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Shaynna Blaze breaks her silence on feud with Scott Cam

<p>Shaynna Blaze has finally addressed the allegations of a long-running feud with Scott Cam on the set of <em>The Block</em>. </p> <p>For several years, there have been rumours that the judge and the host of the renovation show were butting heads on set, resulting in a seemingly permanent rift between them. </p> <p>However, chatting to <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12489611/The-Blocks-Shaynna-Blaze-FINALLY-addresses-long-running-feud-Scott-Cam-thinks-nasty-comments.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daily Mail Australia</a> at Channel Nine's 2024 Upfronts event on Wednesday, the 60-year-old interior designer denied there was ongoing beef between the two.</p> <p>"Oh God, no, there's nothing going on between me and Scotty," she explained.</p> <p>"There's no bad blood. People just make stuff up. It happens every year..."</p> <p>When questioned about why such rumours about a feud had surfaced, Blaze suspected it might just be a tactic to keep the audience hooked, stirring the pot to give the ratings a nudge northward.</p> <p>Shaynna was then asked what she thought about Scott taking a subtle swipe at her during a recent radio interview, she explained it's "all a bit of fun" and she hasn't taken any passing comments personally. </p> <p>Blaze's clarification of the rumours comes just weeks after an anonymous source claimed she was at her wits end with Cam's unnecessary remarks. </p> <p>"He's turning the set into a pressure cooker, making things a lot more strained than they need to be," a source told Daily Mail Australia in August.</p> <p>"She is really getting sick of his pointless comments. They've all got a job to do and these comments are just making things more awkward and tense than it has to be."</p> <p>Scotty infamously called Shaynna a b***h on national television back in 2017 after what he perceived as "unfair scoring" on the renovation show, in what many believed to be the start of their so-called feud. </p> <p><em>Image credits: Nine</em></p>

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Two teens turn themselves in over Sydney blaze

<p dir="ltr">NSW Police have confirmed that two teenagers have come forward over the Sydney CBD blaze that gutted two buildings, one of them heritage-listed. </p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://oversixty.com.au/news/news/wild-moment-captured-as-burning-sydney-building-collapses">The fire broke out at 4pm</a>, and as a locksmith informed <em>Sky News Australia</em>, a trio of teens could be seen running towards Central Station from the building soon afterwards. That same man also said that he had spoken to police about what he’d witnessed. </p> <p dir="ltr">And as acting assistant commissioner Paul Dunstan later confirmed, “two young people handed themselves in at two separate police stations in the late hours of last night.</p> <p dir="ltr">"We are speaking with these young people throughout the evening and they are now assisting police with our inquiries.</p> <p dir="ltr">"I can further confirm we are aware of a further three or four other young people who were present during the fire."</p> <p dir="ltr">He then asked for the teens - with their parents in tow - to come forward. </p> <p dir="ltr">The state’s arson squad quickly launched an investigation, and could be seen at the </p> <p dir="ltr">Randle St scene the following morning, a move that is considered standard practice for an incident of such a scale. A drone, reportedly equipped with infrared technology, was also seen.</p> <p dir="ltr">What remains of the buildings is at risk of collapse, with closures in place to keep bystanders from harm, with experts fearing bricks could rain onto the neighbouring streets.</p> <p dir="ltr">As such, investigators have thus far been unable to access the scene to get to the bottom of what caused the blaze. </p> <p dir="ltr">“Our fire investigators, along with police forensics, will start to make those assessments but that will be some time," Acting FRNSW Commissioner Jeremy Fewtrell said. "We have some engineers attending the scene and they will help guide our decisions around safety."</p> <p dir="ltr">And while there have been no reports of death, the man who claimed to have seen the group of teens also mentioned to <em>9News</em> that the kids had believed someone was in there. </p> <p dir="ltr">“[They were] scared and frightened,” he said, before suggesting that it was especially because they knew “that one of the mates [was] still in the building.</p> <p dir="ltr">"They are screaming upwards to the kid 'why are you still up there?'"</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Images: 9News / Nine</em></p>

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Shaynna Blaze on divorce: "My whole life was turned upside down"

<p>Shaynna Blaze has shared the emotional details of her divorce from ex-husband Steve Vaughan, saying she felt blindsided by her sudden marriage breakdown.</p> <p>On Nine's <em>Country Home Rescue</em>, Shaynna opened up about her separation while speaking to her adult children Carly and Jess about the importance of having a family home as they embarked on a bold renovation together.</p> <p><em>The Block</em> judge, 59, announced her split from her personal trainer ex-husband in August 2018 after years of marriage. </p> <p>Now, she has reflected on what the marriage breakdown meant for her family. </p> <p>"I really need them to understand this is important to us as a family," Shaynna said. </p> <p>She then hinted her break-up took her by surprise, telling producers, "In only a few minutes, my whole life was turned upside down."</p> <p>"We sold our family home, my marriage broke down and all those things that give you security suddenly vanished."</p> <p>Jess agreed the divorce was "quite shocking to our family".</p> <p>At the time of her separation, Shaynna's children had bought a 130-year-old run-down house in regional Victoria to use as a location for a low-budget horror film they were making.</p> <p>Carly and Jess had plans to flip it and sell it at a later date, but Shaynna now wants it to be a proper family home that will accommodate all of them, while documenting their renovation journey on <em>Country Home Rescue</em>. </p> <p>Shaynna rarely speaks about her private life, but did tell TV Week magazine last year she was "very happy".</p> <p>She added, "I'm taking my love life private. My life has been splashed out there more than I ever wanted."</p> <p><em>Image credits: Nine / Instagram </em></p>

