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"That's it?": Project host's hopes after dismay at Voice result

<p><em>The Project</em> host Rachel Corbett has shared her disappointment over the quick defeat of the Voice referendum, saying she is still "really hopeful" that Australians are on the right path to reconciliation. </p> <p>Labor's proposed Voice to Parliament referendum was widely voted against in Saturday's vote, with only a single state or territory – the ACT – voting for constitutional change. </p> <p>The defeat sparked a wave of grief and upset from pubic figures who were hopeful the Voice would pass, despite the polls predicting the defeat. </p> <p>On Sunday night, Corbett told her fellow panellists that she was having difficulty coming to terms with the fact it was over in an instant. </p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" 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);" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyaZDi5voIe/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <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> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </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;" href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyaZDi5voIe/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by The Project (@theprojecttv)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>“I could not believe how quickly it was decided. That’s it, we voted no. I am just really hopeful that the majority of people voted no for a specific thing,” she said. </p> <p>“That they weren’t comfortable with this specific version of the Voice being enshrined, and not because they don't want to improve the lives of Indigenous people.”</p> <p>Corbett feared Aboriginal Australians might take away from the vote that they’re not cared about, and that other Australians don’t “want to do something” to close to gap between white Australians and First Nations people. </p> <p>“I‘m really hopeful that if this is not the solution, that we then find something else. Not that people were saying, we don’t want to help you.” Ms Corbett said.</p> <p>Co-host Hamish McDonald said it was now the job of the country’s leaders to find the “common thread” between those who voted “Yes” and “No” on Saturday.</p> <p>“Whose responsibility is it now to, as a nation, drive us forward on this path of reconciliation, which I think broadly people say is still desired or desirable,” he said.</p> <p>“There are some indigenous leaders stepping back. Now, there are other leaders who’ve, I suppose, come to the fore during this. Is it on their shoulders? "</p> <p>“Who it is that will emerge and carry this on their shoulders, or whether actually is all of us... I suppose that’s the bit that I’m wondering about today.”</p> <p><em>Image credits: The Project </em></p>

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“Rare for a mother to say that”: Tina Turner’s heartbreaking fear revealed

<p dir="ltr">Tina Turner’s daughter-in-law, Afida, has revealed the star’s deepest fear for her children, and her agonising health struggles prior to her <a href="https://www.oversixty.com.au/news/news/tributes-flow-for-tina-turner" target="_blank" rel="noopener">death</a>, in an emotional interview with the <em>Daily Mail</em>.</p> <p dir="ltr">Afida revealed that the <em>Proud Mary</em> singer, who outlived two of her four children, grieved for them every day and was “extremely sick” by the time her second son, Craig, passed away.</p> <p dir="ltr">“If you lose a child, or a loved one, you are going to cry every morning and every night,” Afida said.</p> <p dir="ltr">Craig, had passed away at the age of 59 by suicide in 2018. His brother Ronnie passed away just four years later at the age of 62 from colon cancer.</p> <p dir="ltr">Afida, who is Ronnie’s widow, shared that the only comfort was that Tina was finally reunited with her beloved sons.</p> <p dir="ltr">“They never had time to spend together and now all three of them are together.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Afida also revealed Tina’s deepest fear for her son Ronnie, and how she was worried he could “turn out like” his abusive father, Ike Turner</p> <p dir="ltr">“[Tina] sometimes told me, ‘You don’t want to stay with him. He is going to be like his father’. It is pretty rare for a mother to say that,” she said.</p> <p dir="ltr">“At first, he was kind of like his father, but after that he was going very well,” she added\, revealing that she’d given Ronnie an ultimatum to get his act together.</p> <p dir="ltr">“He made a very big effort to keep me. In the beginning it was very hard because I was not willing to stay with him,” she said.</p> <p dir="ltr">Afida also opened up about the star’s death and revealed that despite Tina’s health struggles, the singer was extremely strong and resilient, which made her family think that she would live forever.</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" 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);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CsoyspoMrqy/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <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> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </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;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CsoyspoMrqy/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Afida Turner (@afida_turner)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p dir="ltr">“She was ill for a long time, but she was extraordinarily strong too,” she said.</p> <p dir="ltr">“She was fighting for her life from 2017 until now. We knew how sick she was, but she was doing so well that this was not expected,” Afida added.</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image: Getty</em></p>

