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Girls Trapped By Storm Update Facebook Instead Of Dialing 911

The first instinct for two teenagers trapped in a storm drain in Adelaide, Australia was to update their Facebook status rather than call the emergency services. Two girls, 10 and 12 years old, had a mobile phone to use while trapped in a drain, but opted to log in to...

Australia Third Swine Flu Fatality

Australia has reported its third swine flu fatality today.  The latest influenza A(H1N1) sufferer who succumbed to complications is a Victorian woman,aged 50. She died early today in the Peter MacCullum Center...

Orangutan Escapes Enclosure in Australia Zoo

Orangutans are pretty smart, but this one is genius.  Orangutans are members of the great apes and as such are closely related to humans.  They are known tool users and have been observed using large...

Are You A Chronic Pain Sufferer?

Are you one of  the many millions of people who suffer from chronic pain? Long-term pain can be debilitating, depressing and affect your  family life.You're never going to get rid of it or are...

N.L. man to swim Great Barrier Reef for climate change

A Canadian man living in New Zealand has decided that he is going to swim the entire lenght of the Great Barrier Reef from within a solar-powered shark cage to raise awareness for climate change. " Rob Hutchings, a...

Blind flamingo targeted at Australian zoo

A blind flamingo, one of the oldest in the world, was attacked by a group of teenagers at Adelaide Zoo in Australia, and was left fighting for his life. The bird is about 80 years old, and was left unable to...

Red Bull gives you.... increased risk of heart disease, say scientists

Redbull the saturday night drink may kill you, when mixed with alcohol, it get's worse.  France had to release the drink, but gives a strong warning, when used on top with drugs the morning hour, when leaving...

Baby koala beaten to death by sick mob near Brisbane

How could someone doing such things....There should be very harsh penalties for animal abuse. " A BABY koala has been bashed to death and thrown in a rubbish bin and another koala and its baby were beaten with...

Another day, another Qantas scare

A Qantas domestic flight carrying 111 passengers pulled out of a take-off today at Melbourne Airport after noises were heard coming from the undercarriage. "The Canberra-bound plane returned to the terminal and...

Qantas suffers third emergency landing in a week

In baseball three strikes has dire consequences, but whether the same holds true for airlines is still up in the air--or not, actually, judging by all the grounded planes. Australia's national airline has initiated its third emergency landing in a week, raising serious...

Qantas 'safest airline in the world' - CEO

Over the past twenty years ago, Qantas has enjoyed a safety record that was the envy of many other airlines, in that none of its aircraft had ever crashed. The carrier held the reputation for being the safest...

AFP recruits teen cyber spies

Australian Federal Police have recruited twenty-youths, aged between 14 to 16 years, to help them fighting online crime. Why teens ? because their surfing skills are better than the veteran agents. Good...

Unhealthy Aborigines must help themselves, says Nicola Roxon

Breaking bad habits should be among our top priorities to get the most out of our life. If we do it right, and we are on our way to make significant improvements in our life. " ABORIGINES must recognise the risks of alcohol and smoking and take responsibility for...

Jane Lomax-Smith: Scientologists are 'bastards' who should be taxed

The Education Minister unknowingly appears in an internet video in which she brands members of Scientology as "bastards" while criticising the group's entitlement to tax exemptions for religious...

Man jailed for mocking dying toddler David Mamo

"AN Adelaide man who cruelly mocked dying toddler David Mamo has been jailed for more than 11 years - but no one will ever face justice for the boy's murder. David John Partridge, 30, taunted the three-year...

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