2015-05-01 Australia More Top Stories

The Australian   

Bali 9 executions: Abbott welcomes Indonesian 'sympathy'   
The Australian
The Indonesian ambassador's “sympathies” for the families of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran are “too little, too late” and “cold comfort” for the men's loved ones, Bill Shorten says. A day after Indonesia executed the two men, dismissed Australia's ...

2015-05-01 Australia Health

Sydney Morning Herald   

Hongchi Xiao holds a workshop in Australia in 2013. Photo: Facebook   
Sydney Morning Herald
The peculiar story of a self-described Chinese "healer" has emerged following the death this week of a boy from Sydney's west who is believed to have attended one of the man's workshops. Hongchi Xiao, who advocates the use of slapping and stretching to ...

2015-05-01 Australia Science

Philly.com   

SciCheck: A look at congressman's climate claims   
Philly.com
Typhoon Maysak is seen as it strengthens into a Category 5 hurricane in this picture taken by ESA Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti aboard the International Space Station March 31, 2015. REUTERS/ESA/NASA/Samantha Cristoforetti/ via Reuters.
Academy of Science urges Australia to cut emissions to zero by 2050   Sydney Morning Herald

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Daily Mail   

NASA tested an 'impossible' engine that travels faster than the speed of light   
Daily Mail
Warp drives that let humans zip around other galaxies may no longer belong purely in the realm of science fiction. Nasa is believed to have been quietly testing a revolutionary new method of space travel that could one day allow humans to travel at speeds ...

2015-05-01 Australia Sports

Sydney Morning Herald   

Cricket Australia chairman Wally Edwards responds to rebel league threat   
Sydney Morning Herald
Cricket Australia chairman Wally Edwards has responded to a Fairfax Media report concerning a proposed rebel cricket league by saying its formation could jeopardise the structure of the game. Fairfax Media reported on Friday that national captain Michael ...

2015-05-01 Australia Entertainment

Brisbane Times   

Prince Harry having a ball in Australia because he's a 'ranga', says Prince Charles   
Perth Now
In Perth for a week-long stint with the SAS, Prince Harry was spotted at Flipside Burger Bar in North Fremantle on Thursday night after dining at The Stables on Wednesday. The prince is in Perth training with the Special Air Service Regiment at Campbell ...

2015-05-01 Australia Technology

Toronto Star   

Meet the guy trying to turn emoji into a legitimate, usable language   
Brisbane Times
While many of us tap out these symbols to our family and friends, there are no universal usage rules for emoji: no grammar, no meanings. No syntax. But Fred Benenson, the visionary who gave you "Emoji Dick," is trying to change all that. In fact, Fred ...

2015-05-01 Australia Business

Sydney Morning Herald   

Pressure piles on Virgin to make a buck   
Sydney Morning Herald
The pressure is on Virgin Australia chief executive John Borghetti and his tight-knit management team. For the past five years, Virgin has been able to fly below the radar as Qantas went through one of the most painful and tumultuous periods in its 94-year ...

2015-05-01 Australia Australia

The Australian   

Bali 9 executions: Abbott welcomes Indonesian 'sympathy'   
The Australian
The Indonesian ambassador's “sympathies” for the families of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran are “too little, too late” and “cold comfort” for the men's loved ones, Bill Shorten says. A day after Indonesia executed the two men, dismissed Australia's ...

2015-05-01 Australia World

ABC Online   

Boy, woman rescued in Kathmandu rubble, aid reaches some remote areas   
ABC Online
A boy and a woman who spent five days trapped under earthquake rubble in Kathmandu have been found alive, but tensions are rising elsewhere in devastated Nepal. Rescue teams toiled in pouring rain in the debris left by last week's devastating quake, but ...

2015-04-30 Australia More Top Stories

New York Times   

11th-Hour Deal Spared Philippine Woman From Indonesian Firing Squad   
New York Times
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A last-ditch effort by the Philippines, involving a human trafficking case and frantic personal phone calls by the president, led to a dramatic deal with Indonesia that plucked a Philippine woman from a firing squad moments before she ...

2015-04-30 Australia Health

9news.com.au   

Poll busts myth about alcohol law reform   
9news.com.au
It's a myth that Australians won't stomach alcohol law reform, an expert says pointing to new data showing voters have embraced Sydney's lock-out and last drink changes. A poll of 1830 Australians by the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education ...

2015-04-30 Australia Science

Sydney Morning Herald   

Sydney storms get more intense as engineers begin to adjust to climate change   
Sydney Morning Herald
More rain to cap wettest April in 26 years · Sydney storm: Lessons and future threats · More NSW news. Sydney's rain is becoming more torrential, particularly during summer, a trend researchers say will increase with further global warming and force ...

