2015-06-17 Australia More Top Stories

The Australian   

Woolworths' Grant O'Brien set to reap $63 million payout   
The Australian
Grant O'Brien will get up to $63 million as a defined-benefits package, which allows him to collect up seven times his final year's compensation under the generous terms of the Woolworths executives' retirement scheme. Chairman Ralph Waters has made ...

2015-06-17 Australia Health

ABC Online   

New KPC superbug linked to deaths in Victoria will be hard to combat: expert   
ABC Online
MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: Victorian hospitals are on high alert after a superbug that kills half the people it infects was detected in more than a dozen patients. Known as KPC, the superbug is relatively new and is highly resistant to even the strongest antibiotic.
Deadly superbug found spreading in Victorian hospitals   The Age
18 deaths linked to superbug   The Australian (blog)
Victoria told not to worry about superbug   Daily Mail
Brisbane Times   
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Herald Sun   

Rosie Batty in push for alcohol levy to fight domestic violence   
Herald Sun
ROSIE Batty has urged governments across the country to consider using an alcohol levy to pay for the cost of family violence on the community. The idea is contained in a new 20-point framework by the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education, ...

2015-06-17 Australia Science

The Australian   

Sharks undeterred by anklets, bubbles: UWA   
Daily Mail
Electronic anklets, machines that create bubble curtains and loud sounds including killer whale calls are having a limited or insignificant effect in deterring sharks. These are some of the early and not yet peer reviewed findings from the University of Western ...

2015-06-17 Australia Sports

Sydney Morning Herald   

Australia progress to second round of the Women's World Cup after 1-1 draw ...   
Sydney Morning Herald
As it happened. Australia 1 Sweden 1. Edmonton: Australia have escaped from the group of death at the Women's World Cup after sealing a hard-fought draw with Sweden to seal second spot and a date with Brazil. It was a case of mission accomplished ...

2015-06-17 Australia Entertainment

NEWS.com.au   

'Bath Vader' slams feud rumours   
NEWS.com.au
CHRIS Bath has dismissed speculation that pay disputes and disagreements with management are behind her decision to quit Channel Seven after two decades. And in an interview with News Corp Australia, the veteran broadcaster also had some special ...

2015-06-17 Australia Technology

NDTV   

Here's a Forza-branded Xbox One Elite Controller   
The Verge
The Xbox One Elite Controller might already be the ultimate console gamepad, but here's something we didn't expect to see — not so soon, at least. We found these at the Forza 6 stations in Microsoft's E3 2015 booth: Elite Controllers with Forza-branded ...

2015-06-17 Australia Business

The Australian   

Woolworths' Grant O'Brien set to reap $63 million payout   
The Australian
Grant O'Brien will get up to $63 million as a defined-benefits package, which allows him to collect up seven times his final year's compensation under the generous terms of the Woolworths executives' retirement scheme. Chairman Ralph Waters has made ...

2015-06-17 Australia Australia

NEWS.com.au   

Greens leader Senator Richard Di Natale. Source: News Corp Australia   
NEWS.com.au
THE Greens' agreement to support Government cuts to the age pension is shaping up to be the most one-sided deal in current politics. And the minor party today appeared to have just realised they won't get their side of the arrangement while Tony Abbott ...

2015-06-17 Australia World

Sydney Morning Herald   

Real estate mogul Donald Trump says he is running for US president   
Sydney Morning Herald
Washington: The reality TV star, developer, billionaire and serial bankrupt Donald Trump has announced his candidacy for president, finally and completely obliterating any hopes the Republican Party's elders had of running a short and dignified primary race.
In Iowa, Donald Trump takes his show on the road   CNN
Neil Young calls out Trump for 'Rockin' In The Free World'   New Zealand Herald
Canadian rocker Neil Young strikes sour note on Donald Trump's use of song   Reuters
Washington Post (blog)   
USA TODAY   
Wall Street Journal   
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New York Times   

As Putin Talks More Missiles and Might, Cost Tells Another Story   
New York Times
KUBINKA, Russia — They call it “Russia's military Disneyland,” and the underlying idea that Russia will soon field a high-tech, modernized army was indeed part fantasy. But the bristling array of armaments underlined how military competition had overtaken ...