2014-11-28 Australia More Top Stories

  The Australian   

Fans put out bats to honour Hughes  The Australian
A SOCIAL media campaign to pay tribute to Phillip Hughes is spreading around the world, with cricket fans placing their bats outside their homes and posting photos of them using #putoutyourbats. The hashtag took off after Sydney father Paul Taylor placed ...

2014-11-28 Australia Health

The Australian   

Standing desk delivers health benefits   
The Australian
FROM the canopy of printouts to the undergrowth of stuck-down reminders, this desk is a fragile ecosystem that not so much sustains life as consumes it. If my body was ever a temple, it is now a crumbling ruin, slumped in an office chair behind two computer ...

2014-11-28 Australia Science

Brisbane Times   

Geminid meteor shower to light up skies in December   
Brisbane Times
The Geminid meteor shower can produce as many as 30 to 40 meteors an hour during peak activity over Australia. This year's peak is overnight on December 13-14. submit to reddit · Email article · Print. The Geminid meteor shower can produce as many as ...

2014-11-28 Australia Sports

  Sky News Australia   

Tributes planned to commemorate Hughes  Sky News Australia
Cricket players, fans and members of the public continue to mourn Phillip Hughes, with plans for minute-long silences and black armband tributes adding to the outpouring of grief at his untimely death. Hughes died on Thursday afternoon after being felled by ...

2014-11-28 Australia Entertainment

  New York Times   

PD James, Crime Novelist, Dies at 94; Creator of the Adam Dalgliesh Series  New York Times
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  inthemix   

Sia responds to "no show" criticism, is giving away her ARIA awards  inthemix
ARIA congratulates Sia on being the winner of 4 ARIA Awards. ARIA would have loved for Sia to attend and we invited her to perform at the event, but unfortunately she couldn't make it. Of her two Award wins that were televised, the Album Of The Year video ...

2014-11-28 Australia Technology

The Age   

NBN in talks with Qantas, Virgin for in seat, inflight Internet!   
iTWire
Wish you could get a real Internet connection when flying about Australia rather than just on-board entertainment? NBN Co CEO Bill Morrow says talks are underway and it could happen as soon as late next year. At a business luncheon in Melbourne ...

2014-11-28 Australia Business

Sydney Morning Herald   

How Pie Face cooked its own goose   
Sydney Morning Herald
Pie Face stores start to close · Pie Face goes into administration. It's an unenviable position: half a million dollars invested and working punishing hours, as customers ask whether your store is set to close and landlords breathe down your neck. This is how ...

2014-11-28 Australia Australia

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Googong and Tralee the winners from ACT asbestos Fluffy buyback, says real ...   
The Age
The Inquiry into the proposed Appropriation (Loose-fill Asbestos Insulation Eradication) Bill 2014-15. Minister for Territory and Municipal Services, Shane Rattenbury, centre, faces questions along with other personnel . Photo: Graham Tidy. The new NSW ...

2014-11-28 Australia World

  Irish Independent   

Five dead in attack on British embassy convoy near Kabul  Irish Independent
The wreckage of a British embassy vehicle after a suicide attack in Kabul. A suicide bomber attacked the vehicle in the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing five people, including one Briton, the ministry of interior said. A BRITISH citizen was among at least five ...