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Australia's east coast haven New South Wales, which is seeking to recruit a `chief funster' to promote tourism to Sydney and elsewhere, took the dubious honor for the biggest hauls of steroids and hallucinogens in 2011-2012 in the country, authorities said today.

Australia seized a record 23 tonnes of illicit drugs in 2011-2012 with arrests at a 10-year high, data show, as officials warned the country had become a key target for traffickers.

The band announced on Facebook and Twitter that they will be touring Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth in May and June.

The Kelpie of Few Accomplishments was resplendent in his bandana and plodded dutifully along for the entire inner lake loop.

The West Australian © London stand up comedians Gordon Southern, left and Jimmy McGhie with Perth International Comedy Festival director Jo Marsh.

Simon Reeve is about as adventurous as travel journalists get. The man behind BBC documentaries House of Saud, Equator and Indian Ocean has investigated terrorism, been shot at and suffered malaria, all to bring us thrilling TV.

Vannessa Young, who was born in Newcastle but now lives in Perth, will take part in the pageant with a difference North-born blonde bombshell Vannessa Young will be flying the flag for the region as she battles it out to win a beauty crown in Australia.

Five copper coins and a nearly 70-year-old map with an "X" might lead to a discovery that could rewrite Australia's history.

More than 1200 patched members of the Rebels bikie gang are planning to travel to WA for the club's annual national run, sparking the biggest police security operation since the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in 2011.

A paedophile who took photos of his children's friends as they played together looks set to be returned to New Zealand from Australia.

PIP COURTNEY, REPORTER: The Australian Outback has often been used to test machinery to its upper limits.

Cheznen Emmons from the Uk has become the latest young tourist to die after drinking a spiked drink in Indonesia.Several Australians have also died from the poisonous drink spiked with methanol which is sold in some Indonesian bars and shops as ordinary alcohol.Cheznen had bought a bottle of gin, not long after she started going blind, then went into a coma she never recovered from.An Australian girl 19 was blinded by a drink earlier in the year.2 other Australian men have also died in the past from the poison, including 19yr old Liam Davies.

Cornwall engineered arts In Britain is a manufacturing firm attempting to develop a humanoid robot that can talk and interact with people.The unique type of robot design , still in the development stage, is the brainchild of founder Will Jackson.

Emmelie de Forest of Denmark has won this years Eurovision Song competition.She was the overwhelming favourite of the judges. 26 European countries competed in the event held this year in Malmo, Sweden.

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The study found that 90 per cent of killed riders already had traffic records for speeding or other offenses.

They're two of the state's best known companies, but this week, the fortunes of BP On The Run empire and Trims work clothes store took very different turns - a reflection of the changing economic times THE Shahin family has reinvented the service station, from a place to pick up fuel, oil and lukewarm pies to a one-stop retail outlet with ... (more)

For so many of us, Julie Andrews loomed large in our childhoods, a constant presence through repeated viewings of those two iconic films, MARY POPPINS, and THE SOUND of MUSIC.

It was a crime of sorts, perpetuated against the international community with a brazen disregard that has come to mark the politics of the country.

Rachel Panton was taking no chances with breast cancer, electing to have surgery once she learned the dangers of her carrying a mutant gene.