The Qantas group is reeling from a spate of safety concerns after three emergency situations in a week. The latest drama came yesterday as a Canberra-bound flight from Sydney was force to abort its initial landing attempt when a defective flap was reported to the pilot on approach. The QF779 flight ...Read More...

A series of police raids in the southwest of Sydney has led to the closure of a secret narcotics laboratory, with authorities claiming they have smashed a bikie-led multi-million dollar syndicate. Officers reported that ten kilos of the street drug ‘ice’, or methyl amphetamine, was discovered during the series of raids. ...Read More...

The booming mining industry in outback Alice Springs could find a new hole filled, if plans from a Darwin-based escort agency are given the go-ahead. The central Australian city’s prostitution market, which is riding high on the back of the fly-in fly-out mining workers, could soon find itself more physically mobile ...Read More...

The makers of the latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie have issued a directive that enhanced breasts, be they digitally or surgically, will be banned. For the fourth instalment of the mega-franchise, the director has given clear instructions to the casting teams that only real-boobed actresses should apply, creating a virtual-breast ...Read More...

The young actress who played schoolgirl Jenny Kelly on the set of Aussie sitcom Hey Dad has spoken out over her sexual abuse while filming the television show. The youngest cast member of the show, Sarah Monahan was an innocent nine-year-old when she was allegedly exposed to and fondled by a ...Read More...

Australia’s most famous anti-immigration politician, Pauline Hanson, has declared that she herself is relocating to Britain as her home country no longer holds any opportunity for her. Hanson’s revelation came in an interview with Woman’s Day magazine, where the controversial and polarising politician spoke of the sale of her Queensland home ...Read More...

Forget MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and the like – the new fad for celebrity news and updates is the iPhone. The apple mini-bible has quickly become the trendy new marketing toy for musicians, actors and b-grade celebrities wishing to remain cool in the eyes of Generation whatever it is these days. ...Read More...

Channel 9 ever-presents Mick Molloy and Eddie McGuire are to be investigated by the New South Wales Anti-Discrimination Board (ADB) following allegations of their homosexual mockery of men’s ice-skating at the Vancouver Winter Olympics. The investigation comes after Gary Burns, the well-known Sydney gay rights activist, lodged a complaint against the ...Read More...

Anyone contemplating using diet pills to help them lose weight should think again, especially after a civil lawsuit was brought against the host of The Biggest Loser. A presumably still rotund and certainly jilted customer has filed the lawsuit in LA, with popular celebrity television show host Jillian Michaels being firmly ...Read More...

Brodie Panlock took her won life in 2006 following persistent aggressive verbal attacks by three of her co-workers at Cafe Vamp in Melbourne where she was employed as a waitress. During the court case, it emerged that the nineteen-year-old had been spat on and regularly insulted with name-calling such as ugly ...Read More...