Melbourne, January 27 : Heath Ledger has joined other late celebrities who have grossed many more millions from their graves than they did during their lifetime.

The Australian actor, who died at the age of 28 from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs in last January, reportedly earned an estimated 30.1 million dollars for his property in the previous year.

He was unfortunately added to the wealthy Forbes list of the highest-earning dead celebrities, reports News. com. au.

Melbourne, Jan 27 : A new study has confirmed what many parents already knew - head louse is a super bug.

According to lead researcher Stephen Barker, Associate Professor from the University of Queensland, animals have two types of chromosomes, the nucleic and the mitochondrial.

And on most animals the mitochondrial chromosome contains 37 genes.

However, the genome sequencing of head lice has revealed the 37 genes are located on 12 or more mini-chromosomes that join and separate.

Sydney, Jan 27 : A team of Australian researchers has found that human behaviour, in the form of storing water to deal with shortages, will be the main factor in the spread of the Aedes aegypti mosquito that causes dengue.

According to a report by ABC News, the team believes that the finding has major implications for public health strategies in Australia and other regions of the world affected by dengue.

Sydney - Most Australians don't know that Australia Day marks the arrival of white settlers from Britain on January 26, 1788, an opinion poll published Tuesday showed.

Only 44 per cent of those asked were able to say the arrival of the First Fleet in Sydney was what was commemorated.

A quarter of respondents to the Essential Research poll said Australia Day marked the federation of the states on January 1, 1901.

Melbourne, jan. 27 : Inmates at Darwin prison have been given access to portable DVD players as a reward for good behaviour.

According to the Daily Telegraph, the Northern Territory News understands prisoners are being allowed to hire a machine to watch movies in their own cells.

Prison superintendent Kevin Raby said that portable DVD players were part of an "incentive-based program" for low security "clients".

But some prison officers believe the DVD players are a luxury the inmates could do without.

Sydney, Jan. 27 : IT was a day to celebrate all things Australian, but it quickly descended into an afternoon of violence and racism, with people of Asian origin being the prime targets.

Australia Day today became a scene of brawls and vandalism across New South Wales - with anger spreading from Shell Harbor in the south to Port Macquarie in the north, The Daily Telegraph reported.

Wild brawls were also reported on the Gold Coast at Burleigh Beach, with hundreds of teenagers coming together in a series of violent confrontation on the popular family beach.

The brawls occurred at about 3 p. m. and a heavy police presence was on hand. Several arrests were made.