Sydney, Australia News

Even though they are The Grandmothers, Robin Wright and Naomi Watts didn't hesitate to strip down on the beaches of Sydney, Australia recently to shoot scenes for this romantic drama from director Anne Fontaine.

An international research team led by cell biologists at the University of California, Riverside has uncovered a new insight into colon cancer , the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States.

A spate of shootings, mainly in New South Wales, has prompted federal Justice Minister Jason Clare to have the Australian Crime Commission target the Australian black market in guns.

Australia has the most wonderful array of attractions you can possibly imagine to be found on one island.

Former Getty Museum director Michael Brand has surprised the art world yet again - this time by taking a job instead of leaving one.

OK, a few days ago I told you about Astronomy magazine's planned trip to see the June transit of Venus in Hawaii.

AN AUSTRALIAN expert who examined the fatal dive by American Tina Watson while honeymooning on the Great Barrier Reef has questioned allegations that she was murdered by her husband.

Naomi Watts and Robin Wright were spotted filming The Grandmothers in Sydney, Australia on Thursday, February 9 and we've got some photos below.

The changing face of Australia's industry ... Corrado D'Agostino, a boilermaker at L & A Pressure Welding.

ROUGH CUT Police in Australia have seized drugs with a street value of over 25 million Australian dollars .

Coldplay have cancelled a promotional visit to Sydney, hinting at plans for a full Australian tour later this year, that is according to various Australian sources including Sky News Australia today.

"Winning these two projects adds substantially to our current project work and reinforces our position as the leading supplier of biologically-based air pollution control systems in Australia," CleanTeq chief executive Peter Voigt said earlier this week.

TONY EASTLEY: One of Australia's oldest construction companies has shut down all of its building sites because of financial problems.

TONY EASTLEY: Shocking evidence has emerged of animal cruelty at an Australian abattoir, similar to the brutal scenes captured in Indonesia last year which revealed the treatment of Australian cattle shipped overseas.

Australian actress Naomi Watts arrives at a promotion for Jacobs Creek wine at Centennial Park on February 1, 2012 in Sydney, Australia.

And Miranda Kerr could have so easily been on the set of her latest glamorous photoshoot as she lazed on an outside bed in a skimpy green two-piece. But the 28-year-old was enjoying some time off in her native Australia with her moviestar husband Orlando Bloom and their son Flynn, who turned one last month.

As part of a refurbishment and updating project at a high-security correctional facility in New South Wales, Conway Security Products supplied a large number of their custodial corner-mounted cameras.

The cast were announced way back in 2010 and leading man Leonardo DiCaprio has already had two girlfriends since then.

The South Bend Regional Airport now has a body scanner. The first passenger went through the new machine at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday.

SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor will make a special in-store appearance to sign his book, "Seven Deadly Sins - Settling The Argument Between Born Bad And Damaged Good" , at Dymocks in Sydney, Australia on Tuesday, February 28 at 12 p.m. For more information, go to this location .