2015-07-17 Australia More Top Stories

ABC Online   

MH17: Relatives grieve at Canberra ceremony on one-year anniversary of ...   
ABC Online
Relatives and friends of the 38 Australians killed on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 have attended a Canberra ceremony to mark one year since the plane was shot down over Ukraine. One by one, the mourners placed sprigs of wattle in a wreath which was at ...

2015-07-17 Australia Health

Sydney Morning Herald   

Australians remain stressed   
9news.com.au
Most Australians continue to experience stress in their daily lives, including a whopping 99 per cent of those aged 18 to 19. Lifeline's National Stress Poll 2015 found 90 per cent felt some stress from at least one of five factors - work, finances ...
Young, female and wealthy Australians more likely to suffer stress says ...   Sydney Morning Herald
Lifeline poll: Stressful life is a constant for Australia's youth   The Australian (blog)

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ABC Online   

Mental health groups urge leaders to act on reforms   
ABC Online
ASHLEY HALL: A coalition of the nation's mental health organisations is imploring the Prime Minister and state and territory leaders to urgently introduce reforms to the sector agreed to in 2012. They say without a fully funded national mental health ...
COAG urged to act on mental health 'crisis'   SBS
PM, premiers on notice over mental health   9news.com.au
Time to tackle Australia's mental health crisis, Tony Abbott and premiers told   The Guardian

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9news.com.au   

Positive teen with rare leg condition inspires others with her bikini-body ...   
9news.com.au
The inspirational Isa-Bella Leclair posing in a bikini promoting body-confidence. (Source/ The Lymphie Life). 9NEWS. An inspiring teenage girl with a genetic condition is refusing to let it stop her from living her life, and has taken the internet by ...
Teen With Rare Disease Sends Message of Body Confidence   ABC News
Teen with Rare Genetic Condition Explains Her Body-Confident Bikini Photo: 'I ...   People Magazine
Isa-Bella Leclair, with Parkes-Weber Syndrome, Poses in a Bikini to Inspire ...   Canada News

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Yahoo7 News   

Publications boosts Orthocell   
The Cairns Post
SHARES in biotech Orthocell have soared after a leading scientific publication published data on Orthocell's collaborative research on regenerating cartilage. ORTHOCELL shares closed up 11.5 cents, or 24.73 per cent, at 58 cents. Orthocell is ...
Orthocell shares are going nuts over a therapy to regenerate cartilage   Business Insider Australia

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Metro   

Funny drunk pics which prove young people aren't image-conscious   
Metro
New figures say that increasing numbers of image-conscious young people are steering clear of alcohol. Apparently, the temptation of booze is being slowly replaced by the lure of social media. Damn you, internet. According to research from Demos, 19 ...
States with more restrictive alcohol policies have lower rates of drunk driving   News-Medical.net
Young adults shun boozing for health benefits   The Spirits Business
​Most young people do not view drinking as important to their social life ...   Western Daily Press
Daily Mail   
The Independent   
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Yahoo Parenting   

Why Summer Is Obesity Season for Kids   
Yahoo Parenting
The lazy, hazy days of summer can pose a hidden threat to kids' health. (Photo: Photolyric/iStock). No more pencils, no more books — and no more healthy eating and lifestyle habits, either. That's the conclusion of a new study that looked at how kids ...
Summer break for kids can turn dangerous! Here's why…   Hindustan Times
Children practice more unhealthy eating habits during summer break   Healio
Obesity season? Kids' health habits take summer break   CBS News
TheHealthSite   
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Belfast Telegraph   

Can the obese achieve a healthy weight? Fat chance, a study shows   
Herald Sun
The chances of an obese person achieving normal body weight are very low, a British study has found. Losing 5-10 per cent body weight is often recommended as a weight-loss target. But researchers also found the chance of this being achieved was just ...
Obesity: 'Slim chance' of return to normal weight   BBC News
Fat chance of obese returning to normal size, reveal experts   The Times (subscription)
Obese 'unlikely' to achieve healthy weight   Yahoo7 News
Perth Now   
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ABC Online   

Diabetic children at greater risk of depression and anxiety: study   
ABC Online
ELEANOR HALL: A quarter of Australian teenagers with type 1 diabetes are also struggling with depression and anxiety. A study published today finds that the condition which is treated with injections is placing a significant psychological burden on ...
Type 1 diabetes causes anxiety for teens   9news.com.au
Diabetes linked to mood disorder in young people   Australian Journal of Pharmacy (registration) (blog)

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Bundaberg News Mail   

Rockhampton Health Options built on great service   
Bundaberg News Mail
Rockhampton Health Options Lynette and Peter Lewis. Photo Tamara MacKenzie / The Morning Bulletin Tamara MacKenzie. Popular Stories. Police appeal for information on Woodgate shootings · Crime scene established after body found near highway ...

