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Michael Clarke and Lara Bingle on the brink of collapse

March 11th, 2010
Australian cricket vice-captain, Michael Clarke allegedly made a furious phone call to fiancée Lara Bingle after he learnt that she had agreed to talk to a magazine. Bingle was allegedly paid $200,000 by a magazine for an interview and photo-shoot. Apparently Clarke was less upset about the possibility of Brendan ...

James Bulger’s killer back in prison

March 3rd, 2010
Jon Venables has been recalled into custody according to an announcement by the U.K. Ministry for Justice. In 1993 he and Robert Thompson shocked the world when they were arrested and convicted of the murder of two-year-old James Bulger. The pair were ten-years-old at the time and became the youngest ...

Whitney Houston lacks luster

February 25th, 2010
Monday night’s opening show in Brisbane was not a good omen for fans of Whitney Houston who flocked to the Acer Arena in Sydney to see the diva perform. However most were pleasantly surprised by the quality of the singer’s voice, at least for about an hour that is. It ...

Qantas announces removal of first class from most routes

February 18th, 2010
Flag carrier Qantas has just announced that other than on a few international flights it will be removing its first class service. Those travelling from Australia to London via either Los Angeles or Singapore will still be able to make a left turn when they board but only on 12 ...

CERN announces new quest the discover Higgs Boson Particle

February 10th, 2010
Scientists at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, or CERN as it is more commonly known, have announced that they plan to fire up the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) for a period of between 18 and 24 months in order to try and find the elusive Higgs Boson Particle. Since ...

Mel Gibson loses his cool on air

February 3rd, 2010
Mel Gibson has had his fair of apologising to do over the past few years for alcohol fueled rants and inappropriate comments made to law officials on how he feels about the Jews. Unfortunately he has once again been caught barely managing to keep a check on his temper. Mel was visibly ...

Bali Nine drug smuggler to alter confession

January 12th, 2010
Convicted Bali Nine drug smuggler Renae Lawrence has made a new confession about her role in the case to prevent the execution of the youngest arrested in 2005, Scott Rush. It has been revealed that Lawrence’s testimony at Rush’s final appeal that she made multiple courier runs to Bali would help ...

Jane Rawlinson to marry her ex husband

December 29th, 2009
Australian Olympic hurdler Jana Rawlinson is making preparations to remarry her husband Chris, following the completion of the divorce process. The couple who have one son, Cornelis, 3, split in April with Rawlinson saying that the marriage was over and began divorce proceedings. But it was revealed last month that love had ...

Telstra and Optus predict record number in texts

December 28th, 2009
Key players in Australia’s telco industry Telstra and Optus both predicted a total of 90 million SMS messages would be sent through their networks on Christmas Day. Consumer executive director for Telstra, Jenny Young, estimated about 38 of those SMS messages would be sent on their network. She pointed out that as ...

Car hire site has biggest presence online

December 18th, 2009
UK based worldwide car rental comparison website, Carrentals.co.uk has reached the top Google’s search engine results for car rental related key words in September, with 54 per cent of the 1.5 million car rental associated searches that took place in the month by ranking in the number one position. The report, ...