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How good is this – sport heroes raising money for sick kids

November 4, 2010
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Australians love to lionise our sporting heroes for their athletic triumphs and tragedies and the way they bounce back. Witness swimmer Geoff Huegill’s brilliant return to the pool at Delhi Commonwealth Games. But a nobler and greater heroism can be found when they go out of their comfort zone to help others, and this year [...]

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Long journey for Afghanistan war widow Beckie MacKinney

September 10, 2010
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Australian soldiers have been fighting in Afghanistan since 2001 – not long after Al Qaeda terrorists murdered 2977 innocent victims at the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New York, the Pentagon in Washington DC, and the crash site of the downed United Airlines flight 93 in Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001. Since then, [...]

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Malcolm Turnbull is the poster child for green and clean

August 26, 2010

He’s a multi-multi-multi-millionaire who likes to come across as a man of the people, and today he was doing his best to prove that he is. Renowned train spotter, public transport user and Prius driver Malcolm Turnbull was out in his electorate of Wentworth today physically removing his campaign posters from lamp posts with one other [...]

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Red head or red Speedos – whose bacon will you save?

August 21, 2010
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Because it’s election day, because this has been one of the wackiest, funniest, most insane, fun and entertaining Federal election campaigns in decades, because Mark Latham was rolled gold for all the wrong reasons, because PM Julia Gillard released doves (yes, she really did, and not a magician in sight), because former PM Kevin Rudd’s [...]

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Heartbreaking story of Australia’s youngest war widow

July 21, 2010
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With the Australian federal election campaign in full swing and with Prime Minister Julia Gillard saying she “fully supports” the current 1550-strong deployment to Afghanistan, it’s worth focusing on the families of the brave Diggers who have lost their lives in the Middle East. Since Australia deployed to Afghanistan in 2002, our nation has lost [...]

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Hugh Jackman supports Sydney kids’ charity and the Balmoral Burn fun run

May 12, 2010
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Not for nothing is Australian actor Hugh Jackman considered one of the nicest and most decent blokes in the entertainment industry. The Sydney born and bred father of two, who has been married to the equally fabulous Deborra-Lee Furness for the past 14 years, has thrown his weight behind a Sydney children’s charity to celebrate [...]

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