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Tattooed Australian Man Donating Skin To National Gallery

An Australian man whose body is covered in tattoos has said he will donate his skin to the National Gallery after he dies.

"To donate skin is not the most amazing thing in the world but the tattoos are revolutionary," Geoff Ostling, 65, told Sydney's Daily Telegraph. "It has never been done as a whole body before and not in a gallery."

Hells Angels Biker Killed In Australian Airport Brawl

A member of Hells Angels in Australia was killed Saturday afternoon during a 10-man brawl involving bikers of his group and members of a rival motorcycle gang inside the Sydney Airport.

Police arrested four men involved in the melee that killed an unnamed 29-year-old man from southwestern Sydney. The man died in a hospital after his head was repeatedly smashed with metal posts by men of the Comanchero club, according to police.

X-ray Scanners In Australian Airports Can See Through People's Genitals

Australia's Office of Transport Security is installing new generation scanning equipment in airports that could see through the private parts of passengers.

The scanners are being pilot tested at the Melbourne Airport. Travelers will pass through scanners for a "virtual strip search" in the next six weeks. Sydney and Adelaide will start their tests next week.

Australian Scientists To Clone Human Embryos

Australian scientists from Sydney IVF, a fertility firm, got a license Wednesday to produce cloned human embryos.

It is Australia's and the world's first license to obtain stem cells from cloned human embryos. It is expected to generate controversy in medical research over ethical issues.

Separated, Suffering Baby Whale Euthanized

Australian veterinarians euthanized Friday a baby humpback whale that had been separated from its mother. Its health had deteriorated after being unable to feed on its own.

The 4.5-yard-long whale, dubbed Colin, was guided by wildlife officials close to the shore in north Sydney, raised onto a tarp and pulled into a beach tent, where it was administered a sedative to calm it before being injected with a lethal dose of anesthesia.