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‘A gentleman with the mad soul of an Irish convict poet’: remembering Chris Bailey, and the blazing comet that was The Saints

<p>Inala in the early 70s was bleak. A Brisbane suburb of wide dusty streets, treeless and bland. A planned community, meant to grow over time. Austerity, accented by the cheap houses – weatherboard, red brick, concrete – stifled the suburb like a blanket on a hot February night. </p> <p>It was boring. Beyond boring. The only concession to communal childhood joy was the pool, and the crazy concrete skate rink. But if you wanted a creative outlet, you needed to search elsewhere. </p> <p>Ivor Hay, (future Saints drummer), was heading to the picture theatre in Sherwood one Saturday night in early 1971, "and I saw Jeffrey [Wegener – another Saints drummer] with these two longhairs, Chris [Bailey] and Ed [Kuepper]. They were off to a birthday party in Corinda and asked me along. That was our first night."</p> <p>Bailey was raised by his mum, Bridget, in a house alive with siblings – mostly girls, who looked after the kid. He got away with a lot. </p> <p>“None of us had a lot of money,” Hay tells me. "Both Chris and I were raised by single mums in reasonably sized families. Chris’ mum was pretty feisty, with this Belfast accent which was just fantastic. They all looked after ‘Christopher’, he could do all sorts of things and they would accommodate him. His mum would have a go at him about the noise, but we’d just go to his bedroom and rehearse and bugger everybody else in the house!"</p> <p>Kuepper taught Hay to play the guitar: Stones and Beatles and Hendrix. Hay passed the knowledge down to Bailey, who was keen to learn. Neither Kuepper nor Bailey learned to drive, so Hay became the driver in those wide suburbs where driving and cars were everything. </p> <p>There was politics in Bailey’s house – his sister Margaret chained herself to the school gates to protest uniform policy – but this pervaded the town. The conservative government had no time for the young, and the police force did their best to make life difficult. </p> <p>But there was a sense that these young men were making something new. As Hay says, "We used to sing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internationale">The Internationale</a> at parties. I don’t know if we were revolutionaries, but we had that sense that something was happening. [With the band] we were doing something that we thought was going to change something. Chris was particularly good at pushing things, at being anti-everything."</p> <h2>Out of Inala</h2> <p>To escape the suburb was to head north to the railway line. It was the lifeline to the centre of Brisbane – record stores, bookshops and other forms of life. </p> <p>Kuepper remembers going into the city with Bailey. "We had intended to steal a record, and we went into Myers […] both wearing army disposal overcoats […] these two long haired guys walking into the record department with these overcoats […] surprisingly enough, we were successful!"</p> <p>Like the railway line, Ipswich Road joins Brisbane to the old coal town of Ipswich. It slices through these western suburbs, carrying hoons in muscle cars and streams of commuters, the occasional screaming cop car or ambulance.</p> <p>On Thursday nights, the boys used to sit at the Oxley Hotel, overlooking Ipswich Road, “just sit up there having beers, we wouldn’t have been much more than 17 or 18 at that time. Chatting about all sorts of stuff,” says Hay.</p> <p>"Chris and Ed were comic collectors and Stan Lee was the hero […] there were political discussions, philosophical discussions. Those guys could talk underwater."</p> <p>They talked and played and sang. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5YP_tsPzmg&amp;t=905s">And Bailey had the voice</a>. It was a force, not just loud and tuneful, but full of snarl and spit. </p> <p>Soon they had songs, and in 1976 scraped the money together to record and release their first single on their own Fatal Records label. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpMwMDqOprc">(I’m) Stranded</a> took Bailey out of Inala, out of Brisbane and into the world. </p> <p>He never looked back.</p> <h2>A changed city</h2> <p>The Saints released three albums in as many years – (I’m) Stranded, Eternally Yours and Prehistoric Sounds – before Kuepper and Hay returned from the UK to Australia, leaving Bailey to his own devices. </p> <p>Bailey remained in Europe, releasing a cluster of solo albums and many Saints records over the next 40 years. He wrote some achingly beautiful songs. It is a testament to his talents as a songwriter that Bruce Springsteen <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ4a_tgJp4I">recorded a version</a>of Bailey’s Just Like Fire Would in 2014.</p> <p>There’s no doubt that Bailey and The Saints changed Brisbane forever. People around the world who love music know Brisbane exists because of The Saints, The Go-Betweens and bands like them.</p> <p>Peter Milton Walsh (The Apartments) was one of many who benefited from The Saints legacy, "They blazed through our young lives like comets. Showed so many what was possible – that you could write your way out of town."</p> <p>“Without The Saints,” Mark Callaghan of The Riptides/Gang Gajang told me, “we probably wouldn’t have started. ” </p> <p>"They just made it all seem doable. It was like, ‘Well, they’re from Brisbane!’ So we started our first band, and at our first gig we covered (I’m) Stranded! We even took a photo of the abandoned house in Petrie Terrace with (I’m) Stranded painted on the wall. But it never crossed our minds to stand in front of this. It would be sacrilege, you know? And we were trying to work out a way that we could get it off the wall intact, because we recognised it was a historical document."</p> <p>Chris Bailey isn’t the first of our creative children to leave this life behind and move on into memory. With their passing, like the returning comet, the past is freshly illuminated, allowing us to look back at our young lives. Back when the future was broad in front of us, urged on by voices like Bailey’s to open our eyes and see the world.</p> <p>And Bailey’s was a unique voice. Kenny Gormley (The Cruel Sea) remembers him singing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYA5WdP47Y0">Ghost Ships,</a> "But ah, I’ll never ever forget seeing Chris pick that shanty, alone at sea in a crowded room, holding us sway, wet face drunk and shining, quiet and stilled in storm, cracked voiced with closed eye and open heart. And that was Bailey, a gentleman with the mad soul of an Irish convict poet.“</p> <p><em>Image credits: Getty Images</em></p> <p><em>This article originally appeared in <a href="https://theconversation.com/a-gentleman-with-the-mad-soul-of-an-irish-convict-poet-remembering-chris-bailey-and-the-blazing-comet-that-was-the-saints-181059" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Conversation</a>. </em></p>

