Australian authorities are planning to pass a law that would ban to indicate the name of the manufacturer on cigarette packs. The packages will no longer represent logos, and the packs themselves will be olive green. Also, they will display the photographs demonstrating the consequences of smoking. Full story

Australian live TV producers had to do some fast shifting around when the Next Top Model show hostess suddenly called out the wrong name when announcing the winner! Full story

Guess what country has the highest obesity rate? Most people would mistakenly name the United States. The study at Baker Heart Institute showed Australia has a higher proportion of obese people than the US. According to scientists, 4 millions of Australians (26% of population) are overweight. The US obesity rate is 25%. Full story