Sydney, Apr 6 : One in 10 young Australian women take illicit drugs to reduce weight, according to a survey.
Conducted for Grazia magazine, the survey has shown that 10 per cent of women used stimulants like cocaine and speed in a bid to shed weight.
While 67 per cent were in a healthy weight range, 57 per cent of the young women considered themselves overweight, of which another 57 per cent wanted to be size 8 or smaller.
Melbourne, April 6 : It looks like pop princess Kylie Minogue and her lover Spanish model Andres Velencoso are taking their relationship to the next level.
Velencoso reportedly moved into the singer''''s London home in the posh locality of Chelsea, while Minogue was visiting her parents in Australia.
Minogue has cast Velencoso as the face of her new men''''s fragrance, and brought him home to Melbourne to meet her family.
The couple also enjoyed a brief holiday in the Queensland sun.
Sydney, Apr 6: Cathay Pacific has been honoured with the title of the world''s best airline at the annual Skytrax awards.
The Hong Kong based airline has beaten world’s most renowned passenger aircrafts to grab the top position for the third time in the last 10 years.
The annual Skytrax awards are among the most highly regarded in the industry, with the results based on surveys of more than 16 million air passengers conducted over eight months.
Singapore Airlines was placed at the second position, while Asiana Airlines claimed the third position.
Melbourne, Apr 6: While parents worry over the link between cell-phone and cancer, mobiles are making their way into the hands of kids as young as nine, according to a study.
The prevalence of mobiles among kids came to the fore at the time when the independence of Australia''s peak mobile phone research group was being questioned.
The group, known as the Australian Centre for RF Bioeffects Research, had earlier denied links between brain cancer and phone use.