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Mercedes MaguireFeatures Writer

Mercedes Maguire is a features writer specialising in parenting and lifestyle as well as celebrity profiles and travel.

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Champions of the West; Kelly Flack from the Mt Druitt PCYC has been nominated for her role in trying to raise funds for their new Jr rugby leage team, The Spartans.

Spartans need help to survive

SPECTATORS at Mount Druitt PCYC junior rugby league games are confused — the Spartans teams will have to play in the club’s old Shalvey Devils jersey.

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Clint Grattan is a fitness trainer who works for free to help Campbelltown residents get fit and healthy. Keli-Ann Speering nominated him for the great work he does in the community, including helping her 12yo son Cameron to lose weight.

Doing heavy lifting for community

CLINT Grattan is passionate about the health of his community and for the past seven years the personal trainer has put his money where his mouth is.

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Michael Kellan and Gavin Singleton workers at the Liverpool Community Recycling Centre. Residents can drop off their waste products that are difficult to dispose of such as TV's, computer, paints etc for free.

Recycling toxic trash leads field

LIVERPOOL Council leading Sydney environmentally with more than 125 tonnes of waste material dropped at the city’s new Community Recycling Centre.

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Display home: The social networker

THIS single-storey design is a perfect fit for families who ascribe to the Australian love of living large in the outdoors, writes MERCEDES MAGUIRE.

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Close-up of a young woman applying suntan lotion on her shoulder

‘There is no such thing as a safe tan’

THE warmer weather is upon us so it’s time to get sun smart. Head of the Skin and Cancer Foundation Australia, Professor Pablo Fernandez Penas, reminds people there is no such thing as a safe tan.

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BEST FOR 2015. TRAVEL FASHION Kooringal Liani Canvass Hat

Hottest must-pack holiday fashions

FROM easy-to-pack hats to quick-dry undies and convertible dresses, take a look at the latest ways to travel in style.

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Aussies embracing dark tradition of Halloween

LESS than a decade ago, October 31 came and went on the Australian calendar without the blink of a severed eye. But these days, retailers fight for a piece of the multimillion-dollar pumpkin pie.

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