Sydney - Hollywood heartthrob Hugh Jackman has apologized to fans for getting staff to post bulletins on the social-networking internet site Twitter on his behalf, news reports said Thursday.
The new medium is supposed to be a way for people to spontaneously communicate their everyday thoughts and actions, but increasingly is being used by celebrities like Jackman to fake the personal and the intimate.
The Australian actor was exposed as a fraud when a posting referred to the Sydney Opera House as the Opera Center.
Sydney, April 9 : A joint European-Australian study has determined that ancient stalagmites from a submerged Italian cave have revealed sea level rises caused by global warming more than 200,000 years ago.
According to a report by ABC News, the finding suggests the current melting of ice sheets may happen faster than expected.
Sydney, Apr. 9 : Cricketers Brett Lee and Andrew Symonds are likely to lose millions of dollars in Indian Premier League (IPL) earnings if they are chosen to play for Australia in forthcoming international fixtures.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, both are set to miss out on about 1.75 million Australian dollars of IPL loot to play for the national team in the upcoming limited-overs series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.
Sydney - Unemployment in Australia rose to 5.7 per cent in March from 5.2 per cent in January, official figures released Thursday showed.
It was the biggest monthly rise in joblessness in 18 years and took most analysts by surprise.
The Australia Institute, a private think tank, estimated the real rate of unemployment at 11.7 per cent because of the way the labour force is measured. Anyone who works for an hour a week is considered employed.
Sydney - It's a dilemma that besets many parents: to have their child start junior school younger than their peers or to delay entry for a year in the hope of a better academic outcome at the end of high school.
New research in Australia shows that, if it matters at all when a child starts school, it's probably better to start them young than hold them back.
"Kids find their own station in life," said Sydney University 's Andrew Martin. "The truth will out."
Sydney - Hollywood heartthrob Hugh Jackman has apologized to fans for getting staff to post bulletins on the social-networking internet site Twitter on his behalf, news reports said Thursday.
Sydney, April 9 : A joint European-Australian study has determined that ancient stalagmites from a submerged Italian cave have revealed sea level rises caused by global warming more than 200,000 years ago.
Sydney, Apr. 9 : Cricketers Brett Lee and Andrew Symonds are likely to lose millions of dollars in Indian Premier League (IPL) earnings if they are chosen to play for Australia in forthcoming international fixtures.
Sydney - Unemployment in Australia rose to 5.7 per cent in March from 5.2 per cent in January, official figures released Thursday showed.
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Sydney - It's a dilemma that besets many parents: to have their child start junior school younger than their peers or to delay entry for a year in the hope of a better academic outcome at the end of high school.
