Aussie ‘dream job’ helper loses touch

October 9th, 2009 MELBOURNE - US school children found it difficult to understand Australian Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard's accent, who is on a visit to the country to discuss green jobs and education. Gillard revealed that she had spoken to kids in a couple of schools but they were so dumbfounded by her thick Aussie accent that they enquired if English was spoken Down Under.

October 6th, 2009 WELLINGTON - Two Aussie women, who run a cabaret show involving boobs, have decided to go on a 'boobs mission' to New Zealand. Emma Powell and Bev Killick are well-endowed comedians, who hope to get Kiwi women to love their breasts just as much as they love their own less-than-perfect ones.

September 15th, 2009 SYDNEY - Female police officers at an Australian police command have alleged that they were sexually harassed and intimidated by their male counterparts apart from being told that their place was in the home. According to a complaint filed by a senior female constable at the Goulburn Local Area Command, five of her male colleagues sent sexually explicit emails to her and asked her to join a threesome.

September 10th, 2009 MELBOURNE - An Aussie woman employed by the New South Wales Police Force has been made to work overtime for every minute she spent expressing breastmilk for her child. The police intelligence analyst, who can only be identified as Sarah for security reasons, was also banned from using morning and afternoon tea breaks because they were "discretionary", reports News.com.au.

July 30th, 2009 Indo-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE LONDON - Dream therapy could show a way out of recurring nightmares, according to a new study. The previously discredited approach is drawing the interest of clinicians, because it can treat nightmares by training the victims to dream lucidly, so they can consciously wake up.

May 22nd, 2009 LONDON - English barrister Cherie Blair has revealed that her husband, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, loses his temper with her if dinner is not on the table when he gets home. In an interview with Total Politics, she revealed him to be a "very traditional" man, reports the Telegraph.

May 10th, 2009 MELBOURNE - An Aussie has become the caretaker of an island paradise in New Zealand - a post, which is being considered as the 'second best job in the world'. The job on Aroha Island, nestled in the heart of New Zealand's beautiful Bay of Islands, is an imitation of 'the best job in the world' on Hamilton Island off north Queensland.

May 5th, 2009 NEW YORK - Recession, it seems, has failed to dampen the American spirit. A whopping 44 percent of Americans feel they have achieved their dreams.

May 2nd, 2009 MELBOURNE - Aussie actor Russell Crowe is said to be in hiding before the shooting of highly anticipated epic Robin Hood. Crowe, 45, is not in hiding from the press or his fans, but rather from the film's director Sir Ridley Scott.

April 30th, 2009 LONDON - The average Briton only has three true friends, concludes a new survey. ost people in the survey claimed to have 16 friends, but 48 per cent admit most of those people are friends 'out of habit'.

April 9th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Aussie model Miranda Kerr admits that she'd love to be a mother. The 25-year-old revealed her desire at the launch of Victoria's Secret push-up bra in New York.

March 19th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Aussie tennis player Mark Philippoussis' ex-girlfriend, model Siobhan Parekh, is feeling happy and positive two months after their break-up. Parekh has relocated to Sydney after ending her 11-month relationship with Philippoussis, who is alleged to have cheated on her, and she has moved into a Bondi apartment.

March 12th, 2009 MELBOURNE - A 20-year-old Brisbane student will visit as many countries as she can in next twelve days, in a stunt she hopes will win her the best job in the world. Hailey Turner, the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) business student, made a short-list of 50 people out of 34,684 applications worldwide for the dream job.

January 22nd, 2009 MELBOURNE - Venus Williams might have been driven to distraction at the Australian Open, but the tribulations were nothing compared to the American's trials experienced on Melbourne roads. Williams has been trying her luck with left-lane driving and gaining some experience in a city where tram lines make for difficult conditions, as they say on court.

January 18th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Reigning junior champion Bernard Tomic proved himself a rising force at the senior level as a first-round victory Monday made him the youngest male winner of a match at the Australian Open. The 16-year-old whose controversial father has been in trouble with Tennis Australia for outbursts during matches, showed mature form in his first Grand Slam with a 7-6 (7-5), 1-6, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (8-6) first-round win over 73rd-ranked Italian Potito Starace.