Melbourne, Mar 2 (ANI): Australia's Generation Y is leading a more sedentary lifestyle than the older generations, reveals a new survey.

Researchers from the University of Sydney looked at four cross-generational and national surveys from 1990 to 2005, and found that Gen Y was exercising less and getting fatter at an early age.

According to Associate Professor Margaret Allman-Farinelli, they are not only exercising less than older generations did at the same age, they are also doing less exercise than older people are doing today.

Melbourne, Mar 2 : Australian kids are likely to grow up seeing porn because of a proliferation of easily available x-rated material, say researchers.

According to the Australian Institute of Criminology, there is a "very high'''' chance that teenagers will be exposed to pornography even before the legal age of 18.

Institute analyst Colleen Bryant says that it is worrisome that young people have easy access to explicit information before they are capable of integrating it into a healthy sexual identity.

Sydney, Mar. 2 : If video technology is used, it shouldn''t be dependent on cricket''s version of phone-a-friend. If an umpire has messed up so badly the video definitely proves him wrong, his assistant should get in his ear and say sorry, old boy, but that was out. If a decision is wrong, it''s wrong, regardless of anyone protesting, says cricket columnist Peter Roebuck.

In an article for the Sydney Morning Herald, Roebuck is all in favour of bringing back glorious human error to the game of cricket.

Melbourne, Mar 2 : A pet cat named Possum miraculously survived 27 bullet shots at point-blank range in the head and neck.

The relentless torture on Possum has enraged animal welfare authorities, who have raised their voices against the inhuman cruelty.

The two-year-old male domestic cat was trapped in a cage about 9pm on February 27, and an air rifle was shoved in its face and mouth with two direct shots penetrating his tongue and lodging in his nasal cavity.

Melbourne, Mar 2 : Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson has revealed that she will strip down to a small black bikini, and run on an Australian beach this year, to show the world that one can still be fit even at the age of 50.

Ferguson, 49, has sought the help of British soccer ace David Beckham’s management to train her in becoming “football fit” by the time of her birthday in October.

Melbourne, Mar 2 : Penny Higgs, a contestant on the American dance reality show ‘So You Think You Can Dance’, has shocked people with her topless photos.