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Dan Andrews' sly dig as he pays tribute to Australian cricket hero Dean Jones after he died from a heart attack in India aged 59

Australian cricketing legend Dean Jones is being remembered as one of the greats of the sport after his shock death in India on Thursday after a heart attack.  Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews was among those paying tribute to the 59-year-old, but couldn't help but slip in a sly dig at selectors who overlooked Jones despite his impressive career.  'Dean Jones was the epitome of grit, determination and sheer fight. He rewrote the rule book for the one-day game - and should have been picked for many more than his 52 Tests,' Mr Andrews wrote on Twitter. 'A legend of sport. A legend of this state. And we love him 'cause he's Victorian.'  Dean Jones (pictured with his wife and two daughters) is considered one of the greats of Australian cricket  Batsman Dean Jones in action at the 1987 World Cup match against India in Chennai  One of Victoria's long-standing gripes with Cricket Australia is that they have often felt they have been treated harshly by selectors

How buying a home is set to become a lot easier with borrowers no longer required to list their Netflix and takeaway food habits

Buying a home is set to get a lot easier with potential borrowers no longer needing to provide a bank intimate details of their everyday spending habits. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has announced an easing of mortgage and credit lending rules in a bid to spark an economy recovery from the coronavirus recession. Under existing rules introduced in 2009, banks are required to scrutinise the daily spending of potential borrowers to determine if they would be reliable. Mr Frydenberg said these rules had discouraged Australians from borrowing, despite interest rates being at a record-low of 0.25 per cent. 'Responsible lending has become restrictive lending,' he said. Buying a home is set to get a lot easier with potential borrowers no longer needing to provide a bank intimate details of their everyday spending habits. Pictured is a Brisbane couple at a house auction in 2020 The Treasurer is scrapping of key elements of the National Consumer Credit Protection Act, which Kevin Rudd's

Sick trolls viciously target ex-mistress of Dean Jones who had a child with the cricket legend during a decade-long affair - just hours after the star batsman died of a heart attack in an Indian hotel aged 59

A glamorous model who had a love child with cricket legend Dean Jones during a decade-long affair has been cruelly trolled just hours after his sudden death. Kerri-Anne Hamilton, the cricket star's well documented former mistress, was viciously targeted on her Twitter account on Thursday night by trolls calling her an 'irresponsible woman' and a 'DNA thief'. Ms Hamilton met Jones when she was working at a golf day in the late 1990s and the pair began a torrid affair. The married father-of-two would regularly travel up from Melbourne to Sydney to see her and the couple enjoyed overseas holidays together. But in early 2009 Ms Hamilton fell pregnant and by mid-2010 the affair had become public. After Ms Hamilton shared her tale on A Current Affair, Jones confirmed the child was his. 'Following an on-and-off relationship with a woman, a child was conceived and subsequently delivered,' he said in a statement at the time.  Adding to the scandal was the fact Jones