2015-07-25 Australia More Top Stories

The Australian   

ALP conference 2015: Labor will adopt boat turnbacks says Shorten   
The Australian
Labor's revamped asylum-seeker policy would concentrate on the Java Sea and turning boats back to Indonesia and does not envisage returns to Sri Lanka. The policy shift, to be put to Labor delegates in what is expected to be a fiery debate this ...
Labor won't delay turning back boats   Sky News Australia
Tears shed as factions duel over refugee policy   NEWS.com.au
Labor national conference: boat turn-backs 'keep faith with Labor values ...   Sydney Morning Herald
ABC Online   
Herald Sun   
The Guardian   
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The Australian   

Diver killed by shark off Tasmania   
Sydney Morning Herald
A diver has been killed by a shark off the coast of Tasmania. The attack happened at Lachlan Point off Maria Island earlier on Saturday. The ABC has reported that the person killed was a recreational scallop diver and that fishermen in the area saw a ...
Shark attack claims life of scallop diver off Tasmania's Maria Island   ABC Online
Diver killed in shark attack off eastern coast of Tasmania   Daily Mail
Scallop diver killed by shark off Tasmania   SBS
The West Australian   
The Malaysian Insider   
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ABC Online   

Newcastle mother charged with murder refused bail over death of newborn daughter   
ABC Online
The mother of a baby girl who was found with fatal stab wounds in Newcastle yesterday has been refused bail, charged with the murder of her newborn. The 26-year-old was arrested at a home on Curry Street in Wallsend yesterday about 9:00am, after police ...

2015-07-25 Australia Health

ABC Online   

Shortage of mental health beds contributed to Perth man's suicide: coroner   
ABC Online
A WA coroner has found systemic failures and a lack of mental health facilities in the state contributed to a Perth man's suicide. James Anthony Stanczyk, 31, took his own life in September 2012 after absconding from Joondalup Health Campus. Mr ...
Coroner points to mental health shortfalls   9news.com.au
Mental health: why can't the WA system help my brother, a sister asks?   Sydney Morning Herald

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NEWS.com.au   

WA mine worker attacked by swarm of bees   
9news.com.au
A worker needed a fortnight to recover after he was repeatedly stung by a swarm of bees while dismantling an old mine in Western Australia. According to a report filed by the Department of Mines and Petroleum this week, the worker was acting as a ...
WA mine worker stung 90 times by swarm of bees   SBS
Australian mine worker stung nearly 100 times by bees   Shanghai Daily (subscription)
Man survives almost 100 bee stings in Australia   Stuff.co.nz

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9news.com.au   

New Alzheimer's drug shows 4 times more effective than current pill ...   
Xinhua
MELBOURNE, July 24 (Xinhua) -- A promising new form of medication aimed at treating the degenerative brain disease Alzheimer's has showed early signs that it may be four times more effective than the current pill, donepezil, in preventing the onset and ...

2015-07-25 Australia Science

New Historian   

Warmer Climate May Have Contributed to Mammoth Extinction   
New Historian
Scientific debate about the demise of mammoths and other large mammals tends to hold humans and environmental change as the main culprits, and now a new study has provided support for the environmental change camp. Alan Cooper from the University ...

2015-07-25 Australia Sports

ABC Online   

'Not great for the game': Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson worried Hawks' AFL ...   
ABC Online
Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson admits the Hawks' record win over Carlton was not a good look for the game. The Hawks posted their biggest winning margin against Carlton via the 138-point victory at Docklands on Friday night. It was also the largest ...

2015-07-25 Australia Entertainment

Sky News Australia   

Kristen Bell's voicemail for young fan   
Sky News Australia
Kristen Bell has left a heart-warming voicemail as Princess Anna for a six-year-old girl with a brain tumour and the video has gone viral. In the voice of her Frozen character, she spoke to Avery Huffman, who like most six-year-olds is a huge fan of ...
A word from her heroine ... six-year-old Avery Huffman and Kristen Bell, who ...   NEWS.com.au
Watch this brave little girl take a call from Kristen Bell as Frozen's ...   Daily Life
Frozen's Kristen Bell makes young fan with brain tumour an honorary princess   CBC.ca
Daily Mail   
TheBlaze.com   
seattlepi.com (blog)   
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ABC Online   