2015-07-17 Australia Science

ABC Online   

Federal Govt declares war on feral cats   
Cowra Community News
FEDERAL Environment Minister Greg Hunt wants two million feral cats killed by 2020, and there's an app to help people find them. Mr Hunt has set the humane culling target to help protect Australia's threatened native species. The FeralCatScan app, that ...
Australia actually declares 'war' on cats, plans to kill 2 million by 2020   Washington Post (blog)
Australia declares war on feral cats with plan to 'cull two million by 2020'   Telegraph.co.uk
Federal Government to declare war on feral cats   ABC Online
The Australian (blog)   
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Sea turtle washes up in Victoria   
The Australian (blog)
AN exhausted green sea turtle has been found on a Victorian beach, thousands of kilometres from its tropical home. THE 10-year-old, 7kg green sea turtle was found severely dehydrated, weak and bruised, in a rockpool off Mt Martha beach on the ...

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The Australian   

New jellyfish named after 'curious' Oz boy   
Times of India
SYDNEY: An Australian schoolboy who discovered a new species of jellyfish in a Queensland canal has had the tentacled creature named in his honour, scientists said. Saxon Thomas was nine when he spotted a small, box-like jellyfish while fishing with a ...

2015-07-17 Australia Sports

ABC Online   

Ashes 2015: Chris Rogers disciplined and resourceful on the way to well ...   
ABC Online
With every ray of sunshine that snuck through the morning London clouds, Chris Rogers looked more determined, and in turn more destined, to play the innings of his international career. Not many can make that claim when they are closer to 38 than 37 ...
The Ashes 2015: Chris Rogers and Steve Smith score centuries after lucky break ...   Sydney Morning Herald
Share this story   Herald Sun
Ashes 2015: Steve Smith attacks Alastair Cook, Trevor Bayliss   The Australian
Fox Sports   
Courier Mail   
The Guardian   
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Green and Gold Rugby   

Friday's Rugby News   
Green and Gold Rugby
Friday's rugby news has Graham Henry saying Michael Cheika got selections right, Michael Cheika pleased with the Wallabies preparation, Larkham saying Pocock and Hooper can play together and Ruan Pienaar warns Matt Giteau and Drew Mitchell.
Australia v South Africa Rugby Championship Tips and Preview - Springboks to ...   Rippa.com
Rugby needs to regain favour with its fan base says O'Neill   The Australian
Michael Cheika made right calls on Wallaby selection of Quade Cooper, says ...   Sydney Morning Herald
ABC Online   
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Daily Mail   

AFL's Campbell Brown gets booted off Lord's centre-wicket after using Shane ...   
Daily Mail
Ex-AFL star Campbell Brown may have been given out after sneaking on to the Lord's centre wicket before the start of the second Ashes Test in London, but he claims that there were 'no dramas' about the incident. Brown was ejected by Lords officials ...
Ashes 2015: Ex-AFL footballer Campbell Brown kicked off Lord's before play   Sydney Morning Herald
Brown booted off Lord's before Ashes play   The West Australian
Campbell Brown kicked off Lord's centre-wicket after sneaking his way on to ...   The Daily Telegraph (blog)

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NEWS.com.au   

Hockey flags more digital taxes   
Courier Mail
The federal treasurer has flagged further taxes on digital products bought from overseas. Joe Hockey told a small business forum in Sydney he is working with state treasurers to tighten tax free thresholds on digital goods. “Our application of the GST ...
Abbott's real tax plan revealed   The Australian Financial Review
Hockey dismisses BCA criticism   Business Spectator
Bill Shorten: Next federal election will be about small business   SmartCompany.com.au

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Sydney Morning Herald   

Tennis star Bernard Tomic's arrest in Miami the latest in litany of controversies   
Sydney Morning Herald
Bernard Tomic arrested. The shirtless police mugshot of Bernard Tomic, taken after his early-morning arrest in Miami, is another poor look for the Queenslander who could have - and should have - have been in Darwin on Thursday posing for photos with ...
11:46AM Bernard Tomic tells police to 'relax'   NEWS.com.au
Bernard Tomic arrested at Miami hotel after noise complaint, resisting arrest   Herald Sun
Mea culpa: Bernard Tomic takes responsibility for Miami hotel arrest   The Guardian
Fox Sports   
Daily Mail   
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ABC Online   

