2014-12-19 Australia More Top Stories

WPTV.com   

Eight kids dead in mass stabbing   
NEWS.com.au
POLICE have surrounded a house in the Cairns suburb of Manoora where eight children have been stabbed to death. Murray St has been blocked off as officers swarm the area. The children's ages range between 18 months to 15 years. A woman, aged in ...

2014-12-19 Australia Health

Healthline   

Does Llama Blood Hold the Key to an HIV Vaccine?   
Healthline
Known for being sturdy and dependable animals, leave it to llamas to deliver some good news in the slow-going quest for an HIV vaccine. Research published today in the journal PLOS Pathogens shows that scientists at University College London have ...

2014-12-19 Australia Science

ABC Online   

Fact check: Do Australia, US 'compare favourably' on emissions targets?   
ABC Online
With increasing focus on international climate change cooperation in the run-up to the 2015 United Nations Climate Conference in Paris, ministers in the Abbott Government have been saying that Australia is doing its share to tackle global warming.
Cameron still believes his is the 'greenest government'   Telegraph.co.uk
Climate Change Authority launches inquiry into emissions trading scheme   The Age
Climate change: Is agriculture (and GMOs) part of the problem or a solution?   Genetic Literacy Project
myCentralOregon.com   
Huffington Post   
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Radio Australia   

Sea Shepherd ship Bob Barker conducts citizen's arrest on Nigerian-flagged ...   
Radio Australia
Sea Shepherd activists claim they have conducted a citizen's arrest in the Southern Ocean on a Nigerian-flagged fishing boat known for poaching Patagonian toothfish and other rare species. The crew of the Bob Barker said they have done a citizen's arrest ...

2014-12-19 Australia Sports

Sydney Morning Herald   

Steven Smith's century turns second Test on its head   
Sydney Morning Herald
Live blog · Saltau: Australia needs a captain's knock. Steve Smith's first century as Australian captain and Mitchell Johnson's startling counter-attack have turned the second Test on its head on a combative morning of cricket at the Gabba. Smith carried on his ...

2014-12-19 Australia Entertainment

Yahoo!7 News   

What if Stella Young had lived until 80?   
Brisbane Times
Fellow comedian and close friend Nelly Thomas imagines what Stella Young would have done if she had lived to 80 years old, and beyond. 19/12/14. Farewell: Stella Young memorial: Tears and joy over iconic comedian. CCTV: thieves suck coins from car ...

2014-12-19 Australia Technology

Sydney Morning Herald   

NBN Co adds cable TV infrastructure to rollout plan   
Sydney Morning Herald
NBN Co will begin a customer pilot on the cable television infrastructure it acquired from Telstra and Optus, as part of the multi-technology National Broadband Network, in the final quarter of next year, with commercial services to be offered at the beginning of ...

2014-12-19 Australia Business

Downer EDI wins $2bn Adani contract   
Herald Sun
Engineering group Downer EDI has won a $2 billion contract for work on Adani Group's controversial Carmichael Coal Mine project in Central Queensland. The contract, which is set to last between five and seven years, will see Downer provide services ...

2014-12-19 Australia Australia

WPTV.com   

Cairns stabbing: eight children dead   
Sydney Morning Herald
Eight children have been found dead in the suburb of Manoora in Cairns, Queensland Police have confirmed. Dozens of police have arrived at the home amid. Murray Street in Manoora #Cairns blocked off. Police say 8 people including children killed ...

2014-12-19 Australia World

Sydney Morning Herald   

Putin says Russian economy must brace for $US40-a-barrel oil   
Sydney Morning Herald
The Russian economy must adapt to the reality of oil prices that could fall as low as $US40 a barrel, President Vladimir Putin said as he faces the worst financial crisis since coming to power in 2000. "I don't know how quickly it will happen if prices stay at ...