2015-01-01 Australia More Top Stories

Sydney Morning Herald   

Sydney New Year's Eve: crowd estimates down on last year   
Sydney Morning Herald
It's the annual event that wins global news coverage for Sydney, but it seems that this year the locals stayed away. Early attendance figures suggest the number of people who flocked to the city to watch the New Year's Eve fireworks display might have been ...

2015-01-01 Australia Health

Mirror.co.uk   

Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey's experimental treatment taking her into 'unknown ...   
Mirror.co.uk
The doctor treating Ebola sufferer Pauline Cafferkey has warned her experimental treatment would take her into unknown territory. Dr Michael Jacobs said there was a risk that the hero medic – who spent five weeks caring for victims of the deadly disease in ...

2015-01-01 Australia Science

New Vision   

First frog that gives birth to tadpoles   
New Vision
This undated photo shows a male and female of the new species (Limnonectes larvaepartus). The male is the smaller one, and the frogs were collected on the west coast of the Central Core of Sulawesi, Indonesia. (AFP/Jim McGuire) ...

2015-01-01 Australia Sports

IBNLive   

Phillip Hughes to be remembered at SCG with plaque   
TVNZ
A plaque to honour the memory of Phillip Hughes will be unveiled at the SCG on Monday on the eve of the fourth Test between Australia and India. In one of a number of planned tributes to Hughes, whose death five weeks ago after being struck by a bouncer ...

2015-01-01 Australia Entertainment

Sydney Morning Herald   

Julia Zemiro thanked God when the ABC's 2014 New Year's Eve telecast was over   
Sydney Morning Herald
Set to a spectacular backdrop of fireworks and New Year revellers on Sydney harbour, the ABC last night farewelled a long, gruelling year with what was, at times, a long, gruelling telecast. Even the show's co-host, the comedian Julia Zemiro, was heard over ...

2015-01-01 Australia Technology

Warwick Daily News   

Puzzling new additions should stump some readers   
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
SUDOKU LOVER: Morning Bulletin reporter Melanie Plane can't wait to tackle the new puzzle section of the paper every day, which will feature two sudokus. Allan Reinikka. Popular Stories. Tomorrow's New Year's celebrations in Rocky and on the coast ...

2015-01-01 Australia Business

The Australian   

Australian stockmarket's worst return since 2011 as ASX 200 gains 1.1pc   
The Australian
THE Australian sharemarket has turned in its worst annual performance in three years. Closing lower on the last trading day of 2014, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 finished the year overall up 1.1 per cent at 5411 — its smallest annual gain since 2011.
Oil sank, Telstra climbed and the sharemarket came out even in 2014   The Age
Market Wrap: ASX ends 2014 at 5411 before NYE   Finance News Network
Stagnant ASX ends year with a whimper   ABC Online
Motley Fool Australia   
Business Insider Australia   
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Sydney Morning Herald   

From James Packer to Esra Ogru to Michael Wooldridge, the best of business ...   
Sydney Morning Herald
If there was an award for the naughtiest business person of the last 12 months, then you may well have David Gyngell and James Packer at the top of the list of nominees. In May, these high-flying businessmen came to blows on a Bondi street when Mr Packer ...

2015-01-01 Australia Australia

Yahoo!7 News   

Light aircraft recovery operation off Tasmania fails when line snaps   
Sydney Morning Herald
Police trying to recover a light aircraft containing two bodies from deep water off Tasmania came frustratingly close before a snapped line sent it to the bottom again. The wreck was winched off the floor of Storm Bay, near Hobart, to within 15 metres of the ...

2015-01-01 Australia World

Sydney Morning Herald   

Sydney New Year's Eve: crowd estimates down on last year   
Sydney Morning Herald
It's the annual event that wins global news coverage for Sydney, but it seems that this year the locals stayed away. Early attendance figures suggest the number of people who flocked to the city to watch the New Year's Eve fireworks display might have been ...