The Gold Coast might experience a surge in visitors thanks to tens of thousands of vacationing schoolies, but these are earning themselves a terrible reputation at the moment, one which will surely change the mind of several local hoteliers. A senior Queensland police representative has said the class of 2009 schoolies ...Read More...

Police authorities in Sydney have apprehended a male suspect who is alleged to be responsible for a double murder. Antony Waterlow is being held for the murders of prominent UK art expert Nick Waterlow and his daughter Chloe, respectively the father and sister of the accused. Mr Waterlow's estranged 42-year-old son Antony ...Read More...

Sydney's beaches have been reported to be the cleanest they've ever been since the test process started. According to the State of the Beaches report, the city’s twenty-nine beaches had demonstrated top results with perfect water quality at 100 per cent of the time in the year 2008-09. A year ago, ...Read More...

The two new tenants at Adelaide Zoo will become a greater tourist attraction than American cycling icon Lance Armstrong, zoo officials said. Adelaide Zoo is poised to welcome two giant pandas in the coming days. According to Zoos SA president Heather Caddick, the presence of three-year-old Funi and four-year-old Wang Wang may ...Read More...

During an inquest held in Darwin, court officials hear that from the former head of the Northern Territory Department of Families that a young girl who died while under the care of a foster family had been failed by the system. Deborah Melville died at her Palmerston foster home due to ...Read More...

Partly due to strong ratings at the grand final, Australian Idol proved it has staying power, although it still reminisces about the good old days. It’s been reported that the seventh edition of the competition’s grand final pulled in nearly 1.5 million viewers in Australia to view the last show which ...Read More...

A female music teacher has been charged with having sexual relationships with two of her students cried as she was received a four-year prison sentence. The Ballarat County Court heard Michelle Lynn Dennis had betrayed the trust of the students. According to Judge Susan Cohen, the offences of the 33-year-old were worst ...Read More...

A very ‘close call’ involving a Qantas jet may have been caused by cosmic rays. Two terrifying plunges by the Qantas Airbus A330-303 flying over the northwest region of Australia have been linked to malfunctions to an onboard computer by safety investigators. Installed on about 900 aircrafts around the world, the computer ...Read More...

The University of Melbourne given a formal apology to all the Forgotten Australians which were subjected to medical research trials by their team of scientists in the past. Vice-chancellor Glyn Davis wrote via email to students and staff on Tuesday, admitting the institution used orphans as research subjects for vaccination study ...Read More...

A few crates of century old scotch are stuck somewhere in Antarctica. Beverage company Whyte & Mackay has hired a expert team to drill a hole through Antarctica's ice and get to the hidden cache of vintage Scotch whiskey sitting on rocks since 100 years ago. The team is going to attempt ...Read More...