| Hardcore fan spooks Harry Potter star Tom Felton with adoption scheme Harry Potter star Tom Felton once met an American fan who wanted to adopt... | |
| Burglar promises to call back woman he robbed A burglar is said to have promised to call the woman he robbed to let her know where he was pawning her jewellery so she could get them... |
| Oz voters want three key Independents to support Labor to form minority government: Poll A majority, 37 percent of Australian voters want the three Independent MPs who will decide the shape of the minority government, Bob Katter, Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor, to support a Labor government led by Prime Minister Julia Gillard rather than joining the opposition coalition, according to a JWS... |
| ICC may probe 'suspicious' Sydney Test between Australia-Pakistan The International Cricket Council could widen its investigations into the allegations against Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Aamir and Salman Butt whom it suspended late Thursday, to cover last year's contentious Test match played between Pakistan against Australia in... |
| New Oz 'split-innings' domestic ODI format will hurt World Cup preparations: Ponting Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting is concerned that the preparation of some of the players currently outside the national team ahead of the World Cup will be hampered by the new domestic one-day... |
| Aussies disagree over team uniform for Commonwealth Games 2010 A disagreement over the Australian team uniform for the Commonwealth Games 2010 has come up, with Olympic gold medallist swimmer Leisel Jones saying she loves it, while fashion designer George Gross says they are just "blah" and... |
| Australian voters want independents to support Labor Australian voters want the three independent MPs to support a Labor government led by incumbent Prime Minister Julia Gillard rather than join the opposition coalition, a survey said... |
| Miranda Kerr shows off baby bump for ad Australian lingerie model Miranda Kerr has shown off her baby bump in a new advertising campaign for her organic skincare... |
| Sea lion mauls 11-year-old boy at Australian zoo SYDNEY An 11-year-old boy was recovering Saturday after a sea lion mauled him at a popular Sydney zoo's aquarium show as horrified visitors looked on. The boy, identified by his stepmother as... |
| Newlyweds' baby touches down in helicopter A couple had a dramatic start to married life when their baby girl was born 14 weeks premature in a helicopter the day after they exchanged vows. The Wollongong couple, who have asked not to be... |
| Legal challenge to school chaplains Australia's school chaplaincy program faces a constitutional challenge in the High Court as opposition grows to having government funding paying for God's representatives in state schools. Labor and... |
| Literacy tests 'full of flaws' ''I would suggest that parents and students take the results with a huge grain of salt,'' Dr Mueller said. ''They are a bad measuring instrument and unable to do what they were supposed to do, which... |
| Father's Day flourishes as dads embrace family time LATELY, Steve Biddulph has been pondering one of the saddest of all times: Father's Day in prison. The psychologist and author has friends who work in jails and they have told him that when Mother's... |
| Alarm bells over public's blind eye on child abuse MOST Australians would turn a blind eye if confronted with clear signs that a child was being physically or sexually abused or neglected, a survey has revealed. The National Association for... |
| Moves afoot to end pollie waffle Argy-bargy time: from left, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott with Joe Hockey, Peter Dutton and Kevin Andrews during question time on February 25. Picture: Glen McCurtayne OBFUSCATION and waffle will... |
| Cash-for-clunkers policy may not get out of first gear FIRST it was pink batts. Then the unpopular citizens assembly on climate change. Could Labor be facing another dud green policy in its cash-for-clunkers proposal? Economists studying US President... |
| The real life adventures of Maggot Man and Insect Girl Dr James Wallman eyes up his next batch of maggots. Picture: Sylvia Liber FOR Melanie Archer, it's all about the maggots. Dr Archer is one of only three forensic entomologists in Australia used by... |
| Cloned beef to be on menu AUSTRALIANS will be eating beef from the offspring of cloned cattle within two to three years, the creator of Australia's first cloned cow has predicted. Cattle are currently cloned for breeding... |
| You're the best, Dad THIS is Ben Duncan's first Fathers Day as a dad, and it's fair to say that he's pumped. ''I've been a father for 12 weeks, and it's been an amazing 12 weeks,'' he enthuses. ''Watching the birth,... |
| Humpback in a shark tangle Now safe ... the whale. A humpback whale has been freed from a shark net on the Gold Coast. Fisheries Queensland spokesman Tony Ham said it took less than half an hour yesterday to free the... |
| Record rain lashes south Wild weather will again lash the southern states today after 24 hours of torrential rain and gales tore through Victoria and South Australia. Large areas of Victoria are under water after the... |
| Body found on eastern Sydney street Police have been called in after a man's body was found in an eastern Sydney street. A local resident found the body in Goodhope Street, Paddington, at about 10pm on Saturday. Police say the man's... |
| Elderly woman robbed, attacked in home A frail and elderly woman has been sexually assaulted and robbed in her home in southeast Melbourne after answering a stranger's knock on the door, police say. The woman was home alone at Ormond at... |
| Lucky Lucky: he was nearly Curly "He's just such a laid-back dude. He's everything I expected and more. Having him has just added to our relationship and you do wonder what you did before kids came along. I think, 'How much time did... |
