0359734449, AH AH 97709260, FRANKSTON BESSER BLOCKS 0359734449, MORNINGTON random colours, 390x190x90, VERTICAL BLIND large quantity available call MOWERS & DUSKY PINK for more information, 60c GARDEN TOOLS Dusky Pink, Exc Cond, Drop each, Phone 0418176523, 2140 x Extra Wide 2930.

CRANBOURNE SOUTH Ring for info, $50 ONO, JOHN DEERE 1445 BESSER BLOCKS Phone 0359734449, AH DIESEL Golden Stone, approx 3000, 0359734449, MORNINGTON 390x190x90 split face, $4,500 VERTICAL BLIND lot, Phone 0418176523, DUSKY PINK CRANBOURNE SOUTH Dusky Pink, Exc condition, Drop 2000 x Wide 1400, $35, Phone 0359734449, AH 0359734449, MORNINGTON

LOG BASKET STEEL NEW

STAINLESS STEEL ICEBUCKET

As new. Converts to Single bed. Used in spare room only. Moquette Blue/Grey colour. Paid $599. Sell only, $200 ono, Phone 0400736202, AH 03 59751696, MORNINGTON

VERASOL BLIND DUSKY PINK

Heavy duty 5kgs top loader. Can Deliver locally, $80, Phone 0417556296, FRANKSTON NORTH

ASSORTED GARDEN TOOLS

Selling all tools as Downsizing. All in Working order. 2x Shovel’s. 2x Garden Spades. Fork. Pick axe. Garden hoses. Electric Hedge trimmer. 2x garden rakes. Garden shears & Manual edge trimmer, Call for Prices, Phone 03 9789 3384, AH 0429810577, FRANKSTON

Serviced with New blades & catcher. Very Good condition, $90, Phone 59962201, AH 0400541717, BAILEYS EXTENSION CRANBOURNE LADDER

GARDEN & OUTDOOR ALUM PLANTER 1300MM LONG

1300mm Long x 350mm Height x 500mm Depth.

Excellent conditiion.

Reduced twice now $115, $115, Phone 0359734449, AH 0359734449, MORNINGTON

2.4M-4.0M VGC, $100, Phone 0400854572, CRANBOURNE

BENCH SAW

in VGC, $90, Phone 0 4 0 0 8 5 4 5 7 2 , CRANBOURNE

DAWN VICE

Heavy Steel duty, 150 straight jaws, EC, $100, Phone 97862527, SEAFORD

HARD YAKKA OVERALLS

Hard Yakka Navy Overalls size 112ST Brand approx 50 Standard sized New sleeveless step stones. Cleaned and ready into button front, $50, to go, $4 each, Phone Phone 0359734449, AH 0408564416, CHELSEA 0359734449, MORNINGTON

BLUESTONES

Large old heavy-duty metal grid ñ rusted, but very strong and sturdy. FREE to collect, free, Phone 0413605903, RED HILL SOUTH

LIVESTOCK BUDGIES

Young birds, 1 month out of the nest, 3 Pale Blue, 1 Olive Green, 1 White.

Too young to tell sex, $10 each, Phone 0417367031, CRANBOURNE WEST

CHICKENS

Isa Browns. Point of lay. Fully vaccinated. Wormed. Plenty available, $20 each, Phone 0427624665, SKYE

ISA BROWN PULLETS

16-20 weeks old Point of lay. (Not De Beaked) Triple vaccinated & wormed. Best breed for egg production.

Available all year round.

We supply a box to take them home in free, $25 each, Phone 0414766577, SOMERVILLE

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The 2018 FORD MUSTANG arriving Down Under

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AUTOMOTIVE CARS UP TO $1,000 FALCON BA 2004 SEDAN

210,000kms.

Duel fuel.

Right hand side damage.

Drives. TVH-884. Complete or can wreck, $800, Phone 0412930344, CLAYTON

Building on Mustang’s core attributes that have resonated with Australians – the emotive styling, highly involving driving experience, classic burbling engine and grin inducing performance – the 2018 Mustang will offer Australians an even more capable, immersive experience

HYUNDAI ELANTRA 5D SUZUKI GRAND HATCHBACK 2005 VITARA 4D WAGON Automatic. Purchased March 2008

1.8L Auto. A/C. P/S. 159,318kms. CD. THT300. Includes RWCert.

Call for more information.

Photos online www. tradertag.com.au, $2,500, Phone 0403135319, FRANKSTON

2017 with RWC. Reversing camera installed. Reg April 2018.

TRQ794.

Going overseas. Price Neg, $4,600 ONO, Phone 0412090250, REGO TRQ794, RINGWOOD SUZUKI LIANA 4D

HYUNDAI GETZ 3D HATCHBACK 2008

5spd man, 164000kms.

Reg 05/2018. Full service history. P/S, A/C. CD player.

RWCert. Mechanically Very Good. Body very clean.

Great buy. More photos online www.tradertag. com.au, $3,950, Phone 0425700454, REGO WJX726, MORNINGTON

LAND ROVER DEFENDER 4D WAGON 1995

Auto. Gas & Petrol. No reg.

Selling as is. Call for more information, $4,800, Phone 0402091626, REGO Ned, CLAYTON

MERCEDES-BENZ 220 SEDAN 1994

4cyl Auto. Red colour.

Reasonable condition. A/C. P/S. C/locking. Reg serviced.

Registered.