2015-04-30 Australia Sports

Sydney Morning Herald   

Jarryd Hayne's San Francisco 49ers roommate Lance Lewis was asking 'Jarryd ...   
Sydney Morning Herald
"Colin Kaepernick is in the room", a 49ers player yelled during the club's media opportunity inside their Levi's Stadium locker room. But only a few members of the US media turned around to the alert of the superstar quarterback's arrival. For one day, and ...

2015-04-30 Australia Entertainment

FemaleFirst.co.uk   

The Script replace Smith at Logies   
Daily Mail
The Script are living up to their Superhero status and have swooped in to fill the gap left by Sam Smith at this year's Logie Awards. The British singer was forced to pull out of his remaining gigs Down Under, which included a performance at the 57th annual TV ...

2015-04-30 Australia Technology

Sydney Morning Herald   

Meet Australian company IP-Echelon, one of the biggest anti-piracy operations ...   
Sydney Morning Herald
Adrian Leatherland may be the most fearsome pirate hunter in the world. You've probably never heard of the 38-year-old Monash University computer science and maths graduate, or either of his companies – Australian-based IP-Echelon, and the R&D lab ...

2015-04-30 Australia Business

Sydney Morning Herald   

iiNet calls on TPG to beat M2 Group's $1.6b takeover bid   
Sydney Morning Herald
iiNet's board has recognised that M2 Group's $1.6 billion takeover offer is superior to TPG Telecom's earlier all-cash bid worth $1.4 billion, in a move that could trigger a bidding war for the telecommunications provider. "Following its analysis, the iiNet board ...

2015-04-30 Australia Australia

The Australian   

Keenan silent on AFP directive   
The Australian
Justice Minister Michael Keenan has insisted the Australian Federal Police's protocols for sharing information with foreign law enforcement agencies have not changed, but declined to reveal why the government's directive to the force changed last year to ...

2015-04-30 Australia World

NBCNews.com   

How Hillary Clinton is running against parts of her husband's legacy   
Washington Post
Hillary Rodham Clinton isn't just running against Republicans. She's also running against parts of her husband's legacy. On issues large and small, the Democratic presidential contender is increasingly distancing herself from — or even opposing — key ...

2015-04-29 Australia More Top Stories

The Australian   

Hospital Struggles to Care for Earthquake Victims1:16   
The Australian
Bali Nine duo Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were executed at 3.35am this morning by Indonesian authorities. 12.50pm: The bodies of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran are expected to be returned home soon to their grieving families. 12.33pm: ...

2015-04-29 Australia Health

Sydney Morning Herald   

Unnecessary tests: Choosing Wisely campaign targets brain scans, food allergy ...   
Sydney Morning Herald
Common medical procedures including brain scans, food allergy tests and long-term reflux medication are unnecessary and possibly harmful for many patients and should be radically reduced, doctors have warned. Five of the peak specialty medical groups ...

2015-04-29 Australia Science

Energy Matters   

Greens Reiterate Support For Unchanged RET   
Energy Matters
The Greens have announced their post-2020 carbon reduction targets – 40-50% by 2025 and 60-80% by 2030 – which they say will put Australia on the path to reach net-zero pollution by 2040. In a speech delivered to the Sydney Environment Institute at ...

2015-04-29 Australia Sports

Herald Sun   

Port supporter Katrina Stokes and Crows man Steve Rice stage a showdown ...   
Herald Sun
... < Prev. of 2. Next >. ••. STEVE RICE SAYS: THERE are three certainties in life — death, taxes, and the unbridled joy and arrogance of Power bandwagoners when the Crows lose. Adelaide's first defeat of the season against the Western Bulldogs had them ...

2015-04-29 Australia Entertainment

NEWS.com.au   

Joni Mitchell not in coma, contrary to reports   
NEWS.com.au
UPDATE: Contrary to reports, Joni Mitchell is not in a coma, according to the singer-songwriters's official website. TMZ is reporting that the folk music legend is in a coma four weeks after being admitted to hospital. The website said a friend of the 71-year-old ...

2015-04-29 Australia Technology

Sydney Morning Herald   

Mad Max game detailed in spectacular new trailer   
Sydney Morning Herald
2015 is the year Mad Max comes back. It has been 30 years since Mel Gibson last played disillusioned ex-cop turned post-apocalyptic mercenary Max Rockatansky in Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome. It is an enormous gap for a film franchise, but next month ...

2015-04-29 Australia Business

The West Australian   

Wesfarmers sticks with low-price strategy   
The West Australian
Wesfarmers has reported a speed-up in deflation at Coles as the supermarket operator pursues a strategy of permanent discounting of household staples. Coles said price deflation of one per cent in the March quarter was because of deliberate price cuts, ...

