Indian student’s extradition for car crash probe not a priority: Victoria PremierMELBOURNE - Victoria Premier John Brumby has upset family members of a Queensland boy killed by an Indian student in a car crash last year, by saying that the latter’s extradition to Australia from India is not an immediate priority. Melbourne college closure to affect Indian students the mostMELBOURNE - Students from India, hoping to acquire a higher education degree in Australia, are likely to be the most affected by a Victorian Government move to close down St.George Enterprises, a Melbourne college. Late Sir Edmund Hillary still tops ‘greatest living New Zealander’ poll!MELBOURNE - Explorer and mountain climber Sir Edmund Hillary might have died more than 18 months ago, but he has still topped a list of the greatest living New Zealander. Half-man, half-goat creature’s birth leaves African villager’s shocked!MELBOURNE - People in an African village were recently left shellshocked by the birth of a bizarre creature that had a large human-like head and the legs and body of a goat. Younger Oz generation abandoning home phone in favour of the mobileMELBOURNE - Majority of Australians chose mobile phone over their landline connections as their main communication tool, a new survey has claimed. Oz couple marry with ‘man of honour’ beside bride, ‘groomschicks’ backing up groom!MELBOURNE - Brisbane couple Rob and Kate Trenchard married on Friday with a “man of honour” beside the bride, and “groomschicks” backing up the groom. Poor sex education putting Oz women at health risksMELBOURNE - Poor understanding of reproductive and sexual health is leading to a generation of Australian women vulnerable to several risks, according to an online survey. Oz PM meets Dr. Singh to apprise him of action taken against racist attackersMELBOURNE - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd met his India counterpart Dr. Manmohan Singh to discuss the recent violent attacks against Indian students studying in Australia, and also to apprise him of action taken against the perpetrators of these attacks. Another Indian assaulted, regretful Australia gives sops for students (Roundup)MELBOURNE/NEW DELHI - An Indian taxi driver was assaulted by an Australian star footballer in Melbourne in an incident that visiting Victoria state premier John Brumby termed as “regrettable”, even as he assured India he will give a progress report on probes into such attacks and proposed separate housing and transportation for Indian students. Indian cabbie assaulted, Australia promises concrete actionMELBOURNE/NEW DELHI - An Indian taxi driver was Friday assaulted by a star footballer in one more attack on Indians in Australia. Victoria premier John Brumby, in India on a visit, termed the incident as “regrettable” and assured action against the attacker. Australian footballer held after assaulting Indian taxi driverMELBOURNE - While Australian authorities have been pledging to bring a tougher law to combat attacks on Indians living in the country, an Indian taxi driver became the latest victim of such an attack here Friday. Australian footballer assaults Indian cab driverMELBOURNE - A drunk Australian footballer allegedly assaulted and injured an Indian taxi driver after an altercation on Hoodle street here. Oz stripper flashes parking inspector in annoyance over ticketMELBOURNE - An Adelaide city parking inspector has revealed that he comes across different situations in his line of work, but none were as funny as the stripper who flashed him in annoyance over a ticket. Airing risque sexual material good for people, says Oz expertMELBOURNE - An Aussie sexual health physician has credited the producers of the show ‘Packed to the Rafters’ for bringing sex into the mainstream by airing risque sexual material on TV. Half of Oz cybersex users are married or in serious relationshipsMELBOURNE - A new Australian study has shown that infidelity is rampant in the world of cybersex, with more than half of those who engage in it being married or in a serious relationship. Another ‘Oz Fritzl’ faces incest, child sex charges dating back 40 yrsMELBOURNE - Yet another Josef Fritzl-like case has been reported in Australia, with a man in his 50s being charged with incest and a string a sexual assaults against children over the past 40 years. Test to predict miscarriage chances developedMELBOURNE - A Sydney doctor has developed a test that can predict the chances of a pregnant woman miscarrying from six weeks. Oz navy thwarts piracy attack in Gulf of AdenMELBOURNE - Australian navy frigate HMAS Toowoomba has successfully thwarted a Somali pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden, and boarded the suspect vessel and leading to seizure of cache of military weapons. 20,000 people eager to become ‘Best Job in the World’ winner’s best matesMELBOURNE - Tourism Queensland has received more than 20,000 applications following its announcement that one person and three of their friends can become caretaker Ben Southall’s best mates in an all-expenses-paid, seven-week holiday to the Whitsundays. 5.5m python lifts Oz man trying to capture it off the ground!MELBOURNE - A python lifted a man in Australia clean off the ground while he was trying to capture it. Cockroaches stop breathing to stay alive!MELBOURNE - Australian scientists have found that cockroaches hold their breath in order to stay alive. Indian Australian television starlet says racism alive and kicking in AustraliaMELBOURNE - Indian Australian Sabrina Houssami has said that racism is alive and kicking in Australia. London-based Rio Tinto sells Alcan Composites to Swiss Schweiter Technologies for $349 millionMELBOURNE, Australia — Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto has advanced its debt reduction plans by selling building materials manufacturer Alcan Composites to Swiss machinery producer Schweiter Technologies for $349 million, the two companies said Tuesday. ‘Sex robots will pleasure humans in the foreseeable future’MELBOURNE - Robots of the future would be used for sexual purposes, believes a leading scientist. Single mothers were “never part of evolution”MELBOURNE - There was “no such thing as a single mother” in the Pleistocene epoch, which covered almost 2.5million years and ended 12,000 years ago, according to an American emeritus professor of anthropology. US church group offering travellers ‘polygamy tours’MELBOURNE - Members of a US church group are now offering travellers “polygamy tours”, which will enable them to have a look at life in a polygamous community. Australian eruption ‘overdue’MELBOURNE - A significant volcano eruption in Australia is ‘well overdue’ and emergency authorities must better prepare themselves and the wider community to respond to it, the recipient of the prestigious Geological Society of Australia (Victoria Division) Selwyn Medal for 2009 has warned. It would’ve been great if Brumby visited Mumbai: Indian diplomatMELBOURNE - It would have been great if the Victorian premier had gone to Mumbai but there were understandable constraints, India’s consul general in Melbourne has said after John Brumby cancelled his trip to India’s financial capital due to a terror threat. Queensland mums’ fashion war at school gatesMELBOURNE - Queensland’s mums are presently involved in a fashion war that takes place at school gates. UFOs return to Northern Territory skiesMELBOURNE - Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) have returned to the skies of a Northern Territory hotspot, where such sightings have also been reported earlier. |