Personalised 5Ltr V8, clean tidy car, worked plates not including. Selling motor, rego due,no RWC, as is, $3,500 ono, Phone STATOH, $4,800, Phone 97956795, REGO ZE1944, 59983062, TOORADIN DANDENONG NORTH

HOLDEN STATESMAN VS

KIA RIO 2010

24,000kms, 5 door hatch, 1.6 5spd manual, 1 owner, like Great condition. Auto, RWC. new, Red, YHN-839, $8,000 REG. Books. 7800 neg, ono, Phone 97834632, Phone 0425743438, AH FRANKSTON 0425743438, REGO Ael 201, ASPENDALE GARDENS CARS $10,001 -

CARS $1,001 $5,000 HOLDEN ASTRA 2003 HATCH

that has seen this iconic nameplate become the nation’s best-selling sports car.

“Most people have a Mustang memory, whether it be a favourite film moment, a childhood memory or, more recently, parking one in their own garage,” said

$15,000

SEDAN 2005

HOLDEN Manual, 12 months re, COMMODORE VE RWCert. Silver. Excellent SERIES II OMEGA condition. Drives Great. Call SEDAN 2013

for more information, $5,000, V6 6spd Auto, dedicated gas.

Phone 0459639236, REGO Full elecs, ECond, 65000kms, 1lj1zj, ROSEBUD WEST RWC, 6mths reg. deceased estate. Photo online www. tradertag.com.au, $14,990 VOLKSWAGEN ono, Phone 97892210, POLO CLUB 3D AH 0428442220, REGO HATCHBACK 2004 1DW6VZ, FRANKSTON Immaculate condition. HOLDEN CRUZE 4D Auto. Full service history. SEDAN 2012 New Timing belt, Driving For sale my fully sick belt.

96,000kms since 2012 holden cruze new. Cloth trim. A/C. SRI-V turbo sports, P/S. Plus other options. loads of extras rwc,rego, RWCert. Any test welcome. Phone 0412783284, AH Ideal first car or student. 0412783284, REGO ZFZ951, LMCT 1835, $3,990 plus BAXTER ORC, Tiny Town Car JEEP GRAND Sales LMCT1835, Phone CHEROKEE 4D 0419874553, REGO WZKWAGON 2006 487, BLAIRGOWRIE Included extras is a tow bar with electric brake system fitted, $12,300 ONO, Phone 0359832992, CARS $5,001 AH 0359832992, REGO $10,000 YEH678, HASTINGS

HONDA CRV 4D WAGON 2000

Full service history, like new, welcome to any test, factory alloy wheels, sunroof, will nor disappoint, $5,499 ONO, Phone 0481210017, REGO 1JN7SH, CHELTENHAM

KIA PICANTO 2017 SI

auto, hatch, 1.3 eng, reg 3/18, silver, 2,200kms, rev camera/sensors, ESC, EBD, 6 airbags, 1ID8GU paid $15,500. Must sell now, $12,600 ono, Phone 95511598, CLAYTON SOUTH

Graeme Whickman, Ford Australia President and CEO. “The updated model offers customers a raft of new features for greater capability of Australia’s best-selling sports car, which has shown how much Mustang resonates with the Australian lifestyle.”

NISSAN 350Z 2D CONVERTIBLE 2004

Nissan 350Z convertible Auto 2004 with RWC 127,000 kms.

Lady owned. New softtop .

Excellent condition, $12,995, Phone 0429665529, AH 0429665529, VIN JN12AAZ33AO150057, MORNINGTON

4WDS JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED 4D HARDTOP 2008

Very tidy, in good condition, 121,242kms, 2in lift kit.

Extra fuel tank. Manual.

Reg 11/2018. Good engine.

Always garaged.

More information/photo online w w w. t r a d e r t a g . c o m . a u , $21,990 ONO, Phone 0435070076, REGO 1LN8EG, PAKENHAM

LAND ROVER DISCOVERY 3 4D WAGON 2009

NISSAN NAVARA 4X4 1997

Dual Cab. ONLY 83,150kms (Country kms) 3.2L Diesel 5spd Manual.

Lowline canopy. Long Range Fuel Tank. Bullbar. Towbar. A/C. Power Steering/Windows.

Well maintained. Current RWCert, 6mths reg OLLEMU. Phone calls before 12pm only. More photos online www.tradertag.com. au, $12,500 ono, Phone 0401880808, PARKDALE

SSANGYONG MUSSO MERCEDES WAGON 1998

To much to mention, $40,000, Phone 0425743438, AH 0425743438, REGO Lrd111, ASPENDALE GARDENS

SUZUKI GRAND VITARA

2002 Auto Eco V6, 4-Door.

All books, 2 owners, ECond.

Metalic Blue/Silver. Nothing to spend, 175,000kms, M0416021359, $6,500, Phone 95801809, AH 0404743927, PARKDALE

Auto.

Fuel Injection ILG3200 4WD. P/S. Leather seats. Sunroof. A1 condition but needs new motor. EC Inside/outside.

Photos online www. tradertag.com.au, $500, Phone 97702202, VIN KPTF0B19SVP101526, FRANKSTON SOUTH

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ECONOMICAL

Fantastic condition, cheap to run, great work or family car. YTT220 AUTOMATIC

2008 TOYOTA RAV4 CV6 Excellent car, flat folding rear seats, very nice to drive.

WQY250

AUTOMATIC

$ 11,999 2006 HOLDEN RODEO RA Heaps of extras, roof basket, shovel rack, bull bar, light bar, heaps of lockable storage, secondary battery, CB radio, ready for that trip around Australia.