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Shaynna Blaze responds to outcry for new Celebrity Apprentice boss

<p>Shaynna Blaze is the winner of <em>Celebrity Apprentice 2021.</em></p> <p>The interior design queen managed to raise a record breaking $470,000 for her chosen charity, Voice of Change.</p> <p>The star has responded to calls for the <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em> boss Lord Alan Sugar to be replaced.</p> <p>Sugar joined the Australian franchise as the host for the first time this season, after leading The Apprentice in the UK since 2005.</p> <p>Businesswomen Janine Allis and Lorna Jane Clarkson joined the show as advisors for Lord Sugar.</p> <p>Fans have now suggested that Boost founder Janine would be a much better boss.</p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7841837/shaynna-blaze-1.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/a29335ee947d4d82b3c010bc1b7c0f8f" /></p> <p><em>Image: Lord Alan Sugar and Janine Allis</em></p> <p>“Why not just make Janine the boss from the start?” one Twitter user asked.</p> <p>“She would have killed it. An Aussie crew needs an Aussie boss purely to be relatable. Hope it improves.”</p> <p>Janine has assured fans that “Sugar is super experienced” and she still has “lots to learn”.</p> <p>Now Shaynna has weighed in on the demand in favour of Janine.</p> <p>“I think she'd be incredible,” she admitted to Yahoo News.</p> <p>"She is a boss lady, she's firm, she’s fair, she called bullshit to me. I think she’d be incredible and she’d nail it.”</p> <p>Shaynna recently slammed Lord Sugar after he commented on radio that she has a “face like a slapped arse”.</p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7841838/shaynna-blaze.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/73be1db273d4494b92245021ee9fbba6" /></p> <p><em>Image: Lord Alan Sugar and Shaynna Blaze</em></p> <p>In the <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em> finale, Shaynna revealed that her charity, Voice of Change, meant a lot to her as she had personally experienced domestic violence.</p> <p>“I felt like I didn’t need to talk about it until it was time to talk about it,” she says.</p> <p>“Once I got to the finale I went, okay, people need to see why I'm so passionate about this, and I want people to know that you can actually move forward and have a great future, but you've got to make change and have change around you with good people to make that happen.”</p> <p>In the final episode, Shaynna called upon eliminated contestant Martha Kalifatidis for her help.</p> <p>Shaynna confessed that Martha was the contestant she was most surprised about when filming the show.</p> <p>“I had a preconceived idea,” she revealed.</p> <p>“She's forceful and she's out there but she's also very smart and very funny.”</p>

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“I think I did something stupid”: Woman who started deadly blaze texted her son

<p>A woman who allegedly set fire to a mattress after an argument between her and a man did not know that a young family was asleep upstairs, according to her son.</p> <p>Jenny Hayes was arrested in Airport West on Thursday morning after the aggressive blaze in Melbourne’s south-west took the lives of Abbey Forrest, 19, her boyfriend, Inderpal Singh, 28, and their three-week-old daughter, Ivy.</p> <p>The 46-year-old was charged with three counts of murder and arson causing death.</p> <p>She allegedly texted her son after the tragedy occurred, telling him, “I think I did something stupid”.</p> <p>Ms Hayes, who has no fixed address, did not know the young family, police have confirmed.</p> <p>Speaking to Nine News, her son Harley said that his mother was allegedly unaware the young couple and their three-week-old baby were asleep upstairs when she paid a visit to a man who was temporarily living at the property.</p> <p>"As far as I know, from what I've been told by my Mum ... this person she has gone to see has taken her money [and] left the house with her in there. So her being in a rage – she's been walked over a lot before by a lot of people – her being in a rage [she] set a mattress on fire and she left the house," he said.</p> <p>Harley said he received a message from his mother at around 4am, which said, "I think I did something stupid," with a photo of the burning mattress.</p> <p>"She got to my house later that morning ... she told me 'I think I did something stupid, I set fire to a mattress, I'm worried it's going to spread and hurt other people'. She didn't know anyone else was in there. She wasn't aware of it."</p> <p>She claims that she did not know the family died until after she was arrested.</p> <p>"She had no idea at all. I know she will never be able to forgive herself for what she's done."</p> <p>Harley said Ms Hayes was a "really loving mother" who had done everything she could to take care of him.</p> <p>"She hasn't always made the perfect decisions but she has always done what she thought was right. And what's always been best for me," he said.</p> <p>"I just want [people] to know she didn't mean to do what she did."</p> <p>After her arrest, Ms Hayes was remanded in custody and faced Melbourne Magistrates Court on Thursday night.</p> <p>She did not appear during a brief hearing, instead remaining at Richmond police station. It is Ms Hayes' first time in police custody.</p>

