Melbourne, Feb 17 : Australian skipper Ricky Ponting on his arrival in South Africa said that the ICC Test Championship trophy is important, but the team will play to win matches for country.

Ponting faced a packed media conference at Johannesburg Airport, and was quickly on the front foot with the South African media, the Herald Sun reported.

Australia lost 2-1 at home to South Africa in January and must now avoid defeat in the three-Test return series to retain the ICC Test Championship trophy.

Melbourne, Feb 16 : A new study has shown that lazy colleagues are hated most at workplaces.

According to management consultant James Adonis, who spoke to 2400 Australian employees, lazy and underperforming colleagues made the top of the hate list.

The next thing on the list that workers did not like was feeling unappreciated and unrecognised, while communication issues came third on the list.

Inconsiderate peers, lack of teamwork, negativity, and gossip and backstabbing also made the top 10.

Melbourne, Feb 16 : Aussie actress Naomi Watts has sparked a debate about the rigours of caesarean birth after she was photographed standing naked on a Californian balcony.

The photos, which appeared on the popular gossip website Perez Hilton, showed Watts baring not only her breasts but also a still swollen lower abdomen with a vivid caesarean scar, as she stood on a balcony with her dressing gown hanging open, reports the Daily Telegraph.

Watts, 40, gave birth to her second son, Samuel Kai, just eight weeks ago, and she was seen shooting her latest film Mother and Child in Marina del Rey.

Melbourne, Feb 16 : Some of the most popular airlines in the world have high levels of "toxic" fumes on their aircrafts, which could prove dangerous to both passengers and crew, according to a probe.

German television network ARD, along with Swiss broadcasters Schweizer Fernsehen, took swab samples and found levels of a dangerous toxin onboard several planes.

Melbourne, Feb 16 : Brendan Sokaluk, an accused in one of the deadly started fires in Victoria, which killed at least 21 people, was rejected by a woman and was looking for true love.

Sokaluk (39) described himself as a "young happy male" who wanted to meet a woman and get married on his MySpace page, News. com. au reported.

"My interest are to enjoy life to the fallest (sic) and not with ........ because she roots behind your back and lies a lot," he wrote. He lists "mother earth" as his hero because "without her we all would be dead."

Melbourne, Feb 16 (ANI): American singer-songwriter Pink has doled out 250,000 dollars to the Red Cross Bushfire Appeal in aid for rebuilding communities across Victoria, which were ravaged by bushfires.

Pink, who counts the country as her second home, will be holding a 13-night stint at the Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, in May and June this year.

"There is little anyone can do at such a long distance away but I wanted to make a tangible expression of support," the Herald Sun quoted her as saying.