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"Rest in paradise": Tina Turner's son passes away

<p>Tina Turner's son has died at age 62 after taking his own life. </p> <p>Ronnie Turner, the second-born son of the legendary singer, died on Thursday morning after police were called to his home in Los Angeles, according to reports from TMZ.</p> <p>Despite the best efforts of emergency services to revive him, Ronnie died at the scene. </p> <p>Ronnie's wife Afida announced the devastating news in an emotional post on Instagram.</p> <p>"My god Ronnie Turner a true angel, huge soul highly spiritual, my husband, my best friend my baby..." she captioned a series of photos. </p> <p>Tina Turner also shared a tribute to her late son in a short post on social media, alongside a black-and-white photo of herself grieving.</p> <p>"Ronnie, you left the world far too early," she wrote. "In sorrow I close my eyes and think of you, my beloved son."</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" 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);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl9Y5HtDRav/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <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> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </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;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl9Y5HtDRav/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Tina Turner (@tinaturner)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Ronnie had battled several health issues in the past, including cancer.</p> <p>This is the second time in four years Turner's family has been rocked by tragedy, after the singer's eldest son Craig died by suicide at age 59 in 2018.</p> <p>"I think Craig was lonely, that's what I think really got him more than anything else," Turner said in an interview with Gayle King in 2019.</p> <p>"I have pictures all around of him smiling, and I think I'm sensing that he's in a good place. I really do."</p> <p><em>Image credits: Instagram</em></p>

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"The secret's out!": Project star's joyous news

<p dir="ltr"><em>The Project</em>’s Rachel Corbett has shared some happy news, announcing she is pregnant with her first child.</p> <p dir="ltr">The 41-year-old journalist said she could “no longer hold it in” on Wednesday night’s episode, with the news delighting her co-hosts.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I can no longer hold it in as the wardrobe department is sick of trying to hide it,” she said.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I’m pregnant!”</p> <p dir="ltr">Throwing her hands up in the air, co-hosts Carrie Bickmore, Waleed Aly and Peter Heliar responded with cheers, confetti and a hug for Corbett.</p> <p dir="ltr">Corbett explained that she was having her first child on her own, and that it was the “perfect decision” for her despite people’s perceptions.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I’m doing it solo, which is great for me, but you find when you tell people it’s hilarious because they think it’s a choice of last resort,” she continued.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Then you have to spend the next 30 minutes explaining you’re not crying yourself to sleep at night. But for me it’s the perfect decision.</p> <p dir="ltr">“It feels like exactly the right thing to do and I’m really excited.”</p> <p><span id="docs-internal-guid-cbcf9ead-7fff-6933-6c83-aca912991917"></span></p> <p dir="ltr">She also revealed that she will be having a baby girl.</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" 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);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CkK87u-rEau/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <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> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </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;" href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CkK87u-rEau/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Rachel Corbett (@_rachelcorbett)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p dir="ltr">After the episode, Corbett posted a video of the wholesome moment on social media.</p> <p dir="ltr">“The secret’s out… and Waleed blew his nuts off with a glitter cannon to celebrate 🎉,” she captioned the clip.</p> <p dir="ltr">In a follow-up post, Corbett shared a sweet snap of her and Bickmore hugging and holding hands over her belly and a message praising Bickmore.</p> <p dir="ltr">“No turning back now! 🤰🏻,” she wrote.</p> <p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cd30a73-7fff-a15f-f865-5554acf71b9b"></span></p> <p dir="ltr">“Here’s hoping I can manage the family/career juggle half as impressively as you have @bickmorecarrie (and with 3, you bloody show off) xx.”</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" 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);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CkLU9CAvNDL/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <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> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </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;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CkLU9CAvNDL/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Rachel Corbett (@_rachelcorbett)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p dir="ltr">Celebrities were quick to congratulate Corbett, with fellow <em>Project</em> star Lisa Wilkinson writing, “So happy for you Rach. Such a lucky bub xx”.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Congratulations beautiful human!!!! So so sooooo happy for you!!!” Casey Donavan commented.</p> <p dir="ltr">Angie Kent said: “Amazing!!!!!! This is goals!! I feel this on so many levels!! If you can do it on your own… why wouldn’t ya! That baby is going to be soooo loved! Congrats queen!”</p> <p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4c1b40e1-7fff-c9bf-1496-bff8002dff9d"></span></p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image: The Project</em></p>