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Disgust as firefighter is charged for starting 17 blazes while on bail for “serious sex offence”

<p>A volunteer firefighter has faced court after being accused of lighting multiple large blazes in Darwin with 17 counts of causing a bushfire.</p> <p>Mike Richard Holden, 27, applied for bail in the Darwin Local Court on Wednesday after police raided his home and arrested him the day before.</p> <p>The court, according to<span> </span><em><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.ntnews.com.au/news/crime-court/volunteer-firefighter-faces-court-charged-with-lighting-17-bushfires-in-the-darwin-rural-area/news-story/0fa1d244d369efb046376d5a4c28f0cc" target="_blank">NT News</a></em>, heard that Holden was on bail for alleged “serious sex offences” and was wearing an ankle monitor that placed him near the scenes of the fires within minutes of them starting between January and September last year.</p> <p>Holden’s lawyer, Shane McMaster, said that Holden doesn’t fit the typical profile of an arsonist, who is a “loner”.</p> <p>“He’s somebody who doesn’t fit that profile in my submission,” he said.</p> <p>McMaster said that in the bail application, his client had called some of the fires in and attended others to fight the blaze.</p> <p>McMaster explained that Holden had no prior criminal record, and the case against him was “obviously circumstantial”. McMaster also explained that Holden’s compliance with his bail conditions “barring these allegations, has been very good”.</p> <p>Judge Alan Woodcock refused bail and said that while Holden was a young man with a supportive family, he was also charged with “very serious indictable offences” which were allegedly committed while wearing a tracking device.</p> <p>Holden was remanded in custody and will return to court on February 26th.</p>

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Pregnant firefighter defends decision to continue battling NSW blazes

<p><span>A NSW firefighter has defended her decision to continue battling wildfires that have swept across the state while 13 weeks pregnant.</span></p> <p><span>23-year-old Katherine Robinson-Williams said she plans to keep working to help contain the bushfires until she is physically unable.</span></p> <p><span>“Yes I am pregnant. Yes I am going to the fires. And yes I’ll be alright. No I won’t just stay behind,” she wrote on an Instagram post. </span></p> <p><span>“I’ll always make the way. </span></p> <p><span>“As long as I am physically able to help I’ll always work my best as I’m a firefighter, just like all the rest!!”</span></p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/B4q70DzhzE2/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B4q70DzhzE2/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">For all the females on the ground inNSW right now. We stand together we stand proud !! Yes I am a Firefighter No I’m not a man Yes I am a female Yes I am pregnant Yes I am going to the fires And yes I’ll be alright No I won’t just stay behind No I don’t care if you don’t like it THIS IS MY STATE IN FLAMES! I love my country I love my mates And if that means I’m needed on the ground Then I’ll always make the way As long as I am physically able to help I’ll always work my best As I’m a firefighter, Just like all the rest!! #firefighters #nswfires #femalefirefighters #nswrfs</a></p> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/katrobinsonwilliams96/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"> Kat RW</a> (@katrobinsonwilliams96) on Nov 9, 2019 at 8:05pm PST</p> </div> </blockquote> <p><span>She told the <em><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-50400238">BBC</a> </em>she had posted the picture after several friends expressed their concern over her coming out on the field.</span></p> <p><span>“I wanted to tell them I’m okay and that I’m not just going to stop,” she said. “I’ll stop when my body tells me to stop.”</span></p> <p><span>She said her doctor had given her the all-clear “as long as I wear the right equipment”.</span></p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/B4rZIhchpWp/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B4rZIhchpWp/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">13 weeks pregnant and still going strong. Still going to fires. Little firefighter in the making!! First fire for Bub is tomorrow mornings strike team to mid coast. Safe to say ‘fighting fires before you were born’🔥🔥👩🏻‍🚒👨🏻‍🚒 #asiamafirefighterjustlikealltherest #nswrfs #nswfires #fireemergancy #rfsstriketeams</a></p> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/katrobinsonwilliams96/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"> Kat RW</a> (@katrobinsonwilliams96) on Nov 10, 2019 at 12:21am PST</p> </div> </blockquote> <p><span>Robinson-Williams, who has served as a volunteer firefighter for 10 years, comes from a family of firefighters in the Hunter Valley.</span></p> <p><span>She said her mother was pregnant with her while battling blazes in 1995.</span></p> <p><span>“I grew up being a firefighter. My grandmother when I was really little [gave me] very, very small yellow, toddler-sized firefighter clothing for me to run around in,” she told <em><a href="https://10daily.com.au/news/australia/a191112rwhiz/pregnant-firefighter-hero-explains-why-shell-continue-battling-nsw-blazes-20191112">10 daily</a></em>.</span></p> <p><span>“My whole family are firies. My in-laws are firies, my husband is a firefighter and my grandmother is a firefighter.</span></p> <p><span>“I’ve loved it and I’ve never stopped and I don’t think I ever will.”</span></p>

