2014-10-22 Australia More Top Stories

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Ian MacFarlane pushes for RET to be reduced to real 20 per cent  The Australian
THE Coalition has put a compromise deal to Labor to end the impasse over the Renewable Energy Target with negotiations set to begin this afternoon. Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane today revealed he had written to Labor offering a compromise which ...

2014-10-22 Australia Health

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Telstra targets healthcare with new deals  The Australian
Telstra has made a significant foray into the healthcare sector with the telco turning its health-services division into a stand-alone 'Telstra Health' unit. The Telstra Health division, to be run under the auspices of Shane Solomon, aims to provide the connective ...

2014-10-22 Australia Science

  BBC News   

Tractor beam breaks distance record  BBC News
Scientists have created a tractor beam that can drag objects for distances of up to 20cm - around 100 times further than in previous experiments. The doughnut-shaped laser is also reversible - so it can either repel or attract objects. In future, these beams ...

2014-10-22 Australia Sports

  Sydney Morning Herald   

Michael Cheika unveiled as Wallabies coach  Sydney Morning Herald
Michael Cheika announced as Wallabies head coach: As it happened. Waratahs coach Michael Cheika has vowed to unite the states behind the Australian team after being announced on Wednesday as the new Wallabies coach. ARU chief executive Bill ...

2014-10-22 Australia Entertainment

  Sydney Morning Herald   

The Bachelor saga: all over at last?  Sydney Morning Herald
Blake and Louise talk up new romance · Split between Blake and Sam confirmed · 'I'm not pregnant': Lisa speaks out. Could it be that The Bachelor saga is finally drawing to a close? Even The Project's Carrie Bickmore announced she was passing on the ...

2014-10-22 Australia Technology

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Spotify Family embraces the modern household  Sydney Morning Herald
Rather than cracking down on account sharing, Spotify is the latest subscription service to offer multi-user accounts. The subscription content model is one of the best weapons in the fight against piracy, making it easier to pay for movies and music than to ...

2014-10-22 Australia Business

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Australia third quarter inflation cools, gives RBA room to hold rates at record low  Reuters
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's consumer prices cooled in the third quarter with a key gauge of underlying inflation back comfortably in the middle of the Reserve Bank's 2-3 percent target band, giving the central bank room to hold interest rates low for longer.
Slower Australian Inflation Signals RBA to Keep Record-Low Rates   Bloomberg
Softer inflation gives the RBA room to maintain loose policy   TheBull.com.au
Inflation in check, hands Reserve Bank breathing room on interest rates   Herald Sun
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  Sky News Australia   

Ian MacFarlane pushes for RET to be reduced to real 20 per cent  The Australian
THE Coalition has put a compromise deal to Labor to end the impasse over the Renewable Energy Target with negotiations set to begin this afternoon. Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane today revealed he had written to Labor offering a compromise which ...

2014-10-22 Australia Australia

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State government solicitor planed secret surveillance of sex abuse victims, royal ...  Sydney Morning Herald
NSW government lawyers pursued a tough legal strategy against 15 victims of extreme child sexual abuse at a northern NSW children's home, refusing to undertake mediation and hatching a plan for secret surveillance, the royal commission into child sexual ...

2014-10-22 Australia World

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Hong Kong Stocks Defy Protests to Post World's Best Gain  Businessweek
Pro-democracy protesters watch Alex Chow, secretary general of the Hong Kong Federation of Students, as he is projected onto a large screen during a live televised talk between pro-democracy student leaders and the government outside the Central ...