Sydney, Apr. 8: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has reportedly been called a nerd by some Australians for saying that if he was eligible for a stimulus package hand-out, he''''d blow it on books and music.

Appearing on Nova radio in Sydney today, Rudd said taxpayers earning less than 100,000 dollars will receive a one-off bonus of up to 900 dollars, as part of the federal government''''s 42 billion dollar stimulus package.

Melbourne, Apr 8: Australian TV censors have banned popstar Lady Gaga’s ‘Love Game’ video because of "frequent verbal and visual sexual references".

Channel 10''s in-house censors have raised their objections to the lyrics "heavy touching'''', "I''m educated in sex'''' and "I want it bad''''.

They have also opposed to the 23-year-old singer’s "sexual postures'''' in her dance moves, a near-naked outfit and her male dancer''s "fetish-like costumes''''.

Sydney  - Australia's cycling fraternity was in shock Wednesday at the death of former world champion sprinter Jobie Dajka.

The body of the 27-year-old who won gold in the keirin event at the 2002 track cycling world championships in Denmark was found Tuesday at his Adelaide home.

No information on the cause of death has been released, but police said it was not believed to be suspicious.

Former road cyclist Patrick Jonker said Dajka had been getting his life back on track after being kicked off the team for the 2004 Athens Olympics after lying to a doping inquiry and serving a three-year ban for assaulting a track coach.

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Melbourne, April 8 : In a new research, scientists have shown for the first time that the difference in reflection of light from the Earth's land masses and oceans can be seen on the dark side of the moon, a phenomenon known as earthshine.

The research, conducted by researchers from the University of Melbourne and Princeton University, indicates that the brightness of the reflected earthshine varied as the Earth rotated, revealing the difference between the intense mirror-like reflections of the ocean compared to the dimmer land.

Melbourne, Apr 8 : Men are usually reluctant to take their girlfriends along on a boozy night out, but thanks to Matt Kirkegaard's Good Beer Lunches, a large number of female drinkers have become beer connoisseurs and are a hit with beaus in bottleshop.

With Good Beer Lunches (www. goodbeers. com. au), Kirkegaard holds regular beer education classes, matching food and beer.

And the classes are a great way to expand one's knowledge of the diversity of beer and it also proves to be a social lubricant.