Lead me not into temptation I can find it myself.

Eye for a brow tooth for a jaw.


Ambulance paramedics deliver special Christmas present
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Ambulance Victoria paramedics helped deliver a very special Christmas gift this morning - a healthy baby girl born on the side of the road at Parkville.

Aussies nationwide share Christmas cheer
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Australians have celebrated Christmas in ways as diverse as the country is wide.

Person dead, one rescued from Qld fires
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One person is dead but another has been rescued in separate Christmas Day house fires in Queensland.

Victoria's needy treated to Xmas lunches
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Thousands of disadvantaged Victorians sat down to hearty Christmas lunches thanks to the work of charities helped by tireless volunteers.

Emotion in Aussie defence greetings
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Australian military personnel serving overseas have sent heartfelt Christmas wishes in word and song to their families and friends back home.

Solo sailor Jessica sends Xmas wishes
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It's a white Christmas in the middle of nowhere for teenage solo round-the-world yachtswoman Jessica Watson.

TP52 Quest targeting double victory
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Bob Steel's TP52 Quest is bidding to become the first boat since 1965 to take overall honours in successive years.

Crowds down on beaches
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Mild temperatures and impending rain have kept people off the sand for the traditional Christmas Day trip to Sydney's beaches.

Jesus Christ is the truth: Jensen
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Superstitions, such as astrology, can never satisfy the longings of the human heart, says Sydney's Anglican Archbishop Peter Jensen.

Kinglake family for 'normal' Christmas
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Kinglake residents Denise and Travis Griffith wanted to make Christmas as normal as possible for their three young children, after a turbulent year.

SA firies dampen Christmas Day flare-ups
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Firefighters in SA have spent Christmas Day blacking out small flare-ups in the Port Lincoln area after a fire earlier in the week razed about 16 homes.

NSW beach crowds down with mild weather
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Mild temperatures and impending rain have kept people off the sand for the traditional Christmas Day trip to Sydney's beaches.

Driver nabbed at 170km/h: police
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A Victorian hoon driver has been added to Santa's black list after being nabbed speeding 70km/h over the speed limit.

Santa arrives in the red centre
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Christmas Day dawned in central Australia with a promise of goodwill for the Aboriginal families of the Ukaka, Wanmarra, Lilla and Ulpanyali homelands.

Roar, Gold Coast set to renew rivalry
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`Tis the season to be jolly - but there is clearly no love lost between A-League rivals Brisbane Roar and Gold Coast United.

NSW spinner eyes Boxing Day Test debut
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Steven Smith, a baby-faced legspinner from NSW, could make his Test debut in the Boxing Day Test at the MCG if injury rules offspinner Nathan Hauritz out.

Test match is a long haul: Yousuf
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Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf will remind his team bursts of brilliance won't be enough to beat Australia in the first Test at the MCG, starting on Saturday.

Boy impales himself on star picket
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A 12-year old boy has impaled himself on a star picket in a trail bike accident near Dalby in southwest Queensland.

New year parties to fuel post-Xmas sales
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Finding the right outfit for a New Year's Eve party will drive shoppers to spend more than $6 billion, the nation's peak retail industry body says.

People urged to join charities for Xmas
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Charities say some people who've never before needed help over Christmas shouldn't be shy of turning to them this festive season.

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