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NIGHT TO REMEMBER: Scott Bogucki celebrates his A-Main win on night one of the 2020 classic at Premier Speedway. Picture: Morgan Hancock

BREAKINGCar-nage at Premier as surprise packet wins classic's opening night

BACK ON TRACK: Hobart's Shaun Dobson is happy to be driving again after an 18-month hiatus. Picture: Justine McCullagh-Beasy

Tasmanian getting 'goosebumps' in sprintcar return

Liebig Cafe and Restaurant chef Klang in action preparing one of the restraunts 110 meals. Picture: Anthony Brady

City's food takes diners around the world

HELPING OUT: Bobby Frost has volunteered at Premier Speedway since the club first started. Picture: Morgan Hancock

The volunteers who help make the heart of speedway beat

WORKSPACE: Darcy Stuart watches every Premier Speedway meet from the incident recording booth in the grandstand on the Allansford side. Picture: Morgan Hancock

Driven by passion: The stories of one of speedway's silent workers

The Brown family on Corrigans Beach, Batehaven, New Year's Eve.

Heroes of the home front: your messages of thanks

No coronavirus cases in UK yet: officials

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BREAKINGCar-nage at Premier as surprise packet wins classic's opening night

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China builds hospital to treat coronavirus

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Tasmanian getting 'goosebumps' in sprintcar return

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Fears held over wire rope barrier plans

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Liberal-organised bushfire meeting focuses on hazard reduction burns

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NIGHT TO REMEMBER: Scott Bogucki celebrates his A-Main win on night one of the 2020 classic at Premier Speedway. Picture: Morgan Hancock

BREAKINGCar-nage at Premier as surprise packet wins classic's opening night

BACK ON TRACK: Hobart's Shaun Dobson is happy to be driving again after an 18-month hiatus. Picture: Justine McCullagh-Beasy

Tasmanian getting 'goosebumps' in sprintcar return

AUSSIE ADVENTURE: American racer McKenna Haase, 22, will make her Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic debut on Saturday night. Picture: Morgan Hancock

Chance encounter inspires 'Sassy Haase'

WORKSPACE: Darcy Stuart watches every Premier Speedway meet from the incident recording booth in the grandstand on the Allansford side. Picture: Morgan Hancock

Driven by passion: The stories of one of speedway's silent workers

Reunion: Friends Veronica Kelly and Melissa Roberts came together to win the ladies pairs event at Warrnambool Bowls Club. Picture: Brian Allen

Duo reunites to claim big prize money at ladies pairs event

Brian Allen

TALKING TIPS: Australian drivers Steven Lines and Brooke Tatnell are both multiple Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic champions. Picture: Mark Witte

Racing manual: The mechanics of a strong race car driver

Justine McCullagh-Beasy

LIGHTNING FAST: Tasmanian Shaun Dobson drives during quick time on night one of the classic. Picture: Morgan Hancock

LIVE2020 Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic live blog

Pleased to be home: Warrnambool Swimming Club twins Jack and Michael Paulka at the Swimming Victoria country long course championships in Warrnambool. Picture: Anthony Brady

Twins back for 12th straight country championships

Brian Allen

Where better to spend Chinese New Year than Sydney? Picture: Destination NSW

Your guide to Lunar New Year in Sydney's Chinatown

Bernadette Chua

PRIZE: You could win a cruise from London to Bergen, via Nordkapp and the Norwegian fjords, in Explore. Entries open on Saturday.

Win a cruise to Norway - and other great travel ideas

SCALE: Moored in Geiranger at the head of Geirangerfjord, after passing by stunning cliffs and small Norwegian villages.

Entries open: win a Scandinavian cruise with Viking

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In the box: Cally Hotel's manager Lucas Reid outside the pop-up cinema showing short documentaries about the Great Ocean Road. Picture: Mark Witte

History contained in pop-up cinema

Rob Gunstone

CELEBRATE: Australia Day celebration in Warrnambool in 2019. Picture: Morgan Hancock

What's On: How to celebrate Australia Day

Kimberley Price

FESTIVAL: Chart-topper Client Liaison will bring its DJ decks to Warrnambool on Sunday.

