http://www.buzzfeed.com/simoncrerar/australian-critters-that-will-kill-you-with-their-cuteness

Sigh. Platypus adorableness.

http://eprints.utas.edu.au/15881/1/2012_Janssen_AusGeog_journal_version.pdfRead more... )

Gotta love how Australians report news.

Article here. Sun shining through bottle of water causes plane fire. ATSB is the Air Transport Safety Bureau. (I used to do paralegal work associated with them years ago.)

"The sun was shining through a water bottle at the side of the cockpit," the ATSB report said ( Read more... )

Article from the Sydney Morning Herald hereThe homicide squad in Victoria was preparing for a news conference about Roy and Heather Ostell, the missing parents of a very worried daughter and her siblings ( Read more... )

Here they are.
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Today is Australia Day. Here's a chance to see how much you know about Australia. Have fun! I'll post the answers tomorrow. ( Read more... )

Article hereStaffers at the Parramatta offices of the NSW Attorney-General's Department had been perplexed at the disappearance of stones from the centre's pebble garden ( Read more... )

This article talks about how lesbian and bisexual women are less healthy than heterosexual women. Interesting look at the social aspects that affect physical health.

There's more on pregnant mothers who held off giving birth because of the baby bonus. The researchers estimated that more than 600 births were delayed until after Baby Bonus payments ( Read more... )

You think it's bad reading students' essays now? It's not going to get any better as the next lot of undergrads enter university. The teachers teaching spelling can't spell themselves.

Article from The Australian Teacher failures spell student troubleA spelling test of about 40 Victorian teachers, conducted in April this year, provides no grounds ( Read more... )

This article is currently the most read item in the Sydney Morning Herald website ( Read more... )