RESIDENTS of a rural Australian town hoping to protect the earth and their wallets have voted to ban the sale of bottled water, the first community in the country – and possibly the world – to take such a drastic step in the growing backlash against the industry.

An Australian town has voted to ban sales of bottled water, claiming their action will help save the world.

IMOGEN Bailey got more than she planned for when she posed with Reggie the rabbit for an animal rights group.