Melbourne, Oct 13 : Tourism Australia''s new campaign is under fire for targeting ''white-collar'' professionals, and excluding older tourists, families and singles.

Roger March, a marketing expert at the Australian School of Business criticized the new 40 million dollar advertising campaign inspired by the film Australia for targeting city-dwelling white-collar professionals only.

Filmmaker Baz Luhrmann created two ads for the publicity of the release of his blockbuster next month.

Sydney, Oct 13 : In the backdrop of cancellation of several cricketing engagements in the current year by foreign teams citing security concerns, former Pakistan skipper Imran Khan has said that international cricketers should tour his country as they were safe from terror threats “because the game was so loved” there and that terrorists will never target the game or the players.

“I know that cricketers would never be under any threat from terrorists,” The News quoted Imran as saying in an interview with Australian Television.

Canberra, Oct 13 : A new study by Australian researchers has found out that fiddler crabs build chimneys around their burrows to keep intruders out.

According to a report by ABC News, a team at the Australian National University in Canberra has reported its findings on Uca capricornis, the technical name for the fiddler crab, in the journal Biology Letters.

Fiddler crabs live on tidal mudflats and lock themselves away in air-filled sealed burrows when the tide comes in, according to team member Rachel Slatyer, a behavioural ecology student, who carried out the research under the supervision of Dr Patricia Blackwell.

Melbourne, October 13: Australian people are increasingly becoming addicted to new technology, says a report. 

Christena Singh, author of the 2008 Sensis e-Business Report, says that people’s inclination towards technology may be good for social connections and business efficiency, but it also raises some safety and social concerns.

She says that the Aussies are taking up new technology in droves, and it is proving to be quite addictive for some people.

"And its not just Gen Y — its right across the board, from little ones to seniors," News. com. au quoted her as saying.

The Sensis e-Business Report indicates that about 10 per cent Australians have a phone with email access.

Sydney - Australian stocks maintained their opening-bell rally to the close of trading Monday as investors picked up bargain-basement financials following Canberra's weekend decision to join other governments in guaranteeing bank deposits.

The ASX 200 gained 220 points, or 5.5 per cent, to 4,180.

High Street banks were in demand, with National Australia Bank and ANZ registering gains of almost 10 per cent.

Commsec economist Craig James said that bargain hunting would buoy the market following Friday's 8.3-per-cent crash, the biggest drop since 1987.

Sydney - The Anglican Church in Australia said Monday it had been humbled in the global credit crunch and might have to lay-off staff.

"The global financial crisis is obviously starting to have an impact on a lot of not-for-profit organizations and agencies, and ... we've been caught up in that," church finance chief Kevin Spackman said.

The church said it was reliant on investment income and this was likely to fall drastically. It also admitted to not managing its money as well as it might.