Melbourne, Nov 12: Philandering husbands will soon have to pay "spousal maintenance" to their mistresses even after their relationship has ended.

Under the Family Law Act reforms, de facto partners together for two years will get the same rights as married couples, and the mistress will have every right to lay a claim or seek financial support from the man with the court''s help.

According to The Courier-Mail, this is just one of the outcomes that is set to arise from laws on broken de facto relationships that will take effect early next year.

Melbourne, Nov 12 : An Australian technology firm has come up with a unique battery power super card, which they believe can fight online fraud.

The company reckons that it can stop up to 1 billion dollars a year in credit card fraud with its new revolutionary invention.

The card, which includes an alpha-numeric display, built-in microprocessor, a keypad and three years of battery power, will display a one-time number with which to authenticate each online credit card transaction, whenever the user will enter the pin number.

The technology was developed over two and a half years by a small Deloitte-backed technology firm based in Adelaide and Melbourne called EMUE Technologies.

Melbourne, Nov 12: Golfing legend Greg Norman’s wife, Laura Andrassy, is buying a luxury estate in New York’s exclusive Hamptons.

Andrassy received over 150-million- Australian dollar divorce settlement from Norman.

She waged a bitter two-year public divorce battle with the Great White Shark, is in contract to pay 11.3 million dollar for a 0.92-acre property on a leafy lane in Southhampton, the Daily Telegraph reported.

The former flight attendant will be pumping millions more into the property as she plans to tear down the 325sqm house to build her dream home on the block, which is close to the ocean.

Melbourne, Nov 12 : Couples who hug, kiss have lower levels of stress hormones in their bodies, a new study has suggested.

The Swiss study, reported in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, point to one potential reason that close relationships – and marriage, in particular – have been linked to better health.

Melbourne, Nov 12: A north Queensland nudist resort is planning to bring back swingers and sex parties in a bid to boost flagging tourist numbers.

The White Cockatoo Resort in Mossman, near Port Douglas, north Queensland – once billed the nation''s top-spot for group sex and swingers – is planning an adults-only month of hedonism for March next year.

Owner of the resort, Tony Fox, said it was time to lift a self-imposed swinger ban.

"Tough economic times call for stiff measures. We''ve taken the bull by the horns and it''s going nuts; we''re close to fully booked,” the Courier Mail quoted Fox, as saying.

Melbourne, Nov. 10 : New South Wales Blues have called up a teenager from the bush for their match against New Zealand this week.

Dubbed the "new Glenn McGrath" Josh Hazlewood will be given the job of embarrassing the tourists at the Sydney Cricket Ground in the absence of lethal quicks Nathan Bracken and Doug Bollinger.

The 17-year-old Hazlewood had just completed his final HSC exam in geography when told he would be lining up against the cross-Tasman rivals.