2014-10-27 Australia More Top Stories

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Richard Marles talks down adopting boat turn-backs strategy after Labor revolt  Sydney Morning Herald
Politics Live from Canberra with Stephanie Peatling · Morrison invokes Howard in attack on Labor. Labor's immigration spokesman Richard Marles has softened remarks he made on Sunday indicating the party could adopt the government's boat turn-backs ...

2014-10-27 Australia Health

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Drinking cocoa could improve your memory  The Australian
A CHEMICAL found in cocoa could improve blood flow in a part of the brain that helps with memory, a study has found. The research, published in Nature Neuroscience online, found that taking cocoa flavanols appeared to improve older people's performance ...

2014-10-27 Australia Science

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Victoria state election 2014: Winning over voters in the 'sand belt' seats along the ...  ABC Online
The four seats along the Frankston railway line that changed hands at the 2010 Victorian state election, known as the "sand belt" seats, helped hand victory to the Coalition. Public transport and law and order concerns seemed to tip the scales. The seats ...

2014-10-27 Australia Sports

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McCartney finds new home  The Australian
DUMPTED Western Bulldogs coach Brendan McCartney has found a new home at rival AFL club Melbourne. The Demons pounced to secure McCartney as a development and strategy coach just a fortnight after he resigned at Whitten Oval. The appointment ...

2014-10-27 Australia Entertainment

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The Rolling Stones Adelaide Oval review  Sydney Morning Herald
Rolling Stones Adelaide Oval, October 25. "I'm sorry we kept you waiting for so long," Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger said politely as he apologised to fans in Adelaide, thanking them for their patience during the first concert of the supergroup's ...

2014-10-27 Australia Technology

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Microsoft Azure Australia open for business  ZDNet
Nearly more than a year since the initial announcement, Microsoft has finally made Azure Geo in Australia available. From today, Microsoft Azure Australia is open for business where its cloud services will be hosted locally at two Microsoft datacentres located ...

2014-10-27 Australia Business

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CSL buys Novartis flu vaccine division  ABC Online
CSL is set to create the world's second biggest flu vaccine business by purchasing part of Novartis. The Australian biotech giant is paying $US275 million ($312 million) for Novartis's global influenza vaccine business. CSL said combining bioCSL's existing flu ...

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Think tank says federalism can do better  Sky News Australia
The federal government must stop holding the states to ransom and match service delivery responsibility with funding, a major think tank says. Launching a new Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) report into federalism, chief executive ...

2014-10-27 Australia World

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The last exit: The Union flag is lowered, British troops depart, and Afghanistan's ...  The Independent
“Please don't call it our Dien Bien Phu,” Lieutenant Colonel Simon Winkworth, of the Royal Engineers, requested as we gazed out onto a desolate expanse of scrub and sand on which he was going to build Camp Bastion. There were reasons for optimism on ...