XZV859

$ $8,999

V8

8,999

2009 HYUNDAI i30 SX 1.6 CRDi HATCHBACK

Turbo Diesel

Great car to drive, cheap to run, very safe. 1HG4WC 7 SEATER

1999 TOYOTA PRADO GXL AUTO Excellent service history, super clean inside and drives fantastic. POM284

2007 TOYOTA YARIS YRS Excellent little cars, great commuter, very reliable. UYY670

$ 11,999

$ 6,990

TURBO DIESEL

2002 HOLDEN VY BERLINA Low 162637 Klmʼs, fantastic condition, very clean. RZB199

$

2007 FORD FALCON BF MKII DEDICATED GAS

$ 6,999

DEDICATED GAS

$ 9,990

2010 FORD FALCON FG UTE Excellent condition, beautiful to drive, long reg. XWT853

2003 BMW 3251 Excellent condition, leather seats, drives beautifully.

SMAREK

$ 10,999 1999 FORD TRANSIT AUTOMATIC CAMPER Excellent set up, 240v power plugs, double bed, lots of extras.

SPY164

2006 CHRYSLER VOYAGER STOW N GO 7 seater in comfort, duel air condition, DVD player, heaps of room. TWP467

1990 FORD LASER GL Excellent condition, air condition, power steer, long reg.

EAH451

$ 6,999

7 SEATER

$ 7,500

PTY LTD

$ 9,990

6 SPD MANUAL DIESEL

2008 NISSAN X-TRAIL Excellent condition, nudge bar spot lights, sold reg and rwc.

VIN: JNITCNT3INOOO2254

TURBO DIESEL

$ 6,990

STUNNING COLOR

2005 HOLDEN VZ CALAIS Excellent condition, very clean inside and out, drive brilliant, sold reg and rwc. Vin 6G1ZX54765L411802

404 PRINCES HWY, OFFICER

Email: sherlowusedcars@gmail.com www.sherlowusedcars.com

LMCT 1130

Ph 5943 1007 or 0413 931 461

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TOYOTA GXL 100 SERIES WAGON 2000

TOYOTA LAND CRUISER 80 SERIES GXL WAGON 1991

MERCURY MONTEGO 2 DOOR COUPE 1969

302 Auto. LHD. VGC. On Club reg - Not Transferable.

Will swap for customline.

Photo online www.tradertag. com.au, $28,500, Phone 0412314663, REGO 37849H, CRANBOURNE

WHEELS & TYRES Dual Fuel, 6cyl 4.5L 5spd Auto. Driving lights. A/C. New tyres. Bullbar. Towbar.

RWC. 250,000kms. Tinted windows. Reg serviced.

Reg SZO-578. GC. More photos online www. tradertag.com.au, $13,500, Phone 0416507656, REGO SZO-578, PATTERSON LAKES

TOYOTA LANDCRUISER PRADO

Turbo Diesel 5spd Manual.

Excellent interior. Extras include Bullbar. ARB diff locks. 35in Simex tyres.

Compressor. UHF radio.

Roof console.

Desert cooler radiator.

Dual Optima batteries. Trailer brakes. No oil leaks. No Rust. Mechanically perfect but Body needs a tidy up. Reg 12/2018. Selling $8,500 with out RWCert or With RWCert, $10,500, Phone 0458399833, REGO WVA-400, DROMANA

CLASSIC & UNIQUE CARS CADILLAC SEVILLE SEDAN 1999

2005 Wagon, V6 4L Auto. 7 Seater. Approx 300,000kms. A/C. P/S. Electric Windows/Mirrors.

C/locking.

Towbar.

Reliable. Reg TGY-903.

RWCert. Engine needs attention otherwise in Good Condition. More photos online www.tradertag. com.au, $7,900, Phone 0416371616, VERMONT SOUTH

NISSAN PATROL 17IN ALLOYS

Pulled from brand new GU after purchase, not even done 100klms! No chips scratches absolutely new. 5 wheels with New Bridgestone Dueler A/T Tyres. Tyres alone would cost over $1300, the lot for $1500 including a stainless steel/black locking wheel cover!!!!, $1,500 the lot, Phone 0411110108, MORNINGTON

PARTS ASSORTED 4X4 ACCESSORIES

4.6 V8 Auto. Front wheel drive. Factory Right hand drive. Vic Reg. Blue Velour interior. 89,700kms. VGC. Selling as is, $8,500, Phone 0412314663, REGO 1PL-9EY, CRANBOURNE

Rhino roof rack to suit 100 series Toyota Landcruiser $200. 2x Cibie driving lights $200. 60ltr opposite lock flexible water bag $125.

2x Jerry Cans $40, Phone 0490002772, SAFETY BEACH

COMMODORE V6 SUPERCHARGED

Engine & Transmission.

Also Computer and wiring harness from VSVT Commodore. All in Good condition, $900, Phone 0415946472, AH 0418596211, CRANBOURNE

COMMODORE VT HSV ENGINE

5 litre Roller engine, 70,000kms.

Comes with Turbo T700, Wiring, Harness & Computer, $1,000, Phone 0415946472, AH 0418596211, CRANBOURNE

TRAILERS CAGE 6X4 TRAILER

Good clean Metal trailer.

Black colour. Solid unit, $680, Phone 0402091626, CLAYTON

CARAVANS & CAMPER TRAILERS AVAN 18FT POP TOP

CARAVAN 20FT X 8FT WIDE

BAILEY SENATOR MONTANA

CARAVAN WINDSOR POPTOP

The Liam MkII. Shower & toilet. Double bed. Ensuite.

