Breuer and Fox to keep MPs in line

MP Lyn Breuer says she will be firm but fair in her new role as South Australia’s parliamentary speaker.

The 59-year-old Whyalla MP has been nominated to become the first woman to fill the position full-time.

Molly Byrne was acting speaker in 1972.

Ms Breuer believes she will get some respect as a woman in the chair and says parliamentary standards need to improve.

“Probably most behaviour occurs in question time where we can always expect some antics but I think we can still have some fun,” she said.

“We can still be very serious about what’s happening and we can keep some of that bad behaviour out.”

She says it something of a reflection on society that she is the first woman to hold the role in more than 150 years.

MP Chloe Fox has been chosen as deputy speaker.

Katona’s ‘hubby wants to leak couple’s sex tape on net to ease cash crisis’

London, Sept 16 (ANI): Already troubled Kerry Katona fears getting into more mess as hubby Mark Croft wants to sell off a steamy sex tape of the couple to alleviate their cash crunch, it has emerged.

Pals say Katona’s former taxi driver hubby tried to sell the idea to her, which has made the ex-Atomic Kitten even more anxious about losing the custody of her two daughters, Molly and Lilly Sue, to their father and divorced hubby Brian Nicholas McFadden.

“Mark’s not given up hope by any means. He thinks it’s a guaranteed earner, which could make them anything up to half-a-million,” a pal was quoted by the Daily Star, as saying.

Friends say the 39-year old Croft has no plans to change his mind and he intends to use the cash from the tape’s sale to fund his extravagant lifestyle.

A friend said: “Mark thinks he knows it all and is determined to take over every aspect of Kerry’s life. He thinks that a sex tape of them, which somehow found its way on to the internet, would earn them a lot of cash – at least 250,000 pounds and possibly as much as 500,000 pounds.

“Mark is absolutely obsessed with money and has told Kerry that it could be a life-saver for them, but at the moment she’s having nothing to do with it.

“She’s scared stiff of anything so tacky being the last stop in her attempts to hold on to her two little girls by Brian McFadden.” (ANI)

Katona’s ex says he’s too broke to launch legal battle

London, September 6 (ANI): Kerry Katona’s former husband Brian McFadden has confessed he is too broke to launch a legal battle over the custody of their kids.

The ‘Westlife’ singer had pleaded the troubled former Atomic Kitten to give him the custody of their daughters, Molly, seven, and Lilly-Sue, six.

“I want Kerry to give me the kids, and me and my mum will look after them for the next six months to a year to give her time to get her life together,” News of the World quoted him as saying on Irish TV.

The 29-year-old, who is engaged to Australian pop star Delta Goodrem, added: “Kerry can’t afford a court case at the moment, neither of us can. Our last one pretty much cleaned me out.”

Brian, who has found considerable success in Australia, further admitted: “People think because I was in Westlife I must have millions of pounds. But I still have to work to live.” (ANI)

Katona ‘sniffed up more coke after drug video went public’

London, Aug 23 (ANI): Drug shamed Kerry Katona indulged herself in more cocaine after learning that her shocking snorting video was made public, it has emerged.t is reported that Katona was sniffing up more cocaine and repeating: “I’ve lost everything. I’m going to lose my kids – the lot!”

The News of the World quoted an insider as saying: “It’s unbelievable, but she was still taking cocaine to try to numb the pain, even after she was rumbled. All she wanted to do was get completely out of her mind.

“She was crying and saying she was going to lose her advert contract with Iceland and was terrified her ex, Brian McFadden, would get custody of their daughters Molly and Lilly-Sue.

“And she kept repeating how social services would take away her youngest two, Heidi and Max. But never, at any stage, did she say she was actually going to DO something about her problem and STOP taking the cocaine.

“It was the opposite, she was just wanting to get more and more drugs to get wasted. She was up all night Saturday (after the News of the World told her about the video) and couldn’t string a sentence together by Sunday lunchtime, she was a total mess.

“And her husband Mark kept whining over and over, ‘We’ve lost the f***ing lot, Kez!’ And he was taking cocaine, too. He’s no better than her.”

Katona has publicly admitted her fear of losing her children after she returned from a holiday in Tenerife.

Katona said: “I’ve let my children down. I’m so sorry and so ashamed. I know I let everyone down – my fans, my family and people I work with.”

She also said her latest cocaine snort was “a moment of weakness” due to hubby Mark’s escapades with strippers in Majorca.

“I did it because I was very unhappy at the time and thought it might make me feel better about myself,” she added. (ANI)

Drug scandal hit Katona ‘to be quizzed by social services’

London, Aug 21 (ANI): Drug scandal hit Kerry Katona will be questioned by social services after her return back home from holiday in Tenerife, it has emerged.

