2015-03-24 Australia More Top Stories

The Australian   

Newspoll: Coalition support rises, Tony Abbott gets vital boost   
The Australian
The Coalition's rebounding support in today's Newspoll demonstrates that voters have taken a critical look at Bill Shorten and his policies following last month's Liberal leadership crisis, cabinet ministers say. The latest Newspoll, taken exclusively for The ...

2015-03-24 Australia Health

3rd Watch News   

Australians Support Access to Cancer Meds   
3rd Watch News
Australians (97%) overwhelmingly believe medicines that treat curable cancers should be subsidised in Australia through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). “This means we need a modern regulatory and reimbursement system that has the potential ...

2015-03-24 Australia Science

ABC News   

Scientists discovered Earth's biggest asteroid impact zone, which extends into ...   
NEWS.com.au
SCIENTISTS believe they have discovered the biggest asteroid impact zone on Earth, hidden under an area extending over three states, including the Northern Territory. Scientists from the Australian National University's (ANU) School of Archaeology and ...

2015-03-24 Australia Sports

Sydney Morning Herald   

Twelve months on, Alex McKinnon continues to rise to challenge   
Sydney Morning Herald
Why me? It is the question Alex McKinnon has asked himself every day, several times a day, since he regained consciousness from the tackle that ended his career but united a game. One year on since that tragic, life-changing moment at AAMI Park in ...

2015-03-24 Australia Entertainment

The Australian   

Netflix, Quickflix, Presto and Stan all stream different major TV series. Which will ...   
The Australian
Streaming. No longer something you hear laptop-clad teens whispering about in dark corners while accessing the entire back catalogue of Breaking Bad. Watching TV and films on-demand, via the internet, is now easy, legal, and big business in Australia.
Netflix aims to be in 3 million homes   The Daily Telegraph
Netflix enters race for Australia's on-demand audience   BBC News
How the Australian Netflix differs from the US service   Sydney Morning Herald
Yahoo7 News   
NEWS.com.au   
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Sydney Morning Herald   

Black Sabbath call it quits in Sharon Osbourne's Ozzfest announcement   
Sydney Morning Herald
First it was Motley Crue calling time on their career. Now one of popular music's most influential bands, metal heavyweights Black Sabbath appears to have announced the date for its final show. In a brief video released on Sunday Sharon Osbourne ...

2015-03-24 Australia Technology

Herald Sun   

Equinix declares Melbourne data centre open for business   
Herald Sun
Equinix Australia MD Jeremy Deutsch with Hon Paul Fletcher MP, Equinix CEO Steve Smith and Equinix APAC president Samuel Lee. Source: Supplied. Australia's nascent cloud computing industry has taken another big step with global data centre firm ...

2015-03-24 Australia Business

The West Australian   

Woodside axes 300 jobs and freezes pay   
Courier Mail
WOODSIDE Petroleum is axing 300 jobs and freezing pay across the organisation as it deals with a plunge in the oil price. THE fresh job cuts are expected to be carried out over the coming weeks and come after the company shed 320 roles in 2014.
Woodside Petroleum cuts 300 jobs and freezes pay   The Australian Financial Review
Woodside cuts 300 jobs and freezes pay   Herald Sun
Woodside cuts 300 jobs in response to falling oil prices   ABC Online

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Sydney Morning Herald   

China manufacturing gauge drops to 11-month low   
Sydney Morning Herald
Business activity across China's vast factory sector hit its lowest level in almost a year during March as new orders fell and companies continued to cut jobs. HSBC/Markit's Flash Purchasing Managers' Index, a preliminary reading of the survey, fell to 49.2 in ...

2015-03-24 Australia Australia

9news.com.au   

Bunbury pilot whales 'should survive': wildlife officer   
Brisbane Times
Authorities are "quietly confident" the four whales put back out to sea from Bunbury Harbour will survive after a spotter plane failed to locate them on Tuesday morning. A pod of about 20 long-finned pilot whales were discovered smashed against rocks in ...

2015-03-24 Australia World

Daily Times   

Yemen minister calls for Gulf Arab military intervention   
Reuters
DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemeni Foreign Minister Riyadh Yaseen called on Monday for Gulf Arab military intervention to halt advances by Houthi fighters, a move that could draw neighboring states into the country's deepening power struggle. The Sunni Muslim ...