Melbourne, Nov 26 The secret behind sex change occurring in reef fish lies in its ear, says an Australian marine scientist
Doctoral student Stefan Walker, of the School of Marine and Tropical Studies at James Cook University has found that the markings on the otolith, or ear stone, serves as rings on a tree in telling the age at which an individual fish changes sex.
Walker said that knowledge of when and how sex change occurs is important for aquaculture as it enables the industry to maximise fish reproduction.
He also said that in aquaculture the larger specimens, which are predominantly male, tend to be removed for consumption.
Melbourne, Nov 26 : The new policy of giving only one warning before firing someone may help Australia avoid a recession, but it will still make people lose their jobs, warns the OECD.
The new workplace regime does away with the old workplace law of getting three warnings before you are fired, and Small Business Minister Craig Emerson stated that just one warning would be enough.
The new law, which also prevents any unfair dismissals and is an important concession to small businesses, is applied to any employee who commits theft, fraud or violence in the workplace.
“You just say you''re finished,” News. com. au quoted Emerson as telling ABC Television.
Melbourne, Nov. 26 : The Boxing Day Test and all international cricket will remain at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) for the next decade under a new agreement with Cricket Victoria.
According to The Age, the deal ends more than a year of tense negotiations, after Cricket Victoria resisted the temptation to ease its hefty rain insurance bill playing one-day internationals beneath the roof at Docklands.
"We recognise that the Boxing Day Test is very much an MCG thing, but we gave serious consideration to playing one-dayers at Telstra Dome," Cricket Victoria chairman Geoff Tamblyn said.
Melbourne, November 25: Aussie tennis ace Mark Philippoussis was reportedly spotted courting an attractive blonde at a Melbourne dance party over the weekend, while his current girlfriend Siobhan Parekh was shopping in Sydney around the same time.
Those who saw the pair at the Live One Day dance party in Brighton on Sunday have revealed that Philippoussis was getting cozy with a peroxide pretty, while one Paddington shop-girl said that the sport star''s girlfriend was shopping in Sydney that time.
Melbourne, Nov 25 : English chef Gordon Ramsay’s alleged mistress Sarah Symonds is said to be desirous of having a TV career like Rebecca Loos.
UK publicist Max Clifford revealed that Symonds had come to him for advice earlier this year, as she was keen to launch a television career on the back of her book.
“She was talking about getting herself a television profile in much the same way as Rebecca Loos (former personal assistant to David Beckham, who famously had an affair with the soccer star),” the Daily Telegraph quoted him as having told the Daily Mail.
Melbourne, November 25: Aussie tennis ace Mark Philippoussis was reportedly spotted courting an attractive blonde at a Melbourne dance party over the weekend, while his current girlfriend Siobhan Parekh was shopping in Sydney around the same time. 
Melbourne, November 25: Nicole Kidman wants her four-month-old Sunday Rose to have a US accent.