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"Hypocritical": Locals baffled by Sydney Harbour fireworks display in the midst of catastrophic blaze conditions

<p>Sydneysiders were left baffled by a 20 minute firework display in Sydney Harbour that took place in the midst of a total fire ban on Wednesday night. </p> <p>As wild bushfires and incredible winds have ravaged throughout New South Wales and Queensland within the past week, it is estimated the damage will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to repair, according to<span> </span><em><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/insurers-prepare-for-more-frequent-and-intense-bushfires-20191111-p539et" target="_blank">AFR.</a></em></p> <p><span>The dangerous conditions from strong winds and extreme temperatures on Tuesday prompted a fire danger rating for the greater Sydney region for the first time ever. </span></p> <p>While total fire ban remained in place for all of New South Wales on Wednesday, there were still fireworks seen over the CBD at around 9.50pm.</p> <p>The display went on for over 20 minutes, with many locals taking to Twitter to label the fireworks as “hypocritical” and “insensitive”.</p> <p>“Seriously, total fire ban, nearly 10 pm in a school night and there are fireworks galore going off in Sydney. P**s poor effort,” one resident wrote.</p> <p>“One of my students told me his house almost burnt down yesterday,” another said.  </p> <p>“Now there's fireworks exploding everywhere in Sydney. Seems a little insensitive, sending sparks everywhere at a time like this.”</p> <p>“How are fireworks allowed in Sydney on a day of total fire ban? Seems somewhat hypocritical given the tough stance that has been taken against individuals,” another local posted.</p> <p>Dozens of fires are still ablaze throughout the east of Australia. </p> <p>Firefighters are beyond stretched to their limits attempting to contain several of the out of control blazes. </p> <p>The largest active bushfire is the Liberation Trail bushfire just west of Coffs Harbour - covering more than 150,000 hectares with a circumference of 1,000 km. </p> <p>The NSW Rural Fire Services issued a statement that as of 10 pm on Wednesday, there were 69 fires burning across the state.</p> <p>14 of those are at Watch and Act alert. </p> <p>“Over 1000 firefighters remain in the field to protect properties and establish containment lines ahead of worsening conditions later this week,” the statement read. </p>

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"Everything is burning": Thousands watch in horror as iconic Notre Dame cathedral blazes

<p>A fire has engulfed the roof of Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral and has toppled its spire as thousands of people watch on in horror at the iconic landmark’s destruction.</p> <p>Notre Dame spokesman Andre Finot told French Media that “everything is burning, nothing will remain of the frame.”</p> <p>The famous cathedral is one of France’s most popular tourist attractions and draws 13 million visitors each year.</p> <p>French President Emmanuel Macron has said that this is a “terrible tragedy” but the cathedral will be rebuilt.</p> <p>“I’m telling you all tonight — we will rebuild this cathedral together. This is probably part of the French destiny. And we will do it in the next years. Starting tomorrow, a national donation scheme will be started that will extend beyond our borders,” Mr Macron said.</p> <p>The cause of the blaze is unknown, and earlier on Monday, there were fears that the great bells could fall.</p> <p>Paris Fire Department commander general, Jean-Claude Gallet, told reporters about the worry:</p> <p>“There’s a risk that the great bells fall. If the bells fall, it’s the tower that collapses,” Mr Gallet explained.</p> <p>“There are firefighters inside and outside.</p> <p>“We need to win this battle and block the spreading of the flames. The most efficient action is from the inside. We are not sure if we will be able to stop the spreading of the flames to the North Tower.”</p> <p>A crowd of hundreds has gathered outside the cathedral in shocked silence as they watched the 850-year-old building burn. Australian Divya Bala told <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.news.com.au/world/europe/thousands-watch-iconic-notre-dame-cathedral-burn-in-the-heart-of-paris/news-story/aaeb7c0d39a3e7867b0afcbf6b230762" target="_blank">news.com.au </a>that watching the scene unfold was “shocking”.</p> <p>“Everyone just stayed out watching, very calmly, very quietly,” she said.</p> <p>“Some people were in tears, one older gentleman was holding himself up by the railing on the bridge and people were comforting him.</p> <p>“But I was really struck by how calm everyone was.”</p> <p>Scroll through the gallery to see the devastating before and after shots of the Notre Dame Cathedral.</p>

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Shaynna Blaze opens up following break-up: “It’s onwards and upwards”

