Passion 4 Fashion

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Posted 826 days, 13 hours ago by Sandra

With the Perth Fashion festival just around the corner the streets are buzzing with fashion. Everyone has there own individual splash of trend, which makes Perth a great and diverse city of sheer elegance and style.

Don’t Drop Your iPod In The Airplane Toilet

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Posted 827 days, 14 hours ago by Bronwen

When I dropped my iPod in an airplane toilet, I had no idea I was about to spark a terrorism scare... so starts the story of Tim Morgan's great first-hand account of what happened to him after a trip to the loo on board an international flight went h…

Wine industry figures to celebrate Evans's life

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Posted 828 days, 10 hours ago by busy bee

Friends of legendary Hunter Valley winemaker Len Evans says they aim to give him a "bloody good send-off" at his wake, which is being held near Pokolbin in New South Wales today. Mr Evans was known as the godfather of the Australian wine industry…

Skinny model ban 'discrimination'

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Posted 828 days, 20 hours ago by busy bee

Predictably, the New York fashion set have reacted to the ban on skinny models at the Madrid Fashion Festival with fear of litigation on the grounds of discrimination. It's a shame they can't just consider it out of concern for the health and well be…

Upwardly MObilising the Mobile

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Posted 832 days, 3 hours ago by Sally

Finland draws international contenders for Mobile Phone Throwing Competition

Let's get a spring back in our step

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Posted 832 days, 3 hours ago by Sally

AN Englishman once tried to explain the psyche of his compatriots to me by saying: “Life is often conducted on the assumption that one should never risk ruining a good party by enjoying it.” I fear, of late, many Australians could also be acc…

Water Shortage?

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Posted 832 days, 19 hours ago by hobbesken

As much of Australia and closer to home, the farmers in the south west of this state continue to face chronic water shortages, it ponders the question, "Is the lovely weather we are experiencing actually a blessing?"

Aussie stamp on NY fashion

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Posted 832 days, 22 hours ago by busy bee

THERE was no mistaking the Australian touches at New York Fashion Week overnight. Models high-stepped down the runway in heels trimmed with kangaroo fur; one dress was named after actress Abbie Cornish; and a fashion designer, showing in Manhattan…

Waif models thin on the ground

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Posted 832 days, 22 hours ago by busy bee

REAL women will rejoice at the news: waif-like models are being pushed off the catwalk in Spain. The organisers of Madrid Fashion Week have announced they are banning skinny women to develop a more healthy image for the event this month. If any…

Good drinkers turn into worst drunks

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Posted 833 days, 22 hours ago by Techi

THE ability to "drink anyone under the table" could be the beginning of full-blown alcoholism. One of the world's leading experts on the link between alcoholism and genetics said in Sydney yesterday a 25-year study of 453 men had shown that a low res…

Swans returning to the Swan

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Posted 835 days, 15 hours ago by skribe

Black Swans returning to the Swan river

Her cold embrace

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Posted 838 days, 7 hours ago by sengmah

What a way to wind up the winter swimming season - a mass of lycra clad bodies surging into the surff off Trigg Beach.

Toddlers don't always outgrow chubbiness

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Posted 839 days, 17 hours ago by busy bee

Pudgy toddlers face a good chance of becoming overweight 12-year-olds, according to government research that shoots down the notion that kids just naturally outgrow early chubbiness.

Spring Sunset upon a Gum Tree

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Posted 841 days, 21 hours ago by Tama

Spring is a warming time even as the sun sinks upon a tall, proud Gum Tree.

Coffee set for price rise

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Posted 841 days, 22 hours ago by KnowWell

FIRST it was petrol, then bananas and orange juice. Now the cost of a coffee is set to rise. A doubling of the price of raw coffee on international commodity markets is expected to drive up the cost within months and popular supermarket blends could…

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