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The Ballad of Sonny Bill Williams
While sports fans in Australia and New Zealand continue to follow the Summer Olympics like the rest of the world, the two countries have also been engulfed in the ongoing contract dispute between rugby star Sonny Bill Williams and Australia's National Rugby League. Last...
Canada's Whitfield takes silver in triathlon
Well I'm Canadian so this is going to be very biased. Simon Whitfield had an unbelievable race. He was like a prize fighter who keeps getting knocked down but refuses to throw in the towel. By my count he came back... Prospects are grim for abandoned baby whale
UPDATE: 1:01pm - August 20After a few attempts from wildlife conservationists to lure the calf out to sea, the baby whale has again appeared in the inlet and is still distressed and trying to follow boats it thinks... Australian students to 'phone a friend' during exams
In a noble effort Aussie authorities have allowed students to take help of friends, internet etc during the exam. What a wonderful idea. Authorities are calling it a new innovative idea as enormous amounts of information around their heads will not be used anywhere. But if...Kenya's Pamela Jelimo One of the Most Sensational Runners of the Beijing Olym...
Pamela Jelimo has set the Olympic World alight with her sensational running. A runner's runner: she is the name on every ecstatic commentators' lips. She is a vetaran of the 200 metres and only took up... Olympic Beach Volleyball: 'Brazilian Beat' on Olympic Beach Volleyball podium
There will be a Brazilian team on an Olympic Beach Volleyball podium for the fourth-straight Summer Games as two men’s pairs from the South American country claimed “final four” berths here Monday evening to... Lost and alone, Pittwater whale calf seeks its mum
A two-weeks-old baby humpback whale calf is trying to bond with yachts in Sidney harbour, after mistaking the boats for its mother. Desperate attemps are underway to save it. " AN attempt to reunite a lost... Dad takes on 30 gatecrashers with a whip, now faces charges
30 aggressive gatecrashers storm a home party and the angry owner drives them off with a whip. Guess who faces charges of using excessive force? The home owner, of course.This is exactly what happened to Sydney... stars launch fashion festival with breast cancer charity parade !
Local celebrities modelled fashions by designer Alex Perry at the launch of Sydney's 2008 Rosemont Fashion Festival to help raise funds for breast cancer research. Patron of the Fashion Target Breast Cancer... Sex teacher: I'm no bad role model
A Catholic primary school teacher's raunchy poses on a TV modelling show have shocked family groups. But, despite the outcry, Sacred Heart primary school in Melbourne have pledged its support to 24-year-old... Art judge steps down over an offensive Jesus painting
“Only women bleed” is the inscription underneath an unorthodoxly graphic image of Jesus Christ submitted by Adam Cullen for the Blake Prize for Religious Art in Australia. The artist claims his submission was... 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... Twins unite for 80th birthday in Mulgrave
Dutch-born twins Frans and Ad Flipse celebrated their 80th birthday together on August 4, 2008. This was a very precious moment for both of them since they have been apart for more than 40 years. " Born in... 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...
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