Glamour couple Michael Clarke and Lara Bingle have officially terminated their engagement, ending days of speculation about their anticipated break-up.

Island getaways, Chesterfields, oil paintings, the odd submarine ... Linton Besser blows the lid on how Defence - floundering and directionless - spends $26 billion a year.

A leading member of the conservation group Sea Shepherd, who was detained aboard a whaling vessel for nearly a month, was met by a crowd of police, coastguards and protesters as he arrived on the Japanese mainland.

The ATO is about to reap tens of billions of dollars.

Three weeks ago, Sydney's latest whipping girl, Lara Bingle, updated her busy Twitter account with a prophetic message to the 10,000 people signed on to receive her tweets. ''I just wonder just how many of my followers are actually haters!'' she wrote on February 21.

Despite criticism that it is becoming too competitive, the ABC will flex its digital muscles in coming months by embarking on its largest internal management restructure in four decades.

A top media rights watchdog has listed Australia along with Iran and North Korea in a report on countries that pose a threat of internet censorship.

WHEN Phil Waugh first put on a Waratahs jersey almost 11 years ago, his man-of-the-match performance set a benchmark - not only for himself but other players as well.