2015-05-19 Australia More Top Stories

Courier Mail   

Speaker Peter Wellington bans LNP opposition from using term Palaszczuk ...   
Courier Mail
QUEENSLAND'S opposition has been banned from referring to embattled MP Billy Gordon when naming the Palaszczuk government in parliament. The opposition coined the term, the “Palaszczuk-Gordon government”, after a motion was rejected last month ...

2015-05-19 Australia Health

Pedestrian TV   

Healthy Food Pyramid updated for the first time in 15 years   
New Zealand Herald
Australians have been given a new guideline on healthy eating for the first time in 15 years, as industry experts call for sugar and junk food to be dumped from all diets. Nutrition Australia has updated its Healthy Eating Pyramid after it remained unchanged ...

2015-05-19 Australia Science

CNET   

Welcome to Australia, where even the rain is spiders   
CNET
A phenomenon known as spider ballooning has covered a regional Australian city in silky "Angel Hair" webbing. by Michelle Starr · @riding_red; 19 May 2015 2:53 am BST. facebook. twitter. linkedin. googleplus. email. comments. spidersilk.jpg Spider silk in ...

2015-05-19 Australia Sports

Sydney Morning Herald   

NSW Blues pick two debutants and recalled Mitchell Pearce for Origin defence   
Sydney Morning Herald
NSW coach Laurie Daley has picked two debutants and handed Mitchell Pearce an opportunity for redemption as the Blues look to retain the Origin shield. Daley confirmed the team revealed by Fairfax Media on Monday night which included the shock axing ...

2015-05-19 Australia Entertainment

Sydney Morning Herald   

Red Dog prequel Blue Dog begins filming in the Pilbara   
Sydney Morning Herald
The real Red Dog was nicknamed "The Pilbara Wanderer", so it seemed only fitting that filmmakers returned to the Pilbara to craft the follow up to the hit 2011 movie. Production has begun on Blue Dog, with the crew expected to spend six weeks in regional ...

2015-05-19 Australia Technology

Sydney Morning Herald   

'Great Suspender' Chrome extension stops all your tabs choking the browser   
Sydney Morning Herald
Google's Chrome browser is celebrated for its flexibility and its open approach to plug-ins, extensions and apps, but a major downside is that it has a tendency to become a black hole for memory usage when you have a few tabs open at once. Seriously, hit ...

2015-05-19 Australia Business

Sydney Morning Herald   

RBA minutes confirm scope for further interest rate cuts   
Sydney Morning Herald
Michael Pascoe: The Sydney housing bubble to pop – but how? Owner-occupiers may get cheaper loans than investors. The Reserve Bank of Australia remains open to further interest rates cuts, according to the minutes of the last board meeting, with the ...

2015-05-19 Australia Australia

Sydney Morning Herald   

'A crime is a crime is a crime': Tony Abbott warns no let-off for remorseful jihadis   
Sydney Morning Herald
Australian Islamic State recruits in talks to return home. Remorseful jihadis who have joined Islamic State but want to return home will be welcomed back only to a jail cell, Prime Minister Tony Abbott has warned. Three Australians who have joined Islamic ...

2015-05-19 Australia World

New York Times   

EU Agrees to Naval Intervention on Migrant Smugglers   
New York Times
BRUSSELS — European leaders agreed on Monday to use naval forces to intercept and destroy ships used by smugglers of migrants from North Africa, a far more assertive attempt to combat the swelling migration crisis that has led to thousands of deaths at ...