Lost British backpacker Jamie Neale found after 11 days

MELBOURNE - An English bushwalker has been found alive 11 days after he went missing in the freezing cold of the Blue Mountains.

Indians just innocent victims of crime, Sydney police officer says

SYDNEY - Police Superintendent of the Parramatta Local Command on the outskirts of Sydney, Robert Redfern, has said Indians were under attack because they were seen as “soft targets” amongst petty thieves.

Oz authorities says Indian students not racist targets

MELBOURNE - Australian politicians and police and Indian community leaders, are in agreement that Indians living in Australia are not the targets of racial hate crimes.

Victorian Tourism luring man-hungry Sydney women to poach best single blokes

MELBOURNE - Victorian tourism bosses have come up with a new “Melbourne Match” campaign that aims at helping Sydney women poach the best single blokes.

Aussie contract players for 2009-2010 season named

ADELAIDE - Cricket Australia’s 25-man list of players contracted for the 2009/10 season was announced here today.

Oz homeopath dad admits that he ‘failed’ his eczema afflicted baby

SYDNEY - A homeopath has admitted he failed his baby daughter by continuing to treat her chronic eczema with alternative instead of conventional medicine, a court has heard.

Australia likely to opt for four-man pace attack against South Africa

JOHANNESBURG - Australia head into the first Test against South Africa without any spinner but with a possibility of fielding a four-man pace attack at the Wanderers here Thursday.

Symonds slams NSW for hiring Brendon McCullum

MELBOURNE - Andrew Symonds has lambasted New South Wales for recruiting big-hitting Kiwi Brendon McCullum for the interstate Twenty20 final, keeping an eye on the lucrative T20 Champions League in India.

Ban on slapping cuts down child homicides

SYDNEY - Ban on slapping cuts down child homicides dramatically as borne out by the case of Sweden.