2015-04-29 Australia Australia

Stuff.co.nz   

Bali 9: Australian police 'have blood on their hands'   
Stuff.co.nz
The Brisbane lawyer who tipped off the Australian police to the Bali 9's activities in 2005 says they "deliberately exposed" the young Australians to the death penalty. The Brisbane-based lawyer for a Bali 9 drug courier spared the death penalty in Indonesia ...

2015-04-29 Australia World

The Australian   

Hospital Struggles to Care for Earthquake Victims1:16   
The Australian
Bali Nine duo Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were executed at 3.35am this morning by Indonesian authorities. 12.50pm: The bodies of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran are expected to be returned home soon to their grieving families. 12.33pm: ...

2015-04-28 Australia More Top Stories

Sydney Morning Herald   

Bali 9 executions: Final insult as condemned pair denied pastor, outraging families   
Sydney Morning Herald
Myuran Sukumaran to look executioners in eye · Karl Stefanovic condemns celebrity video · Bali 9 news that threw everyone on Q&A. Indonesian authorities have refused Bali nine duo Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran the right to have a pastor of their ...

2015-04-28 Australia Health

Huffington Post   

The Cure for Cancer? Why False Claims Are Dangerous   
Huffington Post
A couple of years ago, I blogged on HuffPost imploring well-meaning (and sometimes not-so-well-meaning) folks to refrain from telling me what to do to "cure" my cancer. The premise of the piece was that while I and may of us dealing with serious illness ...

2015-04-28 Australia Science

The Guardian   

No emissions by 2040 - and it can be done without mass job losses: Milne   
ABC Online
In a speech in Sydney last night Greens Leader Christine Milne argued that greenhouse gas emissions proposed recently by the independent Climate Change Authority were too weak. She says Australia should be aiming to reduce emissions far more quickly ...

2015-04-28 Australia Sports

The Australian   

NRL's analysts prepare to split up the game for TV sell-off   
The Australian
The NRL has employed a team of analysts for the past 12 months to work out the dollar value of the game's separate assets, including the Telstra Premiership and State of Origin, in order to drive a better bargain for the next broadcast rights deal. NRL chief ...

2015-04-28 Australia Entertainment

The Daily Telegraph   

Sam Smith treated Sydney fans to his secret during his show at Sydney's ...   
The Daily Telegraph
SAM Smith has treated Sydney fans to his secret. Performing at Sydney's Hordern Pavilion last night, the Grammy Award winning British singer told the crowd: “I thought that if I looked a certain way and sang a certain type of song, sang a happy song, that ...

2015-04-28 Australia Technology

Sydney Morning Herald   

Minecraft gives players more control over gender with feminine option   
Sydney Morning Herald
When Pauline Stanley's 6-year-old daughter, Isabell, started playing Minecraft, she was excited to join her fellow first-grade players, who'd become obsessed with adventuring around the game's vast digital universe and building with Lego-like blocks.
You Can Now Play As A Girl In 'Minecraft' Console Edition With Alex Skin   The Inquisitr
Minecraft for PS4 to get 'The Simpsons' skin pack tomorrow   SlashGear
Say hello to Alex: Minecraft's new default female character   Digital Spy UK
Ubergizmo (blog)   
GameSpot   
Kotaku   
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Sydney Morning Herald   

Samsung JS9500 review: the HDR future is here, and it's curved   
Sydney Morning Herald
At first glance Samsung's new curvy, 4K, HDR-enabled "SUHD​" TV seemed like a well-engineered mess of features I was sure I did not need. Curved TVs (more expensive and with their own specific viewing issues in comparison to non-curved) have yet to ...

2015-04-28 Australia Business

The Australian Financial Review   

Live: Glenn Stevens, David Murray, Ian Narev at the Financial Review Banking ...   
The Australian Financial Review
Welcome to the Financial Review Banking & Wealth Summit coverage where RBA governor Glenn Stevens and FSI chair David Murray will join banking heads to discuss the future of financial services. Refresh regularly for updates. Full coverage: Banking ...

2015-04-28 Australia Australia

Sydney Morning Herald   

Bali 9 executions: Final insult as condemned pair denied pastor, outraging families   
Sydney Morning Herald
Myuran Sukumaran to look executioners in eye · Karl Stefanovic condemns celebrity video · Bali 9 news that threw everyone on Q&A. Indonesian authorities have refused Bali nine duo Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran the right to have a pastor of their ...

2015-04-28 Australia World

Sydney Morning Herald   

Bali 9 executions: Final insult as condemned pair denied pastor, outraging families   
Sydney Morning Herald
Myuran Sukumaran to look executioners in eye · Karl Stefanovic condemns celebrity video · Bali 9 news that threw everyone on Q&A. Indonesian authorities have refused Bali nine duo Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran the right to have a pastor of their ...

