The community raised the money to send him, but charity sounds better.

Would-be Australian zombie hunters will miss out on Valve’s latest.

Aussie schools say books too racy

Sorry, the position for “the best job in the world” has been filled. Ben Southall, a freckled and golden-haired 34-year-old Brit beat out 34,000 applicants from 200 countries to land the coveted island job.

“It’s a beautiful day today in California!”
That’s how our chat with Australian singer, Gabriella Cilmi (pronounced chill-me) begins. And it just kept getting sunnier. Blast got to spend a few moments with the 17-year old who has already become famous in her home country of Australia and across Europe, and we learned that the [...]

Do you want to hear former U.S. President George W. Bush speak? Probably not. But Australian celebrity agent Max Markson thinks the people of Australia might. That’s why he’s planning to bring the 43rd president down under, and charge $650 a head and $6,500 per table, to hear W. talk.

This is an exclusive special report from Blast Magazine

BRISBANE, Australia — At least 181 people have been confirmed dead and thousands of homes have been destroyed in Victoria’s worst bushfire disaster.
According to ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) online, Victorian police are prepared for the death toll to reach 300 pending formal identification and retrieval of the [...]

This is an exclusive special report from Blast Magazine.
BRISBANE, Australia — As bush fires continue to devastate the southern state of Victoria, residents in far north Queensland are still battling floodwaters resulting from ex- Cyclone Ellie’s torrential rainfall.
The cyclone, which was downgraded to a tropical low after crossing the coast on [...]

The death toll continues to rise in Australia, thanks to raging wildfires that have burned entire towns off the map. Currently at 108, officials say the toll could rise even further as they battle flames and search through wreckage, according to Reuters.

SYDNEY, Australia — Lesbian relationships in Australia received welcome recognition this November after two bills enforcing equality were passed through the Senate. The amendments expanded the terms “de facto relationship”, “parent”, “step-parent” and “relative” to include same-sex couples giving them equal rights on a number of issues. [...]

Liz Rennie’s top five movies of 2008.

YouTube remake of “Raiders” attracts fans, including George Lucas and Steven Spielberg

Oh dear. I’m afraid I may have gone and done something rather rash.
Something that may cause the church of Rome to excommunicate me or my Neapolitan ancestors to turn over in their graves.
Let me say for the record that I only use 100 percent Italian-olive extra virgin olive oil. The only brand I use is [...]

Multi-platinum recording artist Christina Aguilera will release a live DVD filmed during her July 2007 shows in Sydney, Australia during her “Back to Basics” world tour.
“This breathlessly energetic, dazzling live concert spectacular brought the house down-and the cameras were rolling there to catch it all,” RCA Music Group said in a statement.
Back to Basics — [...]