2014-10-28 Australia More Top Stories

  Toowoomba Chronicle   

Petrol to get more expensive  ABC Online
The Federal Government petrol excise will go up next month, even though it has not been able to get Senate approval for the budget measure. This morning the Finance Minister Mathias Cormann announced the Government will be increasing the excise, ...

2014-10-28 Australia Health

  Herald Sun   

Restrictions imposed by US states in response to Ebola  Reuters
(Reuters) - The U.S. Army and several U.S. states have implemented restrictions on individuals returning from the three Ebola-hit West African countries of Liberia, Sierra and Guinea that go beyond the recommendations of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...

2014-10-28 Australia Science

  ABC Online   

Great Barrier Reef plan too focused on short-term issues: Academy of Science  ABC Online
Australia's leading scientific organisation warns the Queensland and Federal governments' draft plan to save the Great Barrier Reef will not stop its decline or even maintain its current diminished state. The Academy of Science said the Reef 2050 Long-Term ...

2014-10-28 Australia Sports

  The Australian   

Gallen fined $50000 but may fight for cash from Cronulla  The Australian
CRONULLA captain Paul Gallen was hit with a record $50,000 fine from the NRL yesterday for an offensive tweet but he could look to recoup some of that from the Sharks through a compensation claim over the ASADA investigation. NRL chief executive Dave ...

2014-10-28 Australia Entertainment

  Sydney Morning Herald   

Kylie's tears as Molly Meldrum first non-musician into ARIA Hall of Fame  Sydney Morning Herald
You could be forgiven for thinking the much-loved Ian 'Molly' Meldrum was already in the Australian music hall of fame (if not a pillar supporting it), so ubiquitous has he been for so long. But now it's official: the presenter, critic, producer, journalist and ...

2014-10-28 Australia Technology

  Sydney Morning Herald   

Apple caught removing embarrassing autocorrect failure from history  Sydney Morning Herald
Autocorrect you have done it again. Long the bane of every smartphone user's existence, this time a smartphone maker has had to scramble together a cover up. Apple has been caught with its pants down after re-editing history by taking out an error in one of ...

2014-10-28 Australia Business

  Toowoomba Chronicle   

Petrol to get more expensive  ABC Online
The Federal Government petrol excise will go up next month, even though it has not been able to get Senate approval for the budget measure. This morning the Finance Minister Mathias Cormann announced the Government will be increasing the excise, ...

2014-10-28 Australia Australia

  NEWS.com.au   

Lawyer admits error in spying on victims of child sex abuse  The Australian
A NSW Government lawyer suggested putting the victims of child sex abuse under surveillance, and that their medical appointments would be a good time for investigators to “pick up the ... target”, during a protracted legal dispute. The Royal Commission into ...

2014-10-28 Australia World

  The Independent   

Cameron says "no pressing need" to pay EU bill  Xinhua
LONDON, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron Monday told the country's parliament that there was "no pressing need" for Britain to pay 2.1 billion euros (2.67 billion U.S. dollars) to the European Union (EU). Cameron insisted that he ...