Air conditioning.

HWS. Cooktop & griller. 12V battery system.

Pullout awning, $27,500, Phone 0433136641, HALLAM

Double Axle. All Alum.

No Leaks. Gas cooktop.

Microwave. A/Con. Rear D/bed. Would make ideal spare room/bushblock.

Photo online www.tradertag. com.au, $2,300 ono, Phone 0476671053, TYABB

2002 Bailey Senator Toilet Shower Beds Annexe Kitchenette Air Conditioner Heater lightweight can tow with sedan Great Condition, $24,500 ONO, Phone 0412451860, DINGLEY VILLAGE

Streamline 16ft 2002. Rollout Awning. L- shaped Dinette.

Twin beds.

Innerspring mattresses. Stove. Grill.

Microwave. 3-way fridge.

Plenty storage/cupboards , 1130kgs, VGC, $13,000, Phone 03 59987276, CRANBOURNE

BLUE WATER 2015

EVERNEW POP TOP 1991

CAGE TRAILER 6X4

heavy duty, removable rear swing door, removable front and side panels, ladder rack, $450, Phone 0417515649, WARNEET

STEEL TRAILER WITH CAGE

6ft x 4ft, rear door, $400.

Steel trailer 5ft x 4ft, very light, suits small car, Blue, $290, Phone 0417515649, WARNEET

TRAILER

7x4 motor bike trailer w/ tracks, jockey wheel, trailer lock, 12mths reg, greyblue, $700 ono, Phone 0407250413, LANGWARRIN

www.loadmaxxtrailers.com.au

Factory 1-2, 3 Levida Drive, Carrum Downs

Forward Fold Darling Model Off Road Camper Trailer. Coil suspension.

Twin shocks.

Dual batteries. Twin 130amp AGM. Separate battery management unit. Solar panels. Fully enclosed annexe with floor. 3-Burner gas stove with Twin gas bottles. Sink. Twin watertanks. Many extras.

Excellent Condition. Suits new buyer. $15,800, Phone 0458399833, DROMANA

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Looking for a clean cheap pop top with single beds? It is fully serviced and ready to go. Options included.

Awning, 2 x spare wheels, Pole carrier, very nice van for itís age, $9,990 Drive Away, Our Van RV, Phone 1300 068 700, ROSEBUD WEST

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2018 KOKODA ARMORLITE POP TOP Built for some of the toughest conditions out there. with Alko Enduro suspension, front toolbox, 2 x 65Ltr water tanks, 100amp battery, 2 x 120 watt solar panels, DO35 hitch, gas bayonet, 2 x 9kg gas bottles packed with premium features such as a spacious café dinette lounge with table, queen island bed, combo shower and toilet, 75Ltr Camec Vitri fridge/freezer and single bowl sink.

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2018 KOKODA VETERAN XLI PLATINUM CARAVAN Built on a tough 6” dura gal chassis and a semi off-road suspension that is specifically engineered for those rugged journeys. The Veteran XLi Platinum comes with RV Wi-Fi and a 22” Smart TV which is iOS and Android capable. You can Skype your loved ones back home or simply relax and watch a movie on Netflix. Equipped externally with a front boot, tunnel boot, external shower, 2 x spare wheels mounted to the back bumper, fold-out picnic table & gas bayonet and much more.

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2000 AVAN ALINER CAMPER In excellent condition with IRS suspension, electric brakes, 2 X 4kg gas bottles, single beds, 90 lt fridge, 2 burner cooktop, microwave, battery, solar panel, annex.

This popular A frame camper is fully serviced and ready for immediate delivery.

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1998 MONARCH CRUSADER POP TOP Neat and tidy poptop with single axel, 14” tyres, electric brakes, 1 X 9kg gas bottle, seating for 5 people, innerspring mattress, solar, 4 burner stove with grill, microwave, external antenna, mesh walls for awning including AFK, 12V water pump. Fully serviced and ready for immediate delivery.

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2002 JAYCO FREEDOM POP TOP

Brand new awning, 2 x single beds with the capability of couch as 3rd bed. features include microwave, pressure vent, 90 lt 3 way fridge, tow bar ball mount to suit bike rack, hoses to suit and an ATM of 1538 kg.

Single axle pop top, fully serviced ready to travel to new destinations. Single beds offers more room and extra seating. This van has a brand new awning and privacy screen. Includes 90 lt 3 way fridge and large storage boot. If this van ticks your boxes please feel free to make a reasonable offer.

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2009 REGENT CRUISER SE SERIES CARAVAN

The perfect affordable holiday starter. Light weight and tows like a dream. very open plan style with double bed to front and kitchen at rear. Just been serviced. Many extras dual batteries, portable solar, clothes line to rear, tow hitch to suit bike rack on rear, numerous 12 volt and USB sockets throughout van, full custom made annex, battery charger, tv antenna, microwave, 90 lt 3way fridge.

$18,000 LER DEA EX- DEMO

Highly sought after outback camper with Alpine bag awning, 3 gas burner 1 electric stove with grill, solar provision, 100amp hour battery, innerspring mattress, café seating, 1 gas bottle, electric brakes, jerry can holder, stone guard, ready for immediate delivery.

2009 Regent Cruiser SE caravan in excellent condition.

17’, roll out awning, pillow top innerspring mattress, 3 way 150Lt fridge, stereo, TV, external aerial, microwave, 3 gas burner 1 electric stove top with grill, 100amp hour battery. Serviced and well worth viewing.