Child welfare officers will also speak to two of her children about the video that shows their mother snorting cocaine.

The seven-year-old Molly and one year younger Lilly Sue are believed to have been in the Cheshire mansion when Katona took coke.

Katona’s life is in shambles ever since her coke snorting tape went public.

She lost out on her major source of income, a lucrative 250,000 pounds deal from frozen food giant Iceland. To add to her problems is a police probe and the fear of going bankrupt. And now she’s afraid she may lose the custody of her daughters to ex hubby Brian McFadden.

The 28-year-old former Atomic Kitten was quoted by the Sun as telling a pal: “I can’t believe this is happening. I’m not going to let them take my kids.”

McFadden, who lives in Australia with fiancie Delta Goodrem, is expected file for the children’s custody soon. (ANI)

Kerry Katona ‘used kids’ maintenance cash to fund cocaine habit’

London, Aug 20 (ANI): Kerry Katona uses maintenance funds sent by ex-husband Brian McFadden for their daughters to fund her cocaine habit, it has emerged.

McFadden pays 2,100 pounds per month for daughters, Molly aged seven, and one year younger Lilly Sue.

The ex-Atomic Kitten stooped to dipping into the child maintenance to fund the drugs she craves because all her other spare cash goes to pay off creditors.

The Mirror quoted a friend as saying: “It’s no secret Kerry has been really hard up recently. She’s had to find the cash to pay off an 82,000-pound tax bill as well as being declared bankrupt.

“All her assets have been frozen. So that regular payment from Brian, which is protected from the bankruptcy order, was a temptation she just couldn’t resist.

“She knew the money was untouchable. It goes towards the kids’ school fees and clothing and feeding them.

“Obviously, she hasn’t been spending every penny of it on drugs but she’s made no secret of the fact she’s been skimming off the top for herself.”

McFadden is unaware of Katona’s antics and pals say he will be furious when he finds out how the kids’ money is being spent.he friend said: “Brian will be absolutely furious when he finds out.

“He might have been in a very famous band once but he’s not exactly rolling in it himself and will be disgusted to hear that he is funding Kerry’s habit.

“He will think she is cheating the kids out of money that is rightfully theirs.”

The revelation comes after frozen food chain Iceland sacked Katona as its face from advertisements.

The 28-year-old lost out on 250,000 pounds a year because of the deal falling apart.

Katona was axed after she was caught on camera snorting cocaine at her Cheshire home. (ANI)

Katona’s ex-hubby may fight for children’s custody

London, Aug 19 (ANI): Kerry Katona’s ex-hubby Brian McFadden does not want his children to stay with their mother and has almost made up his mind to fight for their custody rights, it has emerged.

The former Westlife star is enraged that Katona snorted cocaine while the children were at home. He believes the children are no longer safe with the drug addict mum and is already talking to his fiancée Delta Goodrem and lawyers about the custody issue.

The Sun quoted a source as saying: “He is talking to Delta and lawyers to see what arrangements they can make about his kids.

“He no longer wants them to stay with Kerry. He no longer feels they are safe.”cFadden is also worried that the sacking of Katona as the face of Iceland foods will leave her too broke to look after seven year-old Molly, and one year younger Lilly Sue.

A friend said: “He is a fantastic father…this has shaken him to the core.

“He draws some comfort from the fact Kerry has a nanny. But now how will she be able to go on affording one?”

“Brian realises he has a duty of care to his children and that is his priority…He will not see them put at any kind of risk,” a pal said. (ANI)

‘High School Musical 3’ tops box office for second week running

Washington, Disney’s ‘High School Musical 3: Senior Year’ has topped the box office for the second week in a row after raking in 15 million dollars.

The film, which opened last week as the biggest-grossing musical movie ever, is followed by ‘Zack and Miri Make a Porno’, which pocketed 10.7 million dollars, reports E! Online.

‘Saw V’ landed the third spot with 10.1 million dollars while ‘Changeling’ came fourth after raking in 9.4 million dollars.

Rounding off the top five was ‘The Haunting of Molly Hartley’, which earned 6 million dollars.

The top-grossing weekend films are:

1. High School Musical 3: Senior Year, $15 million

2. Zack and Miri Make a Porno, $10.7 million

3. Saw V, $10.1 million

4. Changeling, $9.4 million

5. The Haunting of Molly Hartley, $6 million

6. Beverly Hills Chihuahua, $4.7 million

7. The Secret Life of Bees, $4 million

8. Max Payne, $3.7 million

9. Eagle Eye, $3.4 million

10. Pride and Glory, $3.3 million (ANI)