Kim Clijsters enjoyed another pre-Australian Open workout and kept her hopes of a
third Sydney International crown alive after defeating Alisa Kleybanova in their

Woolworths has closed nine supermarkets in Queensland and says its stores across the
state will suffer a shortage of fresh food in the coming days.

The Bremer River has peaked below expected levels at Ipswich but a third of the
Queensland city is under water.

Americans will receive a heavy dose of Australia over the next couple of weeks with
a $5 million tourism advertising blitz, Oprah Winfrey's Down Under visit airing on

Tennis legend Ken Rosewall says Bernard Tomic is accomplished enough to play at the
Australian Open without a wildcard and has urged the prodigy to move on from the

Queensland's premier football venue, Suncorp Stadium, resembled an oversized
swimming pool as sport also felt the full brunt of Brisbane's worst flood in 118
years.

For the thousands of people who live along the Clarence River, floods are part of life.
Folks remain nonchalant even though about 3000 people were forced to leave their

Woolworths has closed nine supermarkets in Queensland and says its stores across the
state will suffer a shortage of fresh food in the coming days.

Residents of drenched Dalby were granted a reprieve on Wednesday when the Myall
Creek failed to reach its expected peak.

As Brisbane started to go under water, authorities hailed the miraculous survival of
two people who had been swept away in Queensland's raging floodwaters and all but