$19,990

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2012 NEWAGE BIGRED CARAVAN Exceptional quality and half the price of a new one. A full annexe, 2 x jerry can holders, trailer mate jack, hayman reese level ride kit, electric step, leather upholstery, large 2 door fridge, rear view cam to van, washing machine, slide out pantry, tick cushion to make extra single bed, solar power and fully serviced ready to go. atm 2840 kg

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This most flexible lightweight van 21 ft includes tandem axle, IRS suspension with shockers, hydraulic over ride brakes, 2 X 9kg gas bottles, anti sway hitchclub lounge, queen bed, 100a/h battery, 189lt dometic fridge and much more.

The Brigade LX is packed with premium features such as a spacious café dinette with tri-fold table and a tri-fold bunk bed above lounge, queen island bed with inner spring mattress, separate shower and toilet, full oven, 184Ltr Thetford fridge/freezer, reverse-cycle air conditioner and much more.

This is the complete package, 23” of stylish contemporary design. Selling due to downsizing.

Features include inverter, diesel heating, solar, dual 130 a/h batteries, washing machine, oven, pillow top queen-sized bed, external shower and ESC. Fully serviced and ready for immediate delivery.

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At the top of its game with bolted furniture full under body armor and satellite tv to make you feel at home watching the game. Extras include diesel heating, Cruisemaster independent suspension, grey water tank, RV wifi, queen size bed, under slung tool boxes, leather upholstery, separate shower/toilet, 2 x spare wheels, and a generator box. Fully serviced and ready for the road or should i say track. TARE 3000 KG ATM 3500 KG REDUCED $64,990

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limited edition first reg, 2012, s/axle, QB aircond, heating, full annexe, large fridge, little use, $25,000, Phone 97529069, LYSTERFIELD

JAYCO FREEDOM POPTOP 2002

GALAXY ODYSSEY OFF ROAD

Excellent condition and ready for your off road and off grid adventures. check out online ad for details, $29,999, Phone 0402841458, CRIB POINT

GOLDSTREAM 2004

The Freedom to explore Australiaís breathtaking outdoors, Twin sleeping/ Shower/toilet, Large lounge, eating area and modern interior, A/C and much more!, $24,990, Phone 0410383511, NARRE WARREN

GOLDSTREAM GOLDCROWN 2007

Single axle pop top, fully serviced ready to travel to new destinations. Single beds offers more room and extra seating. This van has a brand new awning and privacy screen. Includes 90 lt 3 way fridge and large storage boot. If this van ticks your boxes please feel free to make a reasonable offer, $14,990, Our Van RV, Phone 1300 068 700, ROSEBUD WEST

MILLARD 16FT

Great Condition Registered and ready to go Brand new tyres Dometic 3 way fridge Contact for more details, $4,950, Phone 0487888212, PAKENHAM Camper, 2 berth with bed converter to dining, TV, external aerial, 2 pole carriers, 2 Jerry can holder, battery pack, filtered water, towing mirrors, Fiamma wind out awning, 15in wheels, 90lt 3 way fridge, fully serviced ready for immediate delivery, ATM 1450kg, $18,888 Drive Away, Our Van RV, Phone 1300 068 700, ROSEBUD WEST

JAYCO FREEDOM POPTOP 16FT

2001-2002 Model. Single beds. Front kitchen. Rollout Awning plus walls. 4-Burner Gas Top/Oven. Microwave.

Fridge.

Pull-out pantry.

Extras, Phone 0481314953, HASTINGS

PORTABLE FRIDGE/ FREEZER

Never used, never opened box Camec CRVF80 80L Fridge/Freezer 12/24/240v is a dual fridge freezer DC and AC mains power, $850, Phone 0402841458, CRIB POINT

ROYAL FLAIR 2003

Spare wheels. DB, 12V , gas, Electric fridge. A/C (Not installed). Good condition, $3,300, Phone 0479027179, HAMPTON PARK

Van Royce Pop Top. Brand new awning, 2 x single beds with the capability of couch as 3rd bed. features include microwave, pressure vent, 90 lt 3 way fridge, tow bar ball mount to suit bike rack, hoses to suit and an ATM of 1538 kg, $14,990 Drive Away, Our Van RV, Phone 1300 068 700, ROSEBUD WEST

TRAVELER 16FT POPTOP

Tare weight 1040kgs, 2 single beds, Gas 4-burner stove & grill. 3-way fridge.

New pullout awning. Heaps of storage throughout. New tyres, 1x9kgs gas bottle.

Very Good and Clean condition. Will impress when seen. Great to tow.

Call anytime for more information. More photos online www.tradertag. com.au.

Reduced for Quick Sale, $11,900 ono, Phone 95891972, AH 0437105575, BEAUMARIS

TRAVELLER POP TOP

2003 in excellent condition, rear double bed, side dinette & lounge, front kitchen.ducted heating & cooling awning & annex, $17,500, Phone 0408344108, ROSEBUD

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VISCOUNT AEROLITE 15FT

Spare wheels. DB, 12V , gas, Electric fridge. A/C (Not installed). Good condition. $3,300, Phone 0479027179, HAMPTON PARK

VISCOUNT GAZAL 2005

MONARCH CRUSADER 1998

Neat and tidy pop top with single axel, 14” tyres, electric brakes, 1 X 9kg gas bottle, seating for 5 people, innerspring mattress, solar, 4 burner stove with grill, microwave, external antenna, mesh walls for awning including AFK, 12V water pump. Fully serviced and ready for immediate delivery, $13,990 Drive Away, Our Van RV, Phone 1300 068 700, ROSEBUD WEST

VISCOUNT AEROLITE 15FT

Clean neat poptop, fully serviced ready to go.

