Category Archives: Australia
Australia’s Biggest Loser contestant, Meaghan Trattles
AFTER losing 45kg on the Australia’s Biggest Loser contestant, Meaghan Trattles has put a little bit back on, but it’s not what you think. The Gold Coast beauty will return from a month-long holiday in Phuket this week with some … Continue reading
colleague’s hangover has become commonplace in Australian
COVERING for a colleague’s hangover has become commonplace in Australian workplaces, costing an estimated $453 million in overtime every year, a new study has found. A survey of 1677 adult workers in 2008 found that one third knew a co-worker … Continue reading
Australia’s MasterChef most-watched Australian television
A 31-year-old media lawyer of Malaysian heritage Sunday night won the finale of Australia’s MasterChef to cook up massive ratings, making the reality show the most-watched, non-sporting event ever shown on Australian television. A peak of 4.348 million viewers across … Continue reading
Australian Fashion Front row access for fashion bloggers
The front row at Australian Fashion Week will take on a very different look this year with the nation’s most celebrated fashion editors sharing the spotlight with some of the world’s most powerful fashion bloggers. Organisers of Fashion Week say … Continue reading
Cat Stevens, will tour Australia
Yusuf Islam, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens, will tour Australia for the first time in 36 years this June. The singer-songwriter, who changed his name after converting to Islam in 1977, is set to play shows in Perth, … Continue reading
Fashion photographer ‘exploiting young girls’
The fashion world is reeling after one of its most renowned photographers, Terry Richardson, has become the target of sexual misconduct claims. The claims, which surfaced earlier this month after accusations by Danish supermodel Rie Rasmussen, have been supported by … Continue reading
Nadia Petrova continue all or nothing attitude
MELBOURNE: Nadia Petrova continued with her “all or nothing attitude” to extend her giant-killing run through the Australian Open on Sunday, beating French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova to reach the quarter-finals. Petrova, who had dismantled US Open champion Kim Clijsters … Continue reading
Racially motivated attacks against international students
AUSTRALIA is in denial on racially motivated attacks against international students and has failed to take action, a leading academic claims. The internationally respected Australian academic made the claim at a major conference in Switzerland, The Australian reports. Melbourne University … Continue reading
Jennifer Hawkins marie claire magazine cover
IT HAS been a pretty heavy week for Jennifer Hawkins following that nude marie claire magazine cover but she found a little happiness along the way when shopping at Bondi Junction on Tuesday. She and partner Jake Wall were walking … Continue reading
The party spirit was alive and well in Sydney
Revellers across the globe began ringing in the New Year but a Bali terror warning and a deadly shooting in Finland stoked security jitters, already high after a failed US bomb plot. Police were on alert in many world cities … Continue reading
