2015-01-30 Australia More Top Stories

Sydney Morning Herald   

Tony Abbott considered appointing Greg Sheridan to plum posting   
Sydney Morning Herald
EXCLUSIVE. Fairfax Media has been told Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Greg Sheridan first discussed the posting before the 2013 election. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen. Prime Minister Tony Abbott considered his close personal friend, The Australian ...

2015-01-30 Australia Health

NEWS.com.au   

Table talk: Did this kid just cure cancer?   
NEWS.com.au
A YOUNG girl may have accidentally come up with a cure for cancer while talking to her parents over the dinner table. Camilia Lisanti, who is the daughter of a husband and wife cancer research team in Manchester, suggested using antibiotics as a potential ...

2015-01-30 Australia Science

Times LIVE   

Forget Saturn, astronomers find lord of the rings   
Times LIVE
The rings begin at a distance of about 30 million kilometres from the planet and stretch out to a distance of 90 million kilometres. File photo. Image by: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI. Astronomers say they have found the first-ever ringed planet beyond our solar ...

2015-01-30 Australia Sports

The Daily Telegraph   

Cricket World Cup: Prize money increased 25 per cent, bonus for undefeated ...   
The Daily Telegraph
SPINNER Xavier Doherty may not play a game during the World Cup, but he will still pocket nearly $340,000 if Australia goes through the entire showpiece tournament undefeated on home soil. Prizemoney for this World Cup has increased by 25 per cent ...

2015-01-30 Australia Entertainment

NEWS.com.au   

Why Cate went commando at the AACTAs   
NEWS.com.au
IT WAS Australian cinema and television's night of nights, but one star turned heads for a different kind of reason. Cate Blanchett, who was hosting the Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) awards in Sydney last night, not only turned up to the ...

2015-01-30 Australia Technology

The Australian Financial Review   

Qantas to trial virtual-reality headsets   
The Australian Financial Review
Qantas Airways wants to find out if first-class passengers are interested in swapping champagne glasses for virtual-reality headsets. The headsets are fitted to Samsung Galaxy Note 4 phones loaded with three-dimensional, 360-degree videos, including ...

2015-01-30 Australia Business

Sydney Morning Herald   

Australian dollar in sharpest dive since the GFC   
Sydney Morning Herald
Australian dollar tumbles as global currency war expands. The Australian dollar hit fresh five and a half year lows on Friday as solid US jobs data added further momentum to the long-running greenback rally and bets mounted on a local interest rate cut next ...

2015-01-30 Australia Australia

Courier Mail   

Greste marks 400 days since arrest   
Courier Mail
THE family of jailed journalist Peter Greste will mark 400 days since he was arrested in Cairo. Parents Juris and Lois Greste with son Andrew said they were still pinning their hopes on a Presidential pardon but struggled to see Peter Greste continue to ...

2015-01-30 Australia World

Stuff.co.nz   

MH370: Fury at 'accident' finding   
Stuff.co.nz
"They are lying," said Sarah Bajic, whose American partner Philip Wood was on board the plane. "It could very well be that the plane crashed. But there is no evidence and until there is evidence we just can't believe them," she said. Relatives of passengers ...