Oz Dating

Clare Werbeloff's youth and beauty didn't just get the attention of men's magazine editors. She may now have snared a job as a reporter on A Current Affair.

That's pretty ironic considering the "report" that originally got her noticed turned out to be a complete fiction. Beauty can get you anywhere, it seems!

Aussie blokes are reputed to be rude and standoffish to women, and more comfortable in the company of other men. If this American's view of the women he's met in Perth is true, then Australian women are similarly inept in their dealings with the opposite sex.

Only days ago, Clare Werbeloff was just an average young woman living in Sydney. Now, millions of people across the globe know of her, simply because she witnessed a shooting and gave a description of the event to a reporter.

Some people have argued that it was just her amusing manner and politically incorrect vocabulary that got her noticed. But I suspect her looks had something to do with it, too!

Certainly, local men's magazine editors seem to have noticed. There are rumours that they have already asked her to pose nude for their publications. Not surprising, really.

An advertisement placed by the Salvation Army featuring the story of a sex worker has been pulled because it offended prostitutes.

Dinkum political organization the Australian Sex Party is now campaigning over in Perth. Party convener Fiona Patten points out that while the people of WA have very relaxed attitudes to sex and related issues, the two main political parties (Labor and Liberal) have consistently ignored this.

Maybe this has something to do with the state's geographical isolation.

The Aussie singer Peter Andre is splitting with wife Jordan. There are rumours that the breakup is all a sham; a way of getting more publicity.

While I doubt that it consciously is a publicity stunt, I can't help thinking that they are getting some ego gratification out of the media covering their melodramatic spats. They've both lived their lives in a fishbowl for ages, and have probably forgotten what normal life is like!

If and when they do make the break completely and subsequently recede a little from the public eye, they might not like the feeling. Which is why I think they might just get back together again, a development the supermarket tabloids would love.