2014-12-31 Australia More Top Stories

Sydney Morning Herald   

AirAsia Flight QZ8501: Bodies recovered as bad weather hampers search   
Sydney Morning Herald
Bodies pulled from AirAsia wreckage · The passengers of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 · Debris found by village fisherman. Surabaya: Bad weather early on Wednesday was hampering the air search for bodies and debris from AirAsia flight QZ8501, but divers were ...

2014-12-31 Australia Health

Telegraph.co.uk   

Pauline Cafferkey's diary as a nurse on Ebola's frontline   
Telegraph.co.uk
Pauline Cafferkey, the first patient to be diagnosed with Ebola in Britain, was volunteering with Save the Children in Sierra Leone. She kept a moving first-person diary recording her first four weeks on the frontline in the battle against the deadly disease:.
Ebola virus reaches UK   Times of India
Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey asked to be tested SEVEN TIMES   Daily Mail
UPDATE 7-Nurse becomes first Ebola victim diagnosed in Britain   Reuters
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Daily Mail   

Girl reportedly taken from home and flown to Africa for genital mutilation by father   
Daily Mail
The Australian Federal Police is investigating reports of a Brisbane girl being taken from her home to undergo genital mutilation in Africa. It is believed the girl is between the ages of four and seven and is travelling with her father, The Guardian Australia ...

2014-12-31 Australia Science

Brisbane Times   

Liberal MP rebukes Abbott on coal and says gas is the future for developing ...   
WA today
One of the Liberal Party's rising stars has rebuked Prime Minister Tony Abbott's claim that coal is the key to providing developing countries with low-cost energy. NSW Liberal MP Angus Taylor, who was elected the member for Hume in the 2013 election, says ...

2014-12-31 Australia Sports

Sydney Morning Herald   

Australia's captain Steve Smith shows how to kill a Test match   
Sydney Morning Herald
Australia's new cricket captain Steve Smith has shown that he knows how to handle a team. He has also shown that he can score runs when vested with responsibility. And he has, disappointingly, shown that he knows how to kill a Test match. On Tuesday, it ...

2014-12-31 Australia Entertainment

WHO   

Lara Bingle Sam Worthington Married In Secret   
WHO
Lara Bingle has sparked fresh rumours she's married Hollywood actor Sam Worthington by changing her name on social media. The socialite now goes by the name Lara Bingle Worthington on Instagram. Lara Bingle's latest Instagram change has sparked ...

2014-12-31 Australia Technology

Sydney Morning Herald   

Apple patents smart pen for saving, broadcasting your notes and drawings   
Sydney Morning Herald
Is the stylus making a comeback in mobile gadgets? Apple has been granted a patent for a smart pen that could save what you write on a piece of paper, a whiteboard or even thin air and transmit it wirelessly to your phone or tablet. While similar devices like ...

2014-12-31 Australia Business

ABC Online   

Australian dollar falls to record low against New Zealand dollar   
ABC Online
The Australian dollar is at a record low against New Zealand's currency, dipping increasingly close to parity with the Kiwi. The local currency hit 104.22 New Zealand cents overnight, and continues to trade only just above that level. The previous record low of ...

2014-12-31 Australia Australia

Sydney Morning Herald   

Sydney New Year's Eve: siege victims remembered in floral tribute   
Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney will remember the victims of the Lindt cafe siege, Katrina Dawson and Tori Johnson, when more than an expected 1.6 million people gather around Sydney Harbour for New Year's Eve. Floral mementoes with the words "Sydney remembers" will be ...

2014-12-31 Australia World

Telegraph.co.uk   

Resolution for Palestinian State Fails in United Nations Security Council   
New York Times
A United Nations Security Council draft resolution that set a deadline to establish a sovereign Palestinian state was defeated Tuesday night after it failed to receive the nine votes that are needed for adoption in the 15-member body. The United States and ...