2015-05-28 Australia More Top Stories

The Age   

Jill Meagher killer Adrian Bayley not eligible for parole until 2058   
The Age
Jill Meagher's rapist and killer, Adrian Bayley, was a hunter of vulnerable women who will be at least 86 before he could possibly walk free from prison, a court has heard. County Court judge Sue Pullen set a new non-parole period for Bayley of 43 years ...

2015-05-28 Australia Health

TIME   

How an Italian Boy Survived 42 Minutes Underwater   
TIME
An Italian boy who fell into a canal in Milan is the latest “miracle” drowning survivor. The 14 year old was jumping off a bridge with friends into 6.5-foot water when he failed to come up. It took rescuers creating a human chain and 42 minutes before they could ...

2015-05-28 Australia Science

Perth Now   

WA searchers closer to finding meteorite   
Herald Sun
SCIENTISTS are closer to finding a meteorite that flashed over Western Australia's south more than two months ago, after narrowing the search area. DOZENS of people spotted the bright, white light speeding across the Perth and South West skies on March ...

2015-05-28 Australia Sports

Sydney Morning Herald   

State of Origin: NSW will get better, but it won't be enough to beat Maroons   
Sydney Morning Herald
The good news for NSW is the Blues will get better over the remaining weeks of the 2015 State of Origin series. The bad news is it won't be enough. Queensland has a good record in Melbourne – the stage for Origin II - and it's almost impossible to beat the ...

2015-05-28 Australia Entertainment

The Australian   

Japanese to design new Art Gallery of NSW project   
The Australian
The Japanese architectural firm that won the original competition to redesign Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art 15 years ago, only to be shunted aside, has been tapped to revitalise the Art Gallery of NSW. Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa were ...

2015-05-28 Australia Technology

The Australian Financial Review   

Lenovo IdeaPad 100: the ultra-affordable notebook   
The Australian Financial Review
Lenovo has released Australian pricing on its ultra-affordable IdeaPad 100 notebook: it's $399, a little less ultra than if you pick it up in the US for $US249. The notebook, which sports an Intel Atom processor rather than a full-powered Core processor, is good ...

2015-05-28 Australia Business

The Australian   

Capital spending falls 4.4 per cent, more than expected for quarter   
The Australian
The winding down of the mining-investment boom is continuing to drag on the economy, with fresh figures showing a slump in planned spending on buildings and equipment, outstripping the decline economists had forecast. The Australian dollar fell sharply ...

2015-05-28 Australia Australia

Sky News Australia   

Tatts to reveal Powerball winner's name   
Sky News Australia
A Victorian lotto syndicate who believe they were fleeced out of $16.7 million by a former colleague will be given access to details of a winning ticket. The Victorian Supreme Court on Thursday morning ordered that lottery operator Tattersalls reveal the name ...

2015-05-28 Australia World

BBC News   

David Cameron meets leaders as EU Referendum Bill launched   
BBC News
David Cameron is starting a tour of European capitals as a bill paving the way for the UK's EU referendum is launched in the House of Commons. The prime minister will attempt to persuade the Dutch, French, Polish and German premiers to back his changes ...