Stardust wastes no time getting started, with a snappy prologue regarding a roguish young peasant boy named Dunstan who stumbles upon a kind of dimensional portal. He does this by taking advantage of a kind, but weak and half senile night watchman on the edge of town.

Amnesty International says the Northern Immigration Detention Centre in Darwin is totally inappropriate for the long-term detention of asylum seekers.

Designing an America's Cup racing yacht has always been shrouded in a culture of secrecy — which made it all the more surprising Tuesday when Oracle Racing drew back the curtain on the 72-foot catamaran Larry Ellison is building for the world's most famous boat race.