'S**t Towns of Australia' contest met with horror, but Kalgoorlie's Sarah Hinton says it's a laugh

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A poll to find Australia's S**t Town of the Year has horrified and amused residents.

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"We've been part of some [marketing campaigns] that have cost a lot of money and I'm yet to see results from those," she said."We can tell people that we can have a laugh and there's actually quite a lot of things to see and do here."

Kalgoorlie was also the subject of comedian Tom Gleeson's 'Go Away' segment earlier this year — a video which was applauded by Mr Bowler for being funny by"picking on negatives in a way that does hit the mark".Advertising director and Gruen panellist Dee Madigan recommended residents in all finalist towns not participate because turning the award into something positive was"damn near impossible".

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Shit towns, set to become norm. As backwards forwards principal is in place to reverse, affects of ClimateChange and its root cause, SubstructuralInflationDecommissioning Those assassinating my character, are paid to be trusted. I have made a few, mistakes. None catastrophic.

Iron Knob must be near the top of the list

Gympie !!

I nominate Yuendumu, NT

There would be a lot of nominees for that award ! Haha

Really enjoyed reading this story as I can relate since I live 15 minutes from Gosford. But where did that great Aussie sense of humour go? Is this the same country that spawned Yabba?

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