AUSTRALIANS are increasingly concerned about the number of asylum seekers arriving in boats and much happier with the US now that Barack Obama is running the superpower.

WHAT The Wind in the Willows

ALTHOUGH Mitchell Johnson's explosive performance on Thursday wasn't the panacea for the ills and uncertainties faced by Test cricket, it was an example of what makes the traditional game so compelling. As the shadows lengthened at the WACA Ground on the second day of Australia's opening Test against South Africa,..read more

Here's a performance artist with a sense of humour, writes Fiona Scott-Norman.

IN the US, up Maine way, they fondly refer to their recreational trawlers as "Down Easters". It's because the stout little lobster boats that share their DNA head east to brave the North Atlantic swells.