Features include 90lt 3 way fridge, double bed, full new annex, 12 month old awning, 4 gas hot plate and grill, very light weight at ATM 1500kg, stereo, battery pack, electric remote movers and microwave oven, $15,990 Drive Away, Our Van RV, Phone 1300 068 700, ROSEBUD WEST

WINDSOR EXPANDA 14FT

A/C. Microwave, Stove, Oven, Fridge, Roll out awning, 2003 mdl, Expands 14ft-17ft 6, 10mths reg, elec/ brakes, White, $14,000 ono, Phone 0447389830, RYE

Tandem Caravan.

Aluminium Frame. Rear Double bed. Separate kitchen.

4-Burner gas Stove/Oven. Fridge. Front room with 3 beds inside.

Comes with Canvas Annexe. Clean condition.

No reg but tows well.

Can Deliver, $5,200, Phone 0418990346, CRANBOURNE

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RWCert available. Regretful sale. Selling as wanting to purchase home. Will swap for house and land in Northern Victoria. Great bargain. Call now! Photos online www.tradertag. com.au, $134,990 neg, Phone 0429856264, AH 0428276321, DROUIN

Toyota Hiace LWB, Mod RH-11 1979. Reco 12R eng:2029170. New tyres.

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TIGER WOODS GIVES FANS CAUSE FOR HOPE

T

iger Woods didn’t give his huge crowds at the Honda Classic all they wanted but he did give them fresh hope.

For four rounds at the US PGA Tour event at Florida’s PGA National course, the 14-time major winner demonstrated why it’s foolish to write off a champion.

By the time he entered the weekend rounds just four shots off the pace his galleries were vast and he was once again the centre of attention for television coverage.

The big galleries were hoping to see 42-year-old Woods clinch an 80th US tour title, but he was tripped up by the infamous Bear Trap - the stretch from holes 15 to 17 - and closed with a 70 to finish 12th, eight shots outside the sudden-death playoff won by Justin Thomas.

However, Woods had done enough to ensure the Masters at Augusta National in April will be one of the most anticipated major championships in years when he pursues a fifth green jacket and first since 2005.

In just his third full-field tournament since 10 months out recuperating from spinal fusion surgery, Sunday’s result was his best in an official PGA Tour event since the Wyndham Championship in August 2015.

“I made a big leap this week,” said Woods.

“My expectations have gone up. I feel

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“I was excited about bouncing in last minute and taking out the final featherweight, without all the rest of the stuff that comes

with this game. Please respect the insane amount of work outside the fight game that I have put in.

“On top of the fighting.

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Because I am here.

Yours sincerely, The Champ Champ.”

very happy the way I played the entire week.”

Woods made his official comeback at Torrey Pines in January, where he finished 23rd, before missing the cut in Los Angeles.

However, Woods’ third event of the year was by far his sharpest.

On a course rated the most difficult on the US Tour this season, he led the field for average driving distance and proximity to the hole on approach shots.

“I really hit the ball well; controlled my ball flight and I missed the golf ball in the correct spots. That’s something I’m very proud of,” Woods said.

“Each (event) I feel I’m getting better and developing more of a feel for playing tournament golf.”

Woods is expected to play only the Arnold Palmer Invitational before the Masters, in a bid to preserve his recovering back.

“I need to keep playing tournament golf, keep building towards April,” Woods said.

“I’m going to go get back in the gym again and start building, getting strong.

“The goal when I first came back to get everything situated for April, and I feel like I’m right on track for that.”

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SLOANE WON’T BE OFFERED CROWS CAPTAINCY

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delaide Crows coach Don Pyke says he’s offended at suggestions the captaincy will be offered to Rory Sloane in a bid to keep the star midfielder at the AFL club.

Sloane, who comes off-contract at the end of the 2018 season, is understood to be a target of rival clubs in his native Victoria.

Sloane is currently Adelaide’s vice-captain and Pyke doesn’t expect the premier onballer to take over the captaincy from Taylor Walker this season.

Adelaide’s players will vote on the club’s leadership group in coming weeks.

“The suggestion that we would entertain conversations around the captaincy of our footy club on a re-contracting, I find almost offensive, to be honest,” Pyke said on Tuesday.

“You’re suggesting that we’re going to throw it as a carrot to re-sign a player.

“We have a process in place to run with our leadership group and our conversation around the vote, which will happen in the next couple of weeks.

“And the integrity of that process is not going to be

compromised.”

Sloane, a 165-gamer with the Crows, has indicated he was in no rush to decide his playing future beyond this season.

“If you ask me what is going to happen with Rory - required player? Tick,” Pyke said.

“Valued player? Tick. Fantastic at our footy club? Tick. Want him to stay? Tick. That is what we’re working towards.

“But I’m not sure what more I can put on the table, the rest is really just speculation.”

Pyke said the timing of contract negotiations must be respected.

“Some guys with their managers will take time to work through the process of sorting out what they want to do - some guys will do it quickly, some guys will do it slow,” he said.

“We can speculate all we want but as a club we’re not in a position to provide any unique insight for that discussion ... there’s no comment because there’s nothing really to comment on.

“I understand the interest but I’m not sure what you want us to add to the discussion.”

