2014-12-23 Australia More Top Stories

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Black Saturday $500m class action approved (02:41)   
Brisbane Times
Almost $500 million Kilmore East fires payout sits "comfortably in the range of reasonable settlements", says Supreme Court Justice Robert Osborn. 23/12/14. photograph by ken irwin story by michael bachelard shows swer powerline suspected of being the ...

2014-12-23 Australia Health

BBC News   

E-readers 'damage sleep and health,' doctors warn   
BBC News
If you curl up under the duvet with an ebook for a bedtime read then you are damaging your sleep and maybe your health, US doctors have warned. A team from Harvard Medical School compared reading paper books and light-emitting e-readers before ...

2014-12-23 Australia Science

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Where to prioritise scarce research funding   
ABC Online
SIMON SANTOW: Food, soil, health, water, energy and resources, cyber security, environmental change, transport, and manufacturing. It's a list which reads like priorities for any nation planning its future needs, and not surprisingly, it's providing the framework ...

2014-12-23 Australia Sports

IBNLive   

Australia nets session ended by bouncer scare   
TVNZ
Shane Watson sent a scare through the Australian camp when he was hit on the helmet in the MCG nets while preparing for the Boxing Day Test. Allrounder Watson was struck by a short-pitched delivery from paceman James Pattinson on Tuesday morning ...

2014-12-23 Australia Entertainment

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Tributes to rock legend Cocker   
NEWS.com.au
RINGO Starr and Paul McCartney have led tributes to British singer Joe Cocker who has died aged 70 after a long battle with lung cancer. Cocker — known for his gritty voice — shot to fame in 1968 with his Beatles cover WithA Little Help From My Friends.
Joe Cocker, raspy-voiced British singer, dies at 70   Reuters
Singer Joe Cocker Dies at 70   Variety
Joe Cocker, singer known for his raspy voice and unbridled performances, dies ...   Washington Post
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Christine Anu: Where is all the Australian Christmas music?   
The Age
Christine Anu has penned a terrific addition to a tiny catalogue of genuine Australian Christmas music. Photo: Steven Siewert. Let's face it: nearly all the Christmas music we hear each year makes pretty much zero sense in Australia – beyond the deep familiar ...

2014-12-23 Australia Technology

ABC Online   

Google's self-driving car ready for road tests   
ABC Online
Google says the first completed prototype of its self-driving car is ready to be road tested. The company made the announcement in a post on Google's social networking site, alongside a picture of a white, rounded bug-looking vehicle. "We're going to be ...

2014-12-23 Australia Business

The New Daily   

Iron ore prices head for a five-year low   
Sydney Morning Herald
Iron ore has sun kto the lowest level since 2009 as supply exceeds demand and China, the biggest user, contends with its weakest expansion in almost a quarter century. Ore with 62 per cent content delivered to Qingdao, China, retreated 1.8 per cent to ...

2014-12-23 Australia Australia

The Australian   

Sydney siege victim Tori Johnson farewelled by family and friends   
The Australian
GRIEF stricken family and friends of Tori Johnson arrived at St Stephen's church this morning to farewell the Sydney siege victim just two hundred metres from where he was killed exactly a week ago. The body of the 34-year-old Lindt cafe manager lay ...

2014-12-23 Australia World

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North Korea 'not to blame' for Sony hack   
NEWS.com.au
IT'S one of the most tantalising and juicy stories of the year. According to the official narrative, The Democratic People's Republic of Korea executed a sophisticated cyber attack on Sony Pictures, leaking secret documents and issuing threats all because they ...