<p><em>The Block</em> judge Shaynna Blaze is looking forward to the New Year with bright eyes despite enduring an emotional few months.</p> <p>The 55-year-old recently announced that she was separating from her husband Steve Vaughan after 18 years of marriage.</p> <p>However, Shaynna didn’t let the separation stop her from having a fun night out at the 2018 AACTA Awards on Wednesday.</p> <p>When asked how she was coping following the split, she told <a href="https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><em style="font-weight: inherit;">Yahoo Lifestyl</em>e</strong></span></a>: “I feel great.”</p> <p>“Onwards and upwards,” she added.</p> <p>To celebrate the Christmas season, Shaynna plans on relaxing by spending time with those who are closest to her.</p> <p>“[I’ll be] just doing nothing,” she revealed. </p> <p>“Just hanging, catching up with my girlfriends, my family, all of the people I haven’t been able to catch up with the past 12 months.”</p> <p>Shaynna announced the news of her marriage separation in August, writing a post directly to her fans on Instagram.</p> <p>“Sometimes in life, our paths change directions and now this is one of those times for me with Steve and I separating,” she wrote at the time.</p> <p>“I will not be making any further statements about this and whilst I appreciate your support I ask that you respect our right to privacy.”</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BmiSU5IlNJi/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BmiSU5IlNJi/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by shaynnablaze (@shaynnablaze)</a> on Aug 16, 2018 at 3:03am PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>The duo met at bar in Melbourne almost two decades ago and dated for 11 months before saying “I do”.</p> <p>Shaynna has two children, Jesse and Carly, from a previous relationship.</p> <p>The interior designer balances a busy schedule as she juggles being a judge on <em style="font-weight: inherit;">The Block</em> and <em style="font-weight: inherit;">Buying Blind</em>, as well as co-hosting <em style="font-weight: inherit;">Selling Houses Australia</em> since 2008.</p>

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The moment you missed on The Block: Judge Shaynna Blaze's heated showdown with Sara

<p>Infamous <em>The Block</em> contestant Sara has ignited a war with judge and interior design veteran Shaynna Blaze, causing tension between the pair in last night’s episode.</p> <p>Blaze offered Sara and her husband Hayden a design mentoring session after the couple came last for the third consecutive week – the offer, while accepted, caused Sara to throw a bit of a tantrum.</p> <p>“There’s only so much as a human – any human – you’d be able to take,” Sara said of their negative feedback.</p> <p>Before meeting with Blaze, Sara said she was filled with “dread. Dread, dread, dread, dread, dread” as she prepared for her session with the experienced judge.</p> <p>While the interaction started off as civil, with Shaynna going through each room that had been previously judged and providing constructive criticism and tips, Sara was not appreciating the invaluable feedback.</p> <p>The tips, which included how to nail this week's Master Bedroom challenge, was something that the other contestants were envious of, as they would have loved to learn first-hand from the expert and mogul herself.</p> <p>But with Sara not being open to the critique, and Shaynna stepping foot inside the contestant's $75,000, last-placing bathroom, the interior designer’s patience started to wear thin.</p> <p>“But, I guess it’s all open for interpretation," said Hayden to the designer after hearing her feedback, causing tension amongst the three.</p> <p><em>Shaynna:</em> “What’s your career?”</p> <p><em>Hayden:</em> “Project manager in construction.”</p> <p><em>Shaynna:</em> “Right. And yours?”</p> <p><em>Sara:</em> “Flight attendant.”</p> <p><em>Shaynna:</em> “So how are you meant to know what <em>I’ve</em> done for 30 years? Just putting it out there. <em>That’s </em>why I’m here.”</p> <p>Shaynna then proceeded to advise the pair on different aspects of designing a master bedroom, touching on elements such as wall colourings, bedside tables, the lot.</p> <p>But Sara wasn’t having it.</p> <p>“It was … good advice. Whether or not she likes it is a whole other kettle of fish. I just can’t be bothered with high hopes again," said Shaynna.</p> <p>“I actually don’t know if they really listened. They think they’ve got the direction absolutely perfect.”</p> <p>Viewers at home took to Twitter to vent out their frustrations as many believed that the couple did not deserve to be mentored by the judge as they seemed less than grateful.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"> <p dir="ltr">Sara woke with dread while every other contestant would have woken with excitement to get a 1:1 with Shaynna or Sheena as Sara likes to call her. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/9TheBlock?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#9TheBlock</a></p> — Nez (@fraggle73) <a href="https://twitter.com/fraggle73/status/1034377743620747266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">28 August 2018</a></blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"> <p dir="ltr">Anyone would kill for this one on one time and hints from shaynna and yet Sara doesn’t care. She won’t take any of it on board, nothing will change <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/9TheBlock?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#9TheBlock</a></p> — Janelle Berner (@missnellebelle) <a href="https://twitter.com/missnellebelle/status/1034377503333277697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">28 August 2018</a></blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"> <p dir="ltr">Think Courtney deserves the chat with Shaynna more than Sara. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/9TheBlock?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#9TheBlock</a></p> — Tarryn 💜 (@Taryabelle) <a href="https://twitter.com/Taryabelle/status/1034334947094351872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">28 August 2018</a></blockquote> <p>What did you think of the heated moment between Shaynna, Sara and Hayden in last night's episode? Let us know in the comments below.</p>

