Australian tourism officials on Thursday said they were seeking four "mates" to help out with what has been billed as the Best Job in the World in a bid to reinvigorate the publicity campaign. Queensland premier Anna Bligh said one winner picked in a lucky draw next month would be able to invite three friends to spend the rest of ...

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - It may sound like a paid holiday, but the winner of "best job in the world" said he intends to work hard promoting tourism to an Australian state as he set off for his first day in the office: a tropical island. Briton Ben Southall flew out on Wednesday to Hamilton Island, in the Great Barrier Reef ...

The Briton who won a competition for the "Best Job in the World" arrived on Australia's idyllic Hamilton Island on Wednesday to begin his leisurely six-month posting in the tropical paradise. Ben Southall, 34, started by sending a video blog from Brisbane airport departure lounge where he filmed himself alongside his girlfriend, Breanna Watkins. "This is the bit I ...