2014-09-30 Australia More Top Stories

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Anti-terror raids Melbourne: Man accused of sending funds to Syria fighter  ABC Online
A man is to be charged with making funds available to a terrorist organisation after more than 100 federal and state officers raided properties across Melbourne. Australian Federal Police (AFP) Assistant Commissioner Neil Gaughan said the 23-year-old man ...

2014-09-30 Australia Health

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Friend of cliff fall survivor thanks 'hero' strangers who rushed to help at Warriewood  Sydney Morning Herald
The friend of a teenager who plunged from a cliff on Sydney's northern beaches and remarkably survived has thanked the strangers who rushed to his aid, saying: "They're heroes." Robin Keuning, 18, and his friend Blake Hayes, 16, decided to go for a swim ...

2014-09-30 Australia Science

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WWF Living Planet Report shows Australia's ecological footprint improving but ...  ABC Online
Australia's environmental ranking has improved in the past few years according to an analysis of the world's largest ecological footprints. But the WWF's biennial Living Planet Report warned that the world was struggling to sustain the demands of modern ...

2014-09-30 Australia Sports

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Thurston, Hayne share Dally M award in NRL  New Zealand Herald
SYDNEY (AP) North Queensland five-eighths Johnathan Thurston and Parramatta fullback Jarryd Hayne on Monday became the first joint winners of the Dally M award as players of the year in Australia's National Rugby League. Thurston won the award for ...

2014-09-30 Australia Entertainment

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Kyle and Jackie O slump in Jonesy and Amanda radio ratings tussle  Sydney Morning Herald
The neck-and-neck FM breakfast radio rankings battle has taken another turn, as WSFM's Amanda Keller and Brendan Jones once again reclaim the top spot. It was just last month that Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O (Henderson) of Kiis 1065 nabbed the ...

2014-09-30 Australia Technology

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Telstra to start Wi-Fi trials in November  The Australian
Telstra's planned Wi-Fi network is one step closer to fruition with the 1000 hotspots set to go live before Christmas. Consumers are set to get their first taste of the network in November when Telstra fires up the Wi-Fi at some of Australia's busiest locations, ...

2014-09-30 Australia Business

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Kill negative gearing to calm housing market, says Saul Eslake  Sydney Morning Herald
AMP chief backs RBA on housing controls. A leading economist has called on Canberra to put an end to negative gearing for new investors as the best way to dampen frothy property markets in Sydney and Melbourne. In its Stability Review released last ...

2014-09-30 Australia Australia

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Anti-terror raids Melbourne: Man accused of sending funds to Syria fighter  ABC Online
A man is to be charged with making funds available to a terrorist organisation after more than 100 federal and state officers raided properties across Melbourne. Australian Federal Police (AFP) Assistant Commissioner Neil Gaughan said the 23-year-old man ...

2014-09-30 Australia World

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Protests in Hong Kong Have Roots in China's 'Two Systems'  New York Times
Thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators gathered in Hong Kong on Monday to continue calls for free and open elections for the city's chief executive in 2017. Credit Chris Mcgrath/Getty Images. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main ...