2014-10-30 Australia More Top Stories

  Sydney Morning Herald   

Secret government briefing admits metadata law cost and warns of 'internet tax ...  Sydney Morning Herald
EXCLUSIVE. AFP Commissioner Andrew Colvin, Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Attorney-General Senator George Brandis Click to play video. Return to video. Video settings. Please Log in to update your video settings. Video will begin in 5 ...

2014-10-30 Australia Health

  Wall Street Journal   

Hagel Approves 21-Day Ebola Isolation Period For Military  Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel approved Wednesday a recommendation from the Joint Chiefs of Staff requiring a 21-day isolation period for all military personnel returning from the West Africa region hard hit by the Ebola outbreak, ...

2014-10-30 Australia Science

  Sydney Morning Herald   

In US, search for answers after Antares space rocket explosion  Sydney Morning Herald
Washington: With a launch pad in Virginia covered in rocket debris,investigators began to figure out why the Antares rocket exploded catastrophically on Tuesday night just seconds into a planned cargo run to the International Space Station. The failure of the ...

2014-10-30 Australia Sports

  Sydney Morning Herald   

Trent Robinson extends deal with the Sydney Roosters  The Australian
THE man who helped deliver a 13th premiership to the Sydney Roosters and back-to-back minor premierships, Trent Robinson, will extend his stay at the Bondi Junction club. Robinson today put his signature to another two years which take him through o the ...

2014-10-30 Australia Entertainment

  Billboard   

Foo Fighters Announce Stadium Shows Down Under  Billboard
The Foo Fighters' world tour has added a string of stadium dates across Australia and New Zealand. Dave Grohl's rock outfit will play eight dates in the region early next year, starting Feb. 18 in Christchurch, before visiting Auckland, Brisbane, Sydney, ...

2014-10-30 Australia Technology

  Sydney Morning Herald   

Sunset Overdrive review: the end of the world has never been so much fun  Sydney Morning Herald
Sunset Overdrive on Xbox One $89.95. Classification: MA15+ Reviewer's rating: 8/10. Video game creators and marketers like their buzzwords. Today, one of the terms people like to talk about when promoting their new game is "traversal" – namely, the ways ...

2014-10-30 Australia Business

  Sydney Morning Herald   

Coles, Bunnings, Officeworks boost Wesfarmers sales figures  Sydney Morning Herald
Strong sales growth at Coles, Bunnings and Officeworks has countered weak sales at Target, lifting total retail sales at Wesfarmers by 4.6 per cent to $13.6 billion in the three months ending September. Same-store sales at Coles rose a better than expected ...

2014-10-30 Australia Australia

  Sky News Australia   

Hijack scare passenger pleads not guilty  Sky News Australia
A man who sparked a hijacking scare on a flight from Brisbane to Bali has pleaded not guilty to interfering with a crew member. Matt Christopher Lockley is accused of pounding on the cockpit door and yelling to be let in several hours into the flight last April.
Trial begins for hijack scare passenger   9news.com.au
Man who caused Bali-bound plane to go into hijack mode appears in Brisbane ...   Courier Mail

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  Sydney Morning Herald   

Surfer Ryan Hunt bitten by shark off NSW coast  Sydney Morning Herald
A surfer has been bitten by a shark on the NSW north coast. Ryan Hunt, 20, took to Instagram with an image of a deep gash to his foot, after he was attacked at Wallabi Point on Wednesday evening. Hunt, from nearby Old Bar, was surfing small waves about ...

2014-10-30 Australia World

  Christian Science Monitor   

President Sata's death tests Zambia's history of peaceful political transition  Christian Science Monitor
Zambia's President Michael Sata is the second sitting president to pass away in office in the past six years. The country's reputation as a progressive democracy gives observers hope for a peaceful transfer of power.

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  Irish Times   

Netanyahu 'a chickenshit', say enraged US officials  Irish Times
Binyamin Netanyahu: accused by a US source as only interested “in protecting himself from political defeat”. Photograph: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg. Peter Beaumont. Topics: News · World · Middle East · Binyamin Netanyahu · Jeffrey Goldberg · John Kerry ...