2014-12-28 Australia More Top Stories

Sydney Morning Herald   

Sydney to Hobart: live updates on day three of the yacht race   
The Australian
2.15pm: @WildOatsXI has entered the Derwent! Great sight. @australian @rshyr #RSHYR pic.twitter.com/W4JcCYAS8f. — Sue Neales (@BushReporter) December 28, 2014. 2.07pm: Wild Oats XI Enters the Derwent. Heading for historic 8th line honours.
Comanche closes on Wild Oats Xl in Sydney to Hobart thriller finish   Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney to Hobart: Wild Oats XI and Comanche in tight race to finish   ABC Online
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ABC Online   

Luke Foley to contest NSW Labor Party leadership   
Sydney Morning Herald
Labor MP Luke Foley has announced he will run for the party leadership in NSW following John Robertson's resignation last week. "I will be a candidate for the office of the NSW Labor Party," he said. Mr Foley, 44, an upper house MP, said on Sunday ...

2014-12-28 Australia Health

The Guardian   

Victoria to introduce tough raw milk laws   
The Age
A gag-inducing chemical used in anti-freeze will be required to be mixed into all batches of raw milk sold in Victoria, the state government has announced. The new regulations come in the wake of the death of a three-year-old Mornington Peninsula child, who ...

2014-12-28 Australia Science

ABC Online   

Australian Brush-Turkey makes a Remarkable Comeback   
West Texas News
As per behavioral ecologists, the count of Australian brush-turkey has exploded in Brisbane and now the species is heading towards Sydney. Professor Darryl Jones, a behavioral ecologist, said that their population has increased by 700% in the past 20 years ...

2014-12-28 Australia Sports

IBNLive   

1:37PM Haddin's catch a Twitter sensation   
NEWS.com.au
FOLLOW the live coverage of day three of the third Test at the MCG. A mostly sunny day is expected in Melbourne, with a top temperature of 31C. Play starts at 10.30am AEDT. Continue the conversation on Twitter @jaibednall. Scroll to the bottom of the page ...

2014-12-28 Australia Entertainment

Contactmusic.com   

Jennifer Warnes Pens Tribute Essay To Dream Duet Partner Cocker   
Contactmusic.com
Singer/songwriter Jennifer Warnes has penned an essay tribute to her one-time duet partner Joe Cocker, who died earlier this week (22Dec14). The Up Where We Belong singer reveals she grew up worshipping gravel-voiced Cocker and had a photo of him ...

2014-12-28 Australia Technology

Kansas City Star   

Sony yet to restore PlayStation after attack   
Sydney Morning Herald
Sony Corp worked through the weekendto restore services to its PlayStation online gaming network after a Christmas Day cyber attack shuttered access to some customers, including holiday recipients of new game consoles. "If you received a PlayStation ...

2014-12-28 Australia Business

Sydney Morning Herald   

Bears coming out of hibernation   
Sydney Morning Herald
Every February the king of short selling, Jim Chanos, assembles an exclusive band of scheming cynics in the Florida sunshine to discuss what is likely to fall apart in the year ahead. He's dubbed his little gathering “Bears in Hibernation”, in part to ...

2014-12-28 Australia Australia

Yahoo!7 News   

Search for boy, 6, missing after swimming in Murray River, Victoria, 'a recovery ...   
ABC Online
A search for a six-year-old boy who was swept away while swimming in the Murray River is now being treated as a recovery operation, police say. Rescue crews have been criss-crossing the area on the border of New South Wales and Victoria since the boy ...

2014-12-28 Australia World

The Hindu   

People screamed: 'Tsunami, run away' most didn't understand the meaning   
Irish Independent
Sam the Tailor, his wife Sao and tourist Pascal Leloup in front of Sam's totally devastated shop for which he, like so many others, has no insurance. Barry Murphy and Eilis Finnegan. IT started as a typical tropical day at our home on a hillside in Kata, five ...