Melbourne, October 20 : Australian fathers, on average, spend just about a minute a day caring for their kids alone, says a paper.

Social researcher Lyn Craig writes in the paper entitled ‘Father Care, Father Share in International Perspective’ that men spend an average of just shy of one hour each working week caring for their kids, and that about 90 per cent of the children’s care is done by their mothers.

The report further states that though fathers spend longer with their kids on weekends, they are mostly together as a family unit.

Melbourne, October 20 : Australian doctors have found out the reason why a 41-year-old woman had to spend four decades puzzled by a pungent body odour "resembling rotting fish" — an incurable genetic condition called trimethylaminuria.

Also known as fish malodour syndrome, this condition affects the smell of sweat, breath, and urine.

"The characteristic body odour resembling rotting fish can be intermittent, variable and influenced by diet, hormones and medications," News. com. qu quoted her doctors as saying in the Medical Journal of Australia.

Sydney - Australians are keen on others saving the planet: in an opinion poll from the privately funded Lowy Institute, they rated the economy, employment, terrorism and food scarcity more problematic than global warming.

It's no surprise that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is paying lip service to curbing climate change but not doing much about it.

"What I would say to leaders around the world, and the community here in Australia, is that the problem of climate change and global warming doesn't disappear because of the global financial crisis," he said.

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Melbourne, October 19 : The popular social networking site Facebook has come under fire for its new layout after three million of its members called to boycott it.

The protest that started with a million members and had formed a community by the name of ‘1,000,000 Against The New Facebook’, has managed to almost trebled its members drawing support of 2.8 million users.

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that the change was a must to be in sync with the amount of information its users were posting.

Melbourne, Oct 19: Traditional white flowing wedding gowns are passé now, for today’s bride prefer taking their vows wearing black, according to Australian experts.

Modern brides are nowhere near to follow tradition, and are taking the unconventional way of getting married.

So, while some get married wearing black wedding gowns, others are jumping out of planes to say their vows. Still others are opting for procedures as teeth whitening, while busy brides are hiring planners to organise their big day.