Mick Fanning shark attack: Photographer left to swim back to shore after ...   
ABC Online
As jet skis rescued Mick Fanning from a shark attack, a lonely photographer was left bobbing in the water, just 150 metres away. All attention was on Fanning this week after the Australian surfer survived a shark attack during the finals of the J-Bay ...
Fanning returns to surf after shark attack   The Australian
Mick Fanning surfs again after surviving shark attack in South Africa   Sydney Morning Herald
Mick Fanning has his first surf solo since shark attack during competition at ...   Herald Sun
TVNZ   
Reuters   
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Sydney Morning Herald   

Imperial Hotel in Erskineville closed over 'drugs, drunkenness': police minister   
Sydney Morning Herald
Patrons licking alcohol off the floor, openly snorting drugs and drinking so much they were unable to stand or walk. These are among the reasons given for shutting down the iconic Imperial Hotel in Erskineville for the second time in just over a month.
Erskineville pub forced to close for 72 hours for second time due to ongoing ...   ABC Online
Sydney's Imperial Hotel Forced To Close, Again   Music Feeds
Sydney hotel served second closure order   The Daily Telegraph

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ABC Online   

Goanna lead singer Shane Howard bans use of hit song Solid Rock at 'racist ...   
ABC Online
The lead singer of Australian folk rock group Goanna is the latest to join a chorus of opposition to the use of his music by Reclaim Australia. Anti-Islamic protests took place across Australia last weekend, with clashes between anti-Muslim and anti ...
Free speech must not incite violence   Sydney Morning Herald
Reclaim Australia: 'concerned mums and dads' or a Trojan horse for extremists?   The Guardian
Redneck Wonderland ... Midnight Oil state Reclaim Australia cannot use their ...   NEWS.com.au
theMusic   
Perth Now   
Noise11   
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Sky News Australia   

James Packer's $500000 gift to Mariah Carey   
Sky News Australia
The Australian billionaire, who started dating the 45-year-old singer after meeting her after one of her Las Vegas concerts in May, reportedly presented her with a 18-carat heart-shaped yellow diamond on a platinum chain before she went on stage at ...
Mariah Carey shows off 18ct yellow heart shaped diamond necklace from James Packer   Daily Mail
Mariah Carey receives $500000 necklace   TV3.ie
Mariah Carey -- My Billionaire BF is My Hero (VIDEO)   TMZ.com
Los Angeles Times   
Fox News Latino   
Times of India   
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Northern Star   

Florence + The Machine – Channel [V] Sydney Secret Show   
Music Feeds
For all of us Sydney sad-sacks who were either too slow on nabbing tickets or didn't feel up to telling our bosses to 'shove it' when our leave application for Splendour in The Grass was denied; lady luck shone down on us in a slightly different and ...
Review: Florence and The Machine - Sydney   FasterLouder
Splendour in the Grass boasts a stellar line-up headed by Blur   The Australian
Florence + the Machine and their secret ray of sunshine on Sydney Harbour   Sydney Morning Herald
NEWS.com.au   
Daily Mail   
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Channel 24   

PIC: David Beckham inks a sweet tribute to Victoria   
Channel 24
David Beckham pays tribute to Victoria Beckham with a new tat. (Greatstock/Splash, Instagram/David Beckham). Related Links. David Beckham lands another role in one of his bestie's movies · 8 times the Beckham boys proved to be cutest sibling trio!
David Beckham got the cutest tattoo for Victoria   USA TODAY
David Beckham makes cancer-stricken football fan's bucket list wish to meet ...   Mirror.co.uk
Beckham Inks Wedding Year to Honor 16-Year Marriage to Victoria   The Weather Space
Closer   
Financial Express   
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Mashable   

Copyright pirates still at large: study   
Herald Sun
Despite a growing crop of legal streaming services like Netflix, nearly half of Australian consumers recently downloaded pirated movies and TV shows, according to a survey. The subscription television industry has seized on the high level of copyright ...

2015-07-25 Australia Technology

Sydney Morning Herald   

Optus suffers major mobile network outage in NSW, Victoria and Tasmania   
Sydney Morning Herald
Optus suffered from a "major" network outage on Friday afternoon affecting thousands of its customers in NSW, Victoria ad Tasmania. The outage appeared to start at about 3.30pm AEST and ended at 6.30pm AEST. "We've identified a fault which means you ...

