Anne Lu

Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers Amanda Rishworth has launched a new app that will enable blind and vision impaired people to enjoy live theatre. The GoTheatrical! audio description mobile app, developed by award-wining The Captioning Studio, provides high-quality audio descriptions on mobile devices.

Mel Greig, one of the two infamous DJs linked to the suicide of a British nurse, is suing her employer. The Australian radio host has filed a suit against Southern Cross Austereo with Fair Work Australia for allegedly providing unsafe working environment.

Australia and New Zealand are still among the fattest nations in the world. According to a United Nations report, the Australasian countries have once again reached the top five of world's most obese and populous nations, with Mexico and United States leading the fat race.

After a soft launch with existing customers in June, Vodafone Australia is expanding its reach with its 4G mobile network to new customers starting Wednesday, July 10.

A Sydney man imprisoned in Bulgaria has been refused to be transferred to an Australian prison. 26-year-old Paul "Jock" Palfreeman is serving his 20-year sentence after the European country found him guilty of murder with hooliganism and attempted murder in 2009.

The future ruler of United Kingdom is about to pop into this world any time soon, and his or her parents, not to mention the whole world, are already excited. Indeed, Kate Middleton and Prince William seem like the eager and loving about-to-be parents that they are that it's almost hard to imagine that they almost didn't end up together. Remember their controversial split in 2007?

The victims of the gruesome Cleveland, Ohio kidnapping case have spoken for the first time to thank the public for the outpouring love they have received. Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight have recorded a thank-you video addressed to the public, and have asked for respect of their privacy.

The X Factor NZ has eliminated its youngest contestant, Cassie Henderson, on Monday. The 14-year-old aspiring singer from Christchurch was voted out at the elimination episode of the TV3 talent competition show, leaving four finalists to continue to the next round.

Isla Fisher has broken through Hollywood with big budget films such as "Confessions of a Shopaholic," "Wedding Crashers," and "The Great Gatsby," but, just like most thriving careers in show business, she started small. And she's paying homage to her start by giving the Aussie soap "Home and Away" backhanded compliments.

Referencing your favourite singer's song on Tweeter can get you in trouble, at least that's what a 16-year-old boy has learned. The unnamed teenager is facing criminal charges for setting off a bomb scare after innocently referencing American songstress Pink's "Timebomb" at her packed concert at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on Sunday night.

Channel Ten is partnering with Microsoft to launch a video-on-demand service for Xbox subscribers. The Network Ten Xbox app is set to launch on July 10, Wednesday, and will give Xbox Gold Live subscribers access to over 25 shows.

Womens’s surf-wear brand Roxy is being accused of objectifying women athletes in its new ad. The ad titled “Roxy Pro Biarritz 2013 Official Teaser” on YouTube was uploaded in June, and is deemed as offensive to women for focusing on an unnamed surfer’s body, particularly her butt.

Independent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich is going up against religious schools in his aim to protect the rights of gay students. He is preparing a bill that would ban schools from expelling students on the grounds of their sexuality, which is strongly opposed by most faith-based educational institutions.

Lieutenant General David Morrison is surprised that his speech on YouTube has become viral. The three-minute clip shows Australia’s Chief of Army addressing the recent sex scandal of the nation’s army has been viewed over 1.3 million times in less than a month.

Nigella Lawson's husband is divorcing her because she failed to defend him on physically abusing her. Charles Saatchi has announced that he is leaving the celebrity cook because she made it look like he's the bad guy.

Heidi Klum is no stranger to having her body exposed. As an international supermodel and a former Victoria’s Secret catwalk star, the German beauty is used to getting photographed with skimpy bikinis and, sometimes, non-existent clothing. But even for her, overexposure is painful. Hence, she showed off her badly burnt but still perfectly formed naked bum on Instagram.https://twitter.com/heidiklum

No one chooses to become homeless, Lifewise, a homeless support group in New Zealand, said. The statement comes after the Auckland Council has proposed a bylaw to ban begging on the street.

Justin Timberlake’s “Tunnel Vision” cover art was controversial on its own, but it was just a taste of what he has in store for his song’s music video. He did warn us, though, he said it’s explicit. And by explicit he meant it’s even more shocking than his infamous Nipplegate scandal with Janet Jackson.

The Monash Medical Centre has a new life-saving machine. The new laboratory at the Melbourne hospital boasts of having the first 3-D imaging lab in Australia.

Melissa Doyle has slammed “conspiracy theorists,” denying she was not forced to quit Sunrise. The TV presenter has responded to rumours that she was axed from the top morning programme after 14 years of hosting the show.

Jon Venables, one of the two killers who infamously murdered two-year-old James Bulger in England when they were just ten years old, has been granted parole for the second time. The child killer, now 30, was released on parole in 2001, but was sent back to prison after pleading guilty to charges related to child pornography in 2010.

Shoppers at Woolworths' newest supermarket in Woolloomooloo, Sydney don't have to rush when doing their grocery anymore. The retail giant has dramatically cut their exorbitant parking rates after customers complained that the $65 fee was too much.

Melissa Doyle had no choice but to accept Channel Seven bosses' decision to sack her. The TV presenter was unceremoniously told by the network management that she would leave Sunrise, the morning show she hosted for 14 years, and would take a $150,000 pay cut.

Stereosonic will be the biggest ever this year. The highly anticipated Aussie annual music festival has released its full artist line-up and revealed major changes to format, promising “the greatest EDM line-up Australia has ever seen.”

Daniel Merriweather isn’t pleased that his song was sung by another singer without giving him credit. The Australian artist has taken offence at Canadian superstar Celine Dion for allegedly taking credit for his single “Water and a Flame.”

It's official, the "Dark Knight" will be passing torch to another man worthy of the mask. Christian Bale has quit making "Batman" films, saying three blockbuster hits are enough.

All things must come to an end - except microbes. These microscopic organisms are set to inherit the Earth after everything, humans most especially included, perishes in a billion years. They won't last long, though, because they are predicted to become extinct as well in another billion years.

Japan has rejected Australia's position on whaling, calling it "mistaken." The Asian country told the International Court of Justice in The Hague that "alarmist" Australia is blinded by its "no-compromise, zero-tolerance" anti-whaling views, which it wants to impose on other nations.

Russell Crowe is a lot of things, but not a pervert he is not. The New Zealand-born actor tweeted a woman’s pubic region, only to take it down immediately, saying that his Twitter account got hacked.