TEDESCO EYES SLATER-LIKE COMBO WITH CRONK J

ames Tedesco has set his sights on emulating Billy Slater’s combination with Cooper Cronk as the pair prepare for their NRL campaign together at the Sydney Roosters.

Tedesco has worked closely with Cronk throughout the Roosters’ pre-season and scored two tries in their trial win over Manly on Saturday.

Slater and Cronk won four grand finals together during their 12-year partnership at

Melbourne, and also claimed four State of Origin series and two World Cups.

And now Tedesco is excited about the prospect of trying to create something similar in the two years he is likely to spend with Cronk at Bondi.

“The combinations he’s had with Billy over the years has been one of the best, and being able to create our own combinations is exciting,” Tedesco said.

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BOSS DENIED CONSPIRACY AGAINST AUSTRALIA N

BA commissioner Adam Silver would like Australia to know there is no conspiracy targetting the nation.

Sure, Ben Simmons was repeatedly snubbed for a spot in Sunday’s AllStar game in Los Angeles despite multiple players pulling out with injury and Joe Ingles, despite proving to be one of the NBA’s best long-range shooters the past two seasons, is not in the three-point contest.

There’s that other sore point Australia is the only continent yet to host an NBA game.

“I would say there’s absolutely no conspiracy,” Silver laughed in an interview with AAP. Silver said he was part of “process” in selecting players for the All-Star game, but it was a list of players drawn up by NBA coaches that denied

N

eymar was taken from the field on a stretcher after twisting his right ankle late in Paris SaintGermain’s 3-0 French Ligue 1 home defeat of Marseille The Brazil striker was taken off with 10 minutes remaining, after going in for a challenge on Marseille defender Bouna Sarr near the halfway line.

The match between the traditional rivals became increasingly heated, in particular in the second half, with cheap challenges from both teams and 11 yellow cards - six of them for PSG. Neymar had his head in his hands and appeared tearful as he was taken off.

His standing leg jarred as he lost balance and the weight of his body went onto his ankle, which briefly buckled under him.

The win moved PSG 14 points clear of second-place Monaco, with only 11 games left, but thoughts were with Neymar.

“We were solid and we tried to control the game,” PSG captain Thiago Silva said.

“It’s a shame that we lost an important player at the end.”

Asked if he thinks Neymar’s injury is serious, Silva speculated that it was.

“Yes, because it was swollen straight away. I’m not a doctor

but I don’t think he’ll be ready for Wednesday (in the French Cup against Marseille),” he said.

PSG took the lead on 10 minutes when Kylian Mbappe took advantage of some slack defending by Jordan Amavi to skip past another defender and drill a low shot into the bottom right corner.

Marseille’s centre back Jorge Rolando gifted PSG an own goal on 28 minutes when he directed a Neymar cross past his own keeper.

Edinson Cavani scored the sealer on 56 minutes for his league-leading 24th goal of the season.

Lyon’s poor defending cost them again as defender Mathieu Debuchy scored a last-minute equaliser for local rivals SaintEtienne in a 1-1 draw.

Debuchy was left unmarked inside the penalty area to steer in a shot off the post from Remy Cabella’s left-wing cross.

A brilliantly executed goal from striker Mariano Diaz, his 15th of the season, gave Lyon a 19thminute lead.

Fourth-placed Lyon are five points behind third-place Marseille.

Ninth-placed Nice were reprieved by the woodwork four times in a 0-0 draw at eightplaced Bordeaux.

rookie Simmons his spot.

Veteran Washington Wizards guards John Wall and Bradley Beal, the Indiana Pacers’ Victor Oladipo and the Toronto Raptors’ Kyle Lowry topped the list created by the coaches.

When injury ruled Wall out Detroit Pistons centre Andre Drummond was next on the list and when Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love was injured the coaches had Miami Heat 10-year veteran guard Goran Dragic above Simmons.

Simmons was on the “bubble”.

“It’s a little bit arbitrary honestly at the end of the day,” Silver said.

“Often veterans have a little bit of an advantage because the coaches know them better over the years, but I have no doubt if Ben continues to play the way that he has he’s not only going to be an All-Star in the near future but

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for many years to come.”

Silver has been impressed with the outrage from Australian fans, particularly MP Tim Watts’s fiery speech in parliament where he declared “no one with two brain cells to rub together would want Goran Dragic on their team over Ben”.

“That’s one thing about our world it seems to continually be shrinking,” Silver said.

“When a parliamentarian gets up in Australia and rants about Ben not making the AllStar team I hear it in real time in my office in New York.”

Silver has not ruled out Australia hosting an NBA

FISHINGREPORT

game.

“The issue for a game in Australia is not just a function of how long a flight it is because you’re right, it’s roughly the same as China,” POINT LONSDALE VICTORIA WESTERN PORT– (STONY POINT) – VICTORIA Silver said.

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triking powerhouse Sam Kerr says Australia’s national women’s soccer team is well-placed to cover key absences as they begin their run to the Asian Cup. The high-flying Matildas return to international action this week at the Algarve Cup, a 12-nation friendly tournament in Portugal.

With only one more match - a homecoming for Kerr in Perth against Thailand on March 26 - before April’s continental championships, the tournament is a crucial tune-up.

But there’s no Caitlin Foord, no Kyah Simon and no Emily Gielnik in Portgual - all of whom have been mainstays in the side over the last two years.

Injury clouds over Hayley Raso and Steph Catley have the potential to drop the experience level in Alen Stajcic’s side further still.

