The supermarket giant Woolworths is seeking to attract less credit card wielding customers in favour of the preferred debit card method of payment. Woolworths has openly stated that it will pursue a path towards multi-million dollar savings by diverting customer payments away from the international Visa and MasterCard networks, instead ...Read More...

Ministers of Parliament are not usually ones to wear leather and stilettos, at least not in public - the last Australian MP to be photographed in high heels was Alexander Downer. Now Kate Ellis, the Minister for Youth and Sport, has taken a new approach to the issue of attitudes of ...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 iconic James Bond films have played host to a variety of colourful characters and songstresses, with rumours circulating that pop diva Lady Gaga is could be set to join the list. While Shirley Bassey and Sheena Easton were noted for their femininely theme-songs, and even Madonna and Cheryl Crow have ...Read More...

Supermarket giant Woolworths has announced a new three-point strategy which will apply to sourcing of palm oil and also the way private food products, including Select and Homebrand, are labelled. The new plan follows continued commitment by Woolworths to reduce the use of palm oil in its supermarkets. The Select brand ...Read More...

Australian victims can still seek damages from the Lehman Brothers Australia collapse after a new ruling by the High Court. Charities and local councils were among the host of investors who suffered huge financial losses, with reports claiming that they are collectively seeking over $1 billion in compensation. Two appeals against ...Read More...

The hugely popular Channel Ten franchise MasterChef may take rival network Channel 7 to court over the latter’s My Kitchen Rules show which has infuriated Ten with its striking similarity. Legal action is being planned to protect the image of the iconic cooking-reality show brand. The format for the MasterChef show ...Read More...

National airline Qantas has announced that it will withdraw its fleet of Boeing 747 jumbos on the New York – Australia route, which will be replaced by the smaller Airbus A330-200s which are better suited to meet the decline in demand for air travel to and from the region. The airline ...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...