What's On: Music, fundraisers and plenty of sport

Kimberley Price

MAJOR EVENT: The Koroit Truck Show is ready to roll again this Saturday at Victoria Park.

Truck show all set to roll into Victoria Park

Anthony Brady

Moyne Shire citizen of the year Nicole Dwyer. Picture: Mark Witte

Shire names achievers for national day honours

Anthony Brady

IN TUNE: The Warrnambool Pipes and Drum Band at the Moyneyana Festival parade in Port Fairy. They will be back in town for the Port Fairy Folk Festival. Picture: Anthony Brady

Scots to take centre stage at folk festival

Anthony Brady

MAJOR EVENT: The Koroit Truck Show is ready to roll again this Saturday at Victoria Park.

Truck show all set to roll into Victoria Park

En Francais: Ballarat multi-instrumentalist Amie Brulée will perform a number of old French songs, plus 'dirty' blues numbers, in her St Brigids set. Picture: Nicole Cleary

Lyrical poetry for festival

Rob Gunstone

READY: Hugo Jarrold 11, Sarah Condon 12, Maya Frost 7, Charlotte Condon 10, Bailey Stenhouse 10 and Pepper Bowes 11, on stage at the Lecture Hall. Picture: Morgan Hancock

Young talent stepping up for theatre production

Anthony Brady

Have a break: This summer explore more of our vast continent without worrying about network coverage. With Pennytel you can get 98.8 per cent coverage across Australia's populated areas.

Keeping covered this summer

Stockholm, Sweden.

Cruise the Baltic on a fully escorted tour

Emma Brown

The Wow factor of the Ancient Kingdoms of the Mediterranean

The Wow factor of the Ancient Kingdoms of the Mediterranean

Emma Brown

Have a break: This summer explore more of our vast continent without worrying about network coverage. With Pennytel you can get 98.8 per cent coverage across Australia's populated areas.

Keeping covered this summer

Get amongst the crowd at the 2020 Port Fairy Festival. Photo by David Harris.

An intergenerational festival that celebrates music, friendship and fun

Oia town on Santorini island, Greece. Get amongst the traditional and famous houses and churches with blue domes over the Caldera, Aegean sea.

Medieval cities of the Mediterranean

Emma Brown

A perfect property to make the most of a relaxed rural lifestyle

A perfect property to make the most of a relaxed rural lifestyle

House of the Week

A lifestyle opportunity for yourself and guests on this rare find

A lifestyle opportunity for yourself and guests on this rare find

On the Land

An established family home on acreage that really does have it all

An established family home on acreage that really does have it all

House of the Week

HAPPY TIMES: Cobweb in his prime. He loved his garden ... it was his kingdom.

Love and loss ... the price we are willing to pay for our pets

Lyndell Whyte

Success: Warrnambool to Melbourne riders celebrate their achievement with Melbourne Lord Mayor Sally Capp after they finished.

Teamwork helps through big ride

Rob Gunstone

CELEBRATION: It's party time with the Moyneyana and jazz festivals.

Tim's tips and gossip column

Tim Auld

HAPPY TIMES: Cobweb in his prime. He loved his garden ... it was his kingdom.

Love and loss ... the price we are willing to pay for our pets

Deserving: Warrnambool's James Mepham will receive Warrnambool City Council's citizen of the year award at Sunday's Australia Day ceremony. Picture: Rob Gunstone

Quiet achiever wins Australia Day honour

Rob Gunstone

TAKING CARE: Animals, just like people, can be seriously affected by smoke haze.

Helping animals cope with those not-so-happy, hazy days

RSPCA

SCALE: Moored in Geiranger at the head of Geirangerfjord, after passing by stunning cliffs and small Norwegian villages.