2015-07-25 Australia Business

The Australian   

deficit a threat to credit rating   
The Australian
Australia's AAA credit rating is in jeopardy with ratings agency Standard & Poor's warning that it has run out of patience with the constant failure of the budget deficit to narrow in line with excessively optimistic Treasury forecasts. The dollar ...
Australia risks losing top investment ranking, Standard & Poor's warns   ABC Online
Parliamentary gridlock could cost Australia its AAA credit rating: Standard ...   Sydney Morning Herald
S&P says Australia's AAA rating at risk without budget repair   The Australian Financial Review
Bloomberg   
Nasdaq   
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Sky News Australia   

Banks, miners lead Aust stocks lower   
Herald Sun
Turmoil across the commodities markets has taken over as the centrepiece issue for the Australian sharemarket, as the Greek debt negotiations and China's equity bubble burst fade from investor memory. Falling resources stocks hit the local market ...
Australian economic prosperity built on more than just luck   The Australian
Resources stocks weigh on Aust market   Sky News Australia
Weak resources hold back Aust stocks   The Daily Telegraph

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Herald Sun   

Lomax charged with blackmail   
The Australian
Canberra Raiders star turned construction union official John Lomax was arrested and charged with blackmail by the police taskforce attached to the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption yesterday. Mr Lomax, an organiser with the ...

2015-07-25 Australia Australia

The Australian   

ALP conference 2015: Labor will adopt boat turnbacks says Shorten   
The Australian
Labor's revamped asylum-seeker policy would concentrate on the Java Sea and turning boats back to Indonesia and does not envisage returns to Sri Lanka. The policy shift, to be put to Labor delegates in what is expected to be a fiery debate this ...
Tears shed as factions duel over refugee policy   NEWS.com.au
Labor national conference: boat turn-backs 'keep faith with Labor values ...   Sydney Morning Herald
Bill Shorten outlines 'new direction' for Labor's immigration policies   ABC Online
The Guardian   
Sky News Australia   
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The Australian   

Diver killed by shark off Tasmania   
Sydney Morning Herald
A diver has been killed by a shark off the coast of Tasmania. The attack happened at Lachlan Point off Maria Island earlier on Saturday. The ABC has reported that the person killed was a recreational scallop diver and that fishermen in the area saw a ...
Shark attack claims life of scallop diver off Tasmania's Maria Island   ABC Online
Diver killed in shark attack off eastern coast of Tasmania   Daily Mail
Scallop diver killed by shark off Tasmania   SBS
The West Australian   
The Malaysian Insider   
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NEWS.com.au   

Australian Nurse Accused of Providing Medical Assistance to Islamic State Arrested   
NDTV
SYDNEY: An Australian nurse accused of giving medical assistance to the Islamic State militant group fighting in Syria has been arrested and will appear in a Sydney court on Saturday, police said. The man has been identified by government officials as ...

2015-07-25 Australia World

BBC News   

President Obama due to begin busy Kenya schedule   
BBC News
US President Barack Obama is to open a major business summit on the first full day of his landmark visit to Kenya. He has praised what he called the "dynamism" of Kenya's business class and is expected to call for greater efforts to tackle corruption.
Obama Arrives in Kenya, on Personal and Official Journey   New York Times
Kenya bids 'welcome home' to President Obama   Sydney Morning Herald
Obama lands in Africa to secure his legacy   The Australian (blog)
Irish Independent   
The Globe and Mail   
Stuff.co.nz   
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New York Times   

Kerry Says Israel May Deepen Its Isolation by Opposing Iran Nuclear Accord   
New York Times
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday that the nuclear accord he negotiated with Iran was in Israel's interest and that the Israeli government's decision to oppose it could further its isolation. “I fear that what could happen is if ...
Iran hits out at John Kerry's 'empty threats' over nuclear deal   The Guardian
Kerry says Israeli action against Iran would be 'huge mistake' - NBC   Irish Independent
Secretary of State John Kerry Gets Into 'Intense Exchange' With Jewish Leaders ...   TheBlaze.com
Haaretz   
CNN   
Washington Post   
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Los Angeles Times   

Lafayette movie theater shooter 'had hate in his heart'   
Los Angeles Times
John Russell Houser hated taxes, liberals, newspapers, gays and the United States, according to the broad trail he left in court documents and on the Internet. Nor was he overly fond of his family, which feared him so much that relatives sought a ...
Suspect in Louisiana theater rampage had history of mental illness   Reuters
Lafayette Shooting Adds Another Angry Face in the Gunmen's Gallery   New York Times
Two young Louisiana women lost in a random burst of gunfire   Toronto Sun
ABC News   
CNN   
WAFB.com   
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The Hindu   

Thailand Charges 72 With Human Trafficking Crimes Ahead of US Report   
New York Times
BANGKOK — Prosecutors in Thailand indicted 72 people on Friday, accusing them of involvement in a multinational human trafficking syndicate. The indictments were filed three days before the expected release of an annual State Department report on ...