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The Block judge Shaynna Blaze separates from husband of 18 years

<p>Resident judge on <em style="font-weight: inherit;">The Block</em> and interior designer, Shaynna Blaze, has announced that she’s separated from her husband, Steve Vaughan.</p> <p>The 55-year-old shared the news on Instagram that she is no longer in a relationship with her husband of 18 years.</p> <p>“Sometimes in life, our paths change directions and now this is one of those times for me with Steve and I separating,” she wrote.</p> <p>“I will not be making any further statements about this and whilst I appreciate your support I ask that you respect our right to privacy. Thank you, Shaynna.”</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BmiSU5IlNJi/?utm_source=ig_embed" data-instgrm-version="9"> <div style="padding: 8px;"> <div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"> <div style="background: url(data:image/png; base64,ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaacwaaaascamaaaapwqozaaaabgdbtueaalgpc/xhbqaaaafzukdcak7ohokaaaamuexurczmzpf399fx1+bm5mzy9amaaadisurbvdjlvzxbesmgces5/p8/t9furvcrmu73jwlzosgsiizurcjo/ad+eqjjb4hv8bft+idpqocx1wjosbfhh2xssxeiyn3uli/6mnree07uiwjev8ueowds88ly97kqytlijkktuybbruayvh5wohixmpi5we58ek028czwyuqdlkpg1bkb4nnm+veanfhqn1k4+gpt6ugqcvu2h2ovuif/gwufyy8owepdyzsa3avcqpvovvzzz2vtnn2wu8qzvjddeto90gsy9mvlqtgysy231mxry6i2ggqjrty0l8fxcxfcbbhwrsyyaaaaaelftksuqmcc); display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BmiSU5IlNJi/?utm_source=ig_embed" target="_blank">A post shared by shaynnablaze (@shaynnablaze)</a> on Aug 16, 2018 at 3:03am PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>The unexpected revelation comes just four months after Blaze shared with <a href="https://www.newidea.com.au"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><em style="font-weight: inherit;">New Idea</em></strong></span></a> the secret to her happy marriage.</p> <p>“The secret is every time we go out, it actually is date night,” she told <em style="font-weight: inherit;">New Idea</em>.</p> <p>“You treat each other as your date, rather than just expecting them to always be there.</p> <p>“When you catch up, you just make sure that you’re present. You make sure that you’re there with each other and always touching base.”</p> <p>Vaughan, who is a personal trainer, was Blaze’s second husband.</p> <p>Blaze has two children, Jesse and Carly, from her first marriage. </p>

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The Block's Shaynna Blaze on her big move: “It was distressing!”

<p>Shaynna Blaze is not stranger to helping people move with her work on <em>The Block</em> and <em>Selling Houses Australia</em>, but as <a href="https://www.nowtolove.com.au/celebrity/celeb-news/shaynna-blaze-moves-house-46593" target="_blank"><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Now to Love reports</strong></span></em></a> that doesn’t mean it makes it any easier for her.</p> <p>The celebrity interior designer has revealed just how hard it was to part with her four-bedroom property in the Melbourne suburb of Ringwood North last year.</p> <p>"I thought it wouldn't get to me," Shaynna, 55, admits. "I help people make the transition every day, so I figured it would be easy.</p> <p>"But when we were packing everything up, it became very personal and I realised how much stuff I'd accumulated."</p> <p>The house had been a family home, and while her children Carly, 29, and Jesse, 28, had already moved out, it was hard to ignore the pangs of nostalgia.</p> <p>"So many memories in that house," Shaynna laughs.</p> <p>"I had to put myself in the Selling Houses shoes and just get it done. But I remembered how distressing it was. We ended up putting everything in storage."</p> <p>Shaynna has now settled down in Hawthorn with her personal trainer husband Steve Vaughan, and is loving life in Melbourne’s inner east.</p> <p>"The kids moved out, we needed to downsize and where we ended up was determined by what we could afford," Shaynna explains.</p> <p>Take a look at the home Shaynna said goodbye to in the gallery above, it’s a stunner!</p> <p>Have you ever downsized?</p>

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Shaynna Blaze opens up about kids and career: "Just don't embarrass me"

