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Matty J upsets fans with shock dumping

The Bachelor’s Matty J has upset viewers for dumping fan favourite Tara Pavlovic in the series’ penultimate episode. “I’m devastated,” Tara said, trying to compose herself as she said a brief goodbye to the man she began falling in love with. Matty choked up as he left Tara emptyhanded after giving Laura Byrne and Elise Stacy roses at the end of Wednesday night’s semi final.

Bines caught out by her own video

Gold Coast fitness guru Ashy Bines has admitted to regularly parking in a disabled parking space outside her Mermaid Beach gym, attempting to justify the move because “we have no members with any disabilities”. Ms Bines was caught out when she uploaded a video to her YouTube channel. It showed her parking her Range Rover in a disabled space at Pacific Square.

Sam fires up at ‘smug’ Eddie

Sunrise host Samantha Armytage has called Edwina Bartholomew “smug” on live TV after newly engaged Bartholomew suggested a potential suitor for Armytage. A segment on Wednesday night’s First Dates aired on the breakfast program on Thursday, showing contestants Jake and Rebecca. When Bartholomew revealed the pair didn’t make it past their second date, she told Armytage Jake was still single. Armytage, 41, responded: “All right, thanks Eddie. God, you’ve already become a ‘smug married’, trying to matchmake.”

Spotlight turns on to pokies’ grip on wallets

People whose lives have been ruined by pokies say they have been reeled in by “outrageous” features of these gaming machines. A landmark case against Australia’s “exploitative” gambling industry began on Tuesday and is due to run for two weeks.