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Jean Kittson's departing swipe at Ronnie

<p dir="ltr">Comedian Jean Kittson has spoken out against her teammate, former <em>Block </em>star Ronnie Caceres, and his tasteless behaviour after she was fired from <em>Celebrity Apprentice Australia</em>.</p> <p dir="ltr">Kittson said she was “disappointed” that Caceres made a joke that she had dementia in front of several business executives from software company MYOB during her final challenge as the project manager.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Did you get that? Do you know how to spell that, MYOB?” he asked her. After continuing to speak over her, he joked, “Sorry, she’s got dementia.”</p> <p dir="ltr">“I didn’t like what happened in the last task with Ronnie,” she said in an exclusive interview with <a href="https://9now.nine.com.au/celebrity-apprentice-australia/2022-exclusive-jean-kittson-fired-ronnie-caceres-dementia-joke-exit-interview/bd190dbd-3f9b-48c2-baca-97faa3d63aff" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nine</a>.</p> <p dir="ltr">“It was disappointing, because before that I hadn’t really seen that side. He really doesn’t have to do that.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Though Caceres later apologised for his comments and said he was being a “smart a**e”, he went on to admit to the cameras that he was “going to say anything and do anything in my power not to get fired”.</p> <p dir="ltr">Kittson pointed out that his behaviour was part of a larger issue of how people are treated as they age.</p> <p dir="ltr">“There’s a storyline that goes… you end up in the over 60s and you’re done for, life’s over,” the 67-year-old said.</p> <p dir="ltr">“The older you get, the less heard you are, the less seen you are. That’s part of a really big problem in the community.</p> <p><span id="docs-internal-guid-cf4e5461-7fff-7d6d-6dbf-b43178dddc28"></span></p> <p dir="ltr">“I’m really hoping that people just look at me and … I can still be myself. I don’t want to have to take on this role of old lady, or anything.”</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" 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);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce00wxfvqwn/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <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> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </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;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce00wxfvqwn/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Jean Kittson (@jeankittson)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p dir="ltr">In an Instagram post where she reflected on being fired from the show, Kittson made a subtle dig against Caceres, writing: “If you’re looking for a special gift for that certain someone… I recommend a box of d*cks.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Reflecting on her time in the competition, Kittson described it as a “fantastic journey”.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Thank you @celebrityapprentice for the opportunity to work with some of the most inspiring, generous and supportive human beings I have ever met,” she wrote.</p> <p dir="ltr">“It was an honour to represent (Taldumande Youth Services) an essential organisation supporting and caring for our young people and families in crisis.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Elsewhere in the post she thanked Benji Marshall, who blew up at Caceres after hearing what he said to Kittson.</p> <p dir="ltr">“After tonight’s episode in particular, once a gentleman always a gentleman, thank you,” Kittson wrote.</p> <p dir="ltr">Marshall then returned the praise, commenting on her post that she “should be super proud”.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I thought the box of $-!’Z was hilarious. But you carried yourself with class and respect and made the journey the more fun,” he wrote.</p> <p dir="ltr">“You did amazing for your charity too which is why we were all there - well most of us anyway!!!!!”</p> <p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-776806d7-7fff-9ef2-e9d7-3e32818b6835"></span></p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image: @jeankittson (Instagram)</em></p>

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Impact of Block auction loss on Ronnie and Georgia revealed

