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• Melbourne Victory unrepresented in Matildas squad

  

  Chloe Logarzo (falling) has been named in the Mtildas squad.Photo: Ashley FederNewcastle midfielder Chloe Logarzo is the bolter in the Matildas' squad for next Sunday's away friendly against South Korea, a group which does not feature any Melbourne Victory players.Logarzo, who turns 21 next month, gained her spot following an injury suffered by Perth star Sam Kerr, who will miss the rest of the W-League season due to ligament damage in her left foot. Logarzo returns to the World Cup quarter-fina..

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• Four new judges hit Melbourne looking to prove Australia’s Got Talent - 9news

  Auditions for Australia's got talent have begun in Melbourne. (9News) While the popular talent show won’t air until next year, auditions for the new season ofAustralia’s Got Talenthave already begun in Melbourne this weekend.Celebrity judges Kelly Osbourne, Ian ‘Dicko’ Dickson, Eddie Perfect and Sophie Monk have gathered at Her Majesty’s Theatre to judge people of all ages who want to try their luck at impressing with their feats of dancing, singing, magic, comedy, and everything ..

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• Inside the secret lives of bellringers

  

  The St Paul's Cathedral bell-ringers in Melbourne.Photo: Jesse MarlowWheeze up the last of the 53 steep spiral stairs of the bell tower of Melbourne's St Paul's Cathedral on a Sunday evening and you'll encounter a a tight band of men and women in leisure wear. Their faces are pictures of furious concentration, zeroing in on one another as the  occasional order is barked.These bell-ringers have just started their 30-minute session and absolutely nothing is going to put them off their stroke.Sque..

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• Melbourne Cup winner Michelle Payne to come to Sydney for December tribute day

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.Plaudits roll in for Michelle PayneHistory making jockey, Michelle Payne, becomes an instant worldwide star after her amazing Melbourne Cup win.PT2M49S620349Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne will be honoured by the Australian Turf Club as she rides at its Randwick meeting on December 5.The club has worked on finding a date to get Payne to Sydney since her history-making Melbourne Cup win on Prince Of Penzance and has confirmed Saturday 5 December as the date..

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• Port of Melbourne sale is going adrift

  

  What is it about transport infrastructure that makes it such an easy target for political brinkmanship?We saw it with the East West Link, as Labor and the Coalition traded blows over the merits of the controversial tunnel proposal.We saw it with the Metro Rail Project which, until recently, looked as though it had little chance of scoring federal funds thanks to Tony Abbott's road-centric ideology.And now we're seeing it, yet again – this time, with Daniel Andrews' plan to remove dozens of the c..

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• Whose AFL youngsters would you rather: The Western Bulldogs...

  

  The 2015 22Under22 squad generated a lot of discussion and excitement regarding the young talent in the AFL.The Western Bulldogs and Collingwood were both represented five times by some of their outstanding ‘under 22′ players.And the Demons, who are now banking on their youthful list to push up the ladder, had three players in the squad.So whose youngsters would you rather?(Other teams’ youngsters will be compared in later articles.)Western BulldogsAt the beginning of the 2015 AFL season, the Do..

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• Journeyman Millar leads as Scott stumbles in Melbourne | SBS News

  

  The 39-year-old Millar shot a three-under 68 for a seven-under total of 206, breaking clear of a congested leaderboard as challengers crumbled in the trying conditions at Melbourne's Huntingdale Golf Club.Millar had a one-stroke lead over compatriot Andrew Evans in second, with John Senden, a two-time U.S. Tour event winner, among a group of four a stroke further back on five-under.Former world number one Scott, overnight leader by a stroke with Peter Wilson, fell five off the pace after a seven..

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• Melbourne United welcomes back Hakim Warrick for New Zealand clash | HeraldSun

  

  Townsville upset NBL leaders Melbourne United0:46Basketball: Bottom-placed Townsville pulled off a huge upset in the NBL, handing league leaders Melbourne United a second-straight defeat.MELBOURNE United will welcome back former NBA big man Hakim Warrick in New Zealand today as it looks to avoid a third straight defeat.It is a timely boost for Melbourne after the ladder-leaders suffered a shock loss to bottom-placed Townsville at Hisense Arena on Friday night.Warrick, who has been out with a gro..

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• Arrests and clashes at Reclaim rally

  

  Six people have been arrested at a Reclaim Australia rally in Melbourne as police worked hard to contain increasingly rowdy crowds.Police said a 29-year-old man was subdued with capsicum spray and charged with animal cruelty after punching a police horse, while three have been charged with weapons offences and two men, aged 22 and 44, were taken into custody for riotous behaviour.Barriers were erected in a bid to avoid violence between right-wing group Reclaim Australia and counter prot..

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• Man dead after car crash in Melbourne | The Australian

  

  DAVID CROWEMalcolm Turnbull will convene an urgent meeting of the national security committee when he returns to Canberra.TOBY HARNDEN, COMMENTThe rise of ISIS can be traced to two key errors by the risk-averse American president.Jared OwensThe Greens have placed an “ambitious” 90 per cent renewable energy target by 2030 at centre of energy policy.David Crowe, KUALA LUMPURChinese premier Li Keqiang has acknowledged concerns over import controls that stymie $9bn in Australian coal exports.Jared ..

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