Food safety
We all love our food … but if we don’t treat it right, it can make us very sick.To help promote food safety, Tania Bradley, the Executive Officer of the Food Safety Information Council (FSIC), gives us the following advice about keeping our food (and ourselves) safe.
Good Samaritan Luke Mitchell loses his life
When he stepped in to stop the brutal bashing of a stranger Luke Mitchell was trying to do the right thing. His act of kindness cost him his life. Two thugs stabbed and bashed Luke, then left him for dead early Sunday morning outside the Spot nightclub in Brunswick, Vic. Lying helpless as he was […]
Tom and Katie’s new Aussie home
Hollywood’s hottest couple are looking to set up house in Melbourne. Katie Holmes’ upcoming trip to Australia will now be a family affair, with her husband Tom Cruise and daughter Suri, 3, confirmed to be joining her as she relocates Down Under. The actress — who recently sparked rumours of a pregnancy when she stepped […]
Sharon Stone’s public tears
Fears grow for the once red-hot actress after a public outpouring of emotion. Sharon Stone has friends concerned for her emotional wellbeing following a disturbing public meltdown at a restaurant in Los Angeles. The actress stunned fellow diners when she burst into tears during a lunch date at celebrity eatery Joan’s on Third, sobbing uncontrollably […]
Aussie dad tells: I snatched my son from a kidnapper
By Jo Knowsley Pictures: Oscar Kornyei Last week Qld dad Matt Munt was working in his yard when he looked up and saw a man running down the driveway with his petrified little boy. An ordinary weekend turned into something out of a sick horror film for Ipswich father Matthew Munt. It was Saturday afternoon, […]
Catriona: The baby I thought I’d never have
By Leigh Reinhold Pictures: Cameron Bloom Catriona Rowntree is excited about her looming arrival, but worries she may give birth on the side of the road! Radiant, seven-months-pregnant Catriona Rowntree lets out an excited squeal as she sweeps into the lavish baby shower being held in her honour. “It’s absolutely perfect,” the happy TV star […]
Debra Byrne: I’m a mother again at 52
By Glen Williams Pictures: David Hahn Emerging from the shadows of abuse, the singer is relishing her role as full-time guardian to her grandsons. Something transfiguring, something dramatically life-changing, has happened to Debra Byrne. You can see it, plain as day, as the iconic entertainer bursts forth with a carefree chorus of Baa Baa Black […]
Bud Tingwell’s final bow
**By Lucy Chesterton and Jacqui Lang The Aussie acting legend departed this life as he lived it… in a blaze of warmth, humour and love.** Leaving a well thumbed script by his bedside, beloved actor Charles “Bud” Tingwell ended his final day the same way he did so many before — with his lines fully […]
*Samson and Delilah*
Samson and Delilah If it’s possible to pack a wallop at the same time as being quiet and unassuming, Warwick Thornton’s first full-length feature does it. “Samson and Delilah” has been selected for this year’s Cannes International Film Festival and I expect it will wow audiences there, as it should and hopefully will here in […]