Kerr said their unavailability wouldn’t be an excuse.

“One hundred per cent we’ve still got some serious firepower,” she told AAP. “Last year we didn’t play the same team all the time. Whether it was me sitting on the bench, Lisa (De Vanna) sitting on the bench, others.

“We’re battling a few injuries.

“The beauty of football is it gives opportunities for some other girls and hopefully there’s a few more that step up.

“Myself included. I want to score some more goals this tournament because last time I struggled.”

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FOR AFL OLDER HANDS << cont. from front page...

• ADELAIDE: Bryce Gibbs. His 231 games at Carlton included just five finals. Now, the silkysmooth onballer steps out for a premiership contender. Will Gibbs find immediate synergy with his great mate and Crows ruck Sam Jacobs?

• BRISBANE: With Luke Hodge likely to be in pre-season cottonwool, ex-Crow Charlie Cameron will be expected to make an instant impact. Can the 23-yearold, who went to Brisbane to be closer to family, morph from an attacking cameo to a leading midfield role?

• CARLTON: Matthew Lobbe was tossed on the scrapheap at Port Adelaide when Paddy Ryder arrived - he didn’t play an AFL game last year. An old- fashioned ruck workhorse, can he find form and lighten the load on Blues top gun Matthew Kreuzer?

• COLLINGWOOD: Mason Cox. The American has played 20 games in two seasons, and earnt a three-year contract extension with the Magpies. Is this the year he transforms his undoubted potential and athleticism into game-breaking performances?

• FREMANTLE: Brandon Matera. The goal-savvy forward left Gold Coast after 101 games and 124 goals to return to his native Perth, where Matera is a footy household name. Can the goalsneak - the son of West Coast foundation player Wally and nephew of Eagles legends Peter and Phil - live up to the name?

• GOLD COAST: Lachie Weller.

After three promising seasons at Fremantle, has returned to his former residence where he was a member of Gold Coast’s academy. Can he instantly repay the faith of the Suns, widely considered to pay way overs draft pick No.2 - in a trade to secure him?

• GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY: Lachlan Keeffe.

Tossed a lifeline by the Giants after being delisted by Collingwood after a chequered stint - 40 games since his 2011 debut, including a two-year ban for taking a banned substance.

Will he grab the chance and add big-man depth to a flag fancy or be a failed punt?

• HAWTHORN: Jarman Impey.

Joins the Hawks in a trade from Port Adelaide, where he showed blitzing speed and sublime skills - sometimes. Can the 75-gamer hit his straps on a consistent basis and become the genuine match-turner he could be?

• MELBOURNE: Jake Lever.

Almost forgotten in his acrimonious exit from Adelaide is the fact he is an absolute gun. Turns 21 next month but reads the play like a veteran.

But can he handle the scrutiny that comes with his massive pay packet?

• NORTH MELBOURNE: Billy Hartung. On the outer at Hawthorn before being delisted, he cost the Kangaroos just draft pick No.77. Can he complement his pace and ball-winning with improved skills to prove that selection is a genuine bargain buy?

• PORT ADELAIDE: Jack Watts.

The former whipping boy at Melbourne has been gifted fresh air at Port. Boasts top-notch skills and 153 games’ experience but renowned for inconsistency.

Can he leave his baggage from his stint at Melbourne behind?

• ST KILDA: Logan Austin.

Was released by Port Adelaide despite showing immense promise as a key defender - he fell behind the Power’s defensive pecking order. Has the physical make-up to stand up to the big gorillas but does he have the mental toughness to thrive in the AFL jungle?

• SYDNEY: Aliir Aliir. After a super 2016 debut season, the Kenyan-born muscle man appeared set to become a defensive mainstay. But he played only three AFL games last year. Will he able to rediscover his best form and hold down a key post for the Swans?

• WEST COAST: Nic Naitanui. Was an All Australian six seasons ago when stamped as the next big thing in the AFL world.

Injury robbed him of the entire 2017 season, and the competition lost one of its most-spectacular players. But will his knee reconstruction limit his renowned high-leaping exploits?

• WESTERN BULLDOGS: Josh Schache. After two seasons at Brisbane, the 199cm-tall key forward returns to Victoria after citing home sickness. A No.2 draft pick with raw talent, can he instantly gel in attacking partnership with No.1 pick Tom Boyd?

POWER RECRUITS FAIL TO LIVE UP TO AFL HYPE

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ort Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley admits his high-profile recruits need more time to gel after they failed to fire in Sunday’s two-point pre-season loss to West Coast in Perth.

Jack Watts (nine disposals, one goal), Lindsay Thomas (four disposals), Jack Trengove (11 disposals), and Steven Motlop (eight disposals) had quiet outings in the 8.8 (56) to 8.6 (54) loss.

Former Brisbane captain

Tom Rockliff didn’t play because of knee soreness.

Port’s season opener against Fremantle on March 24 is less than a month away, and Hinkley knows he is running out of time to get all the new recruits acclimatised to their new teammates and game plan.

But Hinkley said he saw enough glimpses against the Eagles to suggest his recruits are on the right track.

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ightweight champion Conor McGregor has confirmed plans to fight again in the UFC. The Irishman has not stepped foot in the octagon for a mixed martial arts bout since November 2016, when he defeated Eddie Alvarez to claim the lightweight strap.

McGregor tried his hand at boxing, securing a highly lucrative showdown with the unbeaten Floyd Mayweather in August in Las Vegas, in which he was stopped in the 10th round.

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