NRL lauds Cameron Smith as icon of the game ahead of 300th game for ...   
ABC Online
Cameroon Smith has been lauded as an NRL icon, as the Melbourne skipper prepares to play his 300th match against Penrith on Friday night. When Smith runs out at AAMI Park he will be just the 24th player to achieve the feat and only the 10th to reach ...
Cameron Smith was exhausted by his controversial episode with Alex McKinnon ...   NEWS.com.au
NRL lauds Cameron Smith for 300th game milestone   TVNZ
Cameron Smith's private torture   Perth Now
NRL.COM   
Toowoomba Chronicle   
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AFL.com.au   

No sanction for Hird: AFL   
AFL.com.au
THE AFL will not pursue James Hird for breaching a non-disparagement agreement, despite his comments about some 'ordinary individuals' within the football industry. Essendon made an agreement with the AFL, in the wake of the supplements scandal, that ...

2015-07-17 Australia Entertainment

Sydney Morning Herald   

Archibald Prize 2015: Nigel Milsom's portrait of Charles Waterstreet wins ...   
Sydney Morning Herald
Choose your favourite Archibald Prize finalist [Interactive] · Archibald Prize 2015: It takes balls to be a winner · Archibald 2015: Nigel Milsom's portrait of barrister Charles Waterstreet favoured to win portrait prize. Nigel Milsom did not believe ...
Archibald Prize winner Nigel Milsom's Judo house pt 6 (the white bird), oil on ...   The Australian
Nigel Milsom wins Archibald Prize   Brisbane Times
Nigel Milsom takes Archibald prize   9news.com.au
The Age   
The New Daily   
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Sydney Morning Herald   

Game of Thrones' controversial Sansa rape episode nominated for Emmy Award   
Sydney Morning Herald
Game of Thrones leads Emmy nominations · Thrones fans quit after Sansa 'rape' scene. Controversy may stalk TV's Game of Thrones but far from getting in the way of either ratings or award recognition, it seems to be fuel for success. Among the record 24 ...

2015-07-17 Australia Technology

Hands on review: LG 65-inch Ultra HD OLED television   
Brisbane Times
Adam Turner is an award-winning Australian freelance technology journalist with a passion for gadgets and the "digital lounge room". View more entries from Gadgets on the go · Pin It · submit to reddit · Email article · Print · Reprints & permissions ...

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TechnoBuffalo   

The Uncharted Collection will have a beta on PS4 this summer   
TechnoBuffalo
Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection features Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception all rolled up into a single PlayStation 4 package. It's bound to release on October 8, 2015. Gamers will have a ...

2015-07-17 Australia Business

The Australian   

Price plunge dents Santos revenue   
The Australian
Falling energy prices cut Santos's sales revenue by almost 20 per cent in the second quarter, although the oil and gas producer fought back by slashing spending. Revenue declined 19 per cent to $786 million in the three months through June from $974 ...

2015-07-17 Australia Australia

Sydney Morning Herald   

Snow creates winter wonderland ... in Queensland, as well as NSW   
Sydney Morning Herald
Baker tackles snow in T-shirt · Heavy snowfall sparks traffic chaos. Queensland: beautiful one day, snowing the next. Banana benders aren't used to dealing with snowfalls and have taken to social media to celebrate their winter wonderland. Beautiful ...
The Hume Highway near Berrima closed and covered in snow. Photo: Rebecca ...   NEWS.com.au
Granite Belt fruit growers thrilled at Queensland's best snowfall in three decades   ABC Online
Cold front brings best snowfall to southern Queensland in decades   The Guardian
Brisbane Times   
Sky News Australia   
Courier Mail   
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NEWS.com.au   

Siege man has 'mental health' history   
NEWS.com.au
THE man at the centre of the Bunbury siege — which ended peacefully after nearly 13 hours — has a history of mental illness and was allegedly on the run from a Perth psychiatric hostel. The siege ended after nearly 13 hours — with several “non ...
Bunbury hostage taker is escaped Graylands patient David Batty   WA today
Oz man with explosives takes hostage   Times of India
Hostage taker in western Australia arrested after almost 13 hours   The Straits Times
The West Australian   
Daily Mail   
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The Australian victims of flight MH17   
9news.com.au
The 27-year-old dual Dutch-Israeli national was a student at Melbourne's Swinburne University, living in Windsor. He had been visiting his family in Amsterdam and attended a wedding in Israel. He was on his way back to Australia to resume his business ...

2015-07-17 Australia World

Wall Street Journal   

We still don't know who fired the missile   
New Zealand Herald
Debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 smouldering in a field in Grabovo, Ukraine near the Russian border, on July 17, 2014. Photo / Getty Images. A year since a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 was blown out of the sky over war-ravaged eastern Ukraine ...