2014-12-26 Australia More Top Stories

Sydney Morning Herald   

Retailers applaud government push for GST on overseas sales   
The Australian
RETAILERS have applauded a renewed push by the Abbott government to review the tax-free status of goods purchased online from international websites. The Australian revealed today that the issue would be raised early next year as part of the ...

2014-12-26 Australia Health

Scotsman   

Festive cheer without the hangover   
Scotsman
Christmas is synonymous with alcohol but that doesn't have to be the case. Picture: Getty. Published on the 26 December 2014 00:00. Published 26/12/2014 00:00. Print this. 0 comments Be the first to comment. Christmas has become synonymous with ...

2014-12-26 Australia Science

The Age   

Elon Musk's next trick: Landing a rocket upright on a barge in the middle of the sea   
The Age
The billionaire entrepreneur is on the verge of attempting an audacious manoeuvre that could make his next space flight notable not just for the takeoff, but for the landing. Typically rocket boosters have their few minutes in the fiery, 3-2-1 spotlight, propelling ...

2014-12-26 Australia Sports

The Australian   

Australia v India: live updates from the Boxing Day Test at the MCG   
The Australian
1.58pm: ANOTHER WICKET! Watson goes for the sweep shot to Ravi Ashwin, misses and is adjudged lbw, his first lbw dismissal since last season's Ashes series. Was he hit outside the line? Too close to call and since the umpire gives him out so even had ...

2014-12-26 Australia Entertainment

Irish Independent   

Sellout audience for Sony hack film   
Gulf Daily News
NEW YORK: The Interview, the Sony Pictures film about a fictional plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, opened in more than 300 cinemas across the US on Christmas Day, drawing sellout audiences in many theatres where outspoken ...

2014-12-26 Australia Technology

BBC News   

Xbox and PlayStation online services crash   
BBC News
Xbox and PlayStation online services have been suffering technical problems, amid claims a hacking group has disabled their services. Microsoft and Sony - the companies which make the games consoles - have told customers they are aware of issues ...

2014-12-26 Australia Business

Sydney Morning Herald   

Retailers applaud government push for GST on overseas sales   
The Australian
RETAILERS have applauded a renewed push by the Abbott government to review the tax-free status of goods purchased online from international websites. The Australian revealed today that the issue would be raised early next year as part of the ...

2014-12-26 Australia Australia

ABC Online   

Missing swimmer search: Police concerned Murrumbidgee River more ...   
ABC Online
The conditions of a river in southern New South Wales where a man has gone missing is cause for concern, police say. The 25-year-old man was carried away in the Murrumbidgee River near Wagga Wagga on Christmas Day about 6:45pm (AEDT). A friend ...

2014-12-26 Australia World

Sydney Morning Herald   

Tranquil and isolated for centuries, until the big waves came   
Sydney Morning Herald
Boxing Day tsunami 2004: survivor remembers 10 years on · Boxing Day tsunami 2004: The sound of roaring thunder. Port Blair: The December 26 tsunami killed almost a quarter of the indigenous communities of India's remote Nicobar Islands at the southern ...