<p>She’s the interior designer on two hugely successful TV shows and now Shaynna Blaze has revealed the secrets to her career success as she sets to add another bow to her feather.</p> <p>In an interview with the <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/television/three-shows-a-booming-business-and-energy-to-burn-why-theres-no-stopping-shaynna-blaze/news-story/2d8c537bb8be06f5b39ef1cbc59ecc02">Herald Sun</a></span></strong>, Shaynna admitted, “Probably what drives me is that I don't want to be boring and I don't want to be bored. I always need a project.”</p> <p>The 53-year-old is gearing up for Channel Nine’s new property series, Buying Blind, her latest reality housing show that is expected to be another hit alongside Lifestyle's Selling Houses and The Block.</p> <p>It was 11 years ago that Shaynna first applied to part of Foxtel's Lifestyle production with Andrew Winter and Charlie Albone.</p> <p>“The whole time my son just kept saying 'mum, just don't embarrass me,' and I just thought 'that's every parent's revenge, isn't it?” Shaynna recalled.</p> <p>After raising two children after separating from their father early on, Shaynna says the key to her success has always been about reinventing herself.</p> <p>She started her flourishing interior business, Blank Canvas, which now works on multimillion dollar projects around the world.</p> <p>Admitting that raising children as a single parent has its share of difficulties, she said she channelled her energy into her will to succeed.</p> <p>“I never travelled when I was younger, so being able to sink your teeth into projects that take you all around the country, now they're taking me all around the world, it's an adventure,” she shared.</p> <p>She also credits her late parents, Basil and Annette, for continuing to inspire her to this day.</p> <p>Of her father, Shaynna fondly recalls how he was always looking to master a new craft or skill, “then would be on to the next project and the next one … I definitely get that from him, without a doubt”.</p> <p>Her mother’s slow death from Alzheimer's disease broke Shaynna’s heart so when an aged care developer approached her a few months after her mother passed away in 2016, she jumped at the chance to turn her painful personal experience into a positive one.</p> <p>“They didn’t know what I’d been through because I kept it quiet. So to be approached to do [Bellmere, in Brisbane], after everything we’d been through 12-13 years with my mum, it was something I felt came at the right time. I had so much personal knowledge, not just about the person but the families who come with them,” she said.</p> <p>“If someone goes into a home and they don’t get any visitors, they regress,” Shaynna added. “I remember when my kids were little, going to see their nan, they were scared. So we created an environment where there is a parkland for kids to play, shops and a cafe, or they can go to the movies, or get their hair done.”</p> <p>“It wasn’t just about giving back, I just felt I could take it to another level from a personal understanding.”</p> <p>A decade on Blaze says she’s still hungry for the next thing.</p> <p>“The one thing I’ve learned is that I don’t expect anyone to make it happen for me. If you’re relying on somebody all the time, it means you’re waiting around and I can’t wait for anybody … who’s got the time?”</p>

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Shaynna Blaze dazzles in blazing blue on the red carpet

<p><span>Last night, </span><em><span>The Block</span></em><span> judge Shaynna Blaze turned heads as she arrived on the red carpet at the AACTA Awards in Sydney.</span></p> <p><span>The 54-year-old looked stunning in a tight navy strapless gown. The elegant frock featured an asymmetrical bust line and the hemline reached the ground.</span></p> <p><span>She accessorised the gown with dangling earrings, rings and a bracelet.</span></p> <p><span>Wearing her hair in a tight bun, Shaynna pouted and posed on the red carpet.</span></p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media"> <div style="padding: 8px;"> <div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 57.638888888888886% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"> <div style="background: url(data:image/png; base64,ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaacwaaaascamaaaapwqozaaaabgdbtueaalgpc/xhbqaaaafzukdcak7ohokaaaamuexurczmzpf399fx1+bm5mzy9amaaadisurbvdjlvzxbesmgces5/p8/t9furvcrmu73jwlzosgsiizurcjo/ad+eqjjb4hv8bft+idpqocx1wjosbfhh2xssxeiyn3uli/6mnree07uiwjev8ueowds88ly97kqytlijkktuybbruayvh5wohixmpi5we58ek028czwyuqdlkpg1bkb4nnm+veanfhqn1k4+gpt6ugqcvu2h2ovuif/gwufyy8owepdyzsa3avcqpvovvzzz2vtnn2wu8qzvjddeto90gsy9mvlqtgysy231mxry6i2ggqjrty0l8fxcxfcbbhwrsyyaaaaaelftksuqmcc); display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BcW3yRtlBCJ/" target="_blank">Red carpet time Heads up you might see this dress again AND with watching the telecast Nudge nudge wink wink @aacta Adelia Gown: @rachelgilbertau Earrings, bangles &amp; rings: @sallyskoufis Gemstone ring @houseofkdor Heels: @gianvitorossi @misslouiseboutique Clutch: @thedailyedited Styling: @styliststringy H&amp;M @bynormie @aacta #aactaawards2017</a></p> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by shaynnablaze (@shaynnablaze) on Dec 6, 2017 at 2:26am PST</p> </div> </blockquote> <p style="text-align: center;"><span> </span></p> <p><span>The TV judge pulled off her elegant outfit despite being criticised by past contestants for being “bogan”.</span></p> <p><span>In 2015, contestant Dee Jolly labelled Shaynna as “a bogan from Wantirna” after feeling like she was unjustly scored.</span></p> <p><span>In 2016, contestant Carleen said, “Shaynna Blaze, you absolute bogan from nowhere ... who's done good."</span></p> <p><span>Shaynna later told </span><em><span>New Idea</span></em><span>, “I totally get that [the contestants] are tired, so I don't take it personally.”</span></p> <p><span>The stylist said the comments are easier to deflect when she is healthy.</span></p> <p><span>“I do think it's a case of having to keep your body and mind fit," she said.</span></p> <p><span>What do you think of Shayna's blazing blue look on the red carpet? Tell us in the comments below. </span></p>

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