Melbourne, April 12 : Keith Urban's marriage with Nicole Kidman three years ago and his becoming a father to their daughter, Sunday Rose, in July 2008 seems to have left the singer budding with inspiration for his new album.
The country musician sings of happiness and romance in his latest album Defying Gravity, which became his first #1 on the Billboard 200, selling 171,000 copies in its first week of release.
Melbourne, April 12 : An Australian grandmother has been ordered to pay a 1.3-million dollar bill after her absconding rogue tenant left behind 300 drums of toxic waste at her warehouse.
According to Ruth Browne's children, Alf Browne and Bev Olbrick, the tenant had violated his EPA licence after piling 50 tonnes of dry cleaning chemical and waste on the premises as against the 1.2 tonnes guideline.
Melbourne, Apr. 11 : Olympic champion Cathy Freeman married Melbourne stockbroker James Murch in a private ceremony on Victoria''s Bellarine Peninsula on Saturday.
Under a sea of umbrellas put up to foil the long lenses of paparazzi photographers and TV cameras, the champion sprinter walked down the aisle to wed Murch in front of 120 guests at the Spray Farm winery at Portarlington.
The couple is believed to have signed an exclusive agreement with a magazine for 100,000 dollars, but the fee will be donated to charity, the Nine Network reported on Saturday.
Canberra (Australia), Apr. 11 : Defence strategists have ignored the advice of Australia''s most senior intelligence chiefs and rejected the view that China''s military expansion poses little threat to the nation''s long-term security.
The standoff between the intelligence doves and defence hawks has gone all the way to Kevin Rudd personally, reports The Australian.
But the hawks have won, and Australia will spend over 100 billion dollars over the next two decades to boost its naval and air war-fighting capacity.
Canberra (Australia), Apr. 11: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd knows that hallway cricket is banned in the outer corridors of Parliament House, but this does not stop him from rolling a cricket ball over inside his office.
According to the Daily Telegraph, Rudd uses sport as a means of communicating with staff. After travelling and working most of the day, at 6.40 p. m., he starts walking around with a battered Sherrin football and a makeshift cricket ball.
Melbourne, Apr 11: Australia’s cricket coach Tim Nielsen has said that fast bowler Brett Lee won’t be rushed back into one-day cricket too quickly during the Pakistan series starting in Dubai on April 22.
Lee, who broke down in December in the Melbourne Test against South Africa with foot and ankle injuries, is in Port Elizabeth training with his Indian Premier League side Kings XI Punjab ahead of the IPL’s five-week season, which starts in Cape Town on April 18.
Melbourne, April 12 : Keith Urban's marriage with Nicole Kidman three years ago and his becoming a father to their daughter, Sunday Rose, in July 2008 seems to have left the singer budding with inspiration for his new album.
Melbourne, April 12 : An Australian grandmother has been ordered to pay a 1.3-million dollar bill after her absconding rogue tenant left behind 300 drums of toxic waste at her warehouse.
Melbourne, Apr. 11 : Olympic champion Cathy Freeman married Melbourne stockbroker James Murch in a private ceremony on Victoria''s Bellarine Peninsula on Saturday.
Canberra (Australia), Apr. 11 : Defence strategists have ignored the advice of Australia''s most senior intelligence chiefs and rejected the view that China''s military expansion poses little threat to the nation''s long-term security.
Canberra (Australia), Apr. 11: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd knows that hallway cricket is banned in the outer corridors of Parliament House, but this does not stop him from rolling a cricket ball over inside his office.
Melbourne, Apr 11: Australia’s cricket coach Tim Nielsen has said that fast bowler Brett Lee won’t be rushed back into one-day cricket too quickly during the Pakistan series starting in Dubai on April 22.