| It takes two to produce problems of conception More than 50 per cent of couples who undergo reproductive treatment do so because the man has the fertility problem. Reproductive experts are concerned about the widespread belief that problems... |
| Most of us would not report child abuse cases Almost 33,000 Australian children suffered some form of abuse last year but more than half the population would turn a blind eye when confronted with the signs. According to the Australian Institute... |
| New-look ad mogul weighs in for greater surgery access The multimillionaire businessman Harold Mitchell is almost half the man he used to be, having shed close to 80 kilograms in the past 18 months after undergoing gastric banding surgery. But the... |
| Got a beef with food tasting like deja moo? Australians will be eating beef from the offspring of cloned cattle within two to three years, the creator of Australia's first cloned cow says. Cattle are now cloned for breeding but Richard Fry,... |
| Swimming saved me from downward spiral Libby Trickett has revealed her family's long battle with depression and says swimming saved her from a downward spiral. Picture: Anthony... |
| Belanglo body 'was buried 10 years ago' A FADED T-shirt logo has become a centrepiece of the police investigation into the discovery of female skeletal remains in the Belanglo State Forest last... |
| Cowboys give Roosters a fright but leaders are still laughing BRIAN SMITH said his confidence in the Sydney Roosters' title hopes had been eroded but the coach and his captain Braith Anasta were cracking jokes last night after securing a de facto home final... |
| Pritchard helps Penrith pounce on second spot A FRANK Pritchard hat-trick helped the Panthers cement outright second position on the ladder and they head into the NRL finals for the first time since 2004 with a second-chance guarantee after... |
| Pies prevail, Dogs roll over THE 2010 finals series came to its senses at the MCG last night, or at least such sense as can be maintained in Melbourne now that Collingwood is the outright premiership favourite. St Kilda and... |
| Pies put Bulldogs to sword STRANGE things can happen in finals, a sense that perhaps gained a little more credence yesterday afternoon as the blackest of clouds massed over the MCG and the apocalypse seemed destined to arrive... |
| Dockers prove too slick But it was to no avail, as the Hawks shot themselves in the foot moments later when the usually reliable Brent Guerra dropped a simple mark on the edge of the 50-metre arc. It was one of the Hawks'... |
| Government health website 'out of date' The New South Wales Government has been accused of hiding disappointing health figures on its new Your Health Service website. The website, launched on Thursday, is an online directory of... |
| Elderly woman assaulted at caravan park Police are looking for a man they believe indecently assaulted an elderly woman at a caravan park on the New South Wales north coast. Officers say the woman was sitting inside a caravan in Lennox... |
| Baby born on board chopper A baby girl has been born in the back of a rescue helicopter in north Queensland. The helicopter was called to Hamilton Island this morning to pick up a pregnant 28-year-old Wollongong woman. The... |
| Pedestrian struck by ambulance dies A woman has died after being struck by an ambulance in Sydney overnight. Police said the ambulance was on its way to an emergency and had its lights and siren on as it sped down Parramatta Road in... |
| 42,000 South Australians still in blackout There are still 42,000 homes without power in South Australia after gale force winds tore through the state on Saturday. Wind gusts of over 100 kilometres-an-hour have been recorded in various... |
| A-League: Kalmar gives Melbourne Heart first win Nick Kalmar (L) grabbed the only goal of the game John van't Schip's side drew two and lost two of their first four games, having been cruelly denied a deserved victory against Perth Glory last week... |
| Vic drinking water warning over flooding Floodwaters in northeastern Victoria have overloaded the sewer system, causing raw sewage to seep into rivers. Authorities are warning residents north of Wangaratta to boil any water they use for at... |
| Magpies dominate 'Dogs at MCG While Collingwood have the week off ahead of their preliminary final, the Bulldogs face the winner of the Sydney-Carlton elimination final in next Saturday night's semi-final. Magpies midfielders... |
| Adelaide heap more misery on Sydney FC Sydney FC's miserable start to the season hit a new low after the reigning A-League champions were outclassed 3-1 by high-flying Adelaide United at the Sydney Football Stadium on Saturday night. In... |
| Roosters edge out dogged Cowboys Sydney Roosters will face Wests Tigers in the opening round of the NRL finals after beating the North Queensland Cowboys 18-8 in an unconvincing display in Townsville on Saturday. The victory will... |
| Panthers in second after crushing Sharks Penrith backrower Frank Pritchard is doing his best to ensure a memorable farewell, scoring a hattrick for the Panthers to secure second spot on the NRL ladder with a 50-12 win over a deplorable... |
| Hawks left to rue another failed season Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson is adamant his team's premiership window hasn't closed just yet despite the Hawks bombing out of this year's AFL finals series at the first hurdle. The Hawks have... |
| Hundreds of fans brawl at Alice footy A massive brawl involving hundreds of spectators has erupted at a junior Australian Rules grand final in Alice Springs. During the chaos, a policeman was bitten, another attacked with a flag pole... |
| Weather havoc across four states WILD wet spring weather has wreaked havoc across four Australia states, with major flooding forecast in Victoria and damaging winds along the eastern seaboard predicted to... |
