Archive for May 28th, 2008

Shakespeare, Wordsworth … Winehouse?

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

A SONG by Amy Winehouse appears in a Cambridge University exam, pitted against Shakespeare, Wordsworth and Walter Raleigh.

Money dries up for pulp mill’s water lifeline

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

TASMANIA’S new premier has scrapped plans for taxpayers’ money to pay for a vital $60m water pipeline for the Gunns pulp mill.

Footy Show star taken off air

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

CHANNEL 9 has taken controversial star Sam Newman off air so he can recover from surgery - and be counselled for recent gaffes.

Madonna’s adoption bid approved

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

MALAWI’S high court has approved an application by US pop star Madonna to permanently adopt a three-year-old boy from one of Africa’s poorest countries, her lawyer said.

Child model’s mother backs ‘intimate’ pics

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

THE mother of one of Bill Henson’s under-age models has charged to the photographer’s defence.

Obesity epidemic ‘turned around in 10 years’

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

IT will take a massive decade-long national effort but the obesity epidemic can be turned around, the head of the Federal Government’s preventative health body says.

FuelWatch warnings ‘ignored’

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

RUDD Government departments warned FuelWatch scheme could send petrol prices up, not down.

Aborigines ‘don’t know rape is illegal’

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

MORE than 90 per cent of people in Arnhem Land do not understand basic legal concepts, with many Aborigines under the impression that white society is “lawless”, a report has found.

Guilty plea over bodies in barrels case

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

A WOMAN has pleaded guilty to recruiting two men to attack and kill a couple before burning their bodies in 44 gallon drums.

Women think gay rights OK, migrants not

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

A MAJORITY of women do not support the war in Iraq or Australia’s immigration policies but are accepting of gays, a survey finds.