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A court reportedly requires proof that the 'Crocodile Hunter', who was killed by a stingray barb in 2006, will give up his right to the 17-year-old's earnings... Bindi Irwin will reportedly be prevented from claiming her Dancing with the Stars pay by a judge who is demanding proof that her 'Crocodile Hunter' father Steve Irwin is dead. Australian Bindi is 17 and so signed a minor's contract with the ABC show, which requires her parents to agree to give up their rights to her earnings, which at present stand at $230k. Mother Terri has done so - but a judge...

BEERWAH, Australia - Bindi Irwin wants her new TV show to continue the educational and conservation work of her father, the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin. "I'm proud to be showing kids that conservation and helping wildlife is a stack of fun," the 8-year-old Bindi said Friday at the Australian launch of "Bindi: The Jungle Girl." "It's just the most amazing thing that we could ever do," she said. Producers say the show will feature Steve Irwin in scenes shot before he was killed by a stingray last fall while filming one of his popular television documentaries. Irwin's widow, Terri,...

KERRY O'BRIEN: What does Bindi Irwin have in common with Winston Churchill, Indira Gandhi and Nelson Mandela? Answer: Washington's National Press Club. She's only eight years old but, for the past fortnight, Bindi Irwin has spearheaded a quite staggering publicity blitz across America, selling the virtues of the land down under. From Hollywood to the Big Apple, the Bindi Irwin bandwagon relentlessly sang, danced and charmed everyone from fans to television talk show hosts. The final stop for the charismatic daughter of the late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin was the national capital. Tracy Bowden reports on the Bindi phenomenon. TRACY...

Sydney - The eight-year-old daughter of late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin will star in a high-profile promotional US tour this week, but she will not be forced to perform, her manager said on Tuesday. Bindi Irwin, whose wildlife television star father was killed by a stingray barb last September, will visit Los Angeles and New York as part of Tourism Australia's G'Day USA week to promote the country. She is set to perform her song and dance stage show Bindi and The Crocmen and feature on TV talk shows including The Ellen Degeneres Show and The Late Show with David...

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EIGHT-year-old Bindi Irwin was greeted with screams of support tonight as she honoured a commitment made by her father. The daughter of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin attended tonight's Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards in Sydney, making her first public appearance since her father's memorial service on September 20. At that service, Bindi Irwin pledged to continue the wildlife work of her father, who was killed by a stingray barb to the chest while filming footage for his daughter's TV series on the Great Barrier Reef on September 4. Steve Irwin had earlier agreed to attend tonight's awards ceremony so his daughter...

TOO much pressure is being placed on Bindi Irwin to follow in her father Steve's footsteps, a child psychologist warned today. The eight-year-old is being touted as the next Crocodile Hunter after bravely telling the world at Irwin's memorial service yesterday: "I don't want Daddy's passion to ever end." Newspapers today ran headlines describing Bindi as "the future of the dream" and "the little wildlife warrior". Irwin's friend and manager, John Stainton, has predicted Bindi's fame could eclipse her father's within five years. But Alison Garton, a professor of psychology at Western Australia's Edith Cowan University, said such statements put...

"My Daddy was my hero - he was always there for me when I needed him. "He listened to me and taught me so many things but most of all he was fun. "I know that daddy had an important job. He was working to change the world so everyone would love wildlife like he did. "He built a hospital to help animals and he bought lots of land to give animals a safe place to live. "He took me and my brother and my mum with him all the time. We filmed together, caught crocodiles together and loved being...

STEVE Irwin's daughter Bindi has told a packed memorial service that her dad was her hero and she did not want her father's passion for wildlife to ever end. The little girl told mourners at Australia Zoo - and an international television and internet audience in excess of 300 million - that "my Daddy was my hero". "He was always there for me when I needed him", Bindi said. "(But) most of all he was fun". "I know Dad had an important jo - he was working to change the world so we everyone would love wildlife like he did",...

IT was the best Father's Day present Steve Irwin could have asked for - a moving tribute from his eight-year-old daughter telling the world how she loved him "very, very much". In Irwin's last magazine interview, Bindi told the September edition of marie claire in it's Father's Day special just how much her dad meant to her. "I love that he's funny, he's entertaining and he's always there when I need him most," she said. "I'm proud to have a dad like that, who takes on conservation issues around the world. "I love him very, very much."