Entries open: win a Scandinavian cruise with Viking

NIGHT TO REMEMBER: Scott Bogucki celebrates his A-Main win on night one of the 2020 classic at Premier Speedway. Picture: Morgan Hancock

BREAKINGCar-nage at Premier as surprise packet wins classic's opening night

BACK ON TRACK: Hobart's Shaun Dobson is happy to be driving again after an 18-month hiatus. Picture: Justine McCullagh-Beasy

Tasmanian getting 'goosebumps' in sprintcar return

Climate questions: Former CSIRO scientist David Packman. Picture: Anthony Brady

Liberal-organised bushfire meeting focuses on hazard reduction burns

AUSSIE ADVENTURE: American racer McKenna Haase, 22, will make her Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic debut on Saturday night. Picture: Morgan Hancock

Chance encounter inspires 'Sassy Haase'

Justine McCullagh-Beasy

No Chance: Deputy editor Rachael Houlihan tries to keep Auldy under control.

T&T: Time to rename this segment

The Brown family on Corrigans Beach, Batehaven, New Year's Eve.

Heroes of the home front: your messages of thanks

NEAR MISS: Police have released dash cam footage of a Ford wagon narrowly avoiding a head-on crash with a highway patrol car at Naringal. Picture: Supplied.

99km/h, a wet deck, a police car and a head-on waiting to happen

Jessica Howard

Protest: Residents want to half the spread of wire rope barriers between Allansford and Panmure.

Letters: 'Abandoning wise foresight of planners huge backward step'

Councillors Peter Hulin, Sue Cassidy and Robert Anderson are calling for trees to be cut down along beach side car parks.

Letters to the Editor: Saturday, January 18

Letters: 'It is critical that we build resilience in the next generation'

Letters: 'It is critical that we build resilience in the next generation'

MULTI-LEVEL: The Smart Road vertical village will comprise 77 independent living apartments and community amenities, including a Montessori Early Learning Centre.

Vertical living: A smart idea for generations

Geraldine Cardozo

REUNITED: Valda Dawson (left) with cousin, and neighbour, Dorothy Wallis.

Cousins reunited after six decades

Geraldine Cardozo

JUST LOVING IT: See Aussie singing legend John Paul Young. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

JPY shares the love

Cheryl Field

Ken Wyatt says instead moving the Australia Day date, we must engage in truthtelling about the past.

Indigenous Min urges honesty over past

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THIS IS HOME: Colin and Jacob Brennan, father and son, at their Nerrigundah home which was destroyed by bush fire on New Year's Eve.

Cole's special skills saved the day as fire rages through village

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Newspaper reports unearthed further revelations into the so-called $100 million sports rorts scandal

Minister's fate coming to a head

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Gold Coast musician and record producer, Brad Hosking applauds the city's thriving music scene.

Music beats at the heart of the Gold Coast

Investigators will visit southern NSW where the C-130 Hercules plane crashed, killing three.

NSW firefighting plane crash probe begins

Julian Drape

Drought-stricken victims of a hay bale scammer say they are shocked that the man stooped so low.

Victims shocked by 'low-life' hay scam

Steven Trask and Steve Zemek

Gold Coast mayor Tom Tate says he's confident of being cleared of allegations in a CCC report.

Tate confident despite scathing CCC report

Sonia Kohlbacher

A doctor who fled Iraq rather than carry out mutilations could be named Australian of the year.

Australian of the Year set to be crowned

Matt Coughlan

Chris Muller and Teisha Koop, Rellum Farms, will offer Simmental bulls direct to visitors at the Mount Gambier, SA, open day.

Rellum's beef business focus

Annabelle Cleeland

GRAND: Matt Templeton, Tarwin Lower, along with wife Nicola proudly took out the grand champion Holstein cow with Avonlea Reginald Jacobonia.

Gippsland-bred and owned Holstein grand champion

Alastair Dowie

BUYERS AND SELLERS: A huge crowd boosted prices at the sale.

Ensay steers make 449c/kg in bumper Bairnsdale sale

Bryce Eishold

Owl Woods a new nest for tree-changers

Owl Woods a new nest for tree-changers

NO BEEF: McDonald's new veggie burger is a straight-up-and-down vegetable patty, not a beef look-a-like.

When's a veggie burger a real veggie burger?

Shan Goodwin

Should lamington-flavoured hot cross buns be a thing?

Should lamington-flavoured hot cross buns be a thing?