Melbourne, Apr 1: Sexual assaults in Australia have reportedly risen by more than 50 per cent since the mid-1990s, with more attacks taking place during the warmer months.

A study carried out by the Australian Institute of Criminology shows that the incidents of sexual assault increased by five per cent a year, on average, between 1995 and
2007.

Sydney, April 1 : In a new research, a scientist has suggested that long-necked sauropod dinosaurs would had to have used far too much energy to hold their neck upright and browse tall trees.

Sauropods were about as heavy as a whale and had necks nearly five times the length of a giraffe's.

The animals have generally been reconstructed with upright necks and it was assumed they grazed on tall trees.

Melbourne - Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug has spoken out against the uncertainty of the new rule changes in Formula One in the wake of Brawn GP's imperious one-two victory in Sunday's season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.

Jenson Button took the chequered flag ahead of team-mate Rubens Barrichello but Ferrari, Renault and Red Bull have all protested the decision by the race commissioners at Albert Park to allow Honda's successor team, as well as Williams and Toyota, to field new diffusers.

Melbourne, Mar 31 : Aussie singer Delta Goodrem has left many baffled with her no show at the Australian F1 Grand Prix due to illness, only to be spotted later clubbing late into the night.

Goodrem, 24, was supposed to sing the national anthem, and she left many of her fans disappointed after she said that she was suffering from a sore throat and a case of laryngitis.

The singer, who was spotted hitting the Melbourne nightclubs just hours after she backed out of the show, was with her boyfriend Brian McFadden, Molly Meldrum and MTV presenter Ruby Rose.

Melbourne, Mar. 31 : With 47 in three home and away series in 2008-2009, Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson is all set to become the nation''s highest-paid cricketer.

In the 25-man contract list likely to be announced next week, Australian selectors may promote Johnson to the No. 2 spot, the Herald Sun reports.

Here’s a big moral booster for the South African cricket team. According to some media reports team skipper Graeme Smith has recovered from an injury and is expected to come back for the one-day series against Australia.

The five match ODI series between the two teams is all set to begin in Durban on Friday with a bang.

It can be recalled that Smith injured his little finger of the right hand when he was struck by a delivery from Aussie fast bowler Mitchell Johnson during the second Test in Durban.