2015-04-27 Australia More Top Stories

Sydney Morning Herald   

Nepal earthquake claims thousands of lives as aftershocks continue   
Sydney Morning Herald
Devastation witnessed firsthand · The world's deadliest earthquakes; Growing number of Australians missing. Kathmandu: Shell-shocked and sleeping in the streets, tens of thousands of Nepalese braced against terrifying aftershocks on Sunday while digging ...

2015-04-27 Australia Health

Sydney Morning Herald   

Model Renee Somerfield hits back at 'are you bikini ready' social media storm   
Sydney Morning Herald
The Australian model at the centre of a controversial advertisement has responded to her critics, as the company behind the ad comes under further scrutiny following a series of aggressive tweets from its CEO. Renee Somerfield is the body of Protein World's ...

2015-04-27 Australia Science

Goondiwindi Argus   

New Earth dawns: supercontinent slowly takes shape   
Goondiwindi Argus
It's all coming together: An artist's impression of how the new supercontinent is taking shape. Photo: Li and Zhong, 2009. Shifting: the earth's plates are slowly shifting and creating a new supercontinent. Photo: Supplied. Timeline: From ancient lands to more ...

2015-04-27 Australia Sports

Sydney Morning Herald   

Raiders rebuild ahead of schedule as Canberra emerges as a finals contender   
Sydney Morning Herald
The Raiders continue to make a mockery of the many critics who made them wooden spoon favourites before season kick-off, and are playing even better than their 4-4 record suggests. Canberra squandered an 18-0 lead at home to St George Illawarra, and ...

2015-04-27 Australia Entertainment

Daily Mail   

Smith hits the top   
The West Australian
Sam Smith has celebrated his first-ever solo Australian concert with some very good news. The 22-year-old crooner kicked off his Australian tour on Saturday night with the emotional track Life Support, telling his Brisbane audience he had received special ...

2015-04-27 Australia Technology

Sydney Morning Herald   

Games for the blind: making mobile fun accessible to everyone   
Sydney Morning Herald
With all of the fuss made about constantly improving video game graphics, it may be surprising that there is a sizeable demographic of game fans for whom graphics are literally meaningless: blind gamers. Video games are generally considered to be such a ...

2015-04-27 Australia Business

The Australian   

UPDATE 1-Australia's M2 tops TPG Telecom bid for iiNet with $1.3 bln approach   
Reuters
(Adds iiNet comment). SYDNEY, April 27 (Reuters) - Australian telecommunications firm M2 Group Ltd said it had proposed to buy Internet service provider iiNet Ltd for A$1.6 billion ($1.3 billion), higher than a bid from rival TPG Telecom Ltd. M2 said it made ...

2015-04-27 Australia Australia

The Australian Financial Review   

ETU's $500000 loan to ALP 'not recorded in minutes'   
The Australian Financial Review
A $500,000 loan approved by former union leader and FWC member Bernie Riordan is being scrutinised. Bob Pearce RMP. by Ewin Hannan. Claims that a $500,000 loan from the Electrical Trades Union to the NSW ALP was approved by a meeting of the ...

2015-04-27 Australia World

Sydney Morning Herald   

Nepal earthquake claims thousands of lives as aftershocks continue   
Sydney Morning Herald
Devastation witnessed firsthand · The world's deadliest earthquakes; Growing number of Australians missing. Kathmandu: Shell-shocked and sleeping in the streets, tens of thousands of Nepalese braced against terrifying aftershocks on Sunday while digging ...

2015-04-26 Australia More Top Stories

Sydney Morning Herald   

Nepal earthquake: rescue efforts stepped up as quake toll rises   
Sydney Morning Herald
Dozens of Australians missing in Nepal · At least 10 dead, hundreds trapped at Everest. Nepal ramped up efforts on Sunday to rescue people trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings after an earthquake devastated the heavily crowded Kathmandu valley, ...

2015-04-26 Australia Health

Brisbane Times   

Law to catch up to jihadist doctor: Labor   
9news.com.au
Labor wants an Australian-trained doctor who appears in an Islamic State propaganda video to face the full force of the law. Tareq Kamleh, who is understood to be a registered doctor in Adelaide, appears in a YouTube video calling on other medical ...

2015-04-26 Australia Science

9news.com.au   

'The truth is out there': NASA balloon spooks Victorians   
9news.com.au
Victorians who witnessed a mysterious slow-flying bright light in the sky this evening can rest assured they do not need to prepare for an alien invasion. The object, which prompted concerned tweets and even a call to the police, has been identified as a NASA ...