#Australia

A toddler’s attempts to get a toy prize has landed him a heap of trouble. The boy had to be rescued from the vending machine full of stuffed toys after he climbed through the prize chute, and got stuck inside. Witnesses say while the boy’s worried mother stood outside the...

Victorian Police in Australia couldn’t believe what they saw when a Shepparton motorist, who declined to pay a $50 delivery fee to have newly purchased furniture transported to his home, was yesterday slapped with a $478 fine by a police officer, left stunned by the driver’s actions. Shepparton Police Inspector...

When I was young, it was common to have ‘marble thumb’ , specially if you liked to play with the big ‘tom thumb’ marble. Most of my school mates developed marble thumb during the latter half of the school year, when ‘dibs’ started getting serious, and the cats eyes marble was...

A French exotic dancer has put on a strip show on top of Australia’s most sacred rock as a “tribute” to Aborigines and their culture and to fulfill a lifelong dream But the performance by Alizee Sery, 25, is likely to anger traditional owners who see Uluru as the...

Looking for a unique home? Why not buy a whole village in New Zealand for the same price as a city mansion? The tiny town of Otira, in the Southern Alps of New Zealand, is on the market for $NZ1 million ($817,060). The village’s owners, Bill and Christine Hennah, made...

The casual convenience and privacy of SMS texting, or emailing from your phone, just got serious. A new survey has found that 40% of women – suspicious girlfriends and wives – admit they regularly snoop for flirty text messages on their partners phones. Worse news for the average bloke is that nearly...

Research from the Sydney-based Brain and Mind Research Institute (BMRI) found law students’ psychological distress was caused by the “competitive, isolating and adversarial learning environment” of law schools. Similar findings have been revealed in American research where students reported law school as competitive, alienating and a place where they lost...

Travel agents, Flight Centre, announced recently that over 25 million items of luggage go missing at major airports every year. Their advice? Make sure you have the right travel insurance. After analysing the latest figures in the 2010 Air Transport Industry Baggage Report, it shows a staggering one in 100 passengers globally at a major airport will...

Magistrate Rodney Crisp charged Mirza Zukanovic, 20, with contempt and jailed him for 30 days for blowing a bubble in his court. The charge sheet shows that Zukanovic, who was appearing on an assault-related matter, earned Mr Crisp’s wrath after he deliberately blew and popped a bubble of gum...