<p dir="ltr">A castmate from <em>The Block</em>’s Ronnie Caceres’ time on <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em> has shared a new insight into how he and his wife Georgia handled coming last on the DIY show.</p> <p dir="ltr">The Perth couple had been among the contestants tipped to win the 2021 season, but placed fifth and earned total winnings of $296,000 - a far cry from the $744,000 winning duo Mitch and Mark scored.</p> <p dir="ltr">Now, Ronnie’s <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em> castmate Darren McMullen has revealed that the palpable disappointment the couple displayed on The Block extended to the second show, which was filmed at the same time as The Block’s houses went to auction.</p> <p dir="ltr">The former Voice host told KIIS 101.1’s <em>Breakfast Show with Jase &amp; Lauren</em> that after Ronnie left filming to attend the auction, he came back a different person.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Something changed dramatically after <em>The Block</em>; I think everybody would say that,” he told the show on Wednesday morning. “We were initially segregated into guys’ and girls’ teams - and the boys were really tight; we were winning all the challenges, everything was great. Then Ronnie went down to do The Block auctions in Melbourne and it didn’t go very well; I think they came last.</p> <p dir="ltr">“He came back a different guy.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Despite winning the most room reveal challenges, the couple made the least amount on auction day and even trailed behind the two teams implicated in the season-long “cheating scandal”.</p> <p><span id="docs-internal-guid-c47a8daa-7fff-1eca-37ce-dadc961a3e12"></span></p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image: The Block</em></p>

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Turia Pitt hits back at partner accusing her of sabotage

<p dir="ltr">Turia Pitt has hit back at her <em>Celebrity Apprentice Australia</em> partner who accused her of trying to sabotage him and the competition. </p> <p dir="ltr">The motivational speaker was part of Team Collaborate with Ronnie Caceres who was constantly telling her to “pull her weight in” and saying he would not hire her to work for him.</p> <p dir="ltr">The pair were taken to the Boardroom during Sunday night’s where things went to a whole different level. </p> <p dir="ltr">Turia felt that her and Ronnie’s time was up on <em>Celebrity Apprentice Australia</em> when she was accused of trying to get him fired. </p> <p dir="ltr">"To say that I'm trying to sabotage an event is absurd and it's preposterous,” Turia said. </p> <p dir="ltr">"I know in the real world I wouldn't have you working for me because I'd be looking over my back all the time," Ronnie snapped back.</p> <p dir="ltr">This then led to Turia to talk about the exchange between her and Ronnie on her podcast <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/celebrity-apprentice-and-something-i-want-to-get-off/id1579973740?i=1000565295551" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Turia Pitt is Hard Work</a>. </p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" 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);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CeezpighnPw/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <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> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </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;" href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CeezpighnPw/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Turia (@turiapitt)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p dir="ltr">"This whole experience has had me reflecting on a lot of big things, right? Like how we conduct ourselves in our workplaces," she said. </p> <p dir="ltr">"It's pretty easy to respect someone. You learn their name, you are kind, you're considered, you're gracious.</p> <p dir="ltr">"If you don't agree with them, you're gracious when you're letting them know that you don't agree with them. All of those really basic, easy ways to show someone you respect them."</p> <p dir="ltr">She then reflected on how people act towards others is a clear indication of lack of respect and that it needs to change. </p> <p dir="ltr">"If you yell at someone, if you berate someone publicly, if you intimidate someone...I think all of those are ways in which you show that you don't respect someone.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Turia went on to discuss how she acts within her own business and how sometimes it does reach the point where you “get bogged down by it all”. </p> <p dir="ltr">However, she said that she tries her best to understand the situation and work together with others to rectify the situation. </p> <p dir="ltr">“I feel like, no matter what happens, no matter how difficult or insurmountable your challenges seem or my challenges seemed at the time, I feel like I was the bigger person and I'm really proud of that."</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Images: Instagram/Nine</em></p>

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The Block’s Ronnie and Georgia’s house listed for rent

