Sydney- Right-wing rabble-rouser Pauline Hanson looked set for a big compensation payout Sunday after an Australian newspaper admitted nude photographs it published purporting to be of her were of another woman.

"I've said all week I'd be the first person in Australia to apologise to Pauline Hanson if it were proven the photographs were not of her," Sunday Telegraph editor Neil Breen said. "We've proven it ourselves so, Pauline, I'm sorry."

London, March 22 : Russell Brand gave onlookers an eyeful after he was snapped naked on the balcony of an Australian hotel.

The Brit comedian stepped out in his natural form looking least bothered in the morning.

“It was certainly eye-opening to see Russell in the window displaying himself in such a manner!" News of the World quoted an onlooker as saying.

Sydney - Yet again, opinion polls got the result of an Australian state election wrong and gamblers got it right.

Queensland Premier Anna Bligh was Sunday celebrating an historic fifth electoral victory for her underdog Labor Party, as the favoured the Liberal National Party was left wondering how the pollsters could get it so wrong.

Centrebet spokesman Neil Evans said the "smartest" money had been on Labor all along and 16 of the 20 biggest wagers had been for the incumbent to win - despite the pundits predicting their removal from power in Saturday's vote.

Melbourne, Mar 21 : Pop star Kylie Minogue's beau Andres Velencoso was seen wearing underwear on his head at a restaurant named Nautilus.

Both Kylie and Andres seemed to have a pretty good time.

"They were obviously having a great time and were ordering lots of wine. At one point Andres was wearing a pair of ladies underpants on his head," the Daily Telegraph quoted a source as saying.

Although Kylie tried to get off the underwear from Andres' head, she could not reach it.

Sydney, Mar. 21 : Sidelined Australian cricket stars are eyeing the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to make a bid to return to the national squad for the 20-20 World Cup or the Ashes.

Players such as Brett Lee, Andrew Symonds, Shane Watson and Shaun Marsh are looking forward to the cricket extravaganza as they see it as a proper opportunity to send out a message to the selectors, The Australian reports.

Melbourne, Mar 21 : Late crocodile hunter Steve Irwin's daughter Bindi, 10, will be making her film debut by playing the lead in `Free Willy 4'.

She will be playing the role of Kirra Cooper in her first full-length movie, two-and-a-half years after her father passed away.

Even at such a young age, her acting skills have been described as formidable by the movie''s writer and director Will Geiger, and her co-star veteran actor Beau Bridges agrees with him.