Dannii Minogue 'happy to stay in Australia'

Dannii Minogue has revealed that she feels content living in her native Australia with boyfriend Kris Smith and 13-month-old son Ethan.

The 39-year-old, who has divided her time between her homeland and the UK in the last few years while working on TV talent show The X Factor, explained that she decided to move back to Oz so that she can be close to her parents.

Minogue told Grazia: "I always thought I would come back. I was waiting for the thing that would anchor me here and having a family with a baby definitely does that, because everyone wants to be near their parents when they have a baby.

"It just worked out that Kris loves being here so there wasn't any struggle with that."

The singer quickly lost weight after giving birth to Ethan last year but insisted that she didn't slim down deliberately.

Minogue commented: "I don't understand how other mums go to the gym after having a baby because I'm exhausted just looking after him.

"I don't know how my body did it. It just snapped back. I think it's partly genetic. Mum said she was the same after each baby. Chasing after him, playing, running up and down stairs. And every time you pick up the baby and they drop their dummy, you think, 'Weighted squat!'

"I would never do those in the gym but with your bubba, if you want to pick up his favourite toy, you just do it."