<p dir="ltr"><em>Block<span> </span></em>fans, you’re in luck - Ronnie and Georgia’s stunning Hampton house is<span> </span><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.realestate.com.au/news/the-block-fan-favourites-ronnie-and-georgia-list-chic-renovated-hampton-pad-for-rent/" target="_blank">available to rent</a>, but you’ll have to hoard your pennies for the privilege: rent costs almost $10,000 a month!</p> <p dir="ltr">The four-bedroom home, located at 2 Bronte Court in Melbourne’s affluent beachside suburb of Hampton, is available to rent for $2300 a week, is fully furnished, and is available from December 6. The asking rent is more than double the suburb’s median rental price for a four-bedroom property, which is around $1100 per week.</p> <p dir="ltr">The listing comes just weeks after the house was sold to an investor for $3.696 million, netting Ronnie and Georgia $296,000 more than reserve.</p> <p dir="ltr">The West Australian couple won the most challenges and rooms on the show throughout the season.</p> <p dir="ltr">Features in the home include a completely revamped kitchen with three ovens, an integrated coffee machine, garden servery, induction cooktop and a butler’s pantry.</p> <p dir="ltr">In addition, there’s a basement cinema with a starry ceiling, a modern bathroom with a freestanding bath, and a terrace with a built-in barbecue. Other highlights include high ceilings, herringbone oak floors, hydronic heating, a pool, and a two-car garage.</p> <p dir="ltr">The home was a favourite of the Block judges’, and was the most viewed of all five properties.</p> <p dir="ltr">Belle property manager Stefan Joannides said the property received an unusual level of interest for a rental listing at that price point, with only private inspections held for serious prospective tenants.</p> <p dir="ltr">Mr Joannides said, “It’s an unusual amount of enquiry for a property at this level. We deal with high end properties all across Bayside and you don’t get eight people come to an inspection over the weekend.</p> <p dir="ltr">“But a few people that have come through are internationals and they have no idea what the show is. It just goes to show that the properties do speak for themselves.”</p> <p> </p>

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Ronnie and Georgia’s sly dig after shock Block result

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The cheating scandal that emerged during the latest season of </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Block</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has resurfaced in the show’s final episode - and through a subtle dig from Ronnie and Georgia.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The pair came last on auction day, despite winning the most room reveal challenges over the season. Their four-bedroom home sold for $3.96 million, with their $296,000 profit quickly being surpassed by the other teams.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Following the disappointing end to their time on the show, Ronnie and Georgia took to Instagram to take one last shot at their co-stars over the cheating scandal.</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/CV-LHMZBHL4/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <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/CV-LHMZBHL4/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Ronnie And Georgia (@ronnieandgeorgia)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Our </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Block</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> journey might not have ended the way we planned but it was still such a fabulous financial outcome for our family,” they wrote.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We hold our heads high knowing that we left nothing in the tank, did the best we could whilst playing an honest and fair game.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tanya and Vito - one of the teams at the centre of the scandal - made a $400,000 profit on top of their $3.4 million reserve, while Josh and Luke - who were also embroiled in the scandal - secured a $530,000 profit.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Despite their hefty paydays, the two teams butted heads during the finale episode after Josh and Luke confessed that Tanya took a photo of the production schedule and shared it with them.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Tanya went in there, took the photos, and then she ended up sending them to Luke,” Josh alleged.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Throughout the season, Tanya has insisted that she didn’t take the photo. When given another chance to change her story, she reiterated that she received the photo from an unknown tradie and produced a text message conversation with them. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img style="width: 0px; height: 0px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7845392/block-finale1.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/cd33cca01a4b4d47bd5e1183e20f5119" /></span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tanya and Vito ended the show in third place. Image: Channel 9</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Josh and Luke also claimed Tanya and Vito concocted the tradie story as the cheating scandal grew.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At the pre-auction meeting with the rest of the teams, Tanya went from anger to tears and insisted she would have told the truth if she had known Josh and Luke were going to confess.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I look like a bigger idiot - I would have said the truth as well,” she said.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I would have liked to have been given the heads up or the same opportunity because now I am here in this position saying the jig is up.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a later to-camera interview, she finally confessed.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I am sorry, I am truly sorry. Yes, I took the photograph.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The drama came as Mitch and Mark were crowned the winners of the season, with the pair walking away with a $644,444.44 profit from the auction and a $100,000 prize.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">They soon took to Instagram to share their elation.</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/CV-O-N0vOGH/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <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/CV-O-N0vOGH/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Mitch and Mark (@mitchandmark)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Never in our wildest dreams did we expect the opportunity, let alone winning, we feel like the luckiest boys in the world!!!!” the pair wrote.</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image: Channel 9</span></em></p>

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Project host Rachel Corbett moved to tears

<p>Host of <em>The Project</em> Rachel Corbett was moved to tears on air on Wednesday night after a very emotional segment. </p> <p>After news about coronavirus dominating news bulletins, a heartfelt package was put together to share something good. </p> <p>Host Carrie Bickmore narrated the emotional segment, about an elderly man named Frank. </p> <p>“As a World War II veteran who survived the Battle of the Bulge on the Western Front, Frank has experienced a lot of miracles in his lifetime,” explained Bickmore.</p> <p>“12 years ago, he received a letter from a little girl thanking him for his service.”</p> <p>“I’m very proud of this, and I hope to show it to other people,” said Frank, proudly holding up the letter that he keeps with him.</p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7843626/the-project-vet-1.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/d2c051cd0405493cb165c2e42e2cace7" /></p> <p><em>Image credit: Channel 10</em></p> <p>“Frank has carried that letter in his pocket ever since, hoping to one day meet his special pen-pal – and thanks to his nursing home, it finally happened,” said Bickmore.</p> <p>Frank finally met his mysterious pen-pal, and recognised her almost instantly.</p> <p>“You’re not the girl …?!. Don’t make me cry …! Oh, I love you so much … I really do,” he said.</p> <div class="media image">The little girl who wrote the letter, DeShawna, is now much more grown up and also serves in the military. </div> <div class="media image"></div> <div class="media image"><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7843627/the-project-vet-2.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/54d60f1653b942be9ef4448a51d945f6" /></div> <div class="media image"></div> <div class="media image"><em>Image credit: Channel 10</em></div> <div class="media image"></div> <p>As the segment ended, Rachel Corbett began to tear up at the heart-warming act. </p> <p>Through tears, she exclaimed: “Oh, good Lord …! This is when not having any tissues in my covid cupboard … drives me nuts!!!! That was SO beautiful!”</p> <p>“It was lovely, wasn’t it?” added Waleed Aly.</p> <p>Waleed went on to say, <span>“Also, I feel like we’re in an age where people lose their relevance really quickly, but that tells you the importance of that history and that connection to people who’ve done things so far back. There’s so much touching about that.”</span></p> <p><em>Image credit: Channel 10</em></p>

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Ronnie and Georgia let loose on The Block: “Biggest cheating scandal in TV history”

<p dir="ltr">Fellow contestants on <em>The Block</em>, Ronnie and Georgia, have let loose on Josh and Luke.</p> <p dir="ltr">The twin brothers, who previously made a splash on <em>Love Island</em>, have become embroiled in the “biggest cheating scandal in TV history” after they were accused on Sunday’s episode.</p> <p dir="ltr">The controversial boys have made themselves a reputation of bending the rules on <em>The Block,</em> including leaving their tradies to paint while they went partying and even having Luke’s fiance to help style their master bedroom and wardrobe.</p> <p dir="ltr">The brothers scooped up the win for week three, and gained praise for their risky design which saw them build on the designated garage space.</p> <p dir="ltr"><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7843548/the-block-1.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/96889c31c5af43f1bdd4ca29c542b9c0" /></p> <p dir="ltr">George and Ronnie came fourth place, and were quick to call the boys out for allegedly cheating.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I guess it helps to cheat,” Ronnie said in a post-judging interview.</p> <p dir="ltr">The long-time couple delivered a master bedroom with lofted ceilings and impeccable finishes, earning Neill Whittaker to dub it the “best room in Block history”.</p> <p dir="ltr">However the couple lost points with their walk-in wardrobe as it was not quite completed.</p> <p dir="ltr">The pair struggled to hide their fury after being beaten by the rookie twin brothers, with Ronnie claiming the boys had a secret advantage that helped them win.</p> <p dir="ltr">“It’s amazing that you know exactly the full schedule of what rooms are coming up, they know when the challenge days are coming up … so I guess it helps to cheat. That’s great, beautiful,” Ronnie said sarcastically as Georgia begged, “Don’t go there.”</p> <p dir="ltr">The producer asked: “Do you think they’ve found out some way,” to which Ronnie responded: “They’ve known from day one.”</p> <p dir="ltr">“So you really think the boys have found out?,” the producer went on to press.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Mate, I don’t f**ing really think, I know for a fact,” the reality star shot back in a furious reply.</p> <p dir="ltr">The new episode is set to air on Monday night and it will be jam packed with drama.</p> <p dir="ltr">A wild confrontation between Mitch, Mark, Luke and Josh was also shown in the promo video.</p> <p dir="ltr">“You disgusting ignorant young piece of filth,” Mitch is seen yelling in the promo.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Rude, rich, snob,” Josh fired back.</p> <p> </p>

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"What is going on?": The Project host slams Sydney lockdown

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Host of The Project Rachel Corbett has made the case that Sydneysiders would have preferred entering a stricter lockdown earlier to reduce the need for extended lockdowns.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wednesday night’s episode saw the hosts discuss NSW Premier Gladys Berijiklian’s decision to extend Sydney’s lockdown by one week, in an announcement which upset some but hasn’t surprised many.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Now that you’re living through this lockdown, I’m going to make you speak for everyone in Sydney. Do you think Sydneysiders would like to see something stricter now?” Waleed Aly asked Corbett.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I can only speak for myself, but I’ve always felt a bit on the wrong side of these people that are being spoken to,” she said.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I feel like we’re being treated like delicate flowers who couldn’t possibly deal with a lockdown when, in reality, we don’t want to go into a lockdown that continually gets extended because we’re hemming and hawing about where we should be.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I think everybody understands we’re in the middle of a pandemic.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“If something goes wrong, shut us the hell down and get us back to normal as soon as you possibly can. I don’t think there’s anything unreasonable in that.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I’ve always been a bit surprised at this hesitation about being very black-and-white in Sydney, because I get there’s pushback, but you have to take the pushback to get a better result.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Corbett’s answer came after they welcomed professor Billy Bowtell, a strategic health policy advisor at UNSW, onto the show.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The panellists mentioned comments from NSW Health Minister Brad Hazard, who conceded that the state may have to learn to live with the Delta variant of COVID-19 currently circulating if residents don’t listen to current medical advice.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mr Bowtell said the message was “an enormous threat” that could confuse the general public.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With the NSW Premier making it clear the goal for locking down the state was to reach zero cases, Mr Bowtell explained that these conflicting statements from both Mr Hazard and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg could confuse the general public.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It really is the most extraordinary thing that the Minister for Health and Treasurer could say,” Mr Bowtell said.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I think people in NSW have every right to say, ‘What is going on? What is the objective of this lockdown?’ And to conjure threats that say, ‘If you don’t do what we say, we’ll just let Covid run…’ I mean, have we really come to this?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I fully support the Premier and the Chief Medical Officer in saying the objective of this is zero Covid. If the Minister for Health and Treasurer have a different idea, then let them say it out loud and bring forth the evidence.”</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image: Channel 10</span></em></p>

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Waleed Aly's heated COVID-19 debate cut short

<p><span><em>The Project</em> got very heated during a debate on COVID-19 in Tuesday night’s episode.</span><br /><br /><span>Producers cut off Waleed Aly while he was in the middle of a discussion with co-host Rachel Corbett about the vaccine.</span><br /><br /><span>Aly and Corbett got into a discussion about how far the “no jab no play” idea would go, as there is a large percentage of Australians not willing to get the vaccine.</span><br /><br /><span>“This is such a good idea for travel,” Corbett said.</span><br /><br /><span>“I don’t mind if it becomes something for everyday life. If you have to have the little tick in your passport to go to work.</span><br /><br /><span>“If you can’t have it, then you can still go into work because we don’t need to be 100% vaccinated but we need to be decent percentage.</span><br /><br /><span>“Some people might not be able to get the vaccination. The idea we can’t go into work if we haven’t got vaccinated, we’re in a pandemic.”</span><br /><br /><span>Aly disagreed, saying: “Hang on. I don’t want employers to have that much power over your decision,” he said.</span><br /><br /><span>“I feel like it’s sensible and let’s get the jab and get into work,” Corbett responded.</span><br /><br /><span>Aly didn’t back down though, saying: “There’s a difference between saying it’s sensible and encourage people to take a vaccine and a measure that could have all kinds of consequences down the track.”</span><br /><br /><span>“What about the consequences to another outbreak happening or a business closing down and all those kind of things?” Corbett countered.</span><br /><br /><span>“To me the consequences of an employer being able to dictate your health decisions is profound,” Aly responded.</span><br /><br /><span>“Imagine if they made rules like that about things you didn’t agree with, it would be frightening.”</span><br /><br /><span>Corbett fires back: “In this situation your business could shut down and that’s been a huge problem. If that could keep your business open, that’s reasonable?”</span><br /><br /><span>Aly got halfway through his reply but admitted producers told him to be quiet.</span><br /><br /><span>“I think that’s a fair point. I’m being told I have to shut up now,” he concluded.</span><br /><br /><span>Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout has officially kicked off after a second delivery of Pfizer vaccines arrived in the country on Tuesday.</span><br /><br /><span>Health Minister Greg Hunt said residents across 240 aged care homes will be vaccinated by the end of this week after the rollout began on Sunday.</span><br /><br /><span>“My advice is that we are on track and on schedule and in fact we may be able to beat that,” he said.</span><br /><br /><span>“The consistency of supply has been strong and heartening.”</span></p>

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Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood renews wedding vows with wife

<p>Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood has renewed wedding vows with his 40-year-old wife Sally in an intimate commitment ceremony to mark their fifth anniversary together.</p> <p>The 70-year-old rocker has 23-month-old twins with the theatre producer.</p> <p>Speaking to <a href="https://www.hellomagazine.com/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Hello magazine</strong></em></span></a>, Sally Wood said, 'We do celebrate our anniversary, we always go for dinner at the Dorchester and then last year we renewed our vows.</p> <p>“Ronnie and I had a blessing in a church in Berkhamsted, just with our twins, so the four of us. It was lovely. And then it was the Hamilton opening night that evening and we had been invited so, for me, that was amazing.”</p> <p>Sally believes her bond with Woods, who has four children with previous marriages, has only grown stronger in the years since they originally tied the knot.</p> <p>The two are also reportedly looking forward to the royal wedding.</p> <p>“I am so excited about the wedding of Harry and Meghan. We are having a party. I had one when Kate and William got married,” Sally said.</p> <p>“We will probably have about 30 people round and I will send out invites saying dress for a wedding.</p> <p>“It will be fun, like a mini street party in the house. I will be putting up the bunting. And I think we will do a sweepstake on the dress. Meghan will look amazing.”</p> <p>What are your thoughts?</p>

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British comedian Ronnie Corbett dies aged 85

<p>British comedian Ronnie Corbett has died aged 85, surrounded by his family.</p> <p>The veteran entertainer was best known as the pint-sized half of the hit television show The Two Ronnies, a partnership with Ronnie Backer that lasted from the 1970s to 80s. The show featured the famous catchphrase, “It’s goodnight from me ... and it’s goodnight from him”.</p> <p>Tributes have begun to flow from fellow entertainers.</p> <p>Barry Humphries told Melbourne radio’s 3AW that Corbett was supportive of younger comedians.</p> <p>“I did look up to him, even when I was looking down at him,” he said.</p> <p>British Prime Minister David Cameron paid his tribute on Twitter, saying, "He'll be remembered as one of the all-time great comedians.”</p> <p>Corbett’s family has asked the public for privacy "at this very sad time".</p> <p><strong>Related links: </strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/entertainment/tv/2015/11/dr-quinn-cast-now/"><em>What the cast of Dr Quinn look like now</em></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/entertainment/tv/2015/11/netflix-knows-when-you-get-hooked-to-a-tv-show/"><em>The weird fact that Netflix knows about you</em></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/entertainment/tv/2015/11/netflix-hacks/"><em>6 Netflix hacks you need to know</em></a></strong></span></p>

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