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Oz national selector Inverarity defends non-selection of young quicks Bird, Hazelwood

Last Updated: Friday, October 26, 2012, 14:10

Australia chairman of selectors John Inverarity, has backed a decision to not select promising young fast bowlers Josh Hazelwood and Jackson Bird for the Australia A clash against South Africa next month.

Bitter Oz media cries foul over giving Tendulkar country’s highest honour

Last Updated: Thursday, October 18, 2012, 00:45

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s decision to honor cricketing great Sachin Tendulkar with the Order of Australia medal has not gone down well with the country’s media.

Dorothy’s blue ‘Wizard of Oz’ dress expected to fetch $500k at auction

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 12:24

The iconic costume, which was once worn by Judy Garland when she played Dorothy in ‘Wizard of Oz,’ is set to fetch half a million dollars when it goes up for auction block next month.

Sacked SL editor says Oz asylum denied due to her lack of info

Last Updated: Saturday, October 6, 2012, 17:07

The sacked editor of an anti-govt newspaper in SL said that her application was rejected due to lack of information on the grounds for seeking refuge.

Oz Fest to script new Australia-India culture exchange

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 08:46

Australia and India will open a new chapter in public diplomacy and cultural exchange with the `Oz Fest`, Australian high commissioner to India Peter Varghese said in the capital Tuesday.

Oz firm offering 'free' beer for one year to qualified job applicants

Last Updated: Monday, August 6, 2012, 15:50

The successful applicant will receive one carton of beer a week with a pre-determined pricing.

‘Attacks, aftermath was double whammy for Indians in Oz’

Last Updated: Thursday, July 19, 2012, 11:32

The AII report `Beyond the Lost Decades` also quoted an unidentified Indian diplomat as saying he had seen reports of "attempted suicides and overstaying of visas by young Indians stranded by the visa changes".

Oz school student creates talking robotic head

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 09:06

A teenage student who hopes to work with a Hollywood animatronics studio in the future, has designed and built a robotic head for his Year 12 Research Project.

Impasse between CA and Oz cricketers over new pay deal set to end soon

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 19, 2012, 15:52

Cricket Australia (CA) and its players are likely to break their deadlock over a new pay deal, with both parties set to announce a new pact.

Centre told to extradite fugitive criminal to Oz

Last Updated: Sunday, May 20, 2012, 11:18

A Delhi court has asked the Centre to extradite an Indian national, accused of raping a girl in 2010 in Victoria, to Australia to stand trial.

Oz TV show `Neighbours` airs first-ever male gay kiss in its 27-yr history

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 10, 2012, 17:08

Long-running Australian television soap opera ‘Neighbours’ has won accolades from viewers for finally featuring its first male gay kiss in an episode on Monday.

Snake on plane: Pilot forced to land

Last Updated: Thursday, April 5, 2012, 14:37

An Australian jet pilot was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after takeoff